Pomegranate Orange Scones

I really had been wanting to get a pomegranate ever since I saw a video on how to properly cut them open and eat them. The only other time that I've actually had one was in grade school when a teacher brought one in for everyone to try. I don't actually remember the taste of it at all but I was convinced that I would love it. And you know, it was pretty good, but I could only eat a few of the seeds before I didn't want anymore. So I had to find something to do with them, so of course I turned to Pinterest and found this recipe. And it was amazing! I think that it is my favorite scone recipe ever. I don't know how often I'll actually make this since pomegranates are kind of expensive, but I definitely will add orange to the next one. 

Pomegranate Orange Scones (adapted from this recipe)

1 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 cup All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup Sugar

1 tablespoon Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup Pomegranate Seeds

1 1/4 cup Heavy Whipping Cream

Zest of a large Orange

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1. Sift your dry ingredients together into a medium sized bowl.
2. Add the cream and vanilla; mix until well combined.
3. Add the pomegranate seeds and zest and mix.
4. Put the dough onto a lightly floured surface and make into a circle then slice into 8 pie shape slices. Spread the slices out onto parchment paper on a baking sheet.
5. Sprinkle with sugar if desired.
6. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Ferry Ride!

 Apparently we decided not to take any pictures last week, so here are some pictures from our ferry ride home from Seattle. Charlie absolutely loved the steering wheel. He never did figure out the horn, which was nice :) But it would have been pretty hilarious if he kept honking.

Our little blonde blue eyed boy :)

Sink Bath!

We just got back from a long weekend over in Seattle with Andy's grandparents. We originally went because Andy took a test for the Seattle Fire Department and then we stayed a few more days just for the fun of it. Of course we didn't end up taking any pictures, except in the car on the ferry ride home (best time to take pictures, right?). So here are some cute pictures I took of Charlie last week when we decided to start giving him sink baths. And I think he's pretty darned cute. Here's to a great week!

First Farm Visit

Andy's family sold this farm to a sweet couple a little over a year ago now and this is the first time I've been back since having Charlie. It was pretty odd to see the house and how different it is now that somebody else is living in it. We never lived at the farm ourselves, but we did come out to visit and Andy worked for the farm until he was 18. Unfortunately Andy was working the day we went out, but he's not very sentimental about things so it didn't bother him at all. Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and growing my own garden and raising chickens (which I hope to do some day) but I'm glad that we are close to the city and friends for now.

 These two are inseparable.

 Chasing the kitty cats.

The kiddos loved Maddy.

Cousins

This week we were lucky to have Andy's dad and step mom in town for a few days before they head back to the east coast. They are going to be moving to Europe for two years to be a part of missions organization. We had a few get togethers with the rest of the family thats in town and tried to take some pictures of all the cousins together, which non of them turned out to be fantastic (but what do you expect with three small children?). Also I realized I didn't get any pictures of the grands with their grandkids. Oops.

 Charlie loves to stand at your feet and hold onto your legs. And open his mouth as wide as possible.

The best one.

Those socks are my favorite. 

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Browne's Addition Tour Part 2

We finally got to finish the walking tour of Browne's. Charlie might have just woken up from his nap and was not impressed with the stroller (I think this is one of my favorite photos of him). The second half of the tour was beautiful, mostly because of the leaves changing color, but some of the houses were very pretty too! I'm very glad to finally check this off my list.

 This was our favorite house of this half. Loved the chimney stacks. Awesome.

 Fall changings

Line's Donut Party

Line is four. That is crazy. I love that little girl. She is so fun and crazy and says the absolute best things in the world. Seriously. We celebrated her birthday by having a donut party for her and it was very relaxed and fun. 

Yummm...those maple glazed were fantastic.

She decided to open presents as soon as the guests arrived. It actually was pretty great.

Her gigantic donut.

and Daniel needed to be sung to as well.

And at the end of the party the Legos came out.