Hey all.... Sunday dinner is just around the corner....

Its already Thursday night.... and we don't have anything planned yet. Send in some ideas.... and we'll know what we are supposed to be doing.......

Sugar Cookie Recipe

2 c. Sugar 2/3 c. Milk
1 c. Butter (softened) 6 c. Flour
4 Eggs 6 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt 2 tsp. Vanilla

Mix dry ingd. together
Mix sugar, butter, and eggs until creamy
Mix vanilla with milk
Add 1 c. dry ingd. and a little milk, Alternating this ratio until all is mixed together. Mixing we between each cup of flour.
(dough will be sticky)
Roll out 1/2" thick or little thinner.
Bake @ 375 for 7 min.
(yields about 60 cookies)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
Joseph, Sarah, and Stuart

Happy Birthday Marjorie!!

Happy Birthday Marjorie, it is time to start her Warm Fuzzies!!!!!!





I like it when Marjorie comes to Sunday dinner . The kids love to see her.

It's time for that cup of jo.

It is getting cold out there! Hope everyone it doing good. Happy Marshmallow hunting.

Happy Halloween!

and yes... he is in that thing, up to his elbow!

Snow!

I thought that most of it would have come down last night and this morning, but, here is what just came down in few hours. Everything else had melted before this..

FAmily Pictures

It was lots of fun on Sunday, thanks to everyone for coming and taking the family pictures, It may be the last picture that we have taken with Grandma Mortimer. She was so confused yesterday, (Monday night) it was a real challenge and Aunt Donna Jean was so concerned that she came over until 12:30 am. I think that I"m going to get a digital picture frame and put the pictures taht Natalie took with her camera, it's cute to watch everyone move frame to frame. I can't wait to see the pictures of the children in the leaves. A very big thank you to Sarah and Joseph for taking the pictures. THankyou. We love you and your family as much as if you were part of us naturally. Love to everyone. Oh, forgot, if you all take time to read this, would you please ask your children what they remember about Grandma Mortimer. We have memories from the Grandchildren from earlier, now we would like to put together memories from the great grandchildren, even the little ones like Danyl and Savannah if you can get them to name something.

Family Pictures

Today we had everyone over to celebrate birthdays and take family pictures.

Family Picture Reminder!

Just a reminder that Elaine wants a family picture taken tomorrow! Call her for the details

Happy Birthday Trisha

Happy 2nd Birthday

My warm fuzzy for Trisha is that she has fantastic curls!!! I love her hair

Happy Birthday Porter!

Just want to wish Porter Happy Birthday
with a warm fuzzy!

My warm fuzzy for Porter, is that he always seems to be having fun.

Now.. everyone else should add one, and make sure Aunt Natalie knows how to get here, and read them to him.

Mom pouring the syrup on the pears in the jar. Made 9 Bottles of Pears

Patti putting the lid on the 9th bottle of pears.

Patti peeling the pears

Patti and mom pouring the sugar in for the syrup.

Canning Pears 10/19/2009

Monday Mom and Patti decided to bottle the Pears that she got from her friend. These are the ingredients for the syrup.

Alaric's Adventure

Here is the story... Alaric was going to go over to a friends house to play night games. Michael told Nathan to walk him across the street jokingly, but the pair took him seriously, while Michael was getting the car to drive Alaric over to his friends house, Nathan took Alaric over to the corner by the bank and dropped him off, then ran back. Michael had called Alaric's name but he was out of earshot. Michael pulled out of the driveway turning to go and pick Alaric up and saw that he was already in the median with one car stopped. Michael was going to turn the car around but looked up with just enough time to see the car next to the one stopped hit Alaric.
Alaric was hit in the leg with the bumper of the car, went up onto the hood of the car and then hit his head on the drivers side mirror breaking it (this was the only damage to the car). Alaric, being so scared got up and ran to the grass area by the library and collapsed. He said that he didn't want to get hit again, and was afraid that if he stayed lying in the road he would.






Now that we have been to the Orthopedic Specialist and he says that he can't see a break, Alaric is being weaned off his crutches slowly, and is getting some physical therapy. We will keep you posted on what is happening next.

The Apple Press

so.... here is what I think we should build. I know we have the carriage bolts... (we gave them to dad....) and I'm pretty sure that with exploring the shed... we can find just about everything we need. I'm drafting up the instructions.... so we know what sizes to cut everything... There should be enough scrap wood at Rachaels.......


I'll post my drafted images shortly....