Gobble Gobble

I have to apologize for being a lazy blogger this last week. Things have been very busy, the Holiday rush is on us. Nate, Amber and I are leaving tomorrow after work to spend Thanksgiving in Ohio with Nates grandparents, Tina, Courtney, Dallas, and Chandler!! We are very excited and cant wait to see everyone! We will miss my Parents and Ashley who are staying in OK. But look forward to seeing Ashley and McCoy at Christmas in NC!! Be prepared for a heavy picture post when we return! The dogs are staying home this trip with Austin and Layton as dog sitters, you can imagine the fun they will all have :)

We thank everyone for their prayers for Nates Aunt Jenny, she came home from the hospital yesterday! Praise God!

We wish everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weekend Fun

I hope everyone had a nice weekend, it was a great weekend to be outside here. After the almost 8 inches of rain we had this last week it was nice to see the sun! I was able to get lots of chores done including some Christmas shopping.
I also decided to try cooking a real pumpkin, this was a long process! I recommend going to the store and buying the canned pumpkin. I had the pumpkin so I thought how hard can this be, that way it wont go to waste. For those of you who do not know how this process works I will give you the highlights:
1) Wash the pumpkin
2) Cut the pumpkin in half and clean out the insides
3) Cut the halves into chunks
4) Fill a roaster with one inch of water, put the pumpkins chunks in and cover with the lid
5) Cook on 500 degrees until tender (alittle over an hour for me)
6) Remove and let the pumpkin cool completely
7) Pull the rhine/peeling off
8) Put the pumpkin in a blender or processor until well mashed
9) Put in freezer bags, put into the freezer for later use or use immediately

A trip to your local grocery is definitely a shorter process!

Happy Birthday

This last Saturday was Lynn and Alicia's birthday's, they turned the big 52! We had a dinner and Ann and Wanda cooked us a great meal! Saturday also became the birthday of two new family members, Little Lynn and Little Lisa......

Doesnt it make you want one???

Complicated

For those of you who are not on Facebook, I thought I would share this story with you..... Last night I went to bed about 10:00pm, while my husband was on the computer playing pool on Pogo. After getting into bed I realized, I had forgot to harvest my crops on my farm. (See previous post) So I asked Nate to please harvest them before he went to bed. When I got up this morning I thought, I had better check on my farm. Thankfully I did!! I had several messages from our friends and family, concerned about my marriage??? My loving Husband had done as I asked him and harvested my crops, but thats not all he had done. He had changed my marital status to "complicated" and put that I was looking for a relationship. Now those of you who know Nate very well know this is a huge joke, and this is normal behavior for him. But that doesnt change the fact that I had to spend 30 minutes this morning at 5am explaining to everyone I am not having a complicated marriage! Haha
I love you Nate!