The Bounce House

She would prefer to live in one of these bounce houses and this was a princess one to boot!!

Eva's Rose

I came across this Rose cupcake at the store the other day when I ran for some milk and the first this I thought of was Eva... everything about it I knew she would love!! and she did, what shocked me the most was that she didn't eat it all not even half of it. I don't even think she ate a quater of it but she really enjoyed it!

Monday Night Dinner

Sunday night we made Spaghetti (with our new season) Homemade Spaghetti Sauce and Apple Pie with the apple's picked from Brightonwoods Orchard to take to our dear friends with the new little baby, I can't get enough of and makes me want another!

So Monday night I made Low Fat Pheasant Stir Fry which turned out to be amazingly delicious I was skeptical! Not my usually taste, but Steve and Ely worked hard at getting that pheasant last winter it was about time I cooked it! The recipe really called for chicken but when your husband hunts you learn that you can substitute just about anything!!

That brings us to Tuesday... the girls would not be going for something crazy like Pheasant Stir Fry or anything along those lines two nights in a row so we had homemade sloppy Joe's... mac and trees!! (macaroni and cheese with steamed broccoli)!! Miss Eva's favorite!!

Then it was off to vote and we never ate Eva's ~Rose Cupcake~ I guess well do that for breakfast tomorrow... come back for picture's just so long as I don't forget to take pictures of it!!

Papa take me for a ride!!!

Eva is always wanting to go for a ride on Papa's tractor, a couple of weeks ago Dad had the combine out getting it ready for harvest and Eva was not about to pass up an opportunity to go for a ride in this big guy!!

So one tiny little spin around the front yard and she was a smitten kitten!! Oh how that girl loves the farm she reminds me of another little girl with curls!!

Honey Whole Wheat Bread

Today Amelia and I were going to make bread together because Eva got a new Barney video that she wanted to watch but as you can tell, Barney is not nearly as fun a making bread!! Yah for making bread!! She barely even got into the video when she realized we were up to something in the kitchen and had to join the fun!!

This was the first time I made this particular recipe of Honey Whole Wheat... I have attempted Whole Wheat in the past I'm not sure once or twice, I recall the time when our yeast was expired and that batch didn't turn out at all. The other reason I don't make whole wheat is because Steve doesn't care for whole wheat... I do bake to please!! However, he told me that this was the best Whole Wheat Bread he has every had!! :-}... As he loaded the top of it with honey, his favorite topping for bread!!

I do believe the girls and I will be making this one again... thank you very much for the recipe Betty Crocker, I couldn't do it with out you.

That silhouette in the lower left is Miss Eva dancing to the end of Barney she would resist when she heard the song to run back in for the farewell!! I've gotta run now cause she should be sleeping but has to go potty then it's lights out... more and more excited for that new house of ours!!!!!!!!

almost forgot... the top middle yeap that's Miss Amelia teething on the kitchen chair sorry Grandma, I stopped her right away. She didn't mind she moved on to sticking her finger's in the flour and eating it...

Canning

Mom and I made 16 quarts and 6 pints of spaghetti sauce and 9 pints of pickled beets, I didn't take any photo's of those! It's a lot of time but the work isn't too hard! I enjoy canning so much and have missed having my own garden, I really look forward to taking care of my own garden again soon and reaping the rewards. One of the best things about our new place is that there is an orchard with apple trees and plum tree. 3 grape arbors, raspberry, blueberry and blackberries... I need to plant a new strawberry patch. rhubarb from New Zeland! However, we will have to make the vegtable garden a little bigger! I look forward so much to perserving my own food, which means cutting way back on the grocery bill and eating much healthier.

Steve and I have plans to build a chicken coop, which is going to be fabulous and are hoping to get whole milk from the neighbor's down the road because both have dairy cows! In the future I'm also hoping to build a greenhouse, that's always been a dream of mine to grow vegtables and flower's in a greenhouse.

It's so amazing how these simply dreams Steve and I have had for years are going to be able to come alive just by moving somewhere more rural. We can't praise God enough for what he is giving to us!! And soon I'll be blogging all about adventures from the homestead!

Inspiration

This is my Inspiration for my new kitchen... yeap I said NEW KITCHEN!! Steve and I have found a new home 220 miles north west of what we will always call home. Our new home is in Cashton, WI which is just east of LaCrosse about 45 minutes, We are so excited and can't wait to put roots in the ground and live this life in the place that Our Lord has asked us to be !!! It has been an amazing blessing to find our new homestead and even more amazing we look forward to all it has to offer us... which is a great abundance, any dream is really possible. The good Lord willing (Fiat Voluntas Tua) and good human nature we will close on September 17th what a fabulous early birthday present to me a place to call home!

Steve is going to continue working on the job he is on at Oak Creek, so the girls and I are going to spend time in both place until we can all be up there together. Which will give us some good time to make things just the way we want them.

On to my inspiration... my mother - in - law found these AWESOME cups at Pier 1 and I just had to go back and get myself a set because I new they would be the perfect inspiration for my new kitchen... and I am right because the idea's are flowing like crazy! The goes perfect with my numberous RED Kitchen Aid Appliances and it just screams farmhouse to me! I have my eye on a few pieces from Le Creuset one being a golden/yellow honey jar that looks like a bee hive and the other is a green oval serving bowl. Both colors match almost perfectly with the colors in the measuring cups above.

So now that you are all beaming with JOY for Steve, the girls and I... say a little prayer that we will be filled with an abundance of blessings and grace from God that we may have all the success that we need to live a comfortable life in a new location and that we may alway serve God first and live according to his will.

REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,
implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee,
O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
interceed for us o sweet Virgin Mary!!

O Saint Joseph, we pray to you for those who are out of work, for those who want to earn their living or support their families.
You who are the patron of workers; grant that unemployment may vanish from our ranks; that all those who are ready to work may put their strength and abilities in serving their fellowmen and earn a just salary.
You are the patron of families; do not let those who have children to support and raise lack the necessary means. Have pity on our brothers and sisters held down in unemployment and poverty because of sickness or social disorders. Help our political leaders and captains of industry find new and just solutions. May each and every one have the joy of contributing, according to his abilities, to the common prosperity by an honorable livelihood. Grant that we may all share together in the abundant goods God has given us and that we may help underprivileged countries. Amen. interceed for us St. Joseph for all those in need!!