my first deer

this picture deserves its own post...my first deer!  (not to be mistaken with my first beer)
for you stats folks:  one shot...60-75 yds out. 

blurry life

the past two weeks have been a blur...we have had so much going on and this is my attempt to sum it up.

the queens of cuisine went to belton to compete in the regional competition.  they did not place, but had a great time!  they made a dish with gnocchi.  later in the week i bought the same ingredients that they had in the competition and they made it for our family...it was delicious!

 jack i and went fishing...

mackenzie and the other twirlers were in the Christmas parade

 

jack and colin watching the Christmas parade...waiting for the candy to be thrown

reese and the rest of the crew at the parade

reese won some u.i.l. awards in her first competition for social studies and number sense!

and mackenzie was in her first play...alice in wonderland.  she was the white queen and the doormouse.

and there you have it...two weeks of activities in one short blog.  :)

thanksgiving week

during the first part of the week some sweet friends came to visit us one evening

 then we went to oma's house for a thanksgiving feast

 we had some good family time playing games, going to the park and doing crafts

we got to spend some time with the cousins

 and went to a train show or two...
thanks oma for hosting us!

queens of cuisine

both of the girls and some of their friends from 4H found out about a cooking contest that is similar to iron chef, but designed for 4H kids.  so, the girls formed a team called "queens of cuisine" and decided to enter the district contest.  for the contest, the kids have no idea what they are going to prepare nor what the ingredients are.  when they arrive at their designated table, they open their bag of groceries and have to prepare a dish using each ingredient in the bag.  they have 40 minutes to prepare the dish, figure the cost per serving, and tell about the nutritional ingredients, food safety and possible dietary substitutions.

i am pleased to announce that the queens of cuisine won their district competition and are proceeding to regionals after making a cous cous chicken salad.  bon apetit!