Conference Weekend - Ahhhh...

When Tony and I got married my Grandad and Granny gifted us with a year's supply of wheat...I haven't touched it since then. Until today...I had some great whole wheat waffles or pancakes at the Allred's house many, many years ago and I remembered that Tiff's dad, Doug, made them in the blender. I've never remembered to get the recipe from them - so I searched online and found one that seemed like it would work...AND IT DID!!! I got up early this morning and dug through the chaos that our garage is still in since the move, I found the wheat and got to work. The waffles turned out really well. They tasted nutty and hearty. We had lots of toppings because it was General Conference Sunday and we wanted it to feel special for the kids. I think they enjoyed the waffles - I don't know how much they got out of conference, but during dinner when I asked Julius about the speakers...he did recall someone talking about jumping rope. At least something got through!
Thanks to Amyjoy for giving me a start to a conferece activity bag and another thanks to Brenda for some great ideas to keep the kids busy while we listen.
I wasn't looking for anything too specific...Just wanted to listen and feel the warmth of the Spirit. And I got what I was looking for and then some. The thoughts that have stayed with me are ones of HOPE, FAITH and PRAYER. Actually, maybe that was the message I was looking for! I'm thankful that Tony made dinner today and that Braeden made me laugh until I cried at his version of the song "Follow the Prophet" during dinner. After Tony's taco soup everyone went outside and played in the fallen leaves. Even the babies made it out for some fresh air! I'm thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and for the opportunity we had to hear from His prophet today.

Our House

Since my mom is so far away - this post is for her. I wanted to show her around our new home...

The front
As you walk in
The living room
view of living room from the kitchen
hallway leading to babies room, Bronwyn's room, bathroom, and 2 closets
Julius and Brady's room - right off of the living roomKitchendoors leading to backyard and patiominiature rock stars - (came with the house)skylight in the kitchen..love that! I also love the double oven with the glass stove top Outside patio
Yard, shed and garden (behind the little fence)
Another garden spot
our back neighboor has about 15 horses
we like to peek over the fence and watch them
Julius even got to pet one! Bronwyn's room was already painted pink and yellow - with butterflies and flowers (bedspread was in the washer)
Bronwyn's closet
Julius's side of his and Brady's room...yes, I let him hang his school work up on the wall...I need to get a corkboard for him....
Braeden's side of the room
Their closet - love the shelves in the closets in this house!
Babies room...hadn't unpacked it yet...will take another pic soon
View from living room/kitchen to hallway leading to laundry room, master bedroom, and family room

Laundry room and door leading to garagelooking into the family room from the hall - we set up this little desk for Julius to do his homework and coloringlove the shelves in here too! the desk - haven't set up a couch yet...
Master bedroom is still not unpacked...so here's a picture of the shower - it has a shower head on each side...I love to turn one to hot and one to cold...ahhhh!

And it's all on ONE level....YAY, YAY, YAY!!!

Just wanted to share some of my favorite pics from this month.

Hudson and Henry

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Peaches!

Shortly after we moved one of my dearest friends brought me a bushel of peaches from our church orchard. I knew that I wouldn't be up to canning them so I had to figure out how to make sure I used them all before they went bad. I made lots of peach smoothies, peach crisp, I cut them up on my cereal, oatmeal and cream of wheat. I also blanched, peeled, cut and froze a bunch of them (smoothies all winter!). With the ones that were left I decided to tackle one of the goals on my list...homemade pie and crust. I researched it online a bit and I must admit it turned out so well. The crust didn't look beautiful but it was thin and flaky - nearly perfect! The filling was great also. The next week I made chicken pot pie and I wasn't quite as successful with the crust but it turned out pretty darn good also. So..YAY I made a peach pie from scratch!

Heath's Birthday

My brother Heath's birthday was on the 10th of this month. We had his family over for dinner. My sister's Holly and Gina came also.

Happy Birthday Heath!

Heath with Bronwyn (my girl) and Melissa with their sons Truman and Grant

Grant, Julius and Braeden - LOVE this picture!

Henry and Hudson - 3 Months

Henry - HudsonHudson Hudson - I love this picture - it really shows his personality. He is squirmy and fussy - but he loves to smile and flirt (which totally makes up for the fussing and squirming)
Henry - Didn't get a good close up of Henry this time - but I did get some a few days later. I'll show them in another post.
Braeden and Hudson with Bronwyn and Henry
I can't believe I didn't think of taking this picture sooner...I looked at them sitting there and I said to myself "wow...TWO sets..." Gotta love them!