Did you see that?!

That's right people, I changed my background all on my own! I feel so independent right now...! I think that I'll be back tomorrow with lots of great pics of my sisters baby! He's here and soooooo beautiful! I wish I could have another couple of babies. Mmmmmm....don'tcha just want to eat them up!?

Awesome giviaway!

Isn't this necklace gorgeous?! You can enter to win here: www.webme.com/christinacurtis/curtis_family/blog/blog.html. I know, you'd think I would know how to make a link! But Wade only showed me once and I'm a three times kinda girl! He's coming home for Christmas, I'll ask him to show me some more technical stuff!

More shower pics...

Tara asked that I post some pictures of the women in our ward, so here they are! I didn't get pictures of everyone because I was too busy to take the pictures and my daughter was doing the picture taking. I'm really bummed that I didn't get more of the set up of the shower too. It looked awesome! The first picture is the best in my opinion! It's me with my niece "L". I should probably ask if I can say her name here.Isn't she absolutely adorable?! And she looks even better with ME in the background!! LOL! Just Kidding! She really is a beautiful little girl, who looks just like her mama! Sorry I don't have any more Tara. I do have one of Sis. Shiles, but she would kill me if I posted it. She already instructed me to destroy it when I went home!
Susan Cortez, she's my co-Activities Days Advisor. And she's really fun too!
Penny and Camille, two of the nicest ladies you will ever meet! They're in the Young Woman's Program with my girls. How lucky are they?
Gloria, Becky's mother-in-law and Amber, Becky's sister-in-law
Charity, Julianne and Heather!
One of the ladies in Becky's ward and her daughter. Wasn't that clothesline a cute idea?

Only for you, Sister!

This is for my sister in Canada. (You know who you are!):

Pumpkin Bread

1 cup Crisco Oil
3 1/2 cups flour
4 eggs
1 1/2 teas. salt
2 cups pumpkin
2 teas. baking soda
2/3 cup cold water
1 teas. cinnamon
1 teas. nutmeg
3 cups of sugar

Beat all ingredients together for 5 min. and put in greased bread pans. Bake 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees. Optional 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans.

And just for good measure, I'm gonna give you the best Banana Bread that I have ever tasted. And my awesome sister-in-law Christina, gave me this recipe.

Banana Bread

6 large bananas or 8 medium bananas
4 eggs
2 cups of sugar
3/4 cup oil
4 cups of flour
1 teas. baking soda
2 teas. salt
2 teas. baking powder
Optional: 1/2 cup walnuts/pecans

Mash bananas (leave chunks, that's the secret). Keep a little aside in another bowl, and then add eggs, sugar & oil. Mix together. In another bowl combine all your dry ingredients and give it a little stir. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients 1/3 at a time. Do not overmix, it will become stiff. Stir in the little bit of banana that you left on the side and pour into greased and floured bread pans. Place in a 325 degree oven and bake for 45-50 min.

I'm telling you, these recipes were sooooooo good! And tomorrow, I will give you a recipe that will astound you with how good it tastes. It's Pumpkin Carrot Cake! Yup, you heard right! Pumpkin Carrot Cake! You can't even taste the Pumpkin in it! My sister made it for the shower and man was it yummy! The best Carrot Cake I've ever tasted! Who-da thunk pumpkin would be good for carrot cake?....

Wow! That shower was scary!

Remember the baby shower I was throwing for my sister? Well...it was on Saturday and I'm still recovering! There were over 45 people there! Yeah, I was only planning on 30 at the most. (You know, they tell you to plan for 1/2 of the amount of invitations that you send off) I'm thinking that they loved the invitation and knew it was gonna be a kickin' party! We had Pumpkin Bread, Banana Bread, Pumpkin Roll, Pumpkin Carrot Cake, Individual Cheesecakes with Strawberry's on top, Chocolate covered Strawberries, Fresh Fruit, Vegetable Lasagna, Chicken in a Roll, Chicken Salad, Artichoke Dip and Crackers, Pasta Salad and Brownies! There was a ton of stuff and it disappeared like it was nothin'! It was crazy!! I didn't get to sit down at all and by the time I got home....I had to take some pain pills and zonk out! But...my sister loved it and that's all that matters.
And now on to my lovely cooking for the day! I made some Cinnamon Rolls in the Bosch! They are to die for! My husband told me they were the best that he has ever tasted! I'm gonna try to make another kind tomorrow and I'll let you know which one is the best! Oh my goodness! They came out perfect! You were right Lynn, never stop trying, you'll get there some time! These things rose like nobody's business! It was beautiful to watch! Sigh....Such lovely Cinnamon Rolls....

This is for you, Diana!

Diana asked me to post a picture of the Bosch Machine, so here it is! (I have a love/hate relationship with this thing.) But it's supposed to be the best for making whole wheat bread! Since I have tons of wheat in my food storage, I figured I better start using it up and rotating it.

That's It!

O.k., I'm gonna have to say it! Please don't think I'm a horrible person. I SUCK at making bread! I really do. I tried it yesterday and they came out like bricks. And after talking to the Bosch store lady, I thought I was gonna be fine. I THOUGHT I did everything that she told me too, but the dough came out sticky again! And then I remembered that I was only supposed to mix it for 7 1/2 min. instead of 10 min. So, I guess I broke down the gluten. (Whatever that means)
I came upstairs to tell Kelvin my horrible news and he tries to fix it. What is up with that? Men are so funny. I can fix it, I'm just mad that I did it in the first place. And I just want commisseration! I'm going to the store and I'm gonna get some more honey to make another batch tomorrow. (If I do it tonight then I'll likely throw my Bosch through the window) Don't want to do anything rash.