Making Cookies with Friends

Tate and Violet making homemade from scratch pumkin cookies with frosting.
Parker with popsicle.

Tate stirring the batter.

Aprons and all!

Sledding in the morning

Nova, Addie and Violet found a hill by April's house and they call it Cliff Hill. It snowed several inches overnight and we woke up to white winter wonderland! I made a snow angel tonight and lost a key out of my pocket! So I got Kevin's metal detector out and found it!

Goats-our newest family members!

Addie and Violet wanted to get goats to show in 4-H and just to have for pets. We have a friend who is a vet surgeon and had some for sale. They are Nigerian Dwarf goats. The mother's name is Blue Bonnet and we call her Mama B (after my friend Jill!) and the baby is named Buttercup and we call her Babybutter! If you were ever pondering owning a goat, I say DO IT! They are fascinating and very cute and fun. They just eat dairy goat feed and hay/alfalfa. They like treats like animal crackers, fresh herbs, corn, oats and molasses.

Trick or treating

Addie, Violet and Nova went tot together. It was kinda cold but we had fun. Me and Aunt April, Kevin and Uncle Dave tagged along. Addie counted her lute, 98 pieces of candy. I admit that I scarfed some chocolate! I tried to make up for it by jogging today on campus. I ended up tripping over a root (was jogging on trails) and skinned up my ankle!

Ohio State Football game

Kevin and I were so lucky to get free tickets from my Coach at Ohio State. The seats were primo and the game was a blowout. We beat Purdue 49-0! It brought back memories. We brought our girls and a babysitter. We went out to eat at our favorite restuarants and icecream shops and even took them onto the campus and showed Addie where she was born and where we lived. It was an awesome family vacation. GO BUCKS!

Pumpkin Carving

This year was fun. I carved with Violet and Addie carved with Kevin. We didn't let the other see until we were done and Violet kept trying to sneek a peak which made Addie quite upset. Then later that night we went to church for a Harvest Fest where they played and got way too much candy. Mom had fun carving, too!

Amber's Squirrel Hunt (not for the weak stomach)

I even skinned and cleaned it myself, got on Bayou Bills All Outdoors and self taught myself.

Last year was the first year that I went squirrel hunting, with my broseph Austin. He is the ultimate guide! So I tried it out by myself this year. I was sitting in the woods, looking and listening like Austin taught me and all of the sudden I heard them barking just to my left and lo and behold there was one sitting on a branch not too far from me. I laid my 22 on a tree and shot, squirrel fell and everything's history from there.

I went out just yesterday with Austin and we tagged teamed it. I shot another red fox squirrel and made creamed squirrel over homemade Big Daddy Biscuits for dinner. Just like our mom used to make. We might sound like hillbillies, well maybe we are....! Even Addie and Violet like it.