OK, Kids and Keith...

My dear husband Keith did admit to opening a new jug of syrup the other day. He was busy fixing breakfast and did not spend a lot of time checking to see if there was an unopened bottle. And I am spoiled because Keith and the kids usually are the ones to fix breakfast. Nathan makes burgers on Saturday nights and the kids take turns cooking up some eggs on Sunday evenings. So all are forgiven for the extra open syrup jugs.

Thanksgiving 2008

The tables are all set for Thanksgiving 2008 at John and Rita's house. Mom and Dad Brower, Joel and Irene and kids, Ed and Jennifer and kids, and our family ate with John and Rita in the garage. With 19 people it would have been a bit crowded in the house. Lorissa made little cards for each person with a picture and a Bible verse about being thankful.



Irene and I caught up with the latest while doing dishes.

Pake played games with the kids.

The girls served up dessert while the rest of us relaxed. It was a nice evening without too much work because we all brought something. Hopefully Rita did not have too much to do before or after, but it was very organized and the evening was over too fast.

OK, Kids....

What's up with this? Why do we have three jugs of syrup open at one time?

Firewood II

That pile of firewood only lasted until Tuesday. We have not gathered firewood this year so I hope we have enough at this rate.

Firewood

Nathan hauled in firewood and stacked up a large pile. With daytime highs in the low 60's and nights in the 40's, how long do you think this pile of wood will last us? Of course today is Saturday and Keith is working at home, so he likes it warm when he is just sitting with the computer. We have been burning the wood since about 10:00 A.M.

Nathan said he would rather haul a lot of wood at once rather than making a mess everyday. We also are getting a bunch of daddy-long-legs hitching a ride in the house on this wood.

Chili Dogs

We usually eat spaghetti for Friday night dinners. Last week I decided to change things up a bit so we had chili dogs. This week we will be having Winco pizza for Friday night: haven't had pizza in ages!

I try to have plans for dinner, but I have had a hard time lately. Maybe it is the change of seasons.

Usually the menu goes like this:
Sun~ scrambled or boiled eggs and toast
Mon~ meat and potatoes
Tues~ ?
Wed~ ?
Thurs~ Mexican
Fri~ Spaghetti
Sat~ Hamburgers

How about some good and easy dinner suggestions, especially for ground beef?