German Pancakes

German Pancakes:

melt 1 cube butter in large pan

combine
2 C flour
2 C milk
2 tsp. salt
16 eggs

beat well(like in the blender or kitchen aid)
Pour into buttered pan and bake @ 400 for 12-15 minutes

Rope Halter

A few days ago I decided I wanted to make a rope halter, so I got one of mine that was already made and I copied it. This is what you get...

The last little part I had to tweak because I didn't have enough rope. But it still works.

Yep, not the same horse...

Remember this horse we brought home a year ago:


Well, this is her now,
In fact, she is so fat she is about to founder!!!!! See, look at this cresty neck shes got:

I don't think it is the same horse!!

Awesome picture!!!!

I love, love, love this picture!!!!
And this one...

Pictures

These are just a couple of pictures my mom took in December that I edited, enjoy!

Another one

I'm sure your thinking oh great ANOTHER one, but I really liked this one, it is one of my Favorites now and I just had to post it...

"Can the liberties of a Nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the the gift of God? That they are not to be violated with, but with his wrath?" Thomas Jefferson

I found this in The Proper Role in Government by Ezra Taft Benson And I really liked.

Branding

Last week Mom and Dad unexpectedly drove back to New York with Caleb for a funeral. And so Jared Luke and I stayed with our friends in Dietrich. During which we got to brand. We had a good time doing it too. All Jared said afterward was that it stunk!!! But I didn't mind the smell(I kinda like it). But we had a good time. Here are a couple of pictures to give you an idea of what we did in case you were wondering. Maybe I'll figure out how to download pics from a cell phone so you can see us but for now:

My friend Kayti is the one with the shots in her hands. But anyway, you brand, tag, vaccinate and castrate the calves all in less then 2 minutes, in case you were wondering. I mostly gave shots to the bulls.

This picture is so cool with the lighting and stuff!! CJ is the one Roping on the bay gelding.

These are from a few years ago, but they should give you an idea of what it all looks like.

This is CRAZY!!!!!!

Hmm.

See the differences between these buildings. They are both taken from the top of the Washington Monument at the same distance

The Federal EPA Building

The Federal Ag building.

If you don't the the size deference's between these you're crazy! Don't you find ANYTHING wrong with that because I do???

Scripture bags

I had a couple of extra nine-patches from my spring quilt and so I made some bags. I have been wanting a new scripture bag for a while(the ones I have have a bunch of raw edges showing and they are worn out!!). I found a super easy tutorial of how to make your bags have no raw edges showing. You can find it here . I did adapt it, I basically just used the directions of how to get rid of the raw edges! I didn't measure the handles but after folding, ironing and sewing them you can't tell. One has really wide handles and one has super thin super long handles with a flower on it. The flower tutorial you can find here . I only used one color, I didn't measure and it and it still turned out okay.

Spring quilt

I have no idea what to "name" this one so it is the spring quilt!!! This one was really easy and fast(and fun!!!) I used two yards of white fabric and 2 charm packs. I love the quilting on this one and it took maybe 30 minutes. This was the first time I've quilted something bigger then a hot pad with cotton batting(if you were wondering, yes, it is polyester batting in Juice boxes). I really liked it. The back is a $5 flatsheet from Wal-Mart it is also the binding. The fabric is hulaboo by moda. I think it is more of what you'd see in a baby quilt but, I still love it!! Double click on the pictures to see the fabric better. And just to let you know(like you care) I really do not like doing bindings, they take forever and are just long and boring.

Making Maple Syrup

One of the advantages to living in Pennsylvania is being able to make your own maple syrup!!

Step 1: tap your maple trees and put a bucket there to catch the sap

Step 2: Save up all of the sap(we had about 2 gallons from 3 trees in two weeks)

Step 3: Boil it down for a couple of hours(it has to be BOILING, we tried the crock-pot, it didn't work) and don't boil it too long like we did

Step 4: Enjoy. Our 2 gallons of sap made about 1/2 a cup of syrup!!! It evaporates a LOT!!!!

We mixed in a cup of store bought maple syrup and wal-la. Homemade maple syrup... we ate some of ours warm out of a spoon with homeade potato chips. the rest we would have eaten on pancakes the next morning but we were leaving and didn't get a chance...

Juice boxes(kind of)

I finished it! In one of the pictures you can see a flower, I did flowers in every other block in like a checkered pattern.

I think I am thoroughly addicted to quilting, I already have another top 1/2 way finnished, oh boy!

My first real quilt

Pictures finally!!

I still have a long way to go as far as the actual quilting but, it's a start...

Swedish Pancakes

These our my family's most favorite pancake! They are awesome and so easy and fast.

Basic Recipe:

1 C Flour
1 C Milk
1 egg

Mix and fry

My family of 6 will usually eat 4-5 batches of this, I usually melt a few tbs. of butter and pour off into batter with  some sugar/honey just before frying to make it supreme! This also greases the pan.

THESE ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!