I am glad that class is behind me. All I could do during that time was study for that class. It consumed every available minute of my time.
Now I can watch TV with a blank stare and mouth open with no worries!
During the time of the last major post we visited Burlington and saw everybody down there, and over thanksgiving we went to Iowa City to visit everybody there. With the exception of Doug and Nancy and family they were in Texas. Daniel and I scouted the 80 for deer. We located some so we are going to spend a few days after Christmas to muzzleloader hunt down there, and John has given us an option of locating some farmers down in Burlington also.
Greg and Val were kind enough to open their kitchen to making cinnamon rolls. With the help of a bunch of young chefs we made about 7 dozen cinnamon rolls. Thanks to Val for distributing them to each family member for their Sunday breakfast. Here are some pictures of the operation
making the dough
rolling the dough, putting down lots of melted butter before the cinnamon and sugar goes in and then it is rolled into a tube to cut into individual rolls
The final product and some of the helpers who had a hand in making all of these cinnamon rolls
Greg suggested about sterilizing the countertop everytime we layed down the dough.....we quickly kicked him out of the kitchen and out of the operation :-)
If you received a pan of cinnamon rolls, please return the pan to Val, since the pan belongs to Val.
Marie and Clare are good bakers and they can probably make up another batch for everybody for Christmas, and they can teach Katie and Anna on the operation, just keep Greg away from the kitchen along with his sterilizing solution :-)
It is cold up here, our snowthrower broke on the day of the big blizzard, picked up a part a few days later and we are back in operation.
Philomena and Daniel had their Christmas Band concerts last night they did very well
Upcoming birthdays! Well I see on the calendar, Noelle has one coming up this Thursday, Happy birthday to Noelle.
Well I hope everybody is enjoying the Advent season and are looking forward to an enjoyable Christmas.
I am still deciding what soup to make this year for Christmas eve. I make the standard Oyster Soup and do one other. I made vegetable beef last year, I am debating on making a Broccoli/Cauliflower cheesey bacon soup this year. Any other ideas or preferences?
