Because He Didn't Have Enough To Do......

taking care of me and seven children and some laundry and some meals and helping with nighttime feedings, Daniel took up a few projects for his "vacation."  He hung towels racks and other accessories in our new bathroom.  He spent much time finding and purchasing the right wood for the linen closet he is building in the bathroom.  He learned to make artisan-like bread from the amazingly easy book Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.  Delicious!!  He also decided that since we don't eat pork and he really wanted a good andouille sausage for gumbo, he'd learn to make it himself.  So he sort of half followed/half invented a way to make ground beef smoked sausage on our grill- that turned out beautifully.  Then he turned it all into gumbo in fresh bread bowls.  He is totally amazing!