I loved her outfit and bow!

She was sad because she wanted me to hold her.

Paige eating her cake!

What she left of it.

mmm good!

Paige's and Taylor's Party!

My friend Amy made Paige's cake. It was white cake with strawberry mousse. It was really yummy. It turned out really cute.
The side of the cake. So cute.
Deer in the headlight look. This is what she opened.
Her opening her presents.
We opened presents for Paige and Taylor's Birthday. Taylor's Birthday is today and he flew to Texas really early this morning. But I don't feel sorry for him; he gets to go to the Lakers and Mavericks game tonight in Dallas. Should be fun!

Paige is 1 today!

Paige was born on January 18, 2010 at 7:30 a.m. I can't believe how fast it has gone. She is so sweet. She is crawling, standing, and walking along furniture.3 days old
In the hospital.
Aww! She was so cute. And so teeny.

Seeing Paige for the first time.

Family pictures.

My friend Melissa Durham took these pictures in Redlands. I am happy with how they turned out. You can check her out on facebook, MD Photography.

New Years Day- Bowling

Paige even had fun bowling.

Preston would get mad when he didn't knock any pins down. I thought it was cute.

Callie did a really good job bowling. I on the other hand am terrible. I think I bowled a score of 60!!

Clay, Preson, Callie and Madelyn before we started our game of bowling.

New Year's Eve!

Our friends gave us the idea to play Minute to win it games. It was so fun. I played the candy elevator using pencils and string you pull up over your ears. It was very difficult to get 3 m&ms in your mouth at the same time. I failed.

Callie playing one with vaseline and cotton balls. You couldn't use your hands only your nose.

My sister Heather was hilarious. You had to shake 8 ping pong balls out of a tissue box belted around your waste. Everyone wanted to play it.

My sister-in-law playing a game where you pick up paper bags all different sizes off the floor and put it on the table only using your teeth. She was the only one you could do it. She is very flexible.

My nephew Luke playing the minute to win game called hanky panky. You had to pull 160 tissues out in 1 minute. No one could do it. It looks easy but it wasn't.

Fun Christmas Activities

All the girls went to breakfast early Thursday morning and then to Hobby Lobby. Then the boys went shooting. What fun! Me, my sister Britney, Mom, and my sister Heather. My Grandma is taking the picture. Sorry Grandma we didn't get one of all of us.

All 14 grandkids. It is hard to corral such little ones for a picture.

Paige having fun with toys and cousins.

Baylee, Madelyn, and Callie making a ginger bread house together. Aunt Britney helped them put it together.

Christmas in Indiana!

Monday night we opened presents with everyone from Grandpa and Grandma Hammer. My mom made my sisters and sister-in-law matching black robes. They are so nice. I love it. I wear it everyday. Thanks Mom!

Callie opening their big gift from Grandpa and Grandma.

Sorry out of order. Everyone waiting to open presents. All the cousins had so much fun together.

Paige opened her present from her Great Grandma Finn. She got a little doll. It is so cute. She really likes it.

Paige eating an Ice cream cone early that day at McDonalds. She kept crying because she wanted to hold the cone. She didn't want me to hold it for her.

Christmas Day!

Christmas Day we woke up and opened presents early in the morning. Then we finished our last minute packing and flew out around noon to Indiana. We got there 9:00 p.m. eastern time. It was a long Christmas day.

The kids favorite present was a pillow pet.

Paige opening up her first purse.

Preston got his cast off!

Taylor took Preston on Monday to get his cast off. He was nervous. The doctor said his arm had healed. They used this special saw to get it off. The doctor said he will be protective of his arm for a few days. Last night Preston told Taylor that he wanted to get his cast put back on. I thought it was funny.Last time we saw him with his cast on.
I think I would be nervous too! Yikes, that looks scary.
Sorry the pictures are out of order.

Orange Rolls

Let rise for an hour.
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes and let cool. Drizzle with icing.

Orange Rolls
Submitted by Erin

1 recipe dinner rolls (below)
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 T. freshly squeezed orange juice
Grated orange rind from two large oranges

Orange Glaze:
Mix together 1 ½ cups powdered sugar, 3 T. freshly squeezed orange juice and ½ tsp. grated orange rind.

Follow directions below for dinner rolls. Combine butter, sugar, orange juice and orange rind in a small bowl and mix well.
When dough is ready to shape into rolls, punch down and divide in thirds. Roll each portion into large rectangle about 9x13 inches, ¼ inch thick. Spread each rectangle with one-third of the butter/orange/sugar mixture. Starting with the long side, roll up jelly roll style. Seal edges well, then cut with dental floss into 1-inch slices.
Place on a greased baking sheet (I fit 15 on a sheet - three rows of five). Let rise away from draft until dough doubles. (Today that took about 1 hour.) Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes. (Mine were done at about 16 minutes, so check early.) Remove rolls from pans and cool on wire rack. When rolls are cool, drizzle with orange glaze.

Rolls

2 1/2 cups warm water

1/2 cup oil

3/4 cups sugar

3 1/2 tbs. yeast

mix all together, let rise for 15 minutes.

Add 2 room temperature eggs (whisked). In bowl combine 6 1/2 cups flour, 1 tbs. salt and 1/2 cup flour more if you need it. I use my dough hook on my kitchen-aid mixer. Don't over mix. Let dough sit for 15 minutes before rolling out. Separate into 2 balls. Roll out into 1/2 inch rectangle and follow instructions for orange rolls.

I got this recipe from sistercafe.blogspot.com. My sister made them and everyone absolutely loved them. I gave these out for visiting teaching and to friends for Christmas. They were so yummy. I used a different roll recipe than they did. They used Lion house rolls.