Making bread.. yummm...

after the rise...

The buns... getting ready to raise again... I love making bread. It makes me feel like an old lady:)

Ready to bake!

BeAuTiFuLy out of the oven. I started to make them and then I thought, "If I'm going to all this work, I'm going to make a double batch" and then I wondered what I was thinking! I sometimes bake like I have twelve children. So, I gave some to the neighbors that I saw today... we have pretty amazing neighbors and they are such a blessing!

random, random, random.........

things that make me happy.....

some pretty candy in jars...

Dusty bottles... :) No, really, I am a good house keeper. I think I've pictured this before, but oh how I love them.. so pretty and simple.

Handsome brother, Tanner. He's 19 now. Hard to believe. Does that mean I'm getting older too???

I love markers. I baught these for myself. I didn't need them. But, I love them. These are Magic Markers. Oh. I love these. Now, I need to find uses for them... should I have figured that out before I got them???

Spring sunsets... the sky looks like it's on fire in a few of these!

Tyler's house that we've been working on siding. He's done a lot more since this picture last week!

The before and after...

I spent a LOT of time painting this little roof... had sore abs the next day:-)

Go here and maybe you'll win this neat ring!

O-VER-CAST

This is the sky we've been looking at for what feels like weeeeeks.. it's really only been days. There have been some pretty clouds. But no sun:( I might have been driving while taking this picture:-O

But, there is good news! The barges are back!!! We are so thrilled by this. Matt and I look for them every year! It's a sign that a whole new world is opening up to us. It's a sign of SUMMER. And, they are back!!

Re-Siding Anyone!?

Last Sunday we went and helped my brother, Tyler, start the re-siding process of his house. We will have to do this same thing some day:-/ It was time consuming. It was vinyl, then insulated cardboard, then cedar siding, then some paper stuff... and then it was the place we wanted to be!! There were so, so, so many nails!! That siding wasn't going anywhere.

See all the layers!?

It was cold!! We really thought that it was going to be nicer... it wasn't. There was one side of the house that was warm and that's where I was the most productive!

Our finished product! And then Tyler did a lot more later that night and the next night! He is so ambitious!

Puka! She's the star of the show, really. She's so fun and cute! She's got her own little personality!

THIS IS MY NEW HAIR!

I finally did it! This is the cut I wanted before. Then we decided to play it safe and do my regular cut.. then I went home and thought about it more..

And I kept thinking, "I really do want it shorter, I really do want to try something new. I really like the look of that 'A cut' and I want to try it"

I told Bridget that this shows so, so much trust in her. I haven't had short hair since I was about 16! That was nine years ago.. and speaking of nine. She cut NINE inches off!! It was.. I think she said, two inches away from being able to donate it:-( Oh well, I couldn't wait any longer!

My bangs are up here.. up I just love the cut!! I love, love, love the shape!!

I got my first "round brush" and had to ask her what that looked like exactly. I am not a primping girly girl. I also got a straight iron. I knew what that was:-p I now have all the irons I should ever need. Matt's glad about that. The flat iron was the only one I didn't really have. I was pampered today!

It is so perfect! It's just what I wanted. Just what I wanted! I love Bridget, she does an amazing job! I am just so thrilled and impressed, and glad I love it as much as I hoped I would:-) I went here to get it done, it's where the amazing Bridget works ~ ask for her!!!