Last weekend I went to a high-school football game to watch my sister cheer. It was the most beautiful night. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera so I could zoom in on my sister. This picture was the best I could do with my trusty i-phone.
I finally got my camera back. Here are some of the pictures I took while on the farm.
Here is Brian, Ryan, me, and my Mimi and Pappy.
You can’t beat this. This is what I grew up on. I made hamburgers this week for my mom and it tasted so bad to her that she threw it in the garbage disposal when she thought I wasn’t looking… My parents cook their meat on a Traeger grill. They are amazing. Add some home grown beef to it and you are sure to want more.
Ryan and Brian helping to band some bulls.
Okay – That is gross. I think I am going to call your bluff.
Up close and personal now….
Brian is having second thoughts about trying them. Is he all talk?
And he decided to just try one or two…
Sophie is very concerned….okay, no she just wants to play ball…
Today I got hungry for some fresh bread – more specifically Great Harvest bread. If you have not been to Great Harvest Bread Company in Tulsa and you like fresh bread, you are missing out. They mill their flour every morning and use all whole wheat flour. Anyway, I had a buy one get one free coupon and was so excited to get some fresh bread. Before I went I made sure that they would be open since it is a holiday weekend. The website said the store would be open on Saturday. Well, when I got there they were closed. I was so bummed, so I went home and decided to make my own homemade bread. My mom gave me some organic whole spelt flour a couple of weeks ago, so I decided to make organic whole spelt bread. I didn’t have a recipe for spelt bread so I used my recipe for white bread. So, it was all kind of an experiment. After making the dough, I decided to taste it 
. Yes, I always taste my bread dough which is probably weird and not healthy but what the heck. Anyway, it was soooo good. It had a great flavor and a very similar texture to my regular white bread. It baked very nice and it tasted wonderful. I made two loaves and one pan of cinnamon rolls.
Spelt flour is supposed to be better for you. It is typically organic because it has a short growing cycle and doesn’t usually need to be sprayed for bugs or weeds. It is supposed to contain more vitamins, fiber, and protein than regular white flour and also whole-wheat flour. I used whole spelt flour, but my mom said she usually uses white spelt flour. Yesterday she made bread out of white spelt flour and my brother thought it was Sara Lee. lol
I would have taken pictures, but my poor camera is in Kansas. Last summer I left my camera in San Antonio -Ryan was NOT happy (It was actually his expensive camera he had before we were married). This summer I left our new expensive camera at my mom’s house -Ryan was not happy. Luckily, we will get it back this summer. Then when I was making the bread today I tried to move our espresso machine with the shot glasses on it to another counter….not good. One of the espresso shot glasses fell and broke into a million pieces. Sophie was on the situation ASAP unfortunately. No she didn’t eat any, but she did want to help pick up. After I swept the floor twice she went right over to two pieces I missed and looked at me, so I swept again and once again -Ryan was not happy. Feeling like a failure of a wife, I finished with the bread. When I pulled the beautiful loaves of organic spelt flour bread out of the oven and my kitchen was filled with the aroma of freshly baked bread -Ryan was very happy.
Today I had a semi-creative moment. My mom is coming to stay with me for a week, so I am getting busy and getting my office ready for her to stay in. My office has this huge window in it and it faces East (sunrise). Last time my mom stayed the sun was really bright and woke her up way to early. Wanting my mom to sleep later on this visit, so I can sleep later 
, I wanted to figure out a way to cover up the window without spending any money. This is what I came up with. It is a blanket that my mom gave me. How ironic is that? Anyway it is thin enough to fit over the top of blinds and thick enough to shut out the sun. I am hoping this will keep the room cooler as well.
This morning Ryan woke me up and told me I needed to call the Chiropractor because his hands were numb. I laid in bed trying to absorb that information (which I couldn’t) and decided to go back to sleep. Ryan decided to call the Chiropractor himself on his way to work since I didn’t feel the same urgency as he felt! Well, the Chiropractor told him to come right on in. They popped his wrists and all was better. Now how weird is that, to go to the Chiropractor so he can pop your wrists. hahahaha….that is my hubby. Apparently he uses his wrists and hands a lot at work…
Over the weekend, we took Brian to my parent?s farm in KS. He is from CA, so he had quite the experience! I would add more pictures of him, but I forgot my camera in KS. 
Here is Brian trying to catch a cow to pet it! He had to have a beer to do this!
Here is a view of a part of my dad’s feedlot from 85ft up. Brian, Ryan, and my brother climbed to the top of a harvester to take pictures.
Here is Brian sitting in a tractor pretending to farm!
My mom makes these birerocks every time I am home because they are my absolute favorite. Has anyone ever heard of them before. Brian acted like he liked them. It is homemade bread on the outside with hamburger, sauerkraut, and cheese on the inside. Yummm!!
I got to have a good friend over while I was home. This is Ada and I looking just as good as we did in high school! Right?? Ryan and I are looking forward to going to her wedding in October. She and her future husband started dating when Ryan and I started dating.
Here is Brian and Sophie on the way home! Brian is Sophie’s favorite person in the whole world. She likes him better than the two people who feed her and take care of her.
Here is my mom on our new bikes. We love this style of bike. My mom and I rode 20 miles on the Saturday morning she was here. She is coming back down to Tulsa to “see me” but we both know she just wants to ride my bike.
Here is Ryan on his bike. Mine is the blue one and his is the red one. Ryan thinks we need to set the trend in Tulsa for these new recumbent bicycles.
Here is my dad trying out the new bikes.
My Aunt Jennifer got a black toy poodle puppy just like Sophie! It was so cute. It made me want another one. When we got to her house, we could see through the front door the little puppy laying in a big pink bed with her big pink bow. It was adorable.
This is our Christmas picture for 2007.
We went to Moto Photo per advice of a close friend and we were pleasantly surprised with service, quality of pictures, and time it took. We were in the store less than 45mins total. That is amazing considering there were several poses we could have sent out as Christmas pictures and been happy with. The photographer was nice and extremely efficient. We will definitely go there again.
