Tractors and Two-Year-Olds

by | Nov 9, 2009 | Farm & Family

This boy loves tractors. From the moment he wakes up, it’s tractors. Saturday around noon my littlest cowboy looked out the window to see this. It’s fall, which means plowing time on the farm. And if you’re going to plow the fields, why not plow the...

Sunset Beauty

by | Nov 6, 2009 | Farm & Family, Musings

I looked out my front window as I was finishing dinner last night and saw this. Immediately, I snatched the camera and ran to the front porch. Nate was just getting out of his car as I began snapping pictures. He hurriedly ran inside, grabbed the tripod, and set it up...

Minestrone Soup

by | Nov 3, 2009 | Kate's Kitchen, Main Dishes

This is a favorite soup for my family. To get started you’ll need 3 strips of bacon, chopped or … if you have some bacon grease that will work just fine. The bacon grease adds the flavor we’re looking for. We don’t necessarily need the bacon....

Happy Halloween 09

by | Nov 1, 2009 | Farm & Family

We spent FHE getting our pumpkins ready. Everyone helped, well everyone except Nate who was in Chicago at a conference. This takes some concentration. And patience. After all that I forgot to take pictures of the finished jack-o-lanterns! My middle son won a prize at...

Black Cat Cookies

by | Oct 30, 2009 | Cookies, Kate's Kitchen

My Aunt Pat made these a few years ago and was kind enough to give me the recipe. They are super easy and look oh so Halloweenish. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 cup peanut butter 2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 pkg. chocolate cake mix plain M&M’s red...