Sunshine and Cinnamon rolls

Amazingly, the weather on General Conference Sunday was gorgeous, and for an all too brief period of time the sunshine poured into our home. This is something that not just the humans in our house get excited about. Our sweet dog Ralphie will use any means necessary to get and stay toasty warm. Here are some of the tried and true maneuvers:

Sun Spots - these are greatly desired by Ralphie and sometimes disconcerting to his family. During the warmer months when Ralphie is in the yard 'laying out' I occasionally have to look very closely to make sure he's still breathing. I found Ralphie under this bench on Sunday.

Nesting - This is one of my favorites. It's just one of life's simple pleasures to watch a dog scratch and turn and paw and lay down and then get back up to scratch and paw and turn, turn before finally laying down for real. Ralphie has his own appointed bedding in the basement and a little soft thing on the floor in the kitchen where he can lay with his nose pressed up against the heat register. Sadly, in this photo, Ralphie is using Emily's all too available comforter. This is what happens when you don't make your bed. Stinky linens.

Lap Time - I'm a pushover. I know. So is Rich. Being a Boston Terrier has some perks. It means he's small enough to fit on a lap. I usually do blog reading and writing at night after the girls are in bed. Ralphie follows me to the computer and paws at me and begs with his big browns until sometimes I pick him up and love him for a while. He is such a sweet old boy. What a face.

General Conference Sunday brought another unexpected surprise (the first being actual sunshine.) I made my first ever cinnamon rolls. In fact, first ever rolls of any kind. My sister Tatiana has perfected the most heavenly, light and tasty rolls I've ever scarfed. She is so good at the roll thing and I was very seriously considering leaving it to the experts. But Sarah dragged me to an Enrichment Activity where a sister in the ward demonstrated how to make rolls. (Sad when your 12 year old is making sure you get to R.S. "Mom, they said anyone could go and learn!") It was a fun evening and quite comforting to learn how many other women have no clue what to do with yeast. We went, we learned, we were motivated and we gave it a try.

Ta Da!!

We've decided it will be a General Conference tradition to have cinnamon rolls for the Sunday morning session. We're hoping the sunshine will want to join us.