Learn Something New Every Day. (Ice Cream)

Wow, I love ice cream!  And for all of you who are asking right now, "then why don't you marry it."  My reply is...  Because I'm not old enough.  :P  (big joke in our family)

Alright, now on to the important part.  This post is for my good friend Rebecca, in remembrance of all the times that we snuck ice cream in the middle of the nigh, or... Come to think of it in the middle of the day too.  Remember when it got all over my pillow because Josiah came in when we were eating it?  Ya, good times.  

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these few tidbits about ice cream.  :)

Seriously making me want some ice cream!!

1. Twelve gallons of milk is needed to make 1 gallon of ice cream.

2. 50 licks are required to finish off a cone with a single scope of ice cream.

3. Immigrants were served ice cream as part of their welcome meal at Ellis Island.

4. Air is the most important ingredient in ice cream as it is needed to keep the ice cream soft.

5. President Ronald Reagan declared July as national ice cream month in the United States.

6. More men (13%) admit to licking their ice cream bowl clean than women (8%)!


7. Kids aged 2-12 and adults over 45 eat the most ice cream!


8. The 3rd Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day!


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~

Learn Something New Every Day. (Vanilla)

This post is dedicated to my righteous sista, Heidi.  ;)  And to all of you who saw my last random facts and were disconcerted because you really aren't a big fan of chocolate...  Here are some for the vanilla lovers out there.  :)

1. The vanilla bean is the fruit of a tropical American species of orchid. It is the one of the few orchids which produce anything edible and there are more than 20,000 orchid varieties.


2.  It can be used for preventing cancer.

3. It is considered to be the most expensive and precious spice all over the world. 

4. The vanilla oil extracted by fermenting vanilla beans is used to improve digestion.


5.  It can be used for manufacturing medicines that are used for strengthening the immune power of the body.


6.  Vanilla helps to prevent memory loss


7.  Vanilla oil is used to reduce fever as it helps in fighting internal infections.


8.  It is used to cure congestions, cough, and other sinus related problems.






Oh, and I would love to get suggestions from y'all about what you would like to see on here next!  


~Happy Blogging~
Love,
HAnNahW

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

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