And it only took me 25 years

I've been making whole wheat bread for... oh, about 25 years. Sometimes it has turned out pretty well, and many more times not so good.

But thanks to Bekah's roommate's family recipe (which I also saw almost an exact replica of today on another blog), I have finally made a light, soft, fluffy, DELICIOUS loaf of whole wheat bread! Yay!!!

Here's a picture in case you don't believe me.

I guess the secret is adding wheat gluten and dough enhancer. Who knew? (Apparently everybody but me!)

Here's a link to the recipe http://hubpages.com/hub/Perfect-Homemade-Bread

2 posts in 2 days?! Crazy, I know!

I just wanted to add a little postscript to my earlier post about Christmas. There were two things I wanted to share but didn't there because my post was getting too long, and also because I was too lazy to continue.

First, Bekah's friend Evan came for a visit from Kentucky the week before Christmas. It was fun to have him here and to get to know him better. We went bowling with them, and I'll have to say, we were all pleasantly surprised at our bowling scores! Maybe NOT practicing is the way to go?! Rebekah and Evan did a lot of other fun things too, and had a great time.

Here's a picture of Evan and Bekah (most of the pictures are on Bekah's camera, so she'll have to make her own post to share those):





Second, this video is one Bekah took on Christmas night when the kids and grandkids were here. Even though there were new toys to be played with, Bekah's old doll stroller was the hit of the night. Preston figured out that he fit in the stroller, and Abby figured out that she had a real-live doll to push around. Needless to say, it was very entertaining!

Christmas 2009 - gone already?!

It's hard to believe that Christmas has already come and gone! It was fun to have our kids and grandkids around. Little children and Christmas are a great combination!

We really missed having Rachel and Jeff here, but it was fun to be able to Skype with them and feel like they were almost here.