i just finished making my first pound cake. i think it will turn out pretty well. hopefully good enough to eat. yes, you read that it was my first time to make a pound cake. since i have six sisters i have never really had to make anything because there were already enough girls to make the whole meal. i guess i was kind of lucky not having to make much. but now days i wish i knew how to make a lot more then i do. not to long from now i will be the one making dinner and dessert. it might be fun at first, making all sorts of things that are quite delicious, and obviously some things won't be as good because i will at some point get something wrong. right now i am helping with dinner because there are only two sisters home right now, but one is busy with three children, and the other is busy with work, animal sitting for the weekend and more. two more girls are in Spain on a missions trip, another in Germany, and the last one just moved to CA. lots to keep track of!
today was another cold day. we were wearing pants, sweat shirt's, and socks. little jacks lips were turning purple and his hands were ice cold. if i was cold for a little longer my lips would have turned purple too. my hands and feet were already quite cold, and were turning purple because they were so cold. i was cold but my brain didn't stop working, so i headed up stairs to put on a sweat, sweat shirt, pants, and socks. i would have put on some mittens too but decided that that was just a little too extreme. you probably noticed that i said that jacks lips were turning purple and my hands and feet were too. we are very much a like. not only do we look a like but have some odd similarities.
by lunch it was nice and warm. so we sat on our porch which is so nice to have in the summer for meals and just hanging out on. the kids went outside while brietta and i sat on the porch with computers on laps, playing miniclip games so that not only could be have fun, but we would be able to watch the kids as well.
after a little bit we heard jackson crying (which isn't to surprising), and it didn't really stop until i sacrificed not playing the game and went to get him. bronwyn also came inside with a little surprise. she had green marker on her hands, face, and we couldn't forget the shirt. that was that. Nap Time!
it was silent except for merrick. the kids were up stairs taking a much needed nap (minus gabriel who only takes rest's, not naps). i was picking up around the house, sweeping the kitchen and then the porch when my mother and father came home from rehearsals for musicals they are in this summer. so you should come and see them. not to much longer after that i was making the pound cake, which we are hoping we can eat later today.