look what i can do

i stepped out last week with the encouragement of my mother in law and made my first batch of buns.

they were ok.

so i tried again this week and the reviews have been favourable.

better than last week.

hopefully i haven't set the expectations too high and will have to make them every weekend but they were not as hard as i first thought.

   
and yes i've been doing laundry for ages but this is what it looks like now and this has been a few days in the making just because there was so many other things going on this week.  it is all done now and put in it's proper place.

it always feels good when you accomplish something no matter how small.

play

Well we finally got out of the house.  It wasn't raining, the sun was almost shining, I had a beef stew in the crockpot so dinner was taken care of(for everyone except me), and we ventured out to go play.  Ret could be as loud as he wanted, Kamo was happy watching all the construction vehicles, Willow almost got stuck in the slide and Sundee was happy in her new role as big sister .

Somedays I think I'm still in shock that these are all my kids.  They are lots of fun!

Happy New Year, Happy Birthday & Happy Holidays

how's that for multi-tasking?

we have had a wonderful holiday, and it's not over yet!  it has truly been a great time of bonding, celebrating and enjoying our new family.
The boys are adjusting really well and the girls are having a lot of fun with them.  

Christmas Morning

Such a wonderful smile

sisterly love

the very beautiful birthday diva  girl!

this totally captures his personality 

rootbeer floats!

Our days are full and busy, we wake up and are ready to go (well most of us that is, I prefer to have a few cups of coffee first).  It will be hard next week to get back into a schedule of school and activities.  

Happy New Year and all the best in 2013!!