365 Pictures 3-9 March

Hi all,
Well it has been a busy week.  I have been gone from home almost everyday & I didn't get to many pictures taken but here is what I have to offer for this week.

Sunday 3 March 2013

This evening we celebrated my grand niece, Carrigan's 1st birthday.

I was looking out the window of the building we were in celebrating Carrigan's birthday.  I saw this old house in the snow & had to take a picture

 

Monday 4 March 2013

I had our Women on Mission meeting this morning at church.  We are down to one car this week, so I dropped my husband off at work & got to church a little early but just in time to see the sun starting to come up over the town of Bethany.

Tuesday 5 March 2013 

We refilled our bird feeders this evening & within  an hour they birds were coming to eat.  Here is my first bird picture for 2013. I love cardinals

Wednesday 6 March 2013 

Here are is a picture from the deer cam.  I love how it caught these blue jays in mid flight

 

Thursday 7 March 2013

This turkey is doing a happy dance, there is corn in the feeder!!

Friday 8 March 2013

 Okay, let me see, if I stand in front of the camera, right in this spot I can see what you see. . . interesting

Saturday 9 March 2013

no picture

Well, that is my week.  Hope everyone had a great week.  The snow here is almost melted just in time for another storm.  Have a great & blessed week.

Kim

365 Pictures 3 Feb - 2 March

Hi all,

Well, I'm back from my trip.  I was great, awesome, rewarding & humbling. I have a mission blog about my trip which will cover days 3-22 Feb for my 365 pictures.  Here is the link if you want to check those pics out.

 http://servingthelord-semperfi.blogspot.com

Sunday 24 Feb 2013

 My first sunrise home, taken out of my back picture window

Monday 25 Feb 2013

I had bought some Red Velvet pancake mix to use for Valentine's day.  Since I was gone, we had them tonight for supper.  They cooked a little fast but still were very good.

Tuesday 26 Feb 2013

The big snow storm is here.  This was taken around 6:30am.  We have about two inches of snow on the ground & ended up with 6 inches by the end of the day.

Wednesday 27 Feb 2013

Didn't get pics taken the next two days, so here are some from the deer cam.

The snow has driven the birds to eat out of the deer feeder.  I love the cardinals & blue jays in this pic.

Thursday 28 Feb 2013

Another new animal on the farm.  The animal to the right is a mink.  Yep, we have minks on our farm, along with the deer, turkeys, foxes & bobcats.  It is turning in to a zoo out there.

Friday 1 March 2013

Pamper day - while I was gone my hubby was so nice & got me a gift certificate for a pedicure for Valentine's day.  I decided to use it today because my feet need some extra pampering after my trip.

Saturday 2 March 2013

I spent the morning make a birthday cake for my grand niece Carrigan's 1st birthday.  Here is Minnie!!!

Okay there are my weeks!!!  Yeah, I'm caught up again.  Can't wait to see your post & what I have missed.  It is good to be back. Have a great week.

365 Pictures 27 Jan - 2 Feb

Hi,
January is done & February is starting.  I spent the week packing for my up coming mission trip.  I was surprised on what pictures I did get taken.  So here is my week. . .

Sunday 27 January 2013

Deer Cam - Hello in there, I like to place a take-out order.

Monday 28 January 2013

I wasn't feeling well today, so when my husband came home from work with a dozen roses to make me feel better.

Tuesday 29 January 2013

Yes, my Christmas decorations are still up.  I look at it this way - I spend two or three days decorating & it is only up for a month, needs a little more time (ha, ha).  I decided to play with the flare setting on my new camera.  I found out with this picture it puts flare to anything that is shiny, OH MY a little too much, but at least I'm learning what to take on this setting & what not to take.

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Today is my 45th birthday!!!!  I got a snow storm for my birthday with ice as an extra bonus.  I had to go to town to get my hair cut for my trip.  I'm soooo glad I have 4-wheel drive.  What normally takes 20 min. to drive to 45min.  On the way home I did stop to take a picture of the snow drifts & blowing across the road.

Thursday 31 January 2013

Deer Cam from yesterday - I loved this shot, the streaks are snow following.  The deer don't care, it is time to eat snow storm or not.

Friday 1 February 2013

Deer Cam - another pic of a bobcat.  Don't know if it is the same one or a different one.

 

Saturday 2 February 2013

Well, I'm packed to head to Teen Mission International tomorrow, then onto Cameroon, Africa on Tuesday.  One bag is my stuff & the red gym bag has some shoes it in for the orphans we will work with.

Well, that is my week.  I will be back in March.  Hope everyone has a great month for February.

365 Pictures 20-26 Jan

Hi,
Well, this week was mostly about subbing & cats.  It was a week of leaving & changes but all is stll good.

Sunday 20 January 2013

This was Wood's last week home.  He starts classes next week.  Motor knew he was leaving for good since he was packing up suitcases.  Motor claimed this one as his to be packed in, so he could go along.

Monday 21 January 2013

Fuzzy was being a pig.  She was laying on one of the beds & claiming another as hers.  She wasn't about to share the bed she had her paw on.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Picture for today is from the deer cam & it is about a cat - Bobcat that is.  They are usually running by so it is rare to get them on a deer cam.

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Wood left tonight & poor Motor had no one to cuddle with, so he came down & join dad.  My husband tried to move & Motor held on to his hand.  Something tells me he also knew what was coming Friday.

Thursday 24 January 2013

We had a light dusting of snow last night, early this morning.  I chose this picture from the deer cam because of the snow on the deer's back.

Friday 25 January 2013

Sad day, we had to put Grouchy to sleep.  She had a good life of 9 years & 10 months. Before we did, we took several "last" pictures of her.  Wood was back home for one last time before starting classes.  Grouchy was his cat, that we got when he was 12 years old.

Wood & Grouchy checking out the morning noises in the front yard.  This is something they did when the Wood was home.

Grouchy did not appreciate my photo session & shows her opinion here by sticking her tongue out at me while I took this picture.

Playing Grouchy's favorite game one more time - Please fetch the toy mouse from my soccer goal aka under the oven.

Saturday 26 January 2013

See even squirrels like sitting & watching the sunrise in the morning.

Well, that is my week.  I have 6 days left at home then I will be gone for 3 weeks.  My goal is to post on Saturday before I leave.

365 Pictures 13-19 Jan

Hi,
Well, it has been a good & busy week.  I subbed a lot so I didn't think I took that many pictures, but I did, 5 out of 7.  Here is my week.

Sunday 13 Jan, 2013

I had planned to make a bunch of peanut brittle for my boys while they were home, but it didn't happen, So then I was going to make some for Josh to take back to school, since he went back first, again didn't happen (not use to working outside the homes so much). So this afternoon, I made a batch of peanut brittle to send to my son Josh at college.  YEAH!!!  Wood is home for another two weeks, then I will make some for him to take to college with him.  This is really good peanut brittle & easy to make.  I will have the recipe at my blog
http://goodcooking-semperfi.blogspot.com

Monday 14 Jan, 2013

YEAH!!!! Mom bought herself new shoes which means we have boxes in the house again.  I think this shoe box was empty maybe 5 min before it was fill with a cat.  Grouchy is very happy right now.

Tuesday 15 Jan, 2013

Okay I subbed Kindergarten today & also got to play with another setting on my new camera.  This is the room I was in all day.  My new camera has a setting called "Sparkle".  Notice how the metal on the chairs has little "flairs" or "stars" to them.  The camera added those when I took this picture in "Sparkle Mode"  I tried this mode on some people & the only thing that had a flare was the light in the picture, so I guess it adds "flares" to shiny or lighted things.  

Wednesday 16 Jan, 2013

no picture, so I used one from the deer came.  I chose this one because of the sun coming up behind the does in the trees.

Thursday 17 Jan, 2013

no picture again, but here is another one from the deer cam, it is a FOX!!.  We knew we had some foxes on our farm, but they are hard to get a picture of two fast for the camera.  I was happy to see this pic.

Friday 18 Jan, 2013

Cats - my cats - one of the regular items/people/children in my life.  Cat photo shoot at 10:00pm - mainly because I didn't have a picture for today & didn't like have three days in a row with no pictures.  Then it turned into a photo shoot as my son took a couple more pictures.  

Getting ready for the nightly play with mice after parents are in bed.

Grouchy decided to lay down & look cute for the camera

Motor, If she can look cute, I can look cuter

Saturday 19 Jan, 2013

This is a peanut butter cake cooked in a BIG coffee mug in the microwave.  I saw this on Facebook from a friend & decided to try it out.  It took 1 1/2 min. to cook.  The recipe is here 

http://goodcooking-semperfi.blogspot.com

Well, that is my week.  I can't believe I have two weeks left then off to Africa for 3 weeks.  Hope all of you had a great week.

365 Pictures 6-12 Jan

Another week has gone by.  I didn't get a picture everyday but did better than I have in the past couple of weeks.  It has been a busy week, with meetings, getting shots for my trip & subbing.
Here it is.

Sunday 6 Jan, 2013

I spent the afternoon taking pictures for a friend's little boy's 2nd birthday.  Here is a collage I made of some of the shots I took.  Happy Birthday Elijah!!!

Monday 7 Jan, 2013

Our cats love to play & sleep in boxes.  We had a lot of them during Christmas but now they are all gone.  Fuzzy was so desperate to find a box to lay in, so had to settle for this 1/4 of a box, she found on the piano.

Tuesday 8 Jan, 2013

On my way to sub for Preschool & Special Ed.  I saw the sun come up in my rear view mirror & it was gorgeous.  By the time I got to a place to stop, it wasn't as pretty as when it first came up, but still wanted to get a picture.

Wednesday 9 Jan, 2013

I took this picture back in August.  This is my nephew Gavin & today he turned 10.  He lives in North Carolina, so I don't get to see him much.

Thursday 10 Jan, 2013

I didn't get a picture taken today, so deer cam to the rescue.  This is one of the bucks that survived deer season.

Friday 11 Jan, 2013

A beautiful sunset, but also a very windy evening.  I'm using my new camera which is a small one & the wind kept blowing my hands as I tried to take some pictures.  This was the best one out of the batch.

Saturday 12 Jan, 2013

Okay, I spent the day shopping with my niece in St. Joseph for her 17th birthday.  She won't be 17 until Feb. but I will be out of the country, so we celebrated it a month early.  So deer cam rescued me again or maybe it should be call turkey cam today.

Well, that is my week.  Can't wait to see the rest of the post.  Have a blessed week coming up.

365 Pictures catch & starting New Year.

Hi to all,
I'm back.  I have not posted since 10 Nov.  Things became very busy around here.  Honestly I was not planning on being back until February.  Yesterday I was suppose to go to Madagascar on a mission trip for 3 weeks but the Lord had other plans.  This past Monday my trip was canceled but doors open for me to go to Cameroon with the same group in February.  So I plan to post weekly until I leave, then play catch when I get back.

I've been debating on whether I should catch up or not & decided, yes, I'm going to post what I can so here it goes. . . .

Tuesday 20 Nov. 2012

I spent the evening working at a fund raiser for a 7th grade girl in our church.  She has cancer.  This is just half the bake made by people in our community, donations from churches & school staff.  We ended up raising around $4,000 plus a matching donation which put us up to around $6,000 to help Emily & her mom.

Thursday 22 Nov. 2012

Thanksgiving mid morning.  My oldest son & Motor taking an early nap before all the guest arrive for Thanksgiving feast.  Motor is soooo glad the boys are home from college.

Monday 3 Dec 2012

I'm the director of our church's Women on Mission group.  This morning was our Christmas Tea for the ladies of the church.  We had a great turn out & a wonderful time.

Tuesday 4 Dec 2012

Today our Women on Mission group hosted a "Senior Christmas Brunch" for the seniors of our church.  Another great turn out, wonderful food & fellowship.

Saturday 15 Dec 2012

Our wedding anniversary is 23 Dec.  Since things get a little crazy at that time, some years we have to celebrate a little early, this was one of those years.  These are the two Precious Moments figurines my husband gave me for our 24th anniversary.

Some Day my Prince Will Come is the title of this one.  It is a music box & plays the song, from this scene from the Disney Snow White movie.

Snow globe & music box that plays "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".

The title of the figurine is - Being With You Warms my Heart

Monday 16 Dec 2012

I bought a new digital camera to go on my mission trip, one that is dust & waterproof.  Playing with it I discovered several different options on taking pictures.  One is a cat setting.  When set on the setting, if the camera's sensor detects a cat face it automatically takes a picture, you don't have to push an button.  So I tried it out & here is the result.  I thought this would be a cute picture.  I set these items on the couch for me to take out the door with my & Fuzzy thought she had to help & hold them in place.

Wednesday 19 Dec 2012

Our first winter storm of the season, ice & hail. 

Thursday 20 Dec 2012

Our first snow storm of winter.  The old farmer's saying around here is that since the first tracking snow came on the 20th, we will have 20 tracking (means you can make tracks in it) snow storms this winter.  I curious to see if this comes true.

Friday 21 Dec 2012

I finally took a picture of our Christmas tree.

Saturday 22 Dec 2012

Yeah!!!!  4 days in a row of taking pictures, getting back into the groove.

These are "Melting Snowman Cookies" I made for the "Marshall Family Christmas"  I will post the recipe later this week at my recipe blog

Whenever we have "Marshall Family Christmas" at my sister-in-law, Jeaneen's, home we take a "Marshall Family" picture which happens every 5 years.  The reason we have to wait so long is one, my brother-in-law & two of his sons hate their picture being taken & two - Jeaneen has the biggest house with the biggest room to hold all of us.

These are my in-laws, I have color coordinated the families

left to right standing starting with niece with glasses

Anna, Joel, Jesse, Casie, Echo, Esther, Glenda, David, Sarah, Jared, Wood, Kim (me) Stephen, Mark & Jeaneen

Kneeling left to right

Kenny, Tricia, Enoch (standing) Elisha, Charles (father-in-law holding great grand daugthers) Carrigan, Charleigh, Ali (standing) Mark & Josh.

Tuesday 25 Dec 2012

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

We celebrated Christmas on the 21st, so today was a relaxing day at home.

This is what my youngest son did on Christmas morning - he went black powder deer hunting & shot two does.  This made his Christmas.

Saturday 29 Dec 2012

Motor peeking over Josh's lap top at the dining room table.  I mainly took this because of Motor's reflection in the laptop.

Tuesday 1 Jan 2013

Happy New Year everyone!!!!!

New Year, New Recipe!  These are "Oven Baked Chicken Fingers"

Since the boys are home from college I'm cooking A LOT more.  Saw this recipe & wanted to try it.  It was very easy & I will be sharing it at my recipe blog.  By the way - the boys inhaled these.

Wednesday 2 Jan 2013

My son Josh took this picture & cooked this meal.  I had to substitute teach & then my husband & I had Awana that night.  Josh cooked up Lemon Pepper Chicken with Lemon Pepper Noodles.  He took plain egg noodles & cooked them, then he added some seasonings along with lemon juice (because I didn't have any lemon pepper ran out) & mixed them in with the noodles.  It was wonderful!!!  Unfortunately, Josh doesn't remember all the seasonings he used.

Friday 4 Jan 2013

I was driving so I asked my son Wood to take this picture with my camera for me.  The sunset tonight was gorgeous.

Well I'm caught up again.  I hope to do better in the coming weeks on taking pictures.  Have a great week & God Bless.