Jenna's Breadsticks

Here is a fabulous recipe from our friend Jenna! Since we have milk and egg sensitivities, this is a great recipe for quick and easy breadsticks! One of the reasons we like these is that we can decide 15 minutes before dinner that we want to have warm breadsticks with dinner. Just one thing you might want to remember is that this recipe only makes 8 breadsticks so we usually double it. Another good quality of these breadsticks is that they freeze well!

Jenna's Breadsticks

1 Tablespoon active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 1/2 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the rest of your ingredients and mix. Dump onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes (your dough should be smooth.) Separate the dough into 8 pieces and roll into long strips the size of a restaurant breadstick. Place on baking sheet (if not using silpat mat, grease pan.) Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. (10 minutes should be perfect, unless you like your breadsticks brown.) Take out of oven and place on serving dish. Enjoy!!!!


Leah

Hannah Elaine Cuthbertson!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Hannah Elaine Cuthbertson

On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, Hannah Elaine entered the world. Mom's water broke at about 1:45 pm and Hannah was born at about 6:47 pm that night. It is amazing how wonderfully we are created by God just as the bible says, "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your work are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalms 139:13-14 Our family is continually enjoying the blessing of a new baby! We are so glad God gave us Hannah! Here are some pictures of this wonderful gift from God! We love you Hannah! We can't wait to watch you grow and develop!


Leah

Our Chickens are Finally Laying Eggs!!

On Friday our chickens laid their first egg! We got only one but on Saturday we got two and today we got two too!! They are about half the size of an normal egg. They normally lay eggs between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. We are very exited to finally be getting something back from them. We can't wait to have all of the chickens lay an egg a day. If you check the nesting boxes about every half hour between 10 and 2, you can find the eggs still warm. We have not tried our eggs yet because we still have other eggs we need to use first.

The one on the top is not our egg.

Leah and Abby

Happpy 10th Birthday, Abby!

Happy Birthday practically a month late! Sorry! I can't express in words how much you mean to me. You are energetic, funny, silly, loving and my 16 month younger sister! You are my playmate and my best friend. Thanks for always being there for me! I am so glad that you are my sister! I will post a picture later of the ten year old.



Leah

Leaves!

Today we did the second round of raking and blowing leaves! It was fun and tiring! My favorite part was at the end when we jumped in our pile of leaves from several maple trees and some oaks and a couple of others. We did our first round of raking on Friday with our friends the A's. Then Elizabeth moved the lawn for the last time this year. Today Dad used the leaf blower and us girls, (aside from pregnant mom and Naomi,) used the rakes and tarp. Dad blew the leaves into piles with the leaf blower and then us girls stood on the tarp while he blew the leaves on... most of the time. Some times Dad blew the leaves into piles and we raked them onto the tarp and transported them. Overall, it was a fall highlight!

Leah