So Much Excitement, So Much Bread!
I’ve been super excited lately about this:
A new Mom & Pop Thrift Store opened just down the street from us, and when I went there on Monday I found this breadmaker for $13, which the owner assured me worked fine. And indeed it does….so far I’ve made 3 loaves of bread! We’ve wanted one of these for years, but never invested the time and money in researching and buying one; and besides, I always figured I should learn how to make it the old fashioned way like my model-housekeeping little sister….but that just didn’t seem to be happening for me. 
Anyways, we’re definitely a “bread family” and I’m pretty excited about having fresher, healthier, cheaper and tastier bread to serve on a regular basis! Now I am working on finding/creating the perfect recipe which consists of a minimum of ingredients, has a significant amount of whole grains in it, and one that the whole family loves. If anyone has a recipe they’d recommend, please e-mail it to me: Mommy@gmail.com, if you have time.
David and Esther: bread, butter and honey is not a balanced meal, no matter how much of it you eat!
Progress
Dear Babykins,
Please stop growing so fast. Can’t you just stay teenie-tiny and cuddly-as-can-be for a bit longer?
Love,
Mommy
A Jaunt To Leavenworth
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as Aunt Leesee, David, Esther, Fireworks, food, Holiday, Luke, Outdoors, Snow, Uncle D
Uncle Dallas and Aunt Leesee invited us to join them in Leavenworth Sunday evening and Monday for some fun in the snow. They rented a cabin that was not really a cabin. David’s last experience with cabins was at Lassen Pines where there were “ants on the potty”….that definitely wasn’t a problem here….it was a beautiful 3 bedroom home with beautiful woodwork, a cozy fireplace, and a hot tub on the deck. As you can see, I took lots of photos!
Here’s the kids all excited when we first arrived.
We headed into town the first night for a fireworks display…Luke found them kinda’ loud. It was the 14th annual Bavarian Ice Fest.
A cool ice sculpture in the center of town.
Playing with Candyland.
Bedtime snack: cookies, oranges and hot chocolate(with little marshmallows, of course!). Bedtime was pretty late!
Monday we had a late breakfast and then headed to Wenatchee State Park just down the road for some sledding. The hill we found was pretty tame, but just right for David.
Esther mostly enjoyed watching.
Little Bri went down once with her Daddy.
Heading back to the car.
Nothing better than a hot tub after sledding.
One of my favorite pics.
“Mommy does it look like I’m frowning?”
Monday evening we headed back into town for some sledding on the kids hill in the center. There are some jumps set up for the more adventurous, and Peter tried a few of them.
Little Bri enjoyed the outdoor music and was bopping along to it a bit.
Then it was off to dinner. We went to this fun little place called Andreas Keller where every night there is someone playing live music (usually Bavarian, some hymns, classics, requests, etc.). Tonight it was a lady playing the accordian.
What we ate: Giant pork hocks with authentic Bavarian side dishes, winekraut, red cabbage and a pickly potato salad. We split 3 of these between us and had tons left over. It was quite the food and quite the experience.
Before hitting the road, we fueled up at Starbucks.
The kids entertained Enoch so I could do some serious coffee drinking…and biscotti dunking.
As you can see we had a really great time! Thanks so much Uncle Dallas and Aunt Leesee!
