Ball Pit Mountain

Craig had the day off today and went fishing with his brother. On his way home he saw a thrift sale and saw this awesome Ball Pit Mountain. It is the coolest thing and Preston loves it. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Long awaited road/Beautiful sunset

We have had a dirt road all summer long and today they finally came and paved it. It was like Christmas in September:)

Craig took this picture right before we went for our walk tonight.

Fall is here

Fall is here and winter is near. We are enjoying the many colors that fall brings. Our woods are covered with God's handy work. We love to take walks in the beautiful fall air. This is by far my favorite time of year. I think it might be Preston's too. He loves the leaves and stares up into the trees.

Cinnamon Rolls

Want to impress your husband, guests or just treat yourself? I made these Cinnamon Rolls this morning and wanted to share the recipe with all of my readers. They were delicious:) Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 TBS baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

3/4 cup buttermilk

8 TBS (1 stick) butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a med. bowl and mix well. Stir in veg. oil. Add buttermilk and stir just until blended.

2. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Roll dough into a 15x8 in. rectangle.

3. Preheat the oven to 400. Grease a 9 in. round baking pan.

4. Spread butter over the dough. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix well. Sprinkle over butter. Roll up rectangle, jelly roll fashion, starting from one long side. Pinch seam to seal.

5. Cute the roll into 1 1/2 in. slices. Arrange the slices, cut side up, in prepared baking pan. Bake until lightly browned, about 15 to 20 min. Remove from oven. Serve hot.

Seriously these couldnt be any easier.

The picture of Preston is what his new thing is lately. He puts his hand out all the time. Even when he isn't in his highchair:)

Kelty

This weekend Craig got Preston a Kelty child carrier. We needed an upgrade to his Snugly as he is getting much bigger these days. This one can carry him up to 50 lbs. We are going to use it this week as Craig has some days off. Tonight we tried it out for the first time and Preston was grinning from ear to ear. He thinks it's just the greatest. It's really nice and you can set him down after you take him off and it stands up like a chair.

Look at my teeth

I know I have been saying all along that Preston has 8 teeth but I thought I would show you a picture of them all. Aren't they cute. I love the space between the top 2. They should fill in right?

Cruisin around

Now that Preston has mastered crawling and pulling himself up to a stand he wants to be able to walk. We bought this little walker awhile ago(which also converts to a car that he can later ride) and he loves to walk with it while pushing it. I think walking won't be too far off in his future. He loves to try out new things.

P.S. Preston is watching the Packer football game with his dad today and we got him to say what sounding like "HUT" several times...........it was really cute:)