We headed to KC Saturday morning in time for Iz to go down for her nap at Gram's {sue sue's.. I don't know if I've told you she has been calling my mom 'sue sue' because it's easier for her to say}. We had a 2 year old birthday party to go to, so we needed Iz well rested!
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| Iz was in her comfies and ready for the car ride.. she thought she would wear dad's shoes. |
I have been very thrifty/frugal these days so I made the birthday card, it was a Minnie Mouse theme, so I was like, I can do that! So simple, but still cute, right? I just traced a cup and a shot glass {classy, I know} on cardstock to make the Minnie, cut the bow and '2' out and put it all together!
They also recently had a baby girl so I just took this card that we had received when Iz was born, cut the front off, glued it to cardstock, added some pink glitter and voila! Totally recycled {you know me!}... why not?
We got to have dinner at a place called 'Thomas' {on 39th across from Saigon 39 downtown} with some of our good friends. It was delicious, everyone loved everything and they ambiance/atmosphere is great- highly recommend!!
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| Kellie + Jack |
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| Mike + Anna |
~Daddy's Day!!~
Cinnamon Rolls/Dinner Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls/Dinner Rolls
I wanted to make Jacob homemade cinnamon rolls for Father's Day so I got a wonderful recipe {below} from my friend/past manager at Payless {technically from her mom- thank you!! :)} because she made them for me my last week at work and they. are. awesome. My mom was/is wonderful and made the dough for me while we were at the restaurant, so it was risen and ready to be rolled out when I woke up :). For the dough {we halved the recipe because we only had 1 pkg of yeast and got 13 rolls}:
2 pkg yeast
2 c water (110-115 degrees)
½ c. sugar
2 t. salt
1 egg
¼ c. oil
6 ½ - 7 c. flour
1. Mix yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl
2. Add hot water
3. Mix egg & oil in small bowl then add to mixture
4. Add flour 1 cup at a time.
5. Knead until flour is combined
6. Cover w/ damp cloth (or lid) in large bowl
At this point you can do one of two things:
1. Place in large bowl in refrigerator (this dough will keep 5 days); when you are ready, remove from fridge and shape into rolls (or cinnamon rolls) and let rise for 2 hours (until double in size), then bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes (for dinner rolls); 350 for 25 minutes for cinnamon rolls. Until golden brown. Remove from oven and brush tops of dinner rolls with butter/ for cinnamon rolls frost with your favorite frosting (I like maple flavored).
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2. To use same day, let dough rise until double, approximately 1 hour, then cut into rolls and let rise again for 1 hour, then bake at 350-400 for 12-15 minutes (for dinner rolls); 350 for 25 minutes for cinnamon rolls, until golden brown. Remove from oven and brush tops of dinner rolls with butter/ for cinnamon rolls frost with your favorite frosting (I like maple flavored). *I just made your basic powdered sugar, milk {almond milk}, vanilla frosting and it was perfect!
*When making cinnamon rolls, roll the dough out to a rectangle, brush liberally with melted butter or oleo and then sprinkle on a cinnamon/sugar mixture. Rollup dough (I roll it up from the short side then slice the roll (I use cinnamon dental floss as this keeps from “smooshing” the roll with a knife). I usually get about 20 slices out of the roll. Enough to fit in a jellyroll pan. *we didn't have cinnamon floss so we just used a bread knife {sawing motion} and it worked well.
(by short side, I mean I roll from that side; you have a short “log” rather than a long “log” of dough when you are done). Roll it tightly, as much as possible, so that it doesn’t fall apart when you put them on the pan; just don’t roll too tight as to smash the dough (and the airiness you have from it raising; a delicate balance)…
Look at all that cinnamon sugar! I sprinkled just plain cinnamon on top of the cinnamon sugar mixture, just to get a little more of that delicious flavor.
Rolled up and ready to bake!
Look how yummy!!
Izzy girl was hanging out while I was finishing up the cinnamon rolls.
that face.. like, really mom? or model pose? ;)
Dad's up! Playing with baby + Iz...
love this.
The best thing about Isabelle and dad playing with her baby on the stairs, and Iz in her pj's- it reminded me of a day when my dad babysat me when I was little and I lined up all my dolls and stuffed animals on the stairs {they filled all of them!} and he video taped me while I went through every single one and told him who they were... oh and I was still in my pajamas when my mom got home at 5 ;). Nice little memory on Father's Day.. missing my dad! Hope all you dad's had wonderful days!
Isabelle and I made this card for dad- I think I saw something similar in a 'Parent's' mag and thought it was such a cute idea.. and so easy! We just traced her hands, cut them out, cut a strip of paper, folded it like an accordion and glued the ends on... probably one of those cards I will hold on to forever!
The girl pretty much ate a whole one on her own, we were supposed to share and that just didn't work out... this is her, 'umm, yes I want more' face.
And, 'it's still gone/looking for it' face.
have another... we did share this one!
We did some damage very quickly!
We had a nice little day, got to run, eat lunch + walk around the plaza for a bit, go to Nordstrom, have Chipotle for dinner and Sheridan's for dessert! All dad's choices.. man, I miss me some Sheridan's 'Mt. Rushmore'... yum!
I also wanted to make dad's favorite strawberry cake, it was probably a bit much with the cinnamon rolls and everything else we ate while in KC, but still had to do it :).
I am so proud of my little in that she loves apples and now wants to eat them straight from the core {I bite off the skin and then she goes to town}!
We had dinner with all the family Monday night on the plaza at Capital Grille and it was delicious! Headed home after visiting Trader Joe's Tuesday morning :). Such a nice little trip to KC.
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| Iz hijacked the baby from Sue Sue's... oops! |
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