Capturing Today

Fall Feelings

2010-09-13T08:43:00.000-05:00

We're headed into fall after a very busy summer. Hubby has been at Ft. Knox, KY since last September - we made several trips up over the summer to visit and see all the sights we could during our visits. His orders were supposed to end at the end of this month, but it appears he is receiving one-year extension orders - but has to move to Ft. Jackson, SC! So, looks like South Carolina is in the

Summer Charging Along!

2010-07-26T07:36:00.000-05:00

Summer has indeed been charging along for us this year! With hubby still gone with the Army Reserves, we've taken several trips to see him and have gotten to do some great sight-seeing and vacation-like activities while we were gone. The girls have had a blast! We've also been super busy with our ranch- processing and delivering beef and pork all throughout the summer and we've expanded our

Heading Toward Summer!

2010-05-25T08:12:00.006-05:00

Spring is moving on in to Summer here in West TN! We've had a very cool start to spring, but this week is all in the 90's- so summer is racing on in!We've been busy doing many things here, which is why blogging hasn't had much time the past few weeks!During April and May we delivered 6 steers to beef customers who placed their spring beef orders - The girls all help with the deliveries and earn

And We're Off - Archery!

2010-03-03T07:08:00.002-06:00

My oldest daughter has been learning archery for the past year by participating with our local homeschool league. She does very well and has an absolute blast with this sport. I have a bow and decided to learn a bit with her so we could have something that we could do together. It is a ton of fun and a great way to get to spend time with her kind-of one on one.We had not really talked much

Delicious!

2010-02-16T18:57:00.002-06:00

Just returned from a delicious birthday dinner with my family to celebrate my oldest daughter's 11th birthday. It's rare these days to have dinner out that seems worth the expense, but tonight was definitely an exception. And the pie - oh goodness - the homemade coconut pie was some of the best I've ever had! Definitely a great birthday celebration dinner!

Time Goes By Fast!

2010-02-15T23:08:00.002-06:00

Isn't it crazy how fast time seems to go by sometimes? These past several weeks seem to be almost a blur - things going on each day!We've been busy doing school work, taking trips to the dentist to prepare my oldest daughter for beginning her braces, processing beef, and doing some extra curricular activities - archery, voice, piano, 4-H - makes for a lot of busy days and not much time for

Winter Weather - Are You Ready?

2010-01-27T08:56:00.001-06:00

I'm copying this post today from the TN Preppers Network - because it has some really good advice that those of us living in the Mid-South need to pay attention to for the potential hazardous winter storm that we are supposed to get starting Thursday evening.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Those of us here in West TN and in various other areas of the Mid-South are well aware of the watches and advisories

Help Your Family Preparedness and HAITI!

2010-01-17T10:41:00.002-06:00

Okay all you preparedness friends out there - if you need to add something to your preps and want to help Haiti at the same time, please go to MRE Depot for your shopping. They are offering 3 different ways to help:1) 10% off any purchase and they will send the 10% to Haiti - Promo Code is HAITI, and/or2) Place an order of goods and they'll pay to ship it directly to Haiti, and/or3) Make a

A New Year Starting

2010-01-08T13:40:00.003-06:00

Wow, it's been a fabulous Christmas holiday and New Year. Hubby was able to come home from Ft. Knox, KY, for Christmas from Dec 20 - 27th. Then, we followed him back to Ft. Knox on the 27th and stayed until the 6th. Well, we were supposed to head back home on the 4th, but the girls and hubby all came down with some kind of stomach virus in the wee hours of Monday morning and it took them until

Sewing Projects

2009-12-15T08:37:00.003-06:00

Thought I'd share a few of the sewing projects that I've been working on the past few days.I made new aprons for Christmas for all three of my girls:Here's the one for my oldest:Here's the one for my middle daughter:Here's the one for my youngest daughter:My middle daughter tried her hand at machine sewing for the first time this week. She made a gift bag for the gift she has for her little

Giant Snowflakes

2009-12-12T09:48:00.005-06:00

Found this super neat craft project on Facebook of all places - these giant snowflakes the girls made using Popsicle sticks, hot glue, a little paint and some beads.The link for how to make these is here: Giant Snowflake CraftI have these hanging in our bay window area of our breakfast room and they look just fabulous. They are big - if you can't tell from the photos - most are about 18 inches

Mammoth Caves Adventure

2009-12-02T07:40:00.005-06:00

Our first adventure on our trip to Fort Knox was on Saturday, Nov 21st and involved about an hour drive back to the south on I-65 to visit some caves.We had some brochures about things to do in Kentucky that hubby had brought home before. My oldest daughter spent a good portion of the drive to KY going through the brochures and letting me know things they really wanted to try to see while we

Back Home

2009-12-01T06:22:00.002-06:00

I didn't post this before our trip, because I don't like advertising to the internet that I'm not going to be at home, but the girls and I just got back Monday night from a 10-day trip to Ft. Knox to visit hubby over the Thanksgiving Holiday.We drove up on Friday, 20 Nov - it was my first real distance trip with the girls. I was a bit concerned that they'd be able to hang on for the 7 hours it

Let the Decorating Begin!

2009-11-27T03:17:00.003-06:00

We had a very blessed Thanksgiving Day yesterday - still haven't uploaded photos but will be doing that soon. Everyone had plenty to eat, and we enjoyed a lovely day of food, family and friends.Our final menu:Roasted Turkey, Gravy with Shallots and Sherry, Cornbread Stuffing with Cranberries and our own Pork Sausage, Green Bean Salad with Bacon and Walnut Vinaigrette Dressing, Sweet Potato

For Thanksgiving

2009-11-21T06:00:00.001-06:00

I'm looking forward to the Thanksgiving holiday next week - and am taking time the next few days to get prepared. I have 3 wonderful little helpers who love to cook with me in the kitchen and it is very interesting to listen to their ideas of what they want to see on the Thanksgiving menu!I hope you all enjoy the time of this holiday season and find it spent with lots of family, good food, safety

Today's Birthday Girl

2009-11-19T07:08:00.004-06:00

Is me! I'm so very thankful the Lord has allowed me to be here to celebrate the beginnings of another year with my family and friends! I feel very blessed! Today we're taking it kind of easy - most of our celebrating will happen this weekend.The girls have picked up little surprises for me - my middle daughter couldn't wait and gave her present to me last night - a lovely bracelet she had

Working Toward The Holiday

2009-11-14T17:58:00.002-06:00

Today I took a little time to enjoy the beautiful sunshine with the girls. We spent most of the afternoon washing and detailing our truck - it looks so much better now and is much cleaner and neater inside and out.I've also been working this weekend on making my list for our Thanksgiving meal. So far it looks like we'll have a pretty traditional Southern meal: Turkey, Dressing, Gravy, Sweet

A Visit With Santa

2009-11-14T10:37:00.001-06:00

The girls had a great time the other night when we stopped by Bass Pro to let them see Santa, play some great games and do a little Christmas shopping!

Bitty Baby Cow

2009-11-03T21:16:00.003-06:00

Went to check on the cows and the new bull yesterday afternoon - the new "pecking order" seemed to have been established and all was well in the pasture.Sugar Plum Princess still wasn't keen on bringing her calf up, but I did get a quick glimpse and photo using my zoom:And another shot of our new bull, who seemed happy to pose yesterday:This weekend starts our fall beef deliveries - so it will be

Recent Arrivals

2009-11-02T07:38:00.003-06:00

We've had several new arrivals on our ranch in the past few weeks - thought it was time to finally get the photos uploaded and share them!Here's a heifer calf born 02 Aug 2009 - here the calf is 3 months old. It belongs to our friend Mr. Thomas, who keeps one of his cows on our pasture:Here's one of our bull calves born 14 October 2009 to Lollipop (mom is protectively watching him - she's a 1st

Our Fall Home

2009-10-31T22:04:00.002-05:00

Scenes of fall around our home this week:HAPPY FALL!

Birthday Photos

2009-10-28T17:54:00.003-05:00

Here are a few of the photo's from our birthday celebration this week - my youngest daughter turned 4!Here's the birthday table - I made her cake and decorated it from scratch - she wanted a "chocolate cake with white icing and lots of little pink flowers on top".She seemed pleased.Ready to make a wish and eat cake:She wanted a ballerina outfit:Close-up of the birthday girl (and no, the wall in

Another Celebration

2009-10-26T20:20:00.003-05:00

Hard to believe that my "baby" is turning 4 years old tomorrow! We had a celebration at the first of the month before hubby left with the Reserves so he'd get a chance to celebrate with her. We also took her to her favorite Mexican restaurant where they sang her a birthday song in Spanish and she got a delicious free dessert!Tomorrow we'll celebrate with Meme and Papa - having lunch and

4-H Sewing Projects

2009-10-04T11:24:00.002-05:00

My oldest daughter and I will start today on our sewing projects for the upcoming Harvest Festival on October 10th. Our 4-H club will have booth to sell various home-made crafts; the money raised will go into our funds to help offset the costs for various members who travel to different state competitions.We are signed up to make several aprons (adult and child), some fleece scarves, some beaded

4-H Friday

2009-10-02T18:50:00.002-05:00

Today is the first Friday of the month and at our house during the school year, that means 4-H and Cloverbuds!My oldest daughter is starting her 2nd year with 4-H and has chosen sewing, photography, and community service as her primary areas of focus this year. We're getting started this weekend with a sewing project that will carry us into most of next week - sewing items to sell at a local