Patti's New Adventure

I have taken on a new adventure this year. I was asked by the church to plan, shop for and prepare the Wednesday evening meals at church. The lady that has cooked them for the past 9 years has taken ill and can no longer do it. I guess they thought I was the right person for the job. I hope they didn't make the wrong choice. This past Wednesday, Sept. 24th was the first night of Awana and my first dinner. I chose to go simple for the first meal. Hamburgers, hot dogs, home made potato salad, baked beans and home made chocolate chip cookies. I must say I did enjoy myself. Mark is helping where and when he can. I am looking forward to doing Gods work through preparing meals for the families and friends of Edgewood Baptist Church. Besides, it is the best deal in town. Where can you get a full, home cooked meal for only $3 per person?! I don't think McD's can even beat that deal.

Fun at the Halsen's place at Birch Bay

Mark went with the Halsen's Friday after school to their property. Angel and I had to wait to join them until after her soccer game. They had done some clam digging for steamers and so Angel and Tristan had a contest on who could suck down the most. Angel won!! She loves her clams. We had such a good time. Angel played some tennis with Jerry and went swimming too. We are so blessed to have good friends like the Halsen's. I know that we will make many more wonderful memories together.

Huskies win a game!!

Angel is playing soccer this year for the Northwest Christion Sports League. She is on a team named the Huskies. That name was picked from the team last year. I am sure that coach Mike had nothing to do with it since that is where he went to school. She has an awesome coach. His name is Mike Kincade. He is a teacher at Meadowdale Middle and also coaches high school ball. He is a busy man. He keeps the girls hopping. I don't know who has more energy him or the kids.

The girls out practicing before the game. This isn't the entire team. They have 16 girls on the team this year. It is nice because they can constantly sub girls in and out and no one get too tired.

Angel is very excited they won the game 1-0 in overtime play.

Canning Time Again!!

Canning has started at the Hamm/Domer house. Mom and I, with help from Mark and dad have put up about 30 quarts of stewed tomatoes and about 50 quarts of spaghetti sauce. We both purchased 50 pounds of peaches so you know that we now have plenty of canned peaches on hand. Mark. Angel and I went blueberry picking and got just over 35 pounds of blueberries. We have an entire shelf in the freezer dedicated to blueberries. Along with a shelf of raspberries. Mark and I have been enjoying smoothies and fresh blueberry scones in the mornings. We have completed 2 pickings of green beans. They aren't as plentiful as they have been in the past years. But, we hope there will be more. We dug potatoes the past couple of days. We have a shelf in the freezer of pre-cooked hashbrowns and some cubed potatoes. Just heat and serve. We still have a shelf full in the barn. The corn is still to come. All our luck it will come on heavy just about the time that the folks head south. As you can see we have been busy around here processing fruits and vegetables. That is my excuse for not having things up to date and I am sticking to it!!

Angel's in Fourth Grade

I can't believe that Angel is now in fourth grade. Seems like just yesterday that we moved and got her signed up for kindergarten. She has 2 teachers this year. Her teachers are team teaching. She has Mrs. Marcus in the morning and Mrs. Worman in the afternoon. She really likes them!

The toughest part of the entire day wasn't dropping her off at school but trying to get a parking spot to drop her off. The place was a mad house. There wasn't a spot to be had for miles, well blocks anyway! I think everyone took their children to school. They had to with all of the supplies that they needed to take with them.

The best part of the day was when some of the parents met at Patty's Eggnest to celebrate school being in session. Mark and I were joined by Anita and Denny Olsen and Laureen Halsen. Jerry Halsen had just returned to work from a long vacation and was unable to join us. Our kids are all in the fourth grade.