Spaghetti Sauce

This trip to WV.  Haleigh doubled over and had a nap. 

She HAD to paint someone’s nails.  Maw was the first client.

The spag sauce begins…cooking down the tomatoes and cutting up the yummy veggies to add to it.

 

The panoramic view of the bakery.

Working the sieve here…mom was cranking old school style with Granny’s (my great grandma) sieve.  the other one is much easier to use!

The kids got to help add the spices and oil. 

Thanks goodness for the big ol mixer. Makes mixing 44 pints of sauce much easier.

 

The kids carved a pumpkin.  Haleigh drew it on and we carved it exactly how she drew it. 

Clearly the kids were pooped after the trip.  they were both asleep within 30 minutes of the ride back to Ohio.  Chris got Haleigh’s casts all fancied up for her. 

These were from the cooking class the kids today!  They LOVED it!!  They made cheesy potato soup and apple blossoms.  The actually ate the soup. 

Sleeping beauties

Love these pictures of Jamesy laughing.  He was really cracking up.

 

Chris put lots of labor into planting these tulips.  Our ground is pretty hard, ok—really hard---so it took a long time for him to do this.  I think the results will be stunning this spring when they are all in full bloom.

These little sneakers—in our room every night.  This is what Chris walked in to the other night.  How sweet is that?!  All cuddled up!!

Catching up

Well, I’m sorry.  it’s been way too long.  There is no doubting that.  So to make it easy, I will just make one ginormous post so you don’t miss any of the posts.

 

This was Haleigh’s first set of casts.  They were originally purple and green but she removed the purple stripes and added the jewels as you can see.  You can see that it didn’t take her long to get out there on the swings…this was just hours after she got her casts.  It’s amazing how fast she adapted.  She has done so well.

The annual Oktoberfest and of course the annual picture with the Chiquita banaba sign in the background.  And the Wahl mustache picture was just meant to be for Scott.

This was at our annual church picnic.  The kids had fun.  That is Ms. Kris in the picture with James—they were feeding those huge fish.

 

This is Haleigh’s second set of casts.  They were yellow with black smiling bumblebees.  Now, however, they are covered with cheetah duct tape on the bottom half.  Whatever keeps her happy with those things.

The kids crashed together after an apparently long day. 

This is my rogue morning glory growing through my old fashion rose.  Probably not so good for the rose but it does look so pretty. 

One of the things I love about living in Lebanon…hot air balloons. 

Doing a little school at home for Jamesy and couple others. He loved it.  Here they were painting with apples and marshmallows.

Although you can’t tell from the picture, Snowball is in Haleigh’s car seat. James thought this was HILARIOUS!  Snowball was just panicked because she was on the way to the groomers. 

 

Here she is, casts and all, riding her tricycle.  She can’t ride her bike right now because she put a hole in the tire with a straight pin.  And Jamesy is just smiling, as usual.  My sweet, sweet babies.