5 Months Old

So last night, we started Mckenna on some rice cereal. Just like every baby, she didn't like it at all. Here is a video of her funny faces! :)



In the middle she started choking/gagging. For some reason the sound didn't load up with the video...but you get the picture.

Mckenna often falls asleep holding her pacifier...can't live without it!

Easter

Our Easter wasn't all that exciting, but I thought I would post pictures anyway. I hid some eggs, but obviously Mckenna didn't care but Devin sure had fun! We went to my parents house for dinner and found a few Easter eggs there too.









And a few other picures...nothing to do with Easter. :)






Devin and Mckenna watching basketball on TV.

Self Reliance

The last couple of weeks, I have tried to become more self-reliant and work on our food storage. I have been making pretty much all of our bread. It has been a lot of fun and it really hasn't taken much time.

One day I was went running while the bread was rising. I guess my run was a little too long that day because I came home and this is what I found (I usually let it rise in the oven because it is warmer in there and rises better). It worked out fine though because I just put it all back in the pan, let it rise again, and then baked it.

I got a recipe for home made laundry detergent from a friend. It actually works really good. We do about 2 loads of laundry per week, so I figured out that this would cost about $20 for a years supply. It involves grating a Fels Naptha bar, which takes some time, but other than that it is really easy to make.

We also found a good deal on strawberries, so we made strawberry freezer jam.

So, we have a little more food storage than we used to have, but we still have quite a bit to get. The hard part is just figuring out how much of what you use in a year. But when we go to the grocery store, we just buy a few extra things, which has helped a lot. I also spent a few days grinding some wheat, so we are getting there...slowly, but surely.