Summer Fun Celebration

Hey all!  Things are busier here than ever!  I've been busy making signs, getting the school year wrapped up, making more signs, getting the kiddos rolling on their 4-H projects, and making more signs!

I'm a part of a crafters group on Etsy called Old Farmhouse Gathering.  We're having a summer celebration giveaway!  Please take a peek at these lovely crafts people are


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Next week I'll be having a Gooseberry Patch cookbook giveaway so check back soon!

Sweet -n- Salty Dip

This dip is deelish!  This recipe is a concoction of a few different recipes that I've found around the net.

2  - 8 oz. packages of cream cheese, softened
1 - 8 oz. container Cool Whip
1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
6 candy bars, chopped (Snickers, Milky Way, whatever you like!)
1/4 cup chopped salted peanuts

Blend all ingredients together and serve with pretzels, chips, crackers...anything salty!

Enjoy!

Life Update!

Hey all!

We've had birthdays, goat babies being born, and dance program rehearsals and three performances in the last few weeks!  Thanks for being patient and hanging in there with me!  Here's a little recap...

Pixie, one of our two Nubian dairy goats, and her little doelings (baby girls).  

We haven't named them yet.  

One hasn't figured out the whole nursing thing so 

she's bottle feed mama's milk that I milk out of her twice a day. 

One of our birthday boys, Isaac, (on the left) 

turned 9 and enjoyed a sleepover and thoroughly enjoyed 

the Colts hat his big brother gave him!

Our kiddos had their annual piano recital.  

They're pictured with their piano teacher.

Our two youngest girlies were Hebrew children in their dance program.  

It was about the story of Moses.  It was an awesome production!  

Rebekah (top right) and I were helpers in Abigail's class.

A close up of the girlies!

Rebekah made Noah, today's birthday boy, a cake.  

He's really 16, but got a kick out of the number

 5 candle she decided to put on it.

(We had a gathering with grandparents yesterday.)

I would say the Ray Rice t-shirt was a big hit!  

He's a big Baltimore Ravens Fan since he was born in Maryland.

Well that's about it for now!  After taking last week off for our crazy busy week, I'm back to getting signs for the shop completed.   I'll have a recipe for ya'll this week.  Pinky promise!

Homestead Happenings

Hey all!  Thanks to the rain we've been blessed with lately our grass is green, the daffodils are coming up and spring is finally in the air!

I took the younger two for a wagon ride around the property and we stopped to visit the animals. Abigail is very fond of feeding the chickens grass.  We also fed them their table scraps from dinner and they really enjoyed it!

Samuel, however, really wanted to feed the chickies.  He kept calling for them. 

During spring break and on the weekends hubby and the older kiddos have been helping build an addition to the goat barn so we have some more room for the babies.

I took some video footage of the goat girlies Skippy and Pixie so you could see how ginormous pregnant they are.  They often lay on the straw looking at me like "Help me, please!".  Poor things.