I get hungry for this yummy ice cream dessert every so often. Last week was my man’s birthday and I decided it would be a good time to make this. July birthday+hot weather+a love of ice cream=celebrate with ice cream! PrintBanana Split Ice Cream Dessert Ingredients2 packages graham crackers 1 stick butter 3 bananas 1 […]
Celebrations, Pinterest Project, Family~
It’s hello to a new week! Summer is winging itself away it seems. Matthew and I often look at each other at the end of a week and say, “Where did the week go?” or “What did we get done?” or “It was a week ago already when we did that?” We had visitors arrive […]
Snicker’s Ice Cream Pie
Temperatures over a hundred degrees and ice cream desserts. Makes a pretty good combination, I’d say. If we’re going to have the first one, we might as well have the second to go with it! Let’s hear it for some Snickers Ice cream pie! PrintSnicker’s Ice Cream Pie Ingredients1 graham cracker crust 1 gallon vanilla […]
Summer Celebration Flexi Giveaway!
Gardening and watering and pickling and canning and swimming lessons and a little cleaning and some cooking and errand running and sleeping and sorting and walking means not much time for blogging! I feel like my blogging is very hit and miss right now. I was happy that I managed to get several photos of […]
What Happened Last Week? {hello monday}
Hello Busy Week and my tired brain and wondering just what all did happen last week? 🙂 Hello to getting finished cutting wheat!! Praise God! It was an alternator-going-out week. One on one of the systems we’re checking-it quite burnt up and one on one of our semis. I got to make parts runs Monday […]
Wheat Harvest {Take 6}
Today was an in and out day again! I went after parts for one of the irrigation systems and then went with the irrigation-checker man to {watch him} install the new alternator. Back home to look for a key for one of the trucks and pack up a lunch and a jug and away we […]
Wheat Harvest {Take 5}
This morning found me slicing up cucumbers for pickles and then errand-running, with parts and seed to go get for my man and a few things to pick up at Wal-Mart. This evening it was supper-to-the-field-time, but I didn’t stay very long. Mom had green beans for us to pick if we wanted them. Renae […]
In the Throes of Wheat Harvest Plus Life {hello monday}
Obviously if you read my last four posts, we’re in the midst of harvesting our wheat. I wouldn’t want it to last forever, but wheat harvest is an exciting event and time of year. So, Hello to Wheat Harvest! Hello to food~fruit cups, crockpot pizza, bran muffins, rhubarb jello, crockpot hominy, filled cupcakes, ham and […]
Wheat Harvest {Take 4}
Another harvest day! Plus, custom planting a circle of beans thrown in. Planting them on one of the circles we’re checking irrigation systems on. Tractors taken to field, oil wells and irrigation systems checked, combine serviced, prayers said, lunch eaten, harvesting wheat. Busy, busy! Meals to deliver, truck part to go get, fuel barrel to […]
Wheat Harvest {Take 3}
Back to cutting after a thunderstorm and a little rain last night. The storm cleared the sticky out of the air. It still got very hot today, but it was a beautiful evening in the harvest field. A breeze, but not a WIND and sitting in the shade was very pleasant. Sunday the high temp […]
Wheat Harvest {Take 2}
Wheat harvest this morning……………………………………. Thunderstorm this evening…………………………………….. Loaded trucks heading up the road to pull in out of the blow and storm. Never know for sure what its gonna do when it brews up. Can’t be harvest time without a thunderstorm or two! Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013
Wheat Harvest {Take 1}
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From My Front Porch I Can See…
I have a porch. And on my porch is a swing borrowed from my brother. And if I sit in the swing borrowed from my brother and gaze, I can see a small wheat field, And in that small wheat field, today, is a combine harvesting the golden, ripe wheat. And in the combine is […]
In Which We Find More Kittens and Meet Ourselves Coming and Going {Hello Monday}
Our week was a blend of busy and hectic and feeling the push and pull of things that needed done all at once. Life has its times like that and June often is that way around here! This week may be a lot the same. The wheat is ready to cut and there were combines […]
June Flexi! July Flexi! Sale on all Flexis!
Today’s the day! 10% off at Lilla Rose and we get to see the flexis for June and July! Sale runs Friday and Saturday. Oh, and free shipping if your order is over $30. And one more detail for new customers~if you buy three items, I will send you a fourth item of your choice […]
Rhubarb Surprise Pie
Here’s another rhubarb recipe from my husband’s side of the family. This pie disappears at our house, almost as quickly as fresh strawberry pie does. Almost. It is super easy. Hardest part is having a pie crust ready to use and chopping up your rhubarb! When Mom brought us some rhubarb a couple of weeks […]

















