Culivating Onions

The onions are now the size of a quarter and seem to be handling the heat well and are taking lots more water. We culivated them for the last time about a week ago a good thing to have done. We also finally purchased a loader which is another great thing on our check list to have checked.Here are a few pictures.

Dustin turns 5

Dustin turned 5 on Friday and I can't believe how fast 5 yrs has gone.We celebrated his birthday with family and friends. We cooked dutch oven chicken and potatoes with a John Deere cake and a JD pinata. Dustin has learned so much!! He can write his name and likes to work outside. He has helped us plant a garden and is always a great big help with his sister. He likes to play in water and mud and wants to be a cop when he grows up. We love you so much Dustin...Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Dad We just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday!! From my point of view being your daughter on how much I love and appreciate your quiet and kind example,your willingness to work hard to provide the things we needed and more! Have a Happy Birthday Dad... Love your Daughter Mikki

My Green Thumbed Sweetheart

Our Onions are growing great... we have had a some warm days that have helped them out. It has been a rainy and cold spring and summer so far we have had only one day reach 80 degrees . I am so proud of Jared and for all the hard work he does for our family.

Baking bread in the Dutch Oven

I teach a 4-H Dutch Oven class yesterday I was to teach them to taste the difference,quality and texture of breads baked in the conventional oven VS.the D.O. For many of you who don't know I am not good with bread let alone cooking it in the D.O. to make a long story short the bread in the D.O. turned out delicous.


For some reason my before pic won't load so if I figure it out I will post it. The recipe is called:
Buttery Pull-aparts

16 Rhodes Dinner rolls, Thawed
1/2 c. butter
1/3 c. parmesan cheese
1 tsp. garlic powder of salad supreme

Thaw rolls until soft. Cut rolls in half. Melt butter and place in dutch oven. Coat roll pieces with butter. Sprinkle with garlic powder or salad supreme and parmesan cheese.Cover let rise until double. Bake at 325 following general dutch oven directions for 45-50 minutes, checking every 20 minutes. For conventional ovens reduce time to 20-25 minutes.
You will be missing out if you don't try this. The rolls where so good I did not finish cleaning up my briquettes all the way.Dustin ran out bare foot to get the mail and this was the end result...

I am so sorry buddy I hope your foot gets better soon...I love you!!

Walks...a favorite summertime activity!!

The weather has not been great but we have had a few nice evenings with good weather so we have taken advantage of them by going for walks. Aunt Jan and Uncle Arthur purchased this wagon for our family after MaKaylee had her heart surgery in August. We padded it all up with blaknets and sat MaKaylee down in it thinking she would sit there and enjoy the scenery but this is what happened shortly after we sat her down....




As you can tell we enjoy our walks!! Dustin always makes sure he's got the best seat and that he is comfy if he doesn't he'll be the first to let you know!!