Monday, March 30, 2009

Snow!

Me in the beautiful snow!

Lindsey(one of my coworkers at the time) and I out on the deck

Me


Winter Wonderland on a local country road


One day awhile back, we had a nice snowfall here in Tennessee. It was a beautiful Sunday morning. We took some pictures too. I wanted to come home and play in it, but we didn't get back from town soon enough. It was so lovely though! I really like snow!

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Making Challah Bread

The Finished Product! Isn't it pretty!


My Braided Challah

Mixing up the dough, with Lauren and Autumn Rose watching me


So, maybe like a month ago, I learned how to make Challah bread. Lauren, one of the girls who was working here with me knew how to make it, and was making it for Shabbat here, but she was soon going to be leaving, so I asked her to teach me, so I could carry on making it. Lauren knows how to do a 6-braided Challah bread, so she taught me that, I am still not perfect at the 6-braid though! It is very pretty if you do it right. After Lauren left, I tried to make Challah again, I ended up using a different recipe, but it tasted very similar. The first loaf I braided, did not look that great, but then I helped Lindsey (another girl here at the time) braid hers, (okay, I didn't braid, but we figured out how it went), and that one turned out very pretty, so hopefully the next time I do it, it will be beautiful! I want to try a three-braided Challah sometimes too. We make two loaves to simbolize the double portion of Manna God gave on Friday to the Israelites in the desert. It is fun to make Challah bread!