Saturday, April 16, 2011

Miracle Bread or sometimes called 1 Hour Bread

With my Kitchen Aid up and running again...slight happy giggle
Kirk was so happy to come home from his meeting the other night to find
Home made bread waiting for him.
This is a pretty Awesome recipe
It is called the
1 hour bread or miracle bread
Pre Heat Oven to 350*
In Kitchen-Aid Bowl or any bowl combine:
5 1/4 C. flour
1/4 C. sugar
1 Tablespoon salt
1 & 1/2 Tablespoons of SAF Yeast
 - you HAVE to use the SAF yeast, if you do not it will taste very grainy
 (I get mine at the health food store)
1 1/2 Tablespoons Lecithin
 - this is stuff is very sticky I just eye ball it and pour into my yeast
(again get at the health food store)
2 C. HOT water
 (you can add a little water if you need to, but I have not had to)
MIX
5 minutes
DO NOT ADD ANY MORE FLOUR
Spray pan and counter with Pam or any other spray.
Shape loaves
Place in bread pans
Cover with a dish towel and let raise for 25 mins.
Bake @350* for 25 mins
and enjoy
I made 2 large loaves and then this small one for a gift,
 but  well, it never lasted long enough to give.

Grandpa and Grandma Heaven

Kirk is an AWESOME grandpa.
Celes just loves him and Hazel is starting to realize that he is pretty OK too.
Kirk was mowing the lawn and Celes could see him out of the window, Ali took her down to see
grandpa... She got to ride on the mower with him...
I really need to go through my old pictures and find the ones of when my kids were little.
I am pretty sure I will be able to find one of each of my little babies riding on the mower with their daddy.
It might even be the same mower...heeheheee yes, I know it is time for a new one.

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and thanks to Kira
there is even a picture of Celes and I having a moment together...
even though neither one of us knew it.
We were both sound asleep.
BUT, I love this picture.
almost as much as I love being a grandma.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Neapolitan Coconut Cupcake

I really think Lorie at  Be Different Act Normal is amazing
she always has unbelievable crafts and recipes.
and today she had a picture of these...
made by her
and now that I have MY KITCHEN-AID working
I was pretty sure I needed to go and check out her blog.
Kristan, who is the Cookbook Queen
not only has some great recipes but oh my gosh she made me laugh
and she shared some pretty fun Rules...

or as Kristan calls them
one of her codes is you can share a picture or the recipe but not both
so you will have to visit her to get it...
Pretty darn fun blog and AWESOME recipes.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

OH SO HAPPY

Do you remember when I told you that my Kitchen-Aid died (blog reminder)
Well, I started tearing my mixer apart to see if I could find a problem...
I had most of  it taken apart and on my counter, when I opened the two little black "screws" inside were located
the "mixer brushes" one on each side.
When I was looking I noticed one had a little nick on the black piece. I asked Kirk about it, I knew he would know if this could be a problem.
He said, "Yes, if the brushes are bad it will not work."

So, I got on-line and started looking to see if  I could find the brushes
Of all the places I found them on Ebay.
I ordered them and today they arrived (you have to have one for each side).
And when they were put into the mixer....
IT WORKED!!!!!
My KITCHEN-AID works!!!
and for less than $10.00 w/ shipping.
I am a very happy person.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

2 Year Anniversary

  Have you ever had a moment when you think,
 boy that feels like yesterday and in the next breath you say,
" wow that seems like forever ago"?
That is how I feel about what happen just 2 years ago.
Kira arrived home from serving an 18 month LDS mission
in the Argentina Salta Mission.
Kira shares some of her feelings and thoughts on her blog...
be sure to visit and leave her a little note.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Oh, How They Have Grown

It is hard to believe that in just a short 2 months
my little grand daughters have grown so much.
February 2011

April 2011

I love watching these two little cousins together. 
 If one of them makes a sound the other one will "talk" back. 
I like that they get to "hang out" together.
Life is good for this grandma.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

What A Weekend

and a wonderful one at that...
Saturday, April 2nd
We were able to witness Jordan and Tiffany be married.

sorry the picture isn't the best
Oh it was fun to see them both so happy!  We wished we could have spent time at the party after but my family was all heading in different directions with time restraints...
Kirk was on his way to Driggs, Idaho to meet a friend to go skiing at Grand Targee.
Josh, ALi and Miss C were already in Salt Lake City.
Kira, Sergio, Miss H and I were going to try to be in Salt Lake in less than 3 hours.
and Derek...well poor Derek was staying home to watch over everything (the dogs).

We made it to SLC just in time for Sergio to go to the Priesthood Session of Conference.

In the Assembly Hall on "Temple Square" they had the session translated into Spanish and so he went there to hear the speakers.  Josh and his brother in laws were listening in English in another building.
After the Priesthood session Kira and I met up with Sergio to take pictures.
The next morning we woke to....
no surprise...it is always raining or snowing conference weekend.

Kira and Sergio had tickets for the Sunday afternoon session of the LDS General Conference.
Tickets to conference do not cost, but are hard to get.
I was so excited for them! I kept thinking what a wonderful opportunity for Sergio.
I was snuggled in our hotel room with Miss H.
and Josh and Ali came to our hotel to watch Conference on TV with me
so I even got to hang out with Miss C.
Monday morning I had a regular clinic visit.
Good News, I get to cut back a little on the predniSONE.
I can not wait until I no longer have to take these
"Make your face fat, be careful because you never know when you might snap some one's head off"
Pills.
after the appointment...well things got even better...
We went and had lunch with Ro, Karen and the girls
IT WAS AWESOME!!!!
Great Weekend...