October General Conference–easily one of my favorite events of the year.
Listening to our leaders speak…
while surrounded by my sweet family.
And fabulous food never hurts either. I was too busy eating it to take pictures.
Har de har.
Eggs~Eggs~Eggs!
Every dang day–this is what we gather in our cute little basket from our even cuter little hens.
And it’s getting to the point that we can merrily share with people we REALLY like and still have a zillion eggs to eat ourselves. Old Rhenny boy is in scrambled-egg Heaven.
And THAT, my friends, was the goal.
Heh, heh.
End of Summer Bake Sale
Little Miss Chomp wanted to hold an end of Summer Bake Sale. Well, in truth, she would have preferred it to be a BEGINNING of Summer Bake Sale, but it was put off–as these things often are–until there was simply no summer left.
But she wouldn’t be deterred–the brave soul. She persevered and at last, at last, the day came. Her mom and dad made goodies for her to sell and she even used her sweet little cash register.
It was truly a hit. In fact, after seeing her “haul” I had to wonder if I’m in the wrong business.
Haa.
Sweet Marion~ Christmas
“I always looked forward to Christmas time at Grandmas house. She had a white flocked Christmas tree with a colored light turntable underneath that made the tree change colors–it was pure magic. She decorated the tree with beautiful icicles and angel figurines and delicate glass ornaments. It sparkled like crazy, and I can still hear Grandpa’s Mitch Miller holiday cassette playing in the background. Is there anything like Christmas, really? It’s just magic.”
~ April
Sweet Marion~ The Cookie Jar
“Sweet Marion had a cookie jar in her kitchen with an interchangeable tole painted lid, that she would switch with the seasons and holidays. It was always full to the top with odd shapes of German honey cake (lebkuchen) from my Grandpa’s bake shop. They smelled of clove and molasses and Christmas. Those cookies were so soft because Grandma would keep a heel of bread in the jar. We knew she would say yes if we asked for a cookie, but she always wanted us to ask first, usually so she could tell us to take more than one. ??? If the jar was ever empty, she would send us out to Grandpa’s shop to fill it up again. He had buckets and buckets of cookie scraps from making gingerbread house kits. I’ll have to tell you about that sometime. 🙂
~April
Sweet Marion fabric ships February 2017. Ask your favorite shop to order it now!”