A lolly-pop tree. By Katey. A whole huge lolly-pop with 20 other smaller ones growing right on it.
And that one over there? That furtherest one? It’s Fruit Punch flavor.
Harvesting…
August 12, 2013 Leave a Comment
Our garden behaved nicely while we were gone.
Hurray for ripe tomatoes, harvested garlic and the first handful of green beans.
Mom Pipes did a fabulous job of watching over the garden while we were gone. So thankful!
A request…
August 12, 2013 Leave a Comment
Caleb presented me with these flowers last Sunday while we were up in Cataldo.
He was fascinated with all the pretty flowers growing right by the house.
He said “I picked them for you because I LOOOOOVE you.
Can I sit by you at church?”
Done.
I’m your huckleberry.
July 21, 2013 Leave a Comment
Digging through photos and found some of breakfast on the first day of summer.
In honor of my parents visiting from Idaho we had pancakes with vanilla ice cream and huckleberry syrup… SO scrumptious!
Did you know that huckleberries are the state fruit of Idaho? My little ones do now. About time – seeing as they are one half Idahoan. 😉
Just hangin’
June 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
I love that my clothesline holds so many clothes.
I also love that my washing machine washes so many clothes at a time – all here from one load. 🙂 With another about to go on my 5 (five!) lines.
Hanging clothes on the line is one the chores most of my little ones are happy to help with. Even Meri. She first helped Grandma Gedeborg by sweetly handing one article of clothing up at a time. After each one Meri would say “thank you”. So sweet. Mom told me about it and said she just knew Meri had done it many times. She hadn’t – that was her first time. She has done it many times since though. Such a sweetheart.
Food Fast
June 10, 2013 Leave a Comment
Cheesy Sausage & Fries
Child-friendly – simple & delicious.
Swirl some oil into a skillet. Slice sausage and chop potatoes (used a fry cutter). Brown in the skillet together. Cook over medium heat for about 20-30 minutes until throughly cooked and delicious.
The adult version:
Seriously yummy as is – just change out the dinnerware. 😉
Quiet Game
June 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
We showed up late to church last summer and the chapel was filled. We had lots of cousins that wanted to sit by each other. The empty choir seats (up front!) were offered and we decided to give it a go. I sat by Katey and told her we needed to be very quiet. Later in the service she said she had a “quiet game” for me. She proceeded to whisper clues to me and I was to whisper back the animal she described.
{Later we took these photos to show her oh-so-adorable and animated faces.}
What has a long neck and eats leaves?
A giraffe!
What is small, eats cheese and lives in a hole?
A mouse!
What is big, swims, has lots of teeth and holds it’s breath under water?
A hippo!
What is orange, with a little bit of white on it’s tail, and eats long-earred bunnies?
Um…
I was stumped. This was when she leaned a little closer and said:
“Say fox!”
And then burst into giggles, making our little quiet game not so very quiet after all.
Half and Half
May 15, 2013 Leave a Comment
This is seriously the best way to eat leftovers of the baked potato chips.
The potatoes are already a third of the way to being cubed. 😉
Brown sausage in a cast iron skillet. Finish cutting the potatoes and throw into the sausage-y goodness. Scramble eggs on the other half of your massive skillet – or use two. That works too. 🙂
Half potatoes/sausage:
Half scrambly eggs:
Fully delicious.
Enjoy! – Best eaten outdoors.
Seriously, this meal is something our whole family enjoys. Meri (15 months old now!) is sitting on my lap helping me put the photos in the post and she keeps saying “yum, num, yum”. That may have something to do with the brownie remnants on her face. 😉 In my defense – she is pointing at the screen and diving for said photos. She has learned a new word “Tate-toe”! and I am fairly certain if she was given that plate the first thing that would make it’s way to her mouth would be the watermelon.
Grateful Everyday.
May 10, 2013 3 Comments
Do you know my favorite part of this photo?
I’m thrilled my mom loved her Mother’s Day package enough to take a photo of it. Before even opening. Grateful lady.
What I love even more is that she has written “Thanks!!!” on the inside of their mailbox. My mom is amazing-grateful like that.
What mailperson wouldn’t smile every. single. time.?
Baked Potato Chips
May 8, 2013 2 Comments
I know the real name is Hasselback potatoes – but these are called baked potato chips around this home.
It’s amazing how much quicker they get gobbled up compared to regular baked potatoes. Just a few nights ago I announced it was dinner time to which I got the classic “What are we eating?” I slipped and said “baked potatoes” – groans all around. And then I remembered – “Oh – I mean Baked Potato Chips!” Instant eruption of cheers. Amazing.
Simply slice the potatoes 3/4 of the way down. Rub/brush on olive oil/melted butter/the likes. Or bake them up and place butter between the chips to melt. Stand back as your children eat twice as many as regular baked potatoes.
Reminds me of a legendary family story. When Jim Bob was young he did not like peas. Not in the least. But then his mom started making “meat peas” – those green ball vegetables were downright delicious! He loved “meat peas” for years before discovering they were the exact same veggie under a name-disguise.
I love my baked potato chips with Valentina and cottage cheese. This rosemary/garlic version looks delicious. And this one – Cinnamon Sugar Hasselback Sweet Potatoes with Oatmeal Cookie Crumble – you are on my list too.
