Projects and The Farm

Many of you know we were away for Thanksgiving on "The Farm" and Leyton was "Farming" the entire time we were there. There were many baby lambs born on our watch while my dad was out of town for a few days, so that was exciting for everyone. Jared and I held the fort down and managed to get ears tagged and and all the cows and sheep feed. We love it and always leave thinking we need to buy a farm. Maybe someday. Here are a few pictures of Leyton and Evie in action.

 

Also, here is a picture of Evie's holiday dress I made her.  Not really a Christmas dress, but a winter dress I guess.  Anyways, it was fun to make, and of course she has a matching hair bow...what girl can have a dress without a bow to go with it?  She also matches our pink & white kitchen floor, that was not planned.  :-)

Recipe & Haircuts

So, the big news at our house is everyone got a haircut this week!  Yippe.  Jared, of course, gets a haircut every week, but the rest of us are on a different schedule.  Since I cut Leyton and Evie's hair I decided to spend the $10 and buy actual hair scissors, and I was feeling crazy and threw in a penguin kids hair 'cape' just for fun.  Putting my grand total at Sally's Beauty Supply at $16 - most likely under the price of a normal kids haircut, so I was pleased with my purchases. 

Evie feeling gooney after her haircut.

I love how the back flips up...so precious.  

My new haircut at the 5:30 hour...dinner prep in full swing!  Always the craziest part of my day, so I thought I'd try to get a picture just to make it more absurd.  

Just a cute picture of our sweet girl.

Also, a little recipe I'll throw out there after mentioning it to several friends who thought they'd like to try it.  This is from Tessa Angelo for those of you midwestern folks who know our dear friend Tessa.  Great, easy recipe that kids and adults both seem to love.  

Tessa's Chicken Bundles :-)

2 C.      cooked chicken, chopped

1 can    cream of chicken 

1/2 C.  shredded cheddar cheese

1 C.      milk

**Mix all above ingredients together.  

2 pkgs of refrigerator crescent rolls (I actually used 3 this past time and it was two dinners for our family with the ingredients above).

Put a spoon full of chicken mix on each roll and 'bundle' the roll on top, pinching the roll together.  Bake a 350* for 20 mins.

Fall in the Pac-Northwest

It's officially fall/autumn in our neck of the woods, and we are loving it!  We are also officially friends with the orchardist behind our property and got to 'glean' the trees behind our fence (golden delicious...ymmm).  It's been great!  Lots of applesauce and apple crisp at our house.  We also got to mooch two boxes of pears from a orchard that wasn't getting harvested this year.  It's been a fun fall so far!  

Here are some pictures of our harvesting and a fall family outing for our church at a pumpkin patch last Sunday.  

Leyton and Jared gleaning...going back to the days of Ruth

Apples from our neighbors orchard!

Evie at the pumpkin patch in her fancy fall outfit from Grandma.

Sun Valley Church Family Outing @ the Pumpkin Patch

Evie's pumpkin of choice

Our sweet kids having a blast!

Project: Baby Bibs

Made a few baby bibs today for two new baby girls that we know.  I love this paisley print, so feminine and fun for a baby girl who needs to be cute while she's eating!  This is a simple pattern I slightly modified from a bib my sister-in-law (Racheal) made for Leyton when he was an infant.  I topstitch around the bib with a decorative stitch.  I only have a couple stitches on my machine but they are fun to use on stuff like this.  

Craft of the day...off the list!  Moving on to clean up my kitchen before my kids wake up from their naps.