To the farm!!

Sunday afternoon we traveled up to Papa and Gramma's farm aka Uncle Matt's house. It was SO good to visit! (I love going back 'home') A bunch of pictures were taken and I couldn't help but snap some of various farm things just for memories sake. Unfortunately the dry weather this year made it a very boogery visit for both Joe and Rhea (allergies) so we were outside as much as they could stand it but also spent time relaxing inside. The weather could not have been any better, thank heavens for that! [sadly, the pics are out of order and I don't feel up to rearranging them... ice cream and a movie with Joe are waiting]

working on her own shoes before church

Joe says "it doesn't taste quite like the corn nuts in the bag"  ?!?!?!

refried beans! Rhea's favorite!!

Taco supper

playing in the rock pile

new Elmo potty from Gramma and Uncle Matt!

testing it out

harvest moon

pretty fall leaves

'helping' Gramma

playing with a toy car that was Mommy's

more leaves

looking for monkeys in the trees, silly Great Grandpa tellin fibs!

reading with Great Grandma

helping cut (eat) olives for supper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

checking things over with Papa

Great Grandma Francis was out for a little while too but I did not get any pictures with her : (


In our family pic you can tell there's some bump developing.... profile pic to come soon....

Thankfulness- week 4

timer set. 2 minutes. here goes:

kleenex

coffee

books

cook books

Rhea and Mia dancing = )

fall colors

Joe

God's unfailing love for me

Simple Green cleaner

baby wipes

playing outside

juice boxes

flowers

kinda short today, but Mia is continually pushing the button to play 'Away in a Manger' from the book Uncle Matt gave to Rhea last year. The batteries are dying so you have to sing the song real slow. Made it a little hard to relax and think. (maybe I'll expand to 5 min in future weeks, I never feel like my lists even touch all the MANY things/people I am thankful for)

Dinner @ the Dixson's

Hello all! I missed a week of 'thankfulness' due to a vacation, that I am very thankful for : )

We went to Branson for a week for family vacation and had a great time. It was a relaxing, slow paced week. Lots of shopping occurred and we wanted to share a blog post about one of our treasures....

Bloomin' Onion Maker!!! (our favorite appetizer)

So... here you have it... Dixson dinner, step by step : 

This is it: Bloomin' Onion Maker and picture guide : )

Rhea reading the instructions to Mommy

Helping mix up the seasonings..
all the pepper sure helped clear her sinuses,
she was sneezin like crazy

Our little potato helper, she loves to get them in a bucket and carry them around.

Careful selection of the egg to go in the milk for coating

Cutting the onion, a tearful event, as always.

Forgot to photograph the boiling and cooling of the onion,
but here we are trying to work the coating and batter on
(more difficult than we thought it should be)

in the fryer!

Golden brown, looks good!

fresh from the fryer

tool included to remove the 'core' from the bottom

She's a beauty! Ready with ranch to head out to the table!

A PERFECT night for supper outside. Wonderful temp and no breeze.

Joe's plate (round 1)

Here we go.... Mmm Mmm Mmm

Yummy!

Rhea had some too (she likes the ranch)

And my beloved dish-man in action!

Overall, it was pretty easy to make and tasted great! We decided it was a little too crispy this time so maybe a little less time in the grease next time around. 
So.... who's comin' for steak night next week?!  ; )