My sister and me and our baby girls ~ Do you want to build a snowman? Gifting Grandma with Samantha, an American Girl Doll. Grandma has had a lot and a lot of fun and enjoyment shopping at American Girl for her granddaughters over the years and this year it was their turn to shop […]
A Few Words and a Personalized Pillow
Just popping in to put a few words out in blog land. We arrived home Tuesday evening. Once again we traveled safely back and forth over all those miles and highways between Kansas and Ohio. We are thankful. Even though our December plans have ended up completely rearranged, we were glad we could […]
Memoir Monday {No. 51}
Pheasant in the crockpot ~ Handy-dandy defrost vent!! Pizza crust ~ Moving trees ~ Cookies delivered to our door by some cute little boys. Renae works a couple of hours each week for their mother. The cookie with all the eyes was made especially for Renae. Spice cupboard rearrange and reorganization and changing around of some […]
Do You Want to Cut Some Milo?
Posting some of my milo cutting pictures from earlier this fall… Do you want to cut some milo? Or ride the combine round the field? Just climb aboard and shut the door, We’ll see what it’s going to yield. It gets a little itchy, From the milo dust, Just swirling around the cab… {back and […]
Simple Spiced Wassail
Tis the season! Of cold weather and hot drinks. Here on our farm we like the occasional coffee, hot chocolate with a touch of coffee, and sometimes hot tea. I also like to make wassail during the Christmas season. It’s so pretty and there’s something cozy and homey and Christmasey about it simmering on […]
We Throw a Party
I had a friend who turned forty this fall. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to throw a party! I really love setting things up for a party. It does take time and effort, so it doesn’t always happen. 🙂 Lovely fall flower arrangement! It was part of my friend’s gift and served as our centerpiece […]
Another Miracle
Two years ago our first-niece-who-lives-in-Kansas arrived! Now she is a big sister. To a new little sister. And we are so excited. Two little girls! Two mighty miracles arriving in miniature, gifted from God. I always forget how tiny a new baby is and how soft and how sweet. Meet our two-year old niece when she […]
Memoir Monday {No. 50}
Did you have a good Thanksgiving? We did. We had a yummy dinner at Matthew’s Mom and Dad’s and we got to play with and squeeze and laugh at our niece. So, yep it was good. Did you cook for Thanksgiving? My mother-in-law did most of our dinner this year. I took green bean casserole. […]
Candles and Autumn and Christmas
Ever since I became a wife and homemaker in 1997, and set up housekeeping in our first cozy, rental home, I’ve enjoy burning candles. Well, even before that I liked it. My sis and I shared a room and we had candle holders and would burn candles in the evenings, while we read our books, and many […]
Black Friday Sale For Lilla Rose, Deborah & Co, JIC
It’s Black Friday ~so of course that means sales everywhere. I’m highlighting my Lilla Rose, Jewlery in Candles, and Deborah & Co. ALL LILLA ROSE FANS!! Thought you might want to know……… ABOUT The best sale of the year at Lilla Rose! 3 DAY “Black Friday” SALE 20%-50% Off Everything!Plus Free […]
Thankful on Thanksgiving Day ~
Happy Thanksgiving! Praise to God our Father and words from the archives ~ Father, We Praise You Father, we praise you for life and for love, Father we praise you in heaven above, Father, we praise you for your mighty power, Father, we praise you this day and this hour, Father, we thank […]
More Beans To Cut
One of the irrigated circles Matthew checks, had double crop soybeans on it. Everything happens in groups it seems…. We had wheat to drill, milo to cut, and these beans to cut. We were glad to get it all done…….and earlier than some years. It’s not uncommon to have milo to cut on Thanksgiving. Now […]
Thankful for Photos and for Little People
A few falls past… these were my little people… I’m so thankful for photos, because I forget. I forget how little they were and the chubby cheeks and the daily details of yesterday. I’m so thankful for photos of my little people. And I’m so thankful for these children of ours. Counting blessings and recalling […]
Memoir Monday {No. 49}
Hot drinks and snow on the ground ~ so began our week last week! Little snowman… Want to know what era you are from? Finish this sentence. IF ALL ELSE FAILS,________________________. My daughter and I were trying to figure out how to attach a lid with snaps onto the fabric bin it belonged on. We […]
Harvest Apple Cake
This cake has long been a favorite recipe of mine. I’ve made it for a lot of years and don’t even remember when I first made it. I find myself pulling out the recipe every autumn and at other times of the year too! When I have extra apples, I chop up enough for this […]
Good-Bye Braces!
October found us at the orthodontist ready to say good-bye to braces! Everything went very well, according to the orthodontist, and the braces got to come off earlier than we were thinking. Double hooray! Matthew and I, neither one ever had braces, so we really couldn’t relate to Renae in this experience. My older sister […]