April Birthdays

 April was the birthday month of some very special people in our family.  It started with Evie's third birthday on April 1st.  We loved celebrating with her!

Evie is Three!!

"Blow out the candles!  I want a cupcake!"

 She had a lot of fun too! 

Evie, Elijah, Beniah, Katie, Donny, Jack, Great-Grandma & Samwise 

 Then on the 20th we celebrated the birthdays of Matt Twist and Heather Whittaker (birthdays on April 17) and Andy Shire (April 19). 

All the kids gathered around to watch the opening of gifts.  Even Evie got a late gift. 

"Happy birthday to us!"  Andy, Matt and Heather

It wasn't Katie's birthday, but she got a great pair of PINK cowboy boots from a cousin.  Nice!! 





SO....  who has the next birthday?  These parties are fun! 

Vinegar Pie!!

Have you ever heard of Vinegar Pie?

I was reading a book set in the mid-1800's, and the woman baked a vinegar pie. I'd heard of it before, but was intrigued enough this time to go online and look it up. Vinegar Pie was a pie that pioneers made in the winter when the dried fruits had been depleted. The pie is suppose to have a rather fruity flavor. I found several recipes, and decided to make one. I didn't tell the family what it was until after they had tasted it because I was afraid they wouldn't want to try it.


I wouldn't classify it in my favorite pies, but it wasn't bad. I may even make it again and try one of the other recipes.

Hmmm.... vinegar pie. Who knew?!

Beautiful Babies - Jan 2011

Little Miss Everlyn

Big Brother Donny

"Where do those little people go?"

Evie and Great Grandma admiring Elijah John

Before Great Grandma moved in, the kids had fun playing in the empty room.

Peek-a-boo!!

Fun with the cousins. Jack, Beniah, Katie and Donny (in front of Evie)

Cousins!! November 2010

Aaron got to spend time with his USA cousins when he came for a visit from Singapore.

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Here he is with Jack and Katie

and with Beniah

All the cousins had a good time playing the first day Aaron got here

When Beniah celebrated his second birthday, everyone wanted a piece of the cake...

Aaron, Donny, Evie and Beniah

...and everyone wanted to play with Beniah's new train track.

Sugar and Spice...

Here are some pictures of my sweet granddaughters -- taken in November 2010:

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Little Lady Katie


Little Miss Everlyn and her mommy, Kim.

Evie happy with her new mode of transportation. She's finally walking!

Now, aren't they both adorable?!!

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This grandma thinks so!

October birthdays

We celebrated Joann's (9/30) and Kim's (10/8) birthdays together between the two days. Here are some fun pictures of the event.

Katie, Jack and Donny helped with the candle blowing. With all those candles, Kim and Joann could use all the help they could get!

Fun times remembered 2

Beniah loved helping Grandma water the plants on the deck.

...and speaking of decks, here he is on his double-decker chair!

Jack and Katie in the fall garden.

Grandma Marie with her precious little people.
Like Father, like son!

Evie loves the quilt rack. It's a great place for playing peek-a-boo!