Chop Chop

Libby had decided that she wanted to get her haircut....She thought she might wait til she turned 16, but looked at tons of pictures and came to me last night and said..."I want to do it"...She had already told me that several times, so I thought: Ok, I know that you want to get your haircut..thanks for letting me know again :) then...... this morning, she came to me and said "let's do it today"

so guess what we did today?

Aunt Missy's Chocolate Cake x 3!

Cooking and baking are not my best thing, but I am trying to enjoy it and have fun in the kitchen.

So..., I thought I would love to bake a cake! My mom pulled out my Aunt Missy' s chocolate cake recipe and at my first attempt, I was having a fun time enjoyng just being in the kitchen. I thought the recipe said 1 Tablespoon of baking soda, but after I put it in, I realized that it was 1 teaspoon! Oh no! It was ruined!

There goes that batch in the garbage.

My second attempt wasn't too bad. It looked quite beautiful as it was baking... until Iremembered that I forgot to add the milk!

There goes the second batch....

I can't believe I am on my third attempt...this time I was nervous and thought that I would yet forget another ingredient, but alas...... God graciouly let all the ingredients bake together. I didn't forget a thing!

So we have had chocolate cake for breakfast, chocolate cake for lunch and dinner too! Yummo!

Libby Neu signing off :)

Guess who got braces?

No, it wasn't Joe or I....our little Libby got braces on this month!
here is a before and after shot:

Dangerous Journey....

Libby and the youth at our church put on the play "Dangerous Journey" about the book written by John Bunyan. They worked hard and had 2 performances. Libby had a lot of fun and so did all the others. Libby's grandma surprised her by flying in for the play! What a special treat to spend some time with her and enjoy the play together.

There were alot of hours put into it and it was so moving that we all cried several times throughout. Libby was 6 different characters-Sloth, The shining one, Discretion, The demon, Mrs. No good and a shepherdess!

It was a great day and then we celebrated after! what fun!