Jesus came and called my dear Grandma home to be with Him last night. Ninety-two years He gave to her on this earth. She was blessed with good health most of the time. She was able to stay in her own home with lots of loving care from her children and the help of Hospice, […]
Forts in the Woods With Friends
Forts and woods and friends. Sounds like a kid’s perfect afternoon. And I think it was. At least they all had a very grand time. A couple of weeks ago or so, my kiddos had friends come spend the afternoon with them, working on building forts in the woods. It was lovely outside and they […]
Hello Highlights
Hello to some highlights from last week! Hello to linking up over at Lisa’s with lots of hellos! Hello to a giveaway here at A Delightful Glow! Go check it out and sign up if you haven’t. Hello food! Hello to planning some menus and getting the ingredients I didn’t have, on Monday evening, when […]
What a Miracle!
We have a new niece and cousin! We were so happy to hear about her safe arrival and to get to go squeeze her. It was a good thing to do on a Saturday morning. What a miracle the birth of a baby is. We oohed and awed over her soft skin and sweet little […]
Another Week of Family and Farm
Hello to memories and happenings recorded from last week! Hello Cream Cheese Chicken Chili served over rice! A new recipe I tried that was very simple and turned out pretty yummy. Hello to seventy and eighty degree weather most of the week. It was sunny and beautiful, fall weather even though we still so badly […]
Hay Bale Play
I really think that a row of hay bales was truly meant to be a playground. They seem to attract children. I’ve watched my own kiddos play on hay bales many times and I’ve seen other photos of other kids playing on hay bales and I’ve watched many kids having fun on the hay bales at the […]
Butterhorns and Other Things {Hello Monday}
Hello to the end of October! Where has it gone? Hello pretty pumpkin and hello to happenings from last week! Hello to having willing helpers to roll out butterhorns for me! They should be happy to, because they love, love, love to eat butterhorns! Yummy-yum! Hello to a week of parties! We have friends who will soon […]
Pumpkin Patch {Hello Monday}
Hello Pumpkin Patch! We love going every year. In a few more years my kiddos will most likely have outgrown the fun at the pumpkin patch. But we still have a few more memory-making times! Grandma and I, Tucker and Renae, and one of Renae’s friends ventured to the patch for a good part of the […]
There’s More Than One Way To Get A Workout
I picked up my phone to look at the picture message it had just received. The picture was of our end dump trailer. And a largish pile of milo on the ground behind it. The message? Well, it read, “Anyone want to come help me?” The sender? My farmer man. I showed the picture to my […]
A “Blue” Pillow Pet
I have a little friend and his name is Blue, On his fluffy back he has a white horseshoe, We like to laugh and run and play, And jump and sing, yes, everyday, We watch the birds as they fly by, And stay outside till evening’s nigh, We spy on squirrels and baby deer, And […]
My Beloved White Fence
About three and a half years ago, we put up a white fence on two sides of our backyard at our old farmhouse. I have really, really loved my white fence. It made our small yard seem cozy. The end of last summer found a big storm with big wind moving through our backyard. This […]
Hello to This and That!
When I took my walk this morning, I really wondered where the summer has gone?! The air was cool and crisp and definitely had more of an autumnish feel to it. Hello to making pumpkin cookies and pumpkin pie last week! I must be more ready for fall than I think I am. Hello to […]
Hand-Knitted Farmhouse Dishcloths
When we were in Ohio, we visited my Grandmother. She is almost 92 years old. Earlier this spring she wasn’t very well at all and we really thought she would be in heaven right now, instead of still on this earth. She slowly improved though, till she was no longer just in bed and no longer needed […]
Hello School, Games, Life!
Hello to having fun painting magnets from the giveaway mom won! Hello to magnets on the refrigerator and artwork given to me by my six-year-old niece when we were in Ohio! My niece loves to draw and she is very, very good at filling in the backgrounds on her pictures. She gave us several pictures […]
Kiddos and Cousins and Lots of Fun Times
Today, I’m putting up pictures of some of the fun things my kiddos enjoyed while we were in the east. They played and imagined hard, most of the time we were there. They did get some sleep, though we never seemed to manage to go to bed very early. We spent an evening with my […]
Hello Monday:Ohio Version
Hello Ohio! It was so fun to get to visit in the summertime again. It’s always fun to see the green grass and beautiful flowers. Even though it’s been dry in the east, it looked pretty, thanks to some recent rains. And doing a happy dance that Kansas got some rain while we were away! […]