Strawberry Salad

Ingredients:

• 12 oz. can of evaporated milk, chilled
• 20 oz can crushed pineapples including juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 oz box strawberry jello
• 3 oz. cream cheese

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan put jello, sugar, cream cheese, and pineapples including juice.  Bring to a boil,  whisk together so the cream cheese mixes in.  Remove from heat and let cool till it is lukewarm.
2. Take you chilled milk and whip it for a few minutes with an electric mixer.  Then mix the two together.  Put in a bowl and refrigerate for a few hours til set.  Enjoy!

Turkey a la King

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter
• 6 fresh mushrooms, sliced (canned mushrooms also work)
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup of heavy cream (can also use evaporated milk)
• 2 cups chopped cooked turkey or chicken
• 2/3 cup frozen peas
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

1. In a large skillet over medium low heat cook butter until golden brown.  Saute mushrooms in butter until tender. 
2. Stir in flour until smooth.  Slowly whisk in chicken broth.  Cook until slightly thickened.
3. Stir in cream, turkey, and peas.  Reduce heat to low, and cook until thickened.  If you use evaporated milk you may need to add more thickening.  Season with salt & pepper.
4. Serve over rice, toast or biscuits.  Enjoy! 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Gabe has been doing well in school,

learn to write his letters.

Here is a card he brought home this week.

I thought it was so good.

The Front

The inside

The back

Not sure why these pics are sideways

oh well.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

Last Weekend....

For a couple weeks I had secretly planned

a date night for Sam & I.

On Thursday when Gabe can home

from school he started screaming

every time he would swallow.

We thought maybe he had strep throat.

So I took him to the doctor,

he had an ear infection.

I thought maybe our date night would

get canceled with Gabe not feeling well.

Till Friday evening he was feeling good.

The boys were excited they got to spend the

night at Sam's parents.

Gabe has never got to spend the night there.

We went to Fireside Tavern for dinner.

They have really good food & service.

I was surprised how fast we got our food.

Then we went to see Tower Heist,

a very good movie.

The movie was packed.

I don't think there was a seat left.

I hate when it is that full.

Saturday we spent the day

doing wood.

And Caleb learned how to run the skid loader.

Sat night we went to a turkey shot

at the local fire company.

Caleb was so excited.

Him & Sam played two rounds.
He was so excited because
he got to shot in a shoot-off.
  He didn't win, 
but had a blast and 
was so happy he did as well as he did. 

Logan & Bryce's Birthday Party!

On Sunday we went to Logan

& Bryce's combined birthday party.

Logan turned 5 on Friday and

Bryce will be one next week.

Caleb playing with Bryce

Bryce & Cole

Bryce's cake

Logan & his cake

You can kind of see where Gabe decided

to give himself a haircut.

So now he has a buzz.

A sleepy Bryce after eating his cake.

Tropical Storm Lee

On the way to the cabin last weekend

we saw lots of destruction

from tropical storm Lee.

It was amazing.

I could not believe all the damage.

There was a house just falling down.

Looked like the foundation was gone.

I can't imagine something like that happening.

You would see all this damage and

then there would be a house that you

would think would have damage and

it didn't.

It must have just depended on how the water

was running.
These pictures were taken while we
were driving along 87.

This is a corn field completely flattened.

I'd be sick if this happened to us.

lots of guard rails down.

This is where they are rebuilding the road on 87.
On lane of the road was completely gone.
There was a bridge that half of it was gone.
It is going to take 3-5 years to get it fixed.

Lots and lots of trees down.

here is a pretty fall pic of the playground at world's end state park.
a lot of the trees lost their leaves early
because of all the rain.



We always go to World's End State Park,
when we go to the cabin.
We weren't sure what to expect,
because we knew their was damage from the storm.

on 154 on the way to the park.

you can  how high up the water was

 

what used to be the beach.
all the sand is now in a pile where they swam.

 

 

 

all the sand

 

 

 

So very thankful that we didn't have
this kind of damage.
We saw pictures that we taken during the storm,
there was so much water everywhere.

Happy 60th.

On Sunday we celebrated my grandparents

60th wedding anniversary.

They had a drop in party
 at Landis Homes (where they live).

My grandparents and their 4 children:

Aunt Jean, my mom, Uncle Fred, and Aunt Kaye

Grandma & Grandpa

their wedding picture

Dad & Alex

silly boys

cousins

Aunt Jean & Baby Ace

Bryce

Grandma & Kaye

Dad & Alyssa

Grandma & two of her sisters

Happy 60th Anniversary

Grandma & Grandpa!!!!

 

Halloween Parades

Monday was Halloween.

We don't really do anything for Halloween,

but the boys dress up for school.

They have a parade and

then a party afterwards.

We usually let them go

trick or treating

to their grandparents.

So this year I didn't know if I was

going to go to see their

parades or not. 

I didn't want to go to

one boys and not the other.

They had a half day so I figured

they would be at the same time,

but they weren't.

So I spent the day at school yesterday.

Gabe was up first.

His class paraded through the different

kindergarten and first grade rooms.

And then they had a snack.

He had told me that he didn't want

me to come in,

but I think he was glad I was there.

I even got a class picture of both

of the boys and their classes.

Of course Gabe was goofing

around in all pictures I got of his class.

But that is how he is.

Gabe at his table at school.

Getting ready to parade around with Miss C, their student teacher

having snack

Gabe's class

Caleb's class paraded around the high school track.

Then they went back to his room for

some games and food.

They also took a class picture.

It seems like I can be more help in Caleb's class

than Gabe's.

A lot of parents go in for the younger grades,

plus they have their food in one area

for the whole grade.

For Caleb it is just his class.

playing games with Mrs Hughes

Caleb's class