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I’m home from church today – alone with my cold and two youngest children. We’re not really miserably sick, just contagiously so. And with all of these nasty illnesses going around, it seemed best not to expose everybody else to our sniffles. I hate missing church, but that morning shower and nap during Monica’s morning nap was reaallllyyy nice.

I thought I’d try to catch up on a few things here on my blog. A history in pictures, if you will…

100% Whole Wheat

I’m back to bread baking! Cooler weather is so appreciated after a summer of bread-baking deprivation! The above bread is made from a recipe in Peter Rheinhart’s new whole wheat bread book. It’s a two day process – but better than any other 100% whole bread I’ve made, I think. I should try it with molasses, though.

We have the fish... now what?

Michael triumphantly brought home 3 salmon from a guided fishing trip out near Astoria. They were already cleaned, but guess who got to figure out how to store them! I don’t mind – I love salmon, but it was a little intimidating. I filleted one fish, using a borrowed knife. My filleting skills could use a little practice. Then my mom suggested cutting the salmon into whole pieces and freezing in a freezer bag full of water. Soooo much easier. Thanks Mom!

Who's going to get that ball?!

Whoops, kind of big picture there – but I wanted my readership to see the look on Judah’s face (second orange shirt from the left). Yes, he is now in soccer. Where did the years go?!

Spectators

Rose and Ezra watching

Prepared to do some serious damage.

My dad’s family had a reunion in Rockaway, Oregon this September. Aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents flew in from across the country (and I mean, across the country – 4 from NY, 1 from GA, 1 from IN, 2 from CO, 2 from NE) to reunite. If you want to see good pictures from that reunion, you’d have to contact my dad (or look on my mom’s facebook page!). I only have pictures of my kids pretty much. Sorry. The weather was spectacular – I’ve never seen it nicer on the Oregon Coast. The houses my parents rented for the event were right on the beach – the boys could play in the sand for hours while we watched them from the comfort of the house or deck. It was a very nice vacation! It was fun to see my relatives, too, of course – I hadn’t seen some of them for over 10 years!

Addressing the cake..

Ezra turned 4! He’s still just as cute in his round-headed, smiling way – but getting so old! I intended to write a whole post about him, but this might be it. We had the local grandparents, aunts and uncles, Miss Ammy, and the Barnards over for his birthday party. He was really jazzed about his Spiderman cake – made for him by his Aunt Abigail. The boys put in their requests for specific types of cake months ahead of time! The spiderman on a toy motorcycle was the best part – and still beloved.

Well, that’s it for now. My camera batteries went dead before all of the pictures from my camera were uploaded. I’ll have finish the last couple of things sometime in the future! In the meantime, I’m sure I can figure out how to enjoy the rest of Ezra and Monica’s naptime!

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