Last week we went out with my bro-in-law for his birthday, went to Red Rock, a place that sits next to lake Hefner. It was a fun night celebrating him. So thankful that he is in our family. Graham loves him very much as well. Love you Justin.
Several posts back I mentioned loving recipes and wanting to get my baking skills back up and running. This past weekend, I was inspired by another page in Gourmet Magazine, so I went for it and baked us some Buttermilk Fantails.
Here are some pics showing the process and the final product. I don’t think the rising of the dough happened as much as it should have, I need to learn some more about the art of making bread, but overall these little suckers were good.
Friday’s are my day’s off so they are our family days. For this fun family Friday we loaded up the car and headed to the State Fair. It just started the day before, so we were early birds (although we missed the dollar day which was on the first day). We went last year and we pretty much did the exact same things this year, except Graham enjoyed it even more, his favorite things…the animals. Our favorite thing…food (essentially the same thing except the timing is off). Adriane had her standard Indian Taco, and instead of being adventurous, I went with Earls, a local BBQ joint that had a booth there. I just wasn’t in the mood for risky food.
Something happens each year we go over to the barns, where all the pig, sheep, cow and horse shows are taking place. Instantly as we walk in, I am smacked in the face with a wheel barrel of memories from my childhood. The smell has to be the strongest ignitor of all the memories – to some it may be an awful odor of who knows what coming out of who knows where but to me it is a very familiar and welcoming smell, taking me back to my very young years where I showed pigs and spent many fall months hanging out in the barns of various fair grounds in various towns in Oklahoma. Days were filled with washing pigs, bedding down their pins and then waiting and waiting, but within the waiting there was alot of the fun going on, running around with the other 4-H or FFA’ers, living off of candy bars and nachos bought at the concession stands, experiencing the latest crush on that cute girl from the other school and just enjoying being covered in dirt and it not really mattering. Even though I didn’t always do that great showing my pigs (except one year my Chester won grand prize at the Grady County Fair and then first place in the Oklahoma County Fair) I always enjoyed the lazy days spent in the barns, with the animals, and with my friends. As we were walking through the barns I kept feeling that nostalgia, and loved that I was able to share that with Adriane and my son.
Everything I just typed I was thinking about in this picture, we were watching kids show off their sheep, and they were doing a great job. Maybe one day Graham will get to experience some of that life – I hope, it is a good one.
Our little buddy, in the house and at the OKC Arts Festival. It was a Fun Family Friday.
Have I blogged lately about how much I love my son? Well, I should, because if i did it would say that he was so much fun on Christmas day. He laughed, played and enjoyed all his presents and all his family. I would say that God has given him such a sweet light hearted personality, and one that loves to love on people. If I were to blog, I would also say that his mother is such a great woman and loves on him really well. I would also say that this beautiful women loves on me really well too. Anyway, if I were to blog today, these are the things I would say…I love my family.
