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Monday, November 5, 2012

Celebrating Eleven

Hannah and her best friends celebrated her birthday with and a night of little sleep
and a lot of giggling. Thankfully there was that extra hour for a little more rest -
"Fall Back" is a brilliant night for a sleepover!

Such sweet girls! I snapped a quick photo on our way to church Sunday morning.

Chicken

Our last class at Rocklands Farm was all about chickens. I snapped a few photos with my phone.

We hung out with the egg-layers, fed and watered them, then collected eggs.

Hannah and Will learned how to catch a chicken. Peter wanted no part of this.

Next we learned about meat-birds and we *slaughtered* a chicken! I'll spare you the photos. To my surprise, my husband was less than thrilled to see the play by play in photos. But really... we slit the jugular, pulled out the feathers, cleaned it out (complete with a *spectacular* anatomy lesson), and then brought it home to cook. Hannah and Will were into it. Peter not so much... must take after Dad. : )

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Eleven

We celebrated Hannah today! Eleven years old!

I am so blessed to be her mom.

She got a whole lot of birthday love from her brothers.

We had a great day and ended with a fun family birthday dinner with the Flemings.

Hannah's dinner request: chicken enchiladas and homemade apple pie.

Happy Birthday sweet girl.

Pumpkins and Candy

Update: Sandy was kind to DC. We had no damage and never lost power for which we are very, very grateful. But our family in NJ was hit hard. We are so thankful they are safe... but their road back to normal will be long.

a few Halloween pics...

What we came up with from what we had on hand. : )

And now what to do with all this? The orthodontist is offering $2 a pound... I think we may cash in. After we eat all the Reese's, of course.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Here Comes Sandy

We're ready. As ready as we can be.

Peter and Dad getting the leaves out of the gutters Saturday afternoon. They were full again the next day. Sigh.

My husband arrived home from his trip just in time to start on storm prep. The two week trip to Turkey, Cairo, and South Sudan was incredible. I'll post photos after this storm settles and we regain power. Losing power is expected - we always lose power.

We have bottled water and ice for the cooler. The dining room table is covered with flashlights, batteries, candles, lanterns, and chocolate chip cookies (there is no sense trying to weather a storm without chocolate chip cookies).

Off to make pancakes... while we still can.

Take care!