Practicing Jacob's part for the primary program tonight...fun stuff. Thank goodness it's only a one liner!

So during family prayer, Jacob's turn...he says...

"Dear Heavenly Father, My love for Jesus Christ grows when I pray. Thank you for Lexi. Bless daddy fishing....Amen"

Love it.

Yup...that was his part for the primary program....now I know FOR SURE that he knows it :)

Yummy Roll Recipe

I've been practicing roll and bread recipes over the past few weeks and I'm in heaven! My friend Marian B. came over to teach me this recipe and it was so much fun! Good luck...enjoy!

***ELEVATION WARNING!!! I live at HIGH elevation (6,000 ft) ...for those of you not in high elevation...you might need to reduce the flour by a cup or cup and a half for each recipe. Remember (cause this took me forever to learn:) the key to bread is the consistency. I'm sooo not an expert...just have made bread recipes like 20 times in the last 2 months. ;)

Rosie's Rolls

1/2 c. canola oil or shortening (I use the butter flavored shortening sticks)
3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp salt
1 c. hot water

1 1/2 tbsp. yeast
1/2 c. warm water
1 tbsp. sugar

2 eggs
1 c. cold water
7 1/2 c. flour (any combo of wheat and white)

Mix oil, sugar, and salt in a large bowl; add the hot water. (I use a kitchen aid, hand mixer is totally fine for this recipe!)
Dissolve yeast in a separate bowl with the 1/2 cup warm water and 1 tbsp. sugar.
Add yeast mixture to large bowl; beat in 2 eggs.
Add the cold water and gradually fold in flour.
Mix until dough is smooth. (I only mix for a minute or 2 and leave it a little lumpy)
Let the dough rise until it is doubles (about 1 hour)
Punch it down and form into rolls on a cookie sheet. (I make crescents and get about 32 rolls)
Allow rolls to rise on (greased) cookie sheet approximately 1/2 hour.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. DO NOT OVER BAKE!
(Check by lifting one off the pan and looking at the bottom...lightly browned...done!)


When I finally get my hands on some dough enhancer I'm going to try my Aunt Shauna's B.E.L.O.V.E.D rolls....I miss the Kerr Family!!

flashback to October 2009

Look at her sitting so quietly...now she never stops!! She's getting so big.. :( my princess is growing up...she's almost 3! Crazy. But on a happy note...she still fits in that shirt so she can't be getting to old too fast!?

Fall Fun...and my NEW LOVE!

Just blogging about Colorado life cause I feel like it :) Wish y'all could visit!

I have a new love! I purchased new "buffet lamps" from Target purrrrrfect for my Buffet! I wanted to brighten up the dining area cause the little pot light in the ceiling was just not enough light! A chandelier would be divine...but I'm only here in CO for 17 or 18 more weeks. Yes, counting. What am I even bothering with decor? Because I move ALL THE TIME and if I never decorated...I would live in a sad WHITE HOLE of a home that I hate. :D So here's the pictures of our house FALLING INTO HALLOWEEN. fun stuff.

I guess I don't really have anything super spooky or leaves and pumpkins all over...just a little decor worked into the space. Works for me.

I'm not a super decorator...just kinda do what I like.

See that "Family" plaque thing? That took me 3 freakin hours to make at our ward craft night. The stand under it is from a thrift shop $.50 (saweet...got 2!)

The pumpkin is from Hobby Lobby (I love the black stem on the top!) and the stand is from goodwill for $1 that I spray painted black.



The large white plate is a pasta dish from a wedding gift :) and the other 2 plates are from my most fabulous friend Cari! The "BOO" is target clearance milk bottles and I added vinyl letters.

Banner on the patio door...to make up for my lack of curtains... :(



The spooky faces are kinda a border around the TV room. The kiddos love them. Since Jacob and Lexi are both in preschool they are coming home with all kinds of halloween/fall decor items...so I put some up with the banner on the patio door and the rest on the door to their room. They love to see all that stuff!


Dining room...with my fab new lights! The natural light coming in makes the lights look super duper orange...but honestly...they look good...swear! :)

See...they look better in this picture right?! And see the cute pics of my babies...awe...those frames actually ended up going on the shelf in my Heath's office.

So...thanks for taking a peak...that was fun right?! I want to see your decor too!! I need ideas for Thanksgiving!!

Best days of my life...

Why yes, I am having one of the best days of my life.

Thanks for asking. ;)

I love today. I can feel fall coming in through the windows. The air is crisp but not freezing cold. The sunlight is a pretty white through the shades. Yummy freshly made chocolate cookies (that actually turned out!!) are sitting on my counter. Laundry is almost done. (Is it ever actually done...no). I wont be discussing my master bedroom/bath for a reason. (lol). Kids' room is vacuumed and picked up for the first time in days! OK, maybe a week. Alright alright...2 weeks. I have cute simple Halloween decorations up in my tiny home and I love it! We're getting ready for preschool for Jacob and a playdate for Lexi. My kiddos stayed in bed long enough for me to finish my personal studies this morning. This am: Chapter 21 The Holy Ghost. Yes, I'm actually reading the lesson for next weeks' Relief Society before Sunday morning. (nope not the teacher...just like the Gospel Principals book :) FHE tonight is on the Godhead and I'm on the computer printing the 1st Article of Faith...but getting distracted by my blog...Back to the life that I love with the family that I adore.

j

6 years...

a little mushy :)

est. 2004

I love my heath and can't believe how fast 6 years has gone. I feel so blessed to have Heath in my life. Yesterday I texted him to say I wish he could come home and hold me because I needed it. He left work and was home within the hour. I am his princess and I feel so lucky to be treated as such. I feel like we're better friends today then ever before and i love him so much. We are so blessed to have our big boy Jacob and princess Lexi. They are the laughter in our house that keeps Heath young...cause I still am!! ;) We love to play paper airplanes with Jacob, read story after story to Lex, and run around the house like crazy people. Fun times over here! And what's on the agenda for our HOT DATE NIGHT?! Haha...we decided to have a family night of shopping and a restaurant! Funny funny. That's how we roll.

Love you heath.

pj

2010 School Pictures!

These are just scanned copies for the bloggie blog. Grandmas...real pictures coming in the mail soon! Love you and miss you!

Love this.

Cute picture from... http://www.theideadoor.net/ This is a centerpiece of a project I'm working on for one of my blank walls in my tiny home. Yes...I'm actually considering decoration a wall 4 months before I move. That's how I roll.

Moving Again!

Yes...we're off to a new work location yet again! We're very excited for this move and so happy! We looove looooove loooove it here in Denver Colorado...and seem to fall in love with everywhere that we live...but WE'RE OFF for new adventures! Well...not yet....February 2011...the usual time of our moves. 6 moves in 6 years...I think that we might be staying in Texas...no really! This move is a little different than most for lots of reasons so we're very hopeful for a permanent work location and buying a house!!!! Finally...no longer "temporary" yay! :) We'll get to know the area for a while...years?... (and make sure we're staying :) then look around for a place. fun stuff! I'm sooo used to being temporary that putting down roots and choosing a place I want to make a more permanent home might be really hard for me. Commitment?!!! Ack!

Here's our new temple :)

I got rid of soooo much stuff in our last move and EVEN MORE over the last 7 months and will get rid of EVEN MORE in the next 5 months preparing for the move...that I now have TONS of empty storage bins...I seriously think I might not need a single box...not a SINGLE BOX! That will be a first. We can get boxes left over from Heath's work...so getting them if needed won't be an issue...just in case. whew. Why do I get rid of so much? No for a smaller truck...not cause it's easier to move (that's heath's reason I'm sure :) ... but cause I loooove to BUY NEW STUFF for a new home! haha yay!!

We think we'll be in the Dallas area and we're looking at some cities just a few minutes north of Dallas near Lewisville, Plano, Carrollton ... not sure. There's sooo many choices and so many months to decide :) I'm looking forward to the winter here in Denver cause it might just be the one and only snowy winter we have...my kids will be D.E.V.A.S.T.A.T.E.D!! And I'll miss having an excuse to own a zillion scarves. :(

Updates as they come. :)

Yay!! TEXAS BARBECUE!!

Look at these cute home styles....LOVE THEM! And cheap living! Yay!

Does the gardener come with the home too? lol

yuck

So we keep a recycling bin outside on the porch. I brought it in to fill it then took it straight to the car, emptied the contents into the recycling on the other side of the property and went about the rest of my day. Took Jacob to preschool, lexi down for a nap, watched an episode of Lost, baked bread (yay...my newest love), cleaned the kitchen, folded some laundry, picked up Jacob...

Then when we got back from preschool pickup Jacob screamed cause he saw a big 'ol praying mantis IN THE KITCHEN!!!! What the heck!!!?? Lexi runs out of the room... I stay and I'm frantically looking for a tupperware or something to get this thing outside...yuck! I feel like I'm crawling with bugs on my skin. I step on a freaking wheat thin on the floor a FLIP OUT cause it crunches and everything...eeeewwwww.

Why do I have BUGS in my kitchen. Need I remind you my husband has been in the Pest Control business since like Forever...and a Praying Mantis...a Praying Mantis...IN MY HOME....IN MY KITCHEN....Really!?

I'm starting to speculate as to how, when, and why this CREATURE is in my kitchen then figured it had to be from the recycling bin from 3 and a half hours ago...I was cooking next to that creature. Ugh! GROSS!!!

Then out of the blue....our FEARLESS LEADER Princess Lexi comes out of the bathroom with a tissue and says, "Mom, I got this." (um, seriously?)

No, I didn't let my 2 year old handle this...we captured the little bugger and released it into the wild. whew. now off to make dinner and try not to have crawly skin the whole time.

ACK...while posting this Jacob came in freaking out cause he feels like something is crawling on his neck.

Dinner out tonight FOR SURE...Jambalaya was on the menu. Canceled