Happy Birthday Ryan!

Today Ryan turned seven today (hence the number "7" pancake :). I know I say this about all of my brothers, but he is so adorable! He is such a sweetheart, and is always doing little things to help me. :) I love all my brothers and sister, I am truly blessed!

Have a nice day!

In Him,

Brr! It's Cold!

The Grasshopper Story

"We was ketching grasshoppers, and we was missing some. Ashlyn ketched one and it was good. Then we ketched one, but it had a baby on top. And the last one we ketched, we ketched it. It was perfect...but it cut in half. That it... Wait! And we going fishing. See ya! Ashlyn ketched one."-Ryan

This made me laugh so much, Ryan is so funny. These are his exact words, I love it! As I type this they are running around trying to "ketch" some more grasshoppers and crickets.

"Fee-fie-foo-fum! I smell the blood of an English...

...Cricket!!"-Ashlyn :)

"We katched one!! Oh Yeah!" -Ryan :)

(advanced catching equipment: Plastic Cups) :)

Have a nice Sunday!

In Him,

Ryan's Birthday Party

Ryan's birthday is on September 30, so we decided to celebrate a little early with a party on Friday. We invited our grandparents over and made breakfast...for dinner! Ryan said that he wanted cinnamon rolls and pancakes for supper. So we decided to go all out.We made the cinnamon rolls of course, and pancakes (on the top plate are buttermilk pancakes, on the bottom plate are blueberry pancakes), an egg bake, a cake, and bacon. It was great, and everyone was full after-wards. :)

Ryan also picked out his cake, he wanted it to be a "campfire" cake. We got the idea from the Disney family fun website. It turned out pretty cute, although the fire was a bit...multicolored maybe?
We used ding-dongs covered in powder sugar for the "coals," fruit roll-ups for the "fire," and two pound cakes covered in chocolate frosting for the "logs."

Here is Ryan opening up one of his presents. Memaw is explaining to him how to use it here. ;) He put his money in it and then asked "can we go shopping tomorrow please Mommy?" :)

Needless to say, Ryan got his wish and we went shopping on Saturday (it was raining anyway so we couldn't work outside)...

looking at prices :)

Anyway, after opening presents, we all went to the music room to sing and play.

It was fun, and Ryan was happy. :)


In Him,

Yum! Cinnamon Rolls

Yesterday I made cinnamon rolls for Ryan's Birthday Party (more on that later). The recipe I used is from Marie Madeline, and was pretty easy to do. I took this picture after they had been rising the second time for just thirty minutes. They turned out really good, so I wanted to share the recipe.
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"Best Ever Cinnamon Rolls"

-1 2/3 cups warm milk

-2 Tbsp. yeast

-1/2 cup sugar

-1 stick butter, melted

-2 eggs

-1 1/2 tsp. salt

-6-7 cups unbleached flour (used half white, half wheat)

-cinnamon (about 3 Tbsp.), brown sugar (about 8-10 Tbsp.), and melted butter (almost 1 stick)

Combine warm milk, yeast and sugar. Let sit for five minutes. Then add melted butter, eggs, salt and four cups of flour. Mix thoroughly, add remaining flour. Dump out onto a thickly floured surface and knead well, (about 5 minutes,) until a soft dough is formed. Oil bowl lightly. Let rise for one hour. (Here comes the fun part!) After dough has risen for it's hour, roll out into a rectangle that is approximately 1/4 thick. Slather melted butter rather generously all over rectangle. Sprinkle cinnamon and brown sugar on according to taste. Simply roll the rectangle from one long edge to the other tightly. Slice (about a 1/2" thick), place in greased pan and let rise for another hour. (Make sure not to place your cinnamon rolls too closely in your pans, or the insides will pop up!) Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean).

If you'd like to... while your cinnamon rolls are still nice and warm, top with icing. To make icing, simply combine powder sugar, milk and vanilla until you have a nice smooth consistency. Pour over rolls.

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I added a little bit of Pumpkin pie spice to the filling, and to the iceing and it tasted really good!

I hope you enjoy!

In Him

Enjoying Photography

Over the few years my one other great interest besides the Lord, and my music, has become photography.

A storyboard I created of my favorite things. :)

I love being able to capture a special moment or time with a photo, especially since I kind of have a hard time with words sometimes. A pictures can show or describe a time and place easily, much easier than with words of my own.



I am so glad that the Lord has blessed me with my camera, and with people willing to be in my pictures.

My little sister, she loves making funny faces.

Also, that I am able to take pictures of God's creation.

Such as this rose, I am afraid it might be one of our last on this bush.

Anyway, I hope you have a nice day!

In Him,