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  • Bates Tree 2023

    Bates Tree 2023

    After picking out a “sensible” tree, the kids all took a turn cutting it.

    John Luke was first,

    Then Katie,

    Sam,

    Then Daniel. The tree proved too much for David’s saw so we had to call in the big guns!

    Luckily the tree farm has young boys with chain saws that ride around on 4 wheelers helping cut the tree you pick out. This young man was very nice!

    He even asked if they wanted a family picture in front of the tree before he cut it!Great family memories!

    God bless!

  • First Ever Real Tree

    First Ever Real Tree

    Today we went with the Bates crew to get a Christmas tree. Grace surprised me by wanting to get us one!

    So much fun!

    Juicy was extremely interested in what we were doing!

    We got it set up and plan on decorating it tomorrow!

    We really like it!

    God bless!

  • Small Loaf Sandwich Bread

    3/4 cup water,  2 tbsp oil,   2 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour,   1 tsp salt,   1 tbsp sugar,  1 tsp yeast

    Heat water about 20 seconds in microwave. Add yeast and sugar. Stir until yeast and sugar are dissolved. Let sit about 5 min. If using instant rise yeast skip letting it sit.  Add oil, flour and salt. Mix together well. Knead for about 5 to 8 minutes.  Put into small loaf pan. Let rise until double in size about 1 hr.

    I am not sure on the bake time for this. Estimated 25 min at 350 degrees.

  • No Knead Bread

    https://marysnest.com/faster-no-knead-bread-for-beginners/#recipe

  • A Surprise for Daniel

    A Surprise for Daniel

    Yesterday Grace and I surprised Daniel with this axe and gloves as a thank you for all his hard work this fall helping us get wood in.

    I think we actually completely surprised him, which is very hard to do!

  • Happy 12th Birthday, Katie!

    Happy 12th Birthday, Katie!

    Happy birthday to this beautiful girl! We love you so much!

    Thanks Jess for the pictures!

  • Wood and a Walk

    Wood and a Walk

    Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a good week so far. Things are good here. We have been enjoying some beautiful fall weather. We got the wood building filled on Monday.

    It was a long day!

    Grace and I had an excellent helper!

    It’s not all work around here though. We also took a beautiful hike.

    We are blessed to have so many nice trails close to where we live. This trail is less than 5 minutes from our house!

    The colors were absolutely gorgeous!

    I hope you all have a wonderful day! God bless!

  • Homemade Hot Cocoa

    https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a81118/how-to-make-hot-chocolate-mix/

  • Wood

    Wood

    Good morning everyone! I hope you have all been having a great week!

    We started moving wood into the wood building yesterday.

    Daniel helped us. He has helped for several years now. He definitely is a great help!

    The weather and the scenery was beautiful!

    God bless!

  • A Day Out

    A Day Out

    Hello everyone! I hope your day has been good! Grace and I went to Christiansburg today for a fun girls day. We went to Michaels, Joanns, Pet Smart, PetCo, and Five Below.

    I got this yarn for a future project. I am hoping to try to make this pullover sweater.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9DTt62pI5Lo&list=PLCpv9YAsQyT31IkSGEOHP7kNo8NdfGWT2&index=1&t=11s&pp=iAQB

    I’ve never really made a wearable before except shawls and ponchos so we’ll see how it goes. I’ve never did cables before either so I don’t know if I can do it or not but I’m definitely going to try.

    Also Grace got me this beautiful yarn as a surprise! Beach colors! I love it!❤

    Our last stop was Starbucks. We had budgeted for a Starbucks stop on our beach trip but didn’t get to do it so we did it today. Delicious!

    It was a really good day. God bless!

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