Cereal!

We have started feeding Brooklyn cereal in hopes of curing our sleeping problem. It hasn't helped, but she sure seems to like the cereal! She used to eat and eat and eat until she fell asleep, she seems more satisfied now. The first day was funny to watch her. She didn't know what to do with it! But everyday she gets better and better. She just jabbers away the whole time she eats!

Happy Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving, Tyler's school got some people together and we had a little shin-dig at our church. It was a lot of fun. There was about 25 people there with a lot of food! (It isn't Thanksgiving without a lot of food, is it?) The turkeys were provided by the school and everybody else brought something to share. We missed being with our families, but we had a good time with our friends here in Michigan. We were able to talk to all the Woodworth's and Gipsons (Yes, I spelled the name right- it's Tyler's sister's family, not my family "Gibsons" ) on the web cam. It was fun to see everybody. It makes us feel like we aren't so far away.

I am thankful for all of our supportive family. I am thankful for the new friends we have made out here in Michigan that help us get through being so far away from home. I am grateful for our old friends. We miss everybody! I am grateful for my beautiful daughter who makes me smile everyday and I am grateful for my wonderful husband who works so hard to do well in school!

Tyler says, "I am grateful for my beautiful wife and daughter!"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!

What are you grateful for?

Sleepless

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get a 3 month old to go to sleep?! It's only midnight- so not too bad yet, but she is as wide eyed and talkative as ever!



Sometimes she does really well. Like last night she went to bed at 10:00, but the night before was 1:00. She is so random! Once she falls asleep she'll sleep for 7-8 hours, it's just getting her to sleep that's the problem.

Well, early this morning I was able to go to the temple in Detroit with my friend Sarah. It is one of the smaller temples. I've never been to a small temple before so it was fun. Tyler stayed home with Brooklyn. (Although she slept for him! When I got home they were both asleep in bed!) After sleeping in with the baby Tyler spent the whole day studying.

Bundle Up!

Brooklyn and I have started going on walks in the morning with our friend Mandy. (Fine time to start, I know- now that it is getting cold. But better late than never, right?) Brooklyn gets all bundled up in her Bundle Me and actually stays really warm. The cold isn't too bad yet. The temp. has been 50ish for the last week. We've had some rain, but no snow yet! I know winter is just around the corner and from what I hear, they are REALLY cold. So we'll take advantage of being able to be outside still- even if we do have to bundle up!

Raisin Bread

Who knew I wouldn't become a master bread maker after I got my bread maker machine? I thought all you had to do was pour in all ingredients and voila! Apparently you still have to tweak things a little sometimes!

My first attempt at white bread came out with a sunken top and hard as a rock! The second loaf came out great! (I didn't have enough salt in the first loaf.)

Tonight we made cinnamon raisin bread! Yum! My first loaf was dry and when I tried to add the raisins they just stuck to the outside and didn't get mixed in.

The next one I added more water and it turned out great! The only problem is we ate half the loaf right after it was done!