Friday, September 23, 2011

Happy Fall!

I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted.  I guess time flies when you are having fun!  This is my favorite time of year for many reasons.  I love the crisp air, the pretty colors as everything is changing, APPLES, pumpkins, no more mowing grass, etc., it is also our anniversary soon.  I am looking forward to making some crockpot apple butter, and I also have a new recipe for apple cake that I am anxious to try.  More on that later! 

Jeff and Jerry are busy in the fields after much delay because of working on the new combine.  They seem to have it figured out now, and the corn is being harvested.  The grain bin fans are running again.  :)

I have been working with my sister in law Cindy on planning a baby shower for Megan.  I think it will be lots of fun and I hope she will be happy with what we have planned.  In anticipation of waiting for our first grandbaby, I have learned how to crochet.  I am about half way through making my first afghan.  I am excited about it because my mom used to do a lot of this.  The type of stitch I am doing is different than she did.  I am wishing I had slowed down a bit and learned from her while she was alive, but the point is I am learning it now.  I have worked and worked on this, and have taken it apart about 5 times, but I think I have it figured out now, and it actually looks like a blanket.  Megan's word for blanket when she was little was "blampy" and I have smiled a lot remembering her saying that as I have been working on this.  I will post a picture when I am done.  Oh and I am using yarn that my mom had bought for some project, and I saved it after she passed away.  I think it's cool that she can still be a part of it in some way.

This coming week, I am going to go to my first cooking school show.  Taste of Home magazine is having one in Columbia, and I am super excited because I have always wanted to go to one, but they don't come here very often, and I have always had other things going on. 

Things have also been busy with the bed and breakfast.  We have been meeting lots of new people, and enjoying return visits with others.  It's pretty neat that we have so many customers that started out as strangers, and are now very dear friends. :)

At the end of August, we enjoyed a mini family reunion.  It was very fun and also good to see most of Jeff's family.  The kids had a blast with some games we brought (ladder golf, washers, horseshoes, etc.) and also had so much fun catching frogs.  Jeff's aunt Judy and uncle Bill were here with their granddaughter for the first time.  It was so fun getting to know her, and watching her take so much delight in spending time in the country.  I bought her a butterfly net and a little cage for her critters.  It kind of started an obsession with her!  I also camped in the yard with her, and had a bon fire so we could roast hot dogs and marshmallows.  I think she enjoyed it.  It seemed like Judy and Bill enjoyed it too!  They didn't camp with us, but I think they enjoyed the rest of it.  I hope she can come back again sometime, and that we can stay in touch.  We are looking forward to having Judy and Bill's daughter come sometime with her two boys.  We will have so much fun!

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