Homemade Braided Sesame Bread

Why do I not make homemade bread more often?  It tastes - SO GOOD!  We went to church, the girls had volleyball practice, and Marcy and Brent had our family over for prime rib and we shared our homemade braided sesame bread.  Brent can make a killer smoked prime rib on his pellet grill!  Now I am on the search for a good multi-grain flour to make homemade multi-grain bread on Christmas day.  Do you have a certain brand of multi-grain flour that you like?

Have a great Monday!
Carrie

Newborn Photoshoot with my Niece Mila Lou

Mila (pronounced Mee - luh) is two weeks old and completely adorable.  I had been communicating with my sister, Marcy, over the last week about taking Mila's newborn photos.  There are so many gorgeous photos on Pinterest, however; this time I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a sponsored post with a newborn photo that I clicked on called MEG BITTON LIVE.  This inspired me to start researching how to get a light, bright, and airy photo, so the preparation began.  Lightroom is the program I use to edit photos and I wanted to find light, light, bright, and airy presets.  Presets speed up the post processing time spent editing photos.  I googled "FREE Lightroom Presets" and somehow I stumbled upon the Amy & Jordan Blog.  They offer all kinds of great photography resources and they have nailed the light, bright, and airy effect.  I know my photos are not perfect and I wish I had Amy & Jordan and Meg Bitton standing there with me helping me figure out how to better use my Canon 7D, I will keep dreaming of that moment!

So, without further ado, here are the photos I took today:

 

Smiles,

Carrie