Darin didn't tell me what my challenge would be,
when he told me I had to agree,
He said it would be so much fun,
I won't be happy until the next 5 posts are done!
I'm terrible at speaking or writing in rhyme
so don't be expecting anything sublime!
I probably will be writing less,
but I hope our pictures will impress :)
Wow I'm LAME!
Thanksgiving with the Priday's!
Here's some more pictures of Mitt hangin out with me and my buddy Dane Thomas.
So a few years back I went on my mission,
and ever since I've had loads of ambition.
On the streets of Portugal a drunk I did meet,
speaking with him it was such a treat.
In rhyme he did talk,
no line he could walk but listening to him was such fun.
A blog I just saw,
it left me in awe and from it a challenge did come.
The next 5 blog entries Kali must write in rhyme,
You'll want to check back from time to time.
Kali said yes and the challenge she'll try
So check back often and the creativity will make you cry.
So seriously I met a guy on my mission that was always drunk and he spoke everything in rhyme. Whenever I saw him I tried to talk to him in rhyme as well, which wasn't easy to do in a second language but it was way fun. I just saw someone else's blog and I don't know if they meant to do it or not but the first few lines where rhyming and it took me back to the rhyming drunk guy in Portugal. Since Kali is so creative and is always up for a challenge I passed the challenge on to her. Keep tuned this will be fun and funny. Oh yeah I also shook Mitt Romney's hand today at a work thingy. It was pretty cool to meet him. He is a way good speaker. I also got a picture with him since we're such good friends now. 
I'm the 3rd person to his left with the tan jacket and brown hair by the old bald/white haired guy that looks like he could be Captain John Luke Picard.
Tonight will be the 3rd night that Ky has slept in her big girl bed! She is doing very well with it and sleeps just as good as she did in the crib. Last night Darin went in to check on her before we went to bed to find her like this:
Silly Girl!!!
2 cups scalded milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 tbsp. salt
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs ( slightly beaten)
flour (approx. 6 to 6 1/2 cups)
2 tbsp. yeast
1 cup mashed potatoes
Put yeast in about 1/3 cut water that is the correct temperature. Set aside. Mix scalded milk, sugar, salt, and butter. Add slightly beaten eggs and part of the flour mixing for a minute or two. Put the yeast in. Continue to mix and add more flour. Add the mashed potatoes. Put the rest of the flour in taking care to only put as much is needed to make the dough start to pull off the sides of the bowl as you mix. Don't add too much flour or they will go tough. Knead for approximately 6 or seven minutes. Turn out into greased bowl to raise. Raise until the dough is doubled in size. Divide into two balls and roll out on a floured surface into a rectangle. Cover with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon on half of the rectangle. Fold over the side that doesn't have the stuff on it to cover the side that does. Cut 1 inch strips. Twist like a rope and coil up leaving plenty of room on pan. Do not crowd them. Bake at 400 degrees until light brown. Frost with a powdered sugar frosting or glaze.
Tips from me :)
*The dough is super sticky.. so be prepared to use quite a bit of flour when you are rolling the dough out!
*I baked mine about 12 minutes.. the recipe is so vague but it is just an "old time" recipe. My mom had to figure out how much flour went in it because the copy she has from my grandma just says to add flour! Grandma's just don't need specifics I guess:)
ENJOY! They are super YUMMY!
Carving Pumpkins with Daddy
Concentrating!
We got to host the annual Halloween party we celebrate with some of our good friends! It was a ton of fun! Thanks everyone for coming!
Ky took a bath with Lincoln at the end of the party. They both had so much fun!
I haven't posted any pictures of my growing belly and we keep forgetting to take pictures! We were pretty good at remembering when I was pregnant with Ky so I need to do better! Here it is at 24 weeks :) We are so excited for this baby boy!
Thanks again Steve and Tina for everything!!!
