Today as my colleagues and I exited the board room we are working from in St. Louis, I noticed a tremendous amount of policemen in our hotel lobby including bomb sniffing dogs circling me. Then I saw a man in a business suit holding a three ring binder with the label “CHENEY” on it. I asked the policeman at at…
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Family at the farm
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Family Values Tagged With: agriculture, family, family farm, family fun, farming Leave a Comment
Our attempt to take a family picture together at the farm before heading to UND homecoming on Saturday morning It was 9AM and we were trying to get an 11 year old to smile while trying to keep the attention of a tired needing a nap 10 month old. Not to mention my mother running the camera! Hold down the…
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New hiding spot
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Eldon, my father in law, made a fantastic shelf that swings up out of a large cupboard and locks for my mixer. And Elizabeth discovered the cupboard when empty is a fantastic hiding spot and place to play. She can figure how to get into things but not get out/down. After falling out of it twice onto the ceramic floor…
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Sugar Cookie Recipe
For all of you inspired to make cut out cookies this weekend… I doubled this recipe when we made the pumpkin cookies. DECORATE THESE SUGAR COOKIES 1 Cup Butter or Margarine 1 egg 1/2 tsp. almond extract 1 tsp. baking soda 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp. cream of tartar Cream butter….
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Cookie baking…100th post of the year!
Filed Under: Dessert, Family Values, Recipes Tagged With: baking, cookies, cooking with kids, Halloween, holidays 5 Comments
I am not much of a cook compared to my mother, mother in law or grandmother. But we have family meals at home together nightly. At least once a week, Hunter and I make a recipe together. I provide ingredients, overall direction–and clean up. But a majority of the cooking/baking is done by Hunter. It is a fun time together…
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