I have two kids that I think are pretty terrific. I’m really glad God gave them to us. And it’s really interesting to see the personalities He has given them. If we have stuff going on that takes us away from home more than a couple of days in a row, my kids are ready-more than […]
Sum, Sum, Summertime!
Summertime. The name offers a vision of hot, sunny days, ice-cold lemonade in a sweating glass, fun with friends, curling up in the hammock, reading a book, woven lawn chairs, fresh garden produce, long, lazy days, splashing in the water… I hear the sounds of summer. Sprinklers zinging. Locusts humming. Mowers running. The smell of chlorine from the pool makes me think […]
Three Things:Kitchen Utensils
Three of my very favorite kitchen tools would be: My Pampered Chef Mix N Chop – I use it every time I fry hamburger or sausage! It does a great job breaking up meat. I also like the job it does when I’m mixing up meatloaf or meatballs. It helps cut the eggs and meat […]
Homemade Croutons and More Strawberry Jam
Homemade croutons, strawberry jam and tea syrup. That’s what my morning the other morning involved. Homemade croutons are yummy. Thanks to Kara, I make them instead of buying them now. We don’t use croutons by the truckload or anything, so I really don’t have to make them very often. Plus, they’re super easy. There is […]
Baby Bunnies
My daughter has been a busy and dedicated animal mommy during the months of May and June. Right now her particular babies are three baby bunnies. They are eating and growing!! We really weren’t sure if they would. She has been feeding them milk from an eye dropper and faithfully harvesting dandelions and clover everyday. She […]
More On Wheat Harvest
Wheat harvest is such a major part of our lives. It comes and then it is gone. It goes by at lightning speed and at a turtle crawl all at the same time. There is nothing quite like watching all those golden fields disappear underneath the combines as they eat their way […]
Yummy Berry Fruit Cups
Here is the other fruit cup recipe that I like really well. The rest of my family isn’t as fond of it, but I don’t mind. ‘Cause I really like them! You can go here for my family’s favorite fruit cup. The recipe I have didn’t really have a name, so I made one up. […]
It’s a Dad’s Life
Happy Father’s Day! And a little humor in honor of the day…
Of Harvest and Busy and Animals, But Mostly the Animals
It’s been a busy couple of weeks! Harvest time. Just the words equate “BUSY” in my mind! It’s a good time and a blessed time, though. My cousin and her husband and four daughters and two sons were here for the first week of harvest. My cousin’s husband helped out in the fields and my […]
Cuttin’ Wheat
The Harvest
The harvest in Kansas, the harvest of wheat, Each year it is hectic and busy, but neat, The combines are rolling, dust in the air, Wheat heads are waving, golden and fair, My man’s in the combine, surveying his crop, Till the harvest is done, he won’t hardly stop, The truck and its driver patiently […]
Biscuits and Honey Butter
Biscuits and Honey Butter. Just saying that makes my mouth water! I hadn’t made honey butter for quite a while! I made it recently and my husband loves the stuff! it is yummy. Especially if you have warm butterhorns or fresh biscuits to slather it on! The recipe I use is: Honey Butter 1 […]
A Lesson From the Little Wooden Engines
Crazy. A kid at heart. Lover of personification. You could probably call it any of these things. They would all be accurate descriptions. Sentimental would catch it. This is sounding familiar. I think I mentioned some of these same things here. I sorted through our Thomas the Train engines and track this evening and moved them from […]
A Harvest/Summer Staple
Fruit Cups! It wouldn’t be harvest time without frozen fruit cups in the freezer. They’re a pantry freezer staple during the summertime and wheat harvest around here. I have tried different recipes in the past. Anymore, I don’t really follow an exact recipe. I have a basic form and just add and dump and use whatever I have […]
Cinnamon and Sparky
Cinnamon and Sparky. The two baby calves on our farm right now. So dubbed by our daughter. They are pretty cute! Our farm isn’t much of a livestock farm most of the time. We do have bottle calves fairly often that grow up to provide beef for […]
Wheatscapes
It’s starting to look a lot like harvest…. And it’s only the 26th of May… There have been a few combines cutting in our county the last couple of days… Seems so funny. We are close to a month early! Harvest. It’s busy. It’s hectic. It’s hot. It’s dusty. Yet, there is something […]