Monday, December 31, 2012

Reflecting on 2012


Adventures with calves....







                  
 Making Pinatas...    
        


                              
                                                                        Making Maple Syrup.....




                                                                               Bird Study....




                                                                 Sheep Shearing and Spring Clean Up.....



                                                                          A New Baby...




                                                                        Raised Beds....



                                                                    Canning Tomatoes....









                                                                     
                                                                            Nature Study.....


                                                                     Cowboy Kids....









                             ......Praying you have a blessed New Year from the gang at Drywood Creek!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Thursdays of Thanks.....


Family to spend the holidays with; Our little girl producing "The Christmas Story" play; Blue eyes; A baby food face; The birth of a Savior; A baby in a zebra hat; Beautiful Blue Jays everywhere in our yard....


Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas from our family to yours.....
Steve, Melissa, Jennifer, Angel, RileyAnn, Ruben, & Levi

"...She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God with us'."  Matthew 1:23

Saturday, December 22, 2012

French Toast Souffle


This French Toast Souffle is so yummy!!  The kids voted it as a their top pick for our Christmas morning breakfast....and I'm thankful because I can make it the night before.....SSSHHHH, don't tell ;-)

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Thursdays of Thanks....


Aunt Deb babysitting; Pear sauce; The merriment and laughter of kids decorating the tree; The gift of food and clothes from dear homeschool friends; Levi is six months; Christmas shopping with dad; A surprise sum of money....

Monday, December 17, 2012

Cowboy Crazy Kids...



We've had cowboy crazy kids here for some time.  They love dressing up in their western attire.  But, Ruben has been wanting chaps.  Recently, I found vinyl material that was left over from recovering some chairs so I decided to get creative.   I took an old pair of blue jeans with holes in the knee and rather than patch them, I thought I'd try my hand at turning them into chaps.  


I cut the front of the leg out of the jeans.  Then sewed the vinyl in place, leaving approx. 2 inches of vinyl hanging on the outside of the leg.  I cut this piece into 1/2 inch strips creating a fringe effect.  Notice Ruben feeling the fringes, trying to be patient while I complete the second leg.....


Finally, he was able to try them on....


He loved posing in them....



























I had some material left so I thought I'd try my hand at a matching vest... 



Ruben is one happy cowboy!!  Although, I haven't figured out if it's safe to launder them yet.  I'm afraid they'll fall apart in the washing machine :(

Oh, and I can't resist a photo of our cowboy baby....
























"Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys..." - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson