*Hemlock Haven*

So last week this time me and my sisters were getting ready for a fun weekend with grandpa and grandma Sauder and 4 of our lovely girl cousins. We headed towards Williamsport PA to go to Grandma's Aunt Evy's cabin: Hemlock Haven. The drive took about 3 hrs, beings we stopped at Hardee's for supper, due a little girl needing to use the restroom =)

We arrived at the cabin around 7:00pm and got settled in!

 

 The cabin what is what I called a "real cabin." Ok, so Grandpa Martin has a cabin that is more of a retreat center, but Grandma's Aunt's cabin had the real cabin feel + smell!! It was so fun.

 

 The 3 youngest slept in this room and each got their own bed =O

 
This is kind of a bad picture, but this was the 4 oldest' room. So we all started out on the top bunks (they were double bunks) but it was way to hot and none of us could sleep, so around somewhere around midnight we moved to the bottom bunks ;)

We all got our pajamas on, had a snack, and then we did skits and whatnot. It was a blast just relaxing and having fun together! Oh and the picture is of Leah & Laurie being goofy =)

 

Saturday morning we had breakfast and then spent time in the cabin. After that, we went on a walk and then it was time to have fun in the woods/creek. The girls did a wonderful job of building a VERY cool fort...here are some pictures:

Notice the green "carpet" on this picture. It was moss =)

                                                                                Haley and her oven!

 
We even had a campfire with "marshmallows" =)

 

Then in the afternoon we played in the creek...we were wading, and the girls were catching all kinds of creatures.... frog, crayfish, mud-skipper, minnows and then put them in buckets....I didn't participate in this too much...not quite my kind of thing to be messing with those creatures ;)

 

 

Overall we had a great time, and I am so thankful grandpa and grandma took us!!! they're the best!
Have a marvelous dreary weekend you all!

everyday life at my house.

It's chilly and raining out....a great day to catch up on some blogging!! I'm here with some pictures of everyday life.

Addy + Aubree

We were sitting on the front porch watching the corn get chopped off!
-sorry about the bad quality-



I wasn't sure if I wanted to add this picture or not =) My Aunt & Uncle planned a fun night with the Martin family and we were suppose to wear something that was in our closet that we didn't like, something old or....something silly! This is what our family came up with....notice my 90's dress (my Mom wore it for my Aunt's wedding) and my nice poof =)



I woke up to a broken ukulele one morning...we took it back to the music store and he said he would get me a new one...well, apparently it is taking longer than he expected and they haven't called us back yet... #4weekswithoutaukulele =(

my desk after a day of hard algebra =|

"healthy" cookies that I tried out...they actually weren't too bad.

An early morning walk

practicing archery with Brent

Aubree turned 2 August 25th!



 

That's all for now, but stay tuned for another post "Hemlock Haven!"
Happy rainy day  y'all...stay dry!

I'm Back!!

Hi Everyone!!
I am happy to announce that my new look is finished and I'm back to blogging again! This is going to be the final look for my blog, unless sometime in the far future I decide to go a new route with my blog. But believe me, not for a whole lotsa time!!
Please let a comment and tell me what you think. I love to hear from you!!!
Also, I will be back to posting again.....I'm excited to share some fun things with y'all. Please stay tuned!
Thank you all for following me....I appreciate each one of you dear people!!
Happy day,
Shalom

Under Construction

Hi Folks.
Today I am letting you know that the blog is going to be under construction for a little while. I know I have done "theme switching" so much already, but I am working on getting my final blog look and letting it like that for good. So if you check the blog at all, its going to not look good for awhile. Please bear with me and I hope to have the completed blog for you before too long.
Thanks for your patience!! ~shalom

Confirmation...

Good Afternoon everyone!!
I realized that I some of you are having problems with your comments being published. I changed it, so that the comment goes through me before it is published, that way if someone publishes something that I don't want posted (hatred words or such things) I do not need it posted.
Thanks for commenting, I love hearing from y'all!!
Enjoy this beautiful weather that God is blessing us with! :)

"Dynamite Salsa"

 

 

I don't know how many of you enjoy things such as tomatoes, peppers, and onions, oh and lots of spices, but here is a recipe for you!!
Fresh salsa is so yummy, esp. with tomatoes being in season.

 

4 cups chopped tomatoes, drained
1/2 cups onion
1/2 peppers
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded + chopped finely (if you like it hot, I didn't do this)
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 oregano
2 T oil
1 T lemon juice
1 T vinegar
1/2 tsp. cumin (optional, I didn't)
8 oz tomato sauce
1 can black beans, drained

Now I didn't drain my tomatoes and it seemed liquidy enough, so I did not add the tomato sauce. And I hate  love spices, so I put a lot a lot of extra parsley, basil, and oregano. That's up to you. Mix it up and ooo-laaaa-laaa you got yourself a yummy!! :-)