"Bread" Winner

• Buy Wheat-Check
• Buy Grinder-Not Yet
• Learn Bread Making Skills-Check
• Practice Making Bread at Mom's-Check
• Buy Whole Wheat Flour (since I can't grind my own)-Check
• Measure, Stir, Knead and Bake-Check
• I have skills-Check ;)

I have long wanted to learn to make my own whole wheat bread. It is healthier and makes the best toast. SO...last time I was at my parents house my mom taught me how to make bread. It was easy, with her right there guiding me the whole way.

Saturday was the day. I decided it was now or never. So I measured, mixed by hand and kneaded. I was sooo happy to see this result. It is light and fluffy and tastes delicious. Extra bonus it was EASY. NO gluten, or anything. Just whole wheat flour, honey, a little salt, water and yeast. Goodbye white bread. Hello homemade Whole Wheat!

Grinder shopping next on list. No worries I even know the one I want. I just have to order.

Now I just need to make the homemade strawberry jam. The family informs me you can't have toast without jam. Maybe next Saturday.

P.S. I really am going to try to blog more often. Especially since right now it's the only thing close to a journal for me.

Volleyball

I have forgotten how much I just love watching this sport.

Today Bailee and 5 other girls sang the National Anthem at the RHS Volleyball game.

I of course had to go film this event. But as all things never run perfectly, when we arrived the JV game was still in progress. It wound up going 5 games and I watched, enjoyed and wondered why I haven't been watching all along.

The National Anthem was awesome too. Bailee and the other 5 did a great job.

My love for watching Volleyball restored.

I might just become a silverwolves fan.

Hmmm. I think I need a volleyball schedule.

Also, it reminded me I love playing volleyball.

Good news. As it happens, our stake just started volleyball.

I will make the time.

So my Thursday evenings are now taken.

Volleyball.

A rose by any other name is just as sweet....

Or something like that?!?


I don't profess to say I know Shakespeare.
But I do know my daughter is going to rock at it.


Exciting news for Bailee.
She was cast as Juliet for the Shakespeare competition play.
She is so so excited.
It's off to Cedar City later this month to compete.
The nice thing about this competition, is that they award scholarship money to some participants. Many high schools from the Western United States attend and compete in, short plays, monologues, scenes and dance numbers. She also made the dance group that will compete there as well. She is super excited by this too, because she is only the person NOT a member of the RHS dance company that made this team.


Drama, Drama, Drama!! Really.
My sister asked her if she had to kiss Romeo? Bailee informed her because it's some scenes from Romeo and Juliet and not the whole play, he isn't even in this particular part.
So "NO STAGE KISSING FOR BAILEE"!!
I'm sure this just breaks her heart. Not being able to lip lock with any old random guy.

Fantastic Formula

This is the menu of choice now a days,

Formula that is.

Benjamin had a NJ tube placed successfully

on Tuesday.

For those of you not familiar with medical terms

this is a feeding tube placed through the nose

into the small intestine.

They tried to place it on Monday unsuccessfully.

This is how the conversation went with Ben after the

failed procedure.

Ben: (feeling face) Where's the tube?

Mom: They weren't able to get it in.

Ben: They weren't?

Mom: No.

Ben: What are they going to do?

Mom: Try again tomorrow.

Ben: Oh, Okay

Ben: Hi Stephanie, Hi Jennifer, Hi Emily.

(These are the three nurses hanging around)

-Pause-

Ben: So where's the tube?

Mom: They weren't able to get it in.

Ben: They weren't

Mom: No (smile)

Ben: What they ganna do now?

Mom: Try again tomorrow.

Ben: Oh, hi Stephanie, (looking at Jennifer)

Do you like to be called Jen or Jennifer?

(looking at Emily) Your Emily right?

-Pause-

Ben: So they didn't get the tube in...

and so on, and so on. It was quite funny really.

He repeated the same conversation like 4 times.

Wish I recorded it, he would laugh now.

Can I just say how much I love this kid?!!

I can because it's my blog and I can write about whatever I want.

He is the most amazing, positive, loving and over wonderful son ever.

He hardly ever complains.

The nurses, all of them constantly tell us how great he is.

We have nurses, residents and Doctors

dropping by all the time just to say hi

and see how he is.

Honestly, if I had to go through what he has and is

I would be grouchy and full of self pity.

Not him.

Of course he wants it to be over and to be

"A Normal Kid". (his words)

I tell him, "you will".

"Just keep having faith."

He replies: "I DO and I WILL!"