Bake Sale

The basketball and volleyball teams are having a chili supper and bake sale today to raise money for their teams. Bryn and I baked some sugar cookies and frosted them to sell.

Icy memories

These are two pictures I took last winter....I am not looking forward to winter, but these two pictures do make it look more appealing..it is so beautiful..I caught these early one morning after a heavy frost.

Memories

I was looking back through some old picture folders this afternoon and I found some pictures that I really liked. I had taken Bryn, Rachel, Alex and Jonathon to the park for pictures one nice afternoon..these are a few of my favorites of that day!

New Bedset

I was so excited..I have been looking at this comforter set all spring and summer, but couldn't bring myself to spend over $200 on it. I was up at the mall a few weeks ago and stumbled across this one last comforter set, in just the size I needed for my bed...on clearance for half of the half price!!!! I was pretty excited to say the least! Now, inspired by Sarah, I am wanting to paint my dresser....looking for suggestions as to what color would look good?? I am kind of leaning towards the darker red(my favorite color at the moment) or maybe a sagey green tone? Let me know what your opinions are!

Baking weather

Tyler made us another batch of YUMMY monster cookies last night. Yes, Wilson, we will send you some!! Here is the recipe we use.
3 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon honey
1 stick butter
2 cups peanut butter
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 1/2 cups oats
1/2 bag choc chips
1/2 lb M&Ms
Mix butter and sugars. Add vanilla, honey, PB and eggs. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in M&Ms and chocolate chips. Bake about 12 minutes at 350 degrees.YUMMO!

I made a chicken pot pie last night for supper..It turned out pretty good..wish I would have gotten the picture BEFORE I cut it!! I even did little fish cutouts on top to make it look fancier!!

Camera Tricks

I stopped at Sarah's today and picked some pumpkins..Sarah showed me a few tricks with my camera. She took a couple of these and I took some. She showed me a few things about I camera I didn't have a clue about! Guess I should have read that manual!!

Sing time

Our family sang for the evening service at church this Sunday. We really appreciate Tyler playing for us! He taught himself to play the guitar and is a blessing to our family! I LOVE to hear him play!

Bryn sang in a teen girls group for the morning service and then again for the evening service.

Jeffs Blog

Be sure to check out Jeffs blog..he added a new cake slide show! He is listed in My Blog List as Freedoms Daddy!

School Time!

Brianna thought it was fun to sit with Bryn while she did her school work. She sat very quietly while Bryn was studying...although they had to have the baby, the cuppy and the blankie there too...

Brianna

Brianna has made a big change in our lives this week! I forgot how much fun little ones can be!!

Tyler made us some monster cookies to share. Brianna and I snuggled in the chair and ate cookies and watched cartoons while the kids were gone this afternoon.

A close up....

Sorry!

Sorry all you Coffee Bean followers...I have not done a very good job of updating my blog recently! Here are a few of our recent activities! I think I am finally over my surgery and just about back to my normal, hopefully a little bit better, self! Thanks for following! Beth

Fall Hayride!

We had our annual fall hayride at the Pastors house this weekend! It is a fun time for everyone!

Jeff is the family hot dog roaster!! He very patiently roasted one hot dog at a time for each of us. I love my hot dog covered with chili and cole slaw!! It doesn't get any better and this is the only time all year I get to eat it that way!

Fun for All!

Bryn had fun playing volleyball...

Tyler was right in the middle of a LONG football game...

Alex played football with the little guys!

...and playing on the swingset with Brianna.

Friends...

We spent a fun afternoon at the park with Alex, Wyatt and "Cito"!

At the Park!

We are trying to make the most of the last few nice days!

Horses

The kids spent some time outside this beautiful fall afternoon playing with the horses and brushing them out. Breeze gave her opinion of what she thought of the whole idea...

Jeff's Freedom

DASH!

Shy

Be Still

It has been an interesting week for me. We have had our 35th Anniversary at church so Sunday was a big day of celebrating and doing special things for our Pastor and his wife. Then we had special meetings Monday and Tuesday. I am still recuperating from my surgery and didn't get to be at everything and in the middle of everything like I usually am..that has been hard for me. I was reading a blog, of someone I don't even know, that really encouraged me and got me to thinking. They were talking about how God tells us to Be Still...I have had a lot of home alone quiet time this week to think on that and it has been a blessing. I was reading in Luke 6 about how what is in our heart is what comes out and I actualy had time to stop and think about that. I used it for a morning devotional with my kids...when we find our selves short and irritated and grumpy, maybe we need to stop and think about how much of God we have in our hearts and how much time we have stopped to fill our heart with HIM and His goodness. I have been frustrated this week with having to stop and not being able to do my work and my running and take care of my family ... but....having some extra time to spend with my Bible..some extra quiet time .....to BE STILL...has actually been a blessing in disquise.