Just a suggestion, but you guys have definitely gotta get yourselves an automatic breadmaker.
Seriously.... I bake a new loaf every few days and wouldn't dream of going back to cruddy store bought bread.
It's like, the kinda bread where you can toast it, put some butter on it and just eat it like it is....majorly crunchy.
Takes about 2 minutes to put the ingredients together and 2 hours to bake it.

2 cups water
3 cups flour
dash of salt and sugar
pinch of lard
tablespoon of yeast

Close the top of the breadmaker and press start.
Two hours later you've got a fresh loaf of bread and it only cost about 25 cents