Sweet Potato Casserole

I have been getting a lot of requests for this recipe so I thought that I would share it here. Even though all of the recipes that I have posted thus far are very sweet I promise I do eat healthier fair most of the time.

Sweet Potato Casserole

3C. cooked and mashed Sweet potato (just peal and boil like regular potatoes)
1 1/4 C. white sugar
2 eggs
Dash of cinnamon
3/4 C. butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Mix ingredients well. Pour into a butter baking dish. Bake 20 minutes at 400 uncovered. Remove from oven and sprinkle with topping of

1 C crushed cornflakes (I use Ritz crackers)
1 C. chopped pecans
1/2 C. brown sugar
1/4 C. butter
Melt butter and stir in brown sugar, add corn flakes and nuts- mix well until crumbly. Bake for another 15 minutes. Enjoy!

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Grace is 6!

Grace my sweet Grace Noel. My little christmas time finger sucking baby is 6. Six years old today. She slept through the night at 5 weeks of age, but she learned to climb out of her crib at 14m. She has given me many of scares and even more joy. I love her spunky attitude and her go get’em view on life.

Grace quit sucking her fingers for early this year but after six months I saw her sucking them again.

So I asked her, “Grace what are you doing?”

“OH, Mom,” she says, ” I was just faking you out.”

Really really Grace where do you get this stuff?

Happy 6th Birthday Grace!

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New Tradition

I am so so excited for our new tradition this year.  See my wonderful mother in law buys all the grandkids an ornament everyone gets the same ornament meaning this year we will have 6 of the same ornament on our tree. It has been suggested to me that each child get a little tree of their our but then we would have 7 trees and that isn’t really gonna happen. So I have decided each child gets a ribbon above their bed or around their bed to hang their ornaments on. I am so excited I think it turned out really cute. They each get to show off their ornaments and have some decorations in their room. It is a win-win for everyone.Elizabeth was so excited to show off her ribbon of ornaments.

 

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Fresh Blackberry Cake

 August is the time for blackberries. Nothing quiet says summer to me like blackberries. Fresh blackberry cake is a treat from my childhood. I enjoy it. My kids enjoy it. So I thought you might enjoy it, too. I would have taken a picture but well we ate it all up.

Fresh Blackberry Cake

2 1/4 C. sugar

2 eggs

 2 C. fresh blackberries

3 C. Flour I use whole wheat

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 C. sour Milk

C/ butter

2 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. allspice

2 tsp. nutmeg

2 tsp. cinnamon

Combine sugar and spices; add melted butter and mix til creamy. Beat in whole eggs and sour milk. Sift flour, salt, and soda and gradually into mixture. Fold in blackberries.

 Pour into a well-greased 9×13 pan and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

Serve with whipped cream and garnish with whole berries. I like it still warm! I also like it slightly stale. Pretty much I just like it.

* You can use frozen berries if that’s what you have.

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Summer 2011

  Before school let out for the year the girls and I wrote out a list of what we wanted to do this summer. We wrote down all the ideas whether I really thought that we could get it done or not. We have been having a lot of fun. With So without further ado here is our Summer 2011 bucket List.

Go to Beach, Bubble painting, VBS, S’MORES in backyard, Star gaze, Water War, Marion County Fair, MT. Saint Helen’s, Hike McDowell Creek, Silver Creek Falls, family movie, Soccer game, write a book, play monopoly, Scrapbook day, teach girls to swim,  ride bikes, visit new park, have Lily over, sparklers, 4th of July Parade, learn to make cookies, Zoo, family board game, sew aprons, make gak, make Christmas presents in July, listen to Christmas music, sidewalk chalk art, Linn County Fair, State Fair, dry tomatoes, sell vegetables, dry flowers, Lego day, 100 verses, make a painting, Summer Reading Program, plant Veggies, Farmers Market, read Hank the Cow dog, learn 10 things about France, raise chickens, dance, visit HOPE 107.9 station, group picture of kids, family picture, individual picture of kids, chocolate play dough, salt dough, sleep outside, cheese factory, clean rooms, learn about Africa, Russia Day, Camping, make candles, have Veronica over, get a tan, jump rope, prayer walk, make a daisy chain, Fairy party, laugh-make jokes, Corvallis Water Park, ballet, art, mail a letter, sew handkerchiefs, stay at beach house, fishing, dodge ball, write a new schedule, new chore lists, stay in a hotel, ICE CREAM SUNDAY Party, visit Huttinga’s, blow bubbles, have Herold’s over, A.C. Gilbert House, OMSI, Learn about China, coloring contest, make homemade ice cream, paint Lydia’s room, Strawberry Jam, Home school Conference, Crater Lake, Lydia’s first swim, make popsicle, picnic in the park, finger paint, Scavenger hunt, Nature Journals, T.V. free week, handwriting, Smile, rock candy, Taffy, Doll house day, JBC fireworks,

I updated to bold all the ones we have checked off.

What do you do for summer fun?

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At the Car Wash

A rare bit of sun.

Plus a daddy who got off work early.

equals

a whole lot of

fun at the car wash!

Does it matter that the car wash is in your driveway?

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Three Weeks

Three weeks have gone by and I havent introduced Lydia Faith to you. Sorry you are really missing out she is one special girl. I would tell you how perfect she is and that she never cries but well then you might hate me. Instead I just let you look at the latest pitcure of her cuteness.

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