I should probably feel sorry for Mackey - but, he tends to linger around Matthew, so he must not be too bothered by it.

Big D

Thanks to my parents, Mark and I had a wonderful time in Dallas by ourselves over Mark's Fall Break! We got a lot of walking in and it was fun to be able to jog together in the mornings - there was a great park right across from our hotel.

We discovered a great frozen yogurt shop! It's called Orange Cup YUMMY

Mark did a great job of picking the hotel! He knew I would enjoy staying in a funky loft hotel - something that we couldn't do as easily with the little one.

Cool Dudes!

"New" toys from my cousins!!!

Can you tell how much I LOVE them??!! Thanks, Jared and Josh(and Casey)

I can't wait to see Grandma and Grandpa!!!

I cheese of my own making

So, apart from homemade yogurt - which is super easy and cheap once you think about how much yogurt you'll get out of one box of nonfat dry milk(which isn't cheap), I've decided to try my hand at homemade cheese!

This recipe seems easy enough. I decided for my first attempt to use just a half gallon of milk. If I do a full gallon, I will have to buy a bigger strainer. It's looking good so far, all that is left is the hour long wait in the strainer. I'm anticipating almost 6 cups of whey and will try to make the ricotta cheese that's mentioned in one of the comments below the recipe.

Forgive me and my camera for the lighting issue. The first picture is after I had just added the vinegar. The second one was after I had just added the salt. I plan to add some garlic to this batch and use it to make pizza this week.

I figured that whole milk being $1.87 for a half gallon is a pretty good deal for some fresh, yummy cheese.

before and after this latest haircut

He looks like such a big boy!!