Get Out the Flour and Hide the Camera

I have been baking lately. Last night I made pipin' hot french bread. J pronounced it "delicious". My friend Candice sent this recipe to me over 10 years ago and I finally got over my fear of baking with yeast and made it. Here you go...

Quick and Easy French Bread

3 c. warm water

2 pkgs. yeast

2 T. sugar

Let the yeast "bloom" for a few minutes and add to:

1 T. salt

8 c. flour

6 T. oil (I used olive)

Mix together in mixer. Let rise until doubled (30 minutes). Divide in half and shape into 2 loaves on a cookie sheet. Score on top. Let rise for 15-20 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Brush tops with butter.

On a side note. Be careful who you lend your camera to. They might use it to update their modeling portfolio. You both know I have a blog...you can hardly blame me for sharing. Thanks for the laugh guys.

Spring Fever

Last week was our Spring Break. We didn't do much. The boys were sick (fever and flu) and Adam is even now trying to overcome pneumonia. The cousins kept their distance and we had a very quiet Easter. I would have taken a picture of all the kids, but the boys stayed in their pjs all day. At least the girls looked sweet. I missed going to church, but we had our own quiet Easter celebration last night. We are hoping that this week will be happier for the kids...and for me!

Happy Half Birthday Thomas!

It's time to celebrate all that drool with some delicious rice cereal!

Don't judge him. He's teething.

Crazy Sweet

Today is crazy hat day at school. I went a little crazy. Crazy sweet that is. Can you blame me? We are the Birds after all. I got the idea from here. This girl is crazy talented. I love her blog.

Ciao

This is where J spent most of last week working. Who goes to Milan for work anyway? I wasn't even jealous...seriously.

Something's Missing...

10 inches of hair and her two front teeth. Sunny had an exciting Saturday. She lost her second front tooth about 30 minutes after we cut her hair. It was about time. That tooth had been hanging on far too long. We called her "Sunny McPhee" for a couple weeks. She is one cute little smatchet.

Take a Hike

Monday was a perfect day. After Justin and Adam went mountain biking, we took the kids on a hike in a canyon near our home. We saw horses, beehives and beauty. It was 6.4 miles and we survived with "minimal" whining. Sunny was a little less than impressed with the local vegetation. She told me she thought the hike would be more fun if we just drove. I tried to make it more enjoyable for her by singing camp songs and the old, "I left my wife with 48 kids" chant that I so enjoy. She humored me and pretended to enjoy it. We followed up our jaunt with a trip to Jamba Juice and low and behold in the parking lot was a Ferrari. Adam was in heaven. He dreams of the day when he will buy one of his own. I dream of the day when he will stop asking me questions about cars. Honestly, do I look like I know anything about cars? I was thrilled for him. He talked about it for the rest of the day.