Penn State Game.......

Saturday we went to our first ever college football game.  Penn State vs Michigan State.  We had fun but it was very cold!!!!

Thanksgiving

Pretty Thanksgiving morning.....

Icing.....

Ingredients:

• 4 Tablespoons butter
• 1 cup shortening ( or peanut butter)
• dash salt
• 2 Tablespoons vanilla
• 4-1/2 cup 10x sugar
• 1/4 cup milk

Mix all ingredients together.  I love this icing.  It is not too sweet.

You can also make it peanut butter just by substituting peanut butter for shortening.

Red Hot....

Our new red calf.

Born May 30.

Gabe's Birthday.....

On Tuesday Gabe turned 7.

It's hard to believe he is that old already.

He just finished 1st grade.

He had the best teacher this year.

Mrs. Eshelman, she did some many great things 

with the kids.

He cried the last day.

He is really going to miss her.

She is one of the best teachers we ever had.

Hopefully he has a great teacher for second grade.

He is so excited for his party on Saturday!

She is here.....

Gabe's heifer, Eagle had her calf on May 14.
He was so excited.

He named her Eagleli.

He is so happy with her.

Fishing.....

Sunday the  boys went fishing for the first time this year.

Gabe has been wanting to go for a while.

Seth, Nathan, & Peter came over to 

go fishing with them.

They had so much fun together.

Gabe's fish

Seth & Caleb

And the prize for the biggest fish goes to .....

Seth!!!!

I have never seen a fish this small.
It was so funny how he caught it,
he wasn't even trying.

Easter Pics....

We got them to wear their ties for pictures only.  

Oh well.  Better then nothing.

So handsome!

Gabe thought it was So cold out!

Silly Gabe...

Bunnies.....

This weekend we got

the boys bunnies.

 

Sam had rabbits when he was

growing up

 and we had some when we first married.

 

So Saturday we went and

got them each one.

 

 

 

 

 

They only had males,

so we won't be able to have babies right now.

 

 

 

 

 

Caleb & Tom

 

 

 

 

Gabe & Rocket

 

 

 

 



 





Nice Weather....

This weekend we had some great weather.
It was so nice out.
It seemed this winter was cloudy a lot.

Sunday after milking we went walking at
Wolf's Hallow Park.

Then we went to my grandparents for a pizza party.
It was so nice that the boys can be out after supper again.

Gabe & Bryce

Gabe & Cheyenne

He LOVES to hold her.

Cheyenne Nicole.....

On December 30,

our niece Cheyenne Nicole was born.

Gabe was so excited.

He likes to hold babies

and he is so gentle.

Cheyenne & me

Sisters:  Alyssa & Cheyenne

Gabe & Cheyenne

Grandma & Cheyenne

Dad's Birthday...

Last Saturday was Dad's birthday,

so we had the family down for supper.

Gabe had lots of fun helping to make supper.

I made meatloaf and he had fun helping to mix it.

Gabe mixing meatloaf

Caleb.....

A couple weeks ago,

Caleb was fussing that he didn't want to go to school

because he had a runny nose.

We made him go .

He was so glad he went,

because he got awarded

STUDENT OF THE MONTH!!!!!!

Yeah CALEB so proud of you.

He was SO happy!!!

CONGRATULATIONS  CALEB!!!!!!!! 

Our Thanksgiving Week....

The Sunday before Thanksgiving

we went to Wolf's Hollow Park.

We had a fun afternoon

going for a walk.

On Thanksgiving,
we went to Sam's parents for lunch.
Came home and milked and
went to my parents for supper.
It was a full day ,
but it is nice being able to spend time 
with both families.
We also go a thanksgiving baby.

which we named Turkey.

Peanut Butter Icing....

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons milk, might need a little more
• 2 cups 10x sugar

Beat all ingredients together and spread on cake or brownies.

Chocolate Fudge Icing....

I am very picky about icing,

I don't like anything too sweet.

So I can't stand the stuff 

you buy at the store.

I found this chocolate icing

and really like it.

It works better if you make it ahead

of time and them let it sit

so it gets thick.

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup milk

5 tablespoons butter

1 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions:

Put the first three ingredients in a sauce pan.

Bring to a boil over medium heat,

stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and add chips.

With a wire whip beat until creamy.

Cool.

If you need to use it right away 

it will be thin.

It is best if it sits a few hours or overnight.

Being Thankful...

It is so hard to believe

that Thanksgiving is next week already!!

This  school year is going so fast,

it seems like the boys just started school.

This week they get their report cards,

so school is a quarter of the way over. 

Time goes so fast.

I have been thinking a lot lately 

about what I am thankful for,

since thanksgiving is next week.

First of all I am thankful for GOD!

He is always there for me.

Protects, guides us through life.

We can tell Him anything.

Last year I started going to a prayer group

called MIP(mothers in prayer).

It is other mom's in our school district who get

together twice a  month and pray for

our school, teachers, and students.

It has been such an amazing experience for me.

It is just a small group of us,

but I have been so blessed by these ladies.

I have grown so much over the past year.

I am not so afraid to pray out loud.

Next, I am thankful for my family.

Sam, Caleb, and Gabe.

I love them so much.

I am so thankful that they are all healthy,

the boys are enjoying another year of school.
I am thankful that they have a good school
to go to.
That they have good teachers.
That they are meeting and making good friends.
My hope is that other kids will be able to see 
Jesus through our boys.
That they will be a good example
to the other kids around them.

I am also thankful for my parents, 

in laws,

my grandparents,

I am very lucky  to have all four of them in my life,

brother & sister,

all my sister and brother in laws.

All my nephews,

Conner, Cameron, Logan, Logan, and Bryce.

My nieces,

Alyssa and one to be born in December.

I love them  all very much.

Our church family.

We are so thankful and grateful 

for our church family.

We may go to a small church,

but we have some great families that go there.

Since we have become involved in the youth group

we have gotten to know the kids alot better,

and there are some great kids there.

I love the families that go there.

It is great getting to know them better.

It is so nice to have someone you can talk to,

if we need to.

I am also thankful for our job,

and house.

That we have a nice place to live and raise our boys.

They love living on the farm 

and having animals of there own.

I think sometimes we take for granted all the things

we have in our life. 

Our family, health, friends.church.

I have really been reminded lately

that we need to thank God for all he has given us.

So as we celebrate Thanksgiving next week,

I am so thankful for all the blessings 

I have in my life.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving,

spending time with you families!!!

Pumpkin Cake....

I found this recipe the other week and it is AWESOME!!!!
I loved it!








Ingredients:
for cake:

• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 15 ounce can pumpkin
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

for cream cheese frosting:

• 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups 10x sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9x13 pan.
2. In a large bowl combine the eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin until light and fluffy.
3. In another large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.
4. Mix the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just combined.  Do not over mix.  Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan.  Bake for 25-30 minutes.
5. Cool completely.
6. For the frosting combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add 10x sugar and mix until combined.  Stir in vanilla.  Spread on pumpkin cake and ENJOY!!!!!

Always So Busy....

Ever since the begining of summer,

it seems that our weekends

have been so busy.

I don't think we have had a weekend

all summer that we didn't have

something going on.

It has countinued into the fall.

Two weekends ago,

we took a mini vacation

to the cabin.

It was so nice not to have anything

at all to do.

We went with Mom & Dad,

it was so nice to spend some time with them.

 

 

Sam, Dad, and Caleb went hunting.

We spent some time at

World's End State Park,

and went to the rock garden.

We had such a fun time,

just relaxing and spending

time together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Gabe and his big leaf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gabe took this pic

We went to the rock garden and

the boys had fun playing on the

big rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sunday Mom & Dad left,

but we stayed up for an extra day.

We went to the park and walked

back the one path,

that we walked this summer.

It was so pretty up there.

The pictures don't do it justice

for how beautiful it was.

It was so nice to spend some time

as a family,

and not have anywhere to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we returned home our busy weekends

started again.

The first weekend we had my

a youth group harvest party, friday night.

Then Saturday, we had a pig roast.

 

Then this past weekend,

we went to a birthday party for my Grandma,

who turned 89 last week.

Then Sunday, we had a baby shower at church,

and then we had a 40th anniversary party

for Sam's parents. 

We are way too busy.

It would be nice not to have anything to do

some weekend,

but that won't be this weekend.