Dirty Floor

Left is old vacuum Eureka Optima...Right is same area of carpet with new Bissell Powergroom Pet. Carpets were vacuumed a litte over week ago with old vacuun.

Our new Bread Maker

Rob got a Breadmaker for our 5 Year Anniversary (April 9th), he had one but it was like 20 years old and the paddle was broken and it needs a new pan, since it was just as cheap to buy a new one as replacement parts, we bought a new one. It is great, and way yummy! Here are some pictures of some Honey Whole Wheat Bread we made in it.

Honey Whole Wheat Bread
Ingredients:
1 1/8 cups warm water at 110°F
3 tablespoons honey
1/3 teaspoon salt (we used 1 tsp and it tasted just fine)
1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 1/2 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions:
Add ingredients according to the manufacturer's directions to your bread machine. Use the wheat bread cycle and light color setting.

Kids will be kids....

Zoey Helping dad with his programming....well actually she opened up about 100 windows :-)

Best Ever Brownies

These are the BEST brownies I have ever had! I am NOT a brownie lover either. These are the ones we had for family dinner, that even though they were a little overcooked, my family DEVOURED them :-)

Makes: 1
Ingredients:
	1 C pecans 1/2 tsp baking powder 2/3 C flour 3/4 C Cocoa Powder 4 Large eggs 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 C brown sugar 1 C sugar 1/2 C butter
Instructions:
	Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl mix together the last six ingredients. Sift in the Flour, Cocoa Powder, & Baking powder. Mix until blended, do not over mix. Grease the bottom of a a 9x9 or 9x11 pan not the sides Add batter and bake for 35-40 minutes @ 350 degrees. You can add some chocolate chips if you would like. You can also replace 1/2 the butter with some Chocolate syrup.