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My Mom's Skills Displayed
Aren’t these dresses beautiful? All made by my mother who says she cannot sew. I can’t imagine what she could make if she knew how to sew. This is not the best picture with all the sun spots but these are the dresses they wore while in Virginia. My little colonial girls. She’s made several dresses for Serenity’s doll. Matching nightgowns. Sewing, at this point in my life, is not a big interest for me. I’m so glad my mom enjoys it. We really benefit from her skills. When my mom comes to visit I always ask her to do my mending for me. If she didn’t do my mending my kids…
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Back from our Journey
We’re home again after traveling over 5,000 miles. What a wonderful time we had from seeing old friends to visiting historic places. Virginia was so interesting. I HIGHLY recommend reading Stories of the Old Dominion that I mentioned in a previous post before traveling to Virginia. It covers all the highlights and main characters who were instrumental in the establishment of our great country and a few others besides. The book is written from a Christian perspective. Vision Forum outdid themselves preparing for the week-long event. The fireworks they shot off on Saturday night was unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Absolutely incredible. I was somewhat familiar with the history of our founding fathers…
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Virginia Here We Come
We are off! After planning for several months our trip to the Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg area in Virginia, we’re finally off! We’re going to be part of the week-long celebration that Vision Forum has put together. Afterwards we will be doing some touring on our own. I’ve been reading to the children a book I bought through Vision Forum called Stories of the Old Dominion by John Esten Cooke. It was written in 1879 by Mr. Cooke to his two boys. It is well written, very interesting and informative. I definately recommend it. If you want to read more about our travels on this trip go to Lovin’ to Travel,…
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Ooo-La-La Lemon
This pie is not so lemony that it makes the mouth pucker, but is cooling and has a refreshing taste. Bon Appetit! Lemon Luscious Pie 1 cup sugar 3T cornstarch 1T grated lemon peel 1/4 cup lemon juice 3 egg yolks 1 cup milk 1/4 cup butter or margarine, cut up 1 cup sour cream 1 9-inch pie shell, baked 1 cup whipping cream 2T sugar 1t vanilla Step 1. In a medium saucepan, combine the 1 cup sugar, the cornstarch and lemon peel. Stir in the lemon juice, egg yolks and milk until blended. Add the butter or margarine. Step 2. Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly…
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TIIIMMBEERR!!
For the last several days Russell and the boys were lumberjacks. The Forestry Service gave them permission to cut down certain trees that had dead tops. I can just imagine their big evil grin excitement as they fired the chain saws up. They cut down 20 Ponderosa pines that were about 70-100′ tall, yelling "TIMBER" as the trees fell. Wesley got to chop the limbs off with his axe. They then cut the trees up into 12′ sections, loaded them onto a trailer and hauled them over to a saw mill to make lumber. They worked LONG days (one 15 hour day). They were "the crew" from cutting down the trees, to hauling them,…
