We are very blessed to have friends that will make the long trip with little kids to see us!

Few things cheer my soul faster than good food shared with a wonderful friend & my family!  My mother-in-law made her children beautiful Christmas stockings and I had every intention to do the same, but never got around to it.  My dear friend, Marie, made all of my children + me and now my husband, Christmas stockings to be hung in our house. We are blessed by her friendship.

We attended a nice banquet fundraiser for the NDSU Newman Center hosted at the University of Mary tonight… Grandpa & Grandma babysat.

I’m not sure we’ll get a recordable amount but that white stuff is falling from the sky… jingle bells, jingle bells🎶?❄️🌨️❄️

“In each child, God whispers a new secret to the world; adds a new dimension of immortality to creation” Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Another Rainy Day… The boys donated a lion to the library, a stuffed large one. The librarian used it today for the story.

Rainy day = Good time to paint pumpkins!

I just love our home! I thank God everyday that Andrew had the wherewithal to get it built. It’s so cozy and welcoming on these blustery days.

We have 168 unripened tomatoes similar to the ones in the left bucket, and I stopped counting at 288 unripened tomatoes like the ones in the right bucket. I suppose we should cover them and the peppers dependent on how the weather is this weekend and next week.

We decided that after we were done with preschool and morning chores, baking cookies would be a great way to warm up the house!  A window was left open…One, who shall remain nameless, likes to not turn on the heat until October (I, however, turn on the heat when it is 65 degrees.)