Pioneer FHE

For Family Home Evening on Monday I wanted do to something pioneer-y since Saturday is Pioneer Day. So we told a story, sang a song (twice), and then "made" bread and actually made homemade butter. How do you make homemade butter? Just follow along...

1. Get bread ready for your butter


2. Pour some heavy whipping cream into a baby food jar (we added a marble to help it churn).

3. Shake it! Shake it!


4. Drain the buttermilk out.


5. Enjoy! It's really yummy if you add honey.

Sisterly cooking

While cooking pasta for dinner this week Rachel grabbed a pot which caused envy from Ashley so I got Ashley a bowl of her own. Then Mike was nicer than I would have been and gave Rachel some water in her pot and dry pasta to play with. So the girls played while we watched and cooked. Here's a piece of the entertainment. At one point Ashley actually stirred the bowl.

Our lovely backyard is complete!

Sisters

A glimpse of what I have to look forward to. I hope they always love each other like they do now.

Family Picnic at the Park

We've been enjoying our mild summer (it's sad when you're excited that it's only 103*). We had decided to go to Mt. Charleston, but when we got in the car to go it looked like it was raining so we didn't take the chance and went to the park instead. I take the girls to the park a couple times a week and if we drive by one Rachel will want to stop, we can play for hours. This Saturday park day was even more fun since Mike could join us. And as we were leaving it started to rain.

Racing down the slides

Rachel likes the "baby swings" so she can "go real fast"