Jostie Flicks - Man VS Kitchen

Love,
Han

Thanksgiving.

Oh my, I am a little late in posting this but...  Oh well, you will just have to deal with it.

I thought that with this post I would write down a few things that I was thankful for since I didn't get to do it earlier.  So, this will be two posts very mixed and mingled into one, so much so that you wont be able to make out which post was supposed to be which.

So for thanksgiving we had oh so much food, and oh so much fun, and an oh so huge turkey, actually we had two huge turkeys.  It was yummy, it was fun, it was a lot of work, it was in short wonderful.  And man oh man, that tryptophan sure did a number on me.  :)  I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open!

I think though out of anything my favorite part of the meal is the dessert!  Seriously, sweets are my thing, I love sugar and candy, so when dessert rolled around I was very happy, and believe me we had a lot of it.  What is your favorite part of the thanksgiving meal?

1. I am thankful for wonderful fathers that love the Lord, and their families.

Dad was cutting up the turkey and he couldn't resist having a little snack while he was at it.

2.  I am thankful for precious time spent with friends and family.

They worked on this puzzle so hard ad didn't even finish.  It was sad.  

3.  I am thankful for little boys that make me smile and laugh, like this one.

Little Bradley is quite the cowboy.  Him and Naomi get along very well.  hehehe.

 4.  for long fun conversations with dear sisters in Christ.  It was great catching up with the A. family.  :)

We had so much fun laughing and talking with these girls. 

5.  For growing up sisters who get to be better and better at helping around the house all the time.

Lydia was very tired by the end of the day.  

6.  For the time consuming art of putting together puzzles.  I am afraid I am not very good at it, I don't have enough patience to ever finish one.  :)

I think Charles was there at that puzzle most of the evening.

7.  For childhood buddies, that turn into life long friends.

These guys are so cute.  (Yes, Naomi is in this picture)

8.  For mama's that take care of and love you forever and always.  And cook awesome turkeys at thanksgiving.  :)

This turkey weighed 34 lbs.  It. Was. Huge.

I know, these guys were the center of attention that night.  :)

 9.  For precious babies, that grow into godly (in this case) young men.

Just to put your mind at ease.  No he is not dying, that purple stuff on his mouth is from 'gentian violet' and it is for thrush.  I can't believe how big he is getting!

I think that they were doing cheers here.  It was so cute to watch them.  :)

 10.  I am thankful that God provided the means for us to have a thanksgiving feast.  God is indeed good.

What is a thanksgiving day without sparkling cider anyway?  

 11. For huge tables that everyone can fit around.  :)  Dad and Josiah built this table for mom last christmas.  It is pretty awesome!

This is our table picture.  Usually for thanksgiving we set the table really nice but we didn't do that this year.  I think it had something to do with not wanting to break anymore nice plates.  Hopefully we will do that for christmas.  I always love eating out of pretty dishes, it makes the food taste that much better.  haha.

He was drinking Apples Cider out of the bottle.  I had to get a picture.

Alan looks very creepy in this picture.  On a side note...  He did make some very yummy food for all of us!  It was delicious.

 12.  I am thankful for Dessert.  It has seriously saved me from having a complete mental breakdown.  Ok, so maybe I exaggerated a little but, ya know.

Robyn made a really yummy pumpkin pie.

Charles made this.  It was kinda like a fruit pizza but not.  It was really yummy!

Mama and Lydia made this. One of my personal favorites...  Lemon Meringue Pie.  

Keziah and I made a cheesecake!  It was so yummy.  I don't know why I have never made one before.

My beautiful sis.

The A family!  Thanks so much for coming we had a fun time visiting and catching up with y'all!

13.  And last but certainly not least, I am thankful for Gods providence, I am thankful that He sent His son to die for us on the cross, and that He is in control.

Love,
Han

¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
~Colossians 3:15~

Muffin Madness.

Last saturday my mom and dad took a trip down to....Corvallis?  I think it was Corvallis anyway.  Well that's beside the point, the point is that they went somewhere and did something and left us poor children at home.  :'(  So, my parents went somewhere and I had to make muffins for church the next morning.  They were really yummy so I thought that I would share some of the pictures of me making them, and the recipe just because they were super yummy, righteous mama muffins.  :)


Nutmeg Streusel Muffins:
Streusel Mixture:
11/3 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened

Muffins:
2/3 c. all-purpose flour
11/2 tsp. baking powder
11/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. buttermilk
1 egg

Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. In large bowl combine 11/3 c. flour and brown sugar; cut in butter until crumbly.  Reserve 1/2 c. for streusel topping.  In same bowl add all muffin ingredients to streusel mixture. Stir just until moistened.  Spoon into greased 12 c, muffin pan.  Sprinkle with reserved streusel mixture.  Bake for 18 to 22 min. or until lightly browned.  Let stand 5 min.; remove from pan and enjoy!  :)

Pre-oven look.

Sadly my first batch came out looking quite deflated...  Sadness.  But they still tasted yummy!

Seth and I were joking around while we were waiting for the other batch to cook.

He was laughing at all my stupid jokes.  I like it when people do that, unfortunately I'm not very funny so it doesn't happen that often.  haha.  :)

Does anyone else think that this picture looks creepy?

The deflated ones.

Fortunately all the batches after my first one looked PER-fect.  I was so happy!  :)

Hope you guys are having a great day!  God Bless!

~Happy Blogging~

Love,

HAnNahW

Learn Something New Every Day. (food)

I had done these before, but because I love learning a little something new and interesting every once in a while, I thought that I would start sharing them more regularly.  


1. Chocolate contains psychoactive ingredients, which are known to make you feel good, but the only trouble is that you need to eat about 20 kilograms of chocolate to feel the buzz.


2. Ginger is used to treat nausea and vomiting.


3. Peppermint tea is good for soothing sore tummies and reducing feelings of nausea. 


4. To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.


5. If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously.


Thanks for reading!


~Happy Blogging~
           HAnNahW

History Project!

I have been teaching school to Esther, Keziah, and Lydia this year.  We just did our first history project about two weeks ago!  It was so much fun and I hope to be doing a whole lot more this year with them!  Anyway, we were studying the Decline of the Roman Empire and the girls decided that they wanted to make Roman pillars out of sugar cookie dough.  They had a lot of fun (even if their pillars didn't even slightly resemble the ones that the Romans used.  :)  )

Making Pillars

My beautiful sisters!

One of Keziah's pillars.  hehehe.

The ball of dough

Lydia, you are so precious!

Esther......  :)

I think that Esther's pillar turned out to be the most roman like.  :)

Keziah made some veggie tales character pillars out of her dough.  :)  Keziah, you are so silly.

Lydia had a hard time coming up with a suitable design.

But she finally figured it out!  :)

We have been having all sorts of fun with out schoolwork this year and hopefully there will be much more in store for us!  I love learning new things, which I am doing in teaching my sisters (like maybe patience. haha).  I didn't actually get any of pictures of the finished product but, lets suffice it to say that our pillars came out of the oven much different that when we put them in.  :)  Oh well, it was fun anyway!

Thanks for reading!

~Happy Blogging~
                     HAnNahW

Red, White, & Blue Dessert

     I call this my 4th of July Dessert, it's actual name is "Strawberry Trifle" but where's the fun in that?  I love making this for Independence day 1. Because it is extremely easy(and yummy I might add), and 2. Because it is so patriotic!  I am going to disappoint all of you who want my recipe and not tell you, because if I told you, you wouldn't have to invite me to your parties to get to taste this, and then nobody would invite me anywhere...  and that would be sad.  :(  hehehe  I was up till 3 in the morning making these so don't judge my pictures.  :)

Cool Whip....... Yum!

Straberries. Even Yummier!

Angel food Cake

More Strawberries.

Strawberries, and Angel Food Cake

The secret mixture that I'm not going to tell you the ingredients to.... hahaha

another layer

see, it has patriotic written all over it!  

My masterpiece!

I know I kinda failed on the top..... Oh well, I heard that it tasted good anyway.  :)

 

Look at the baby one!!  Isn't it cute!  I made it for my neighbor for co-piloting for me on the way to the store. What a nuisance this permit is.

It's so beautiful, I think I might cry.... 

This is the second one that I made (no not at three in the morning) I think that it turned out much prettier than the first one!

I love this pic!  <3

Yum.

I made another baby one for the hostess of the 4th of July party!

Anywho, yummie!  I need to make these more often!  Everybody (well everyone that I've talked to) says that they are super yummy!

~Happy Blogging~
              HAnNahW