With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I have needed to start thinking about our menu. And even though I do grow weary of the never-ending focus on food around here, I do love to prepare this big meal and share it with whoever will join us! Above is a photo of Carnival Squash stuffed with… Read More Gluten Free Friday – A Little Thanksgiving Prep and a Nice Surprise
So, just a week after my dad returned home from celebrating his 70th birthday in Massachusetts, he was scheduled for a total knee replacement! I’d known about this surgery for quite a while, but didn’t think a thing of it until he started talking about driving himself to the hospital and hobbling out on crutches… Read More Birthdays, Bum Knees, Brides, Boys, and Blues
This is just one of the ways we’ve enjoyed the apples we picked last month. I made apple butter out of the not-so-pretty ones! Baked Apples 8 apples – cored, but with bottom of apple in tact1/2 cup brown sugar2 tsp cinnamon1/2 cup pecans1/2 cup raisins4 Tbsp butter1 1/2 cup boiling water Arrange cored apples… Read More Gluten Free Friday
Here they are – the ladybug, the football player, and the border patrolman/secret agent. They had a great time trick-or-treating with friends and made quite a haul. Afterward, Kory and Robert headed to church for the annual Free Rides outreach. This is the church’s 9th year to offer free rides to anyone who calls on… Read More Halloween
My sister called this week wanting this recipe, so I thought I would post it. I stopped using the chili seasoning packets when we discovered our gluten intolerance, even though some of them are gluten free. It’s easy enough to season chili with your own spices. Easy Beef and Bean Chili 1 lb ground beef… Read More Gluten Free Friday (Saturday !) – Chili
Whew! The birthday bash is now over, and I can take a moment to report to you that we celebrated Robert’s 40th in grand, and totally tubular 1980’s style! I had prayed about this party for months – asking that it would be fun, encouraging to Robert, and a recognition of his faithfulness in ministry… Read More Wayfarers on, Baby…..
We are having quite the birthday weekend here at the Krum house. Robert turned 40 on Thursday, and my dad turned 70 today! They are almost exactly 30 years apart to the day. We had a big breakfast, a steak dinner at home, and his favorite chocolate cake for dessert (recipe below!) to celebrate Robert’s… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Birthday Weekend
I have not been able to keep up with reading all of my favorite blogs, so I recently realized that Jenny had tagged me for a little bloggy game – to post the 6th photo out of the 6th folder from my computer. Well, this is it! Me, my kids, and two of their friends… Read More Ironic
Our homeschool group is studying geography this year. After each continent is studied for 3-6 weeks, we all gather for a time of reports and presentations. I say gather, because we did decide to split our growing-very-large-group. We are now two groups of 7 and 8 families. On report weeks we gather as a large… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Matooke
Just returned from a little getaway to Cape Cod – the “arm” of Massachusetts. I think this is our third annual fall trip there – a nice break after the craziness of the fall semester. We stay in the weekend home of friends of ours which has been such a blessing and generous gift. We… Read More Annual Cape Cod Trip