Merry Christmas! . My first night Christmas Eve in my new house. Glad to tell you the bogy man didn't get me. I feel so very blessed. Have a great day! Love Gram Bev

Just a few pics from our Christmas

Busy week!

Is everyone ready for Christmas? I've been busy this week! I rented an apartment and had a job interview on Monday (we are moving Feb. 11), Tuesday I had a Christmas party, Wed. I had Bible Studay Fellowship, and lunch with J, Amy and Carter, then we went to see the lights at the horsepark with Uncle Jerry, Aunt Betty, and Pete's family. This morning I helped pack 95,000 meals for Hati, it took us just over an hour and was sooo much fun, by the end of the week the church will have packed well over a million meals! Tonight we have Hearts for Hero's, tomorrow Phil leaves for the weekend, I have two Dr appts. and dinner out with J & Amy. Saturday is Christmas shopping with Amy & Carter then church. On Sunday I am working at the hospital on! Sometime I need to get my Christmas packages sent!

Happy Holidays!!

Well I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend. We are. We had a really nice breakfast with all the kids and mom Thursday morning. Then everyone went off to the other places they needed to be. The little boys and Wes went out hunting twice. They brought us back a deer Thursday night. Dan, Ashley, Cameron and Alyssa left for shopping at 10 pm Thursday night. Friday Wes and the little boys went out hunting again, while everyone else slept , and brought us back the cutest Christmas tree. I don't think the kids have ever had a live Christmas tree, and especially not one that the went out and the woods and cut down themselves. We had pizza and wings and decorated it last night. Then Dan and Ash came over and watched movies. Today I think were going to be baking cookies. Enjoy the rest of your holiday!
Love ya Sandi

*********************************

Praise God from whom all blessings flow....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!

Thanksgiving fun fact #17

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States. But it was Thomas Jefferson who opposed him. It is believed that Franklin then named the male turkey as 'tom' to spite Jefferson.

Thanksgiving fun fact #16

President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored Thursday before last of November as Thanksgiving Day in the year 1939. He did so to make the Christmas shopping season longer and thus stimulate the economy of the state.

Thanksgiving fun fact # 15

Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. Whereas earlier the presidents used to make an annual proclamation to specify the day when Thanksgiving was to be held.

Thanksgiving fun fact #14

20 is the number of places in the United States named Plymouth, as in "Plymouth Rock," legendary location of the first Thanksgiving.
Plymouth, Minnesota is the most populous, with 65,894 residents in 2000.
Plymouth, Massachusetts had 51,701.

Thanksgiving fun fact #13

3 is the number of places nationwide named after the holiday's tasty gobbler. Turkey, Texas, is the most populous, with 496 residents; followed by Turkey Creek, La. (357); and Turkey, N.C. (267). There also are 16 townships around the country named "Turkey," three of them in Kansas.

Thanksgiving fun fact #12

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year

Thanksgiving fun fact #11

The state of Minnesota raises more turkeys each year than other states. Massachusetts leads the way for cranberry production. Illinois produces the most pumpkins. North Carolina is the leading producer of sweet potatoes.

Thanksgiving fun fact #10

The state of New York officially made Thanksgiving Day an annual custom in 1817.

Thanksgiving fun fact #9

The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.

Psalms 92:1

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to praise your name,O Most High.

Psalms 100:4

Enter his gates with a song of thanksgiving. Come into his courts with a song of praise. Give thanks to Him and praise his name!

Thanksgiving fun fact #8

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade used to use live animals instead of floats. Macy's started their parade in 1924... with live animals. They borrowed a bunch from the Central Park Zoo and paraded them around New York. That went on for three years.Finally, in 1927, Goodyear stepped up and made Macy's a balloon shaped like Felix the Cat. Felix was the king of cartoon characters at the time. Any kids reading, he was iconic to the people then.The first Mickey Mouse balloon wasn't in the parade until 1934. A few other notably strange balloons: The Nestle Nesquick Bunny debuted in 1988; Sonic the Hedgehog in 1993; Izzy, the hideous mascot of the '96 Atlanta Olympics, in 1995; and Kraft's Cheesasaurus Rex in 2001.

2 Years!

Happy Anniversary J & Amy!

2 Years!

Thanksgiving fun fact # 7

Each year, the average American eats somewhere between 16 - 18 pounds of turkey.

Thanksgiving fun fact #6

Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President. The President does not eat the live turkey. He "pardons" it and allows it to live out its days on a historical farm

Thanksgiving fun fact #5

The pilgrims didn't use forks; they ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers.

So cute!

Doesn't this just make you think of Charlie Brown!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

HAVE A GREAT B-DAY

CAM & IAN

Thanksgiving fun fact #4

George Washington proclaimed a national Thanksgiving following the defeat of the British at Saratoga in December of 1777.
Stay tuned for 20 more Thanksgiving fun facts!
Ashley & Dan

Thanksgiving fun fact #3

The food that would have been on the first Thanksgiving Day menu mostly consisted of venison (deer), wild fowl (geese, duck, wild turkey, eagles), seafood (lobster, eel, cod), dried corn (Not popcorn!), pumpkin (Not pumpkin pie!), nuts (walnuts, acorns), and fruits (plums, grapes). Ham, potatoes, corn on the cob, cranberry sauce, and yams were not present.

Thanksgiving fun fact #2

The widely accepted first Thanksgiving is credited to the Pilgrims when they had a harvest celebration with the Wampanoag Indians that lasted three days in the fall of 1621 (actual date unknown).

Thanksgiving fun fact #1

According to Michael Gannon, a historian from the University of Florida, the very first Thanksgiving actually took place on September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine, Florida between Spaniards and the Timicua Indians.

We are so in love with our little guy.

He's Here : )

Carter Cash

Carter arrived today at 9:37am. He weigh's 6 lbs. 5 oz. and is 18 inches long. His head is not near as big as his Daddy's was! He is beautiful. He has J's hands and feet, and Amy's chin.

Happy Birthday Sandi - Be Careful!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Aunt Sandi. I hope you have a great Day and lots of fun and joy!

Yeah!!

Thank God with me I got my mortgage loan today!! I'm so excited I can't stand it!! Not sure when I can move in yet, there are a few more legal things to be done. Been praying for you all especially Amy,Jay Carter and his grandparents!! What an exciting time. Love Ya Gram Bev

1200

We are at 1200 posts, Oh my. Like usual I am late sending out my recipes but I will get them in the mail tomorrow. I finally was able to sit down today and cut up pictures to put with my recipes and get addresses. I know Aunt Deb and Uncle mike sent me a recipe but of course I cannot find the address anywhere. So Ihave two for them still. I had my drink recipe picked out for awhile. I was most excited about these recipes, because I love some hot drinks on clod day. It was only cold here for about four days and then it warmed right back up. The kids have been outside all weekend ans we have made two trips to the park. The closets are still full because I dont know when to put away the summer clothes. Today I cleaned out the refridgerator and the girls tried so hard to helpw e ended up making a bigger mess then we had to begin with. But know it is clean and done. Ruben teacher said he is going to be a great artist all he want to do is draw so he must have more rogers in him then I do. His is very detailed in his work and his descriptions of his drawings are so real. In the morning the first thing he wants to do is draw. He had filled to comp books full of drawing in the last week. Addi has her first dancerecital in December I cannot wait. I will finally see what she has been learning. I dont get to watch her practive but her conficence in building. Jensen learned how to say "Ilove you" and "good girl" this week. And now she tells us when she is ready for a diaper change hopefully potty training will be easy. Gwen insists on dressing up in a cowgirl outfit as soon as she gets to school, it keeps her happy. Well I need to go pack lunches and get school bags together. Love you all!

Little Jon

I don't know who's lap she is sitting on, but Olivia looks just like Jon in this picture. I can't wait for Thanksgiving to get here so I can see all the kids! and just 9 more days until we finally get to hold Carter! Amy is having a c-section the 28th! J IS GONNA BE A DADDY!

yummy!

Flap Jack-o'-lanterns
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups milk
3 tbsp. melted butter plus 1 tbsp. for frying
1/2 cup cooked and mashed pumpkin or canned pumpkin
X
Instructions
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and milk. Add 3 tablespoons of melted butter and the pumpkin to the wet ingredients, and whisk together. Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients, and stir just until blended a few lumps are okay.
Heat the remaining butter on a griddle over medium-high heat. Then pour 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. When the flapjacks bubble on top, flip and cook until brown on other side. Makes 20 pancakes.
These sounded good and i have been wanting to try them so i thought you guys might like to try them too!
Love you
Ash

Shopping excitement!

I hate shopping, and I do as little of it as possible. Although I do love to find all the great deals! Ash and I have started shopping the sales at Jubilee and the clearance bins at Rite Aide and Family Dollar(the only stores in Gowanda), on Sunday afternoons while the boys are watching football. Sundays greatest finds were .34 /12 pack popsicles, and .68 frozen veggies. Yesterday I had to go pick up Tim (he has October break till Sunday). I was excited because thats the only time I can get near a Walmart, and I had $7 to spend! Found some good deals. For $7 I got: 2/2lts Dr.Pepper 10, a bag of dog food, 2 bags of ricola cough and sore throat drops, 2 pks of tic tacs,and 2 pks of UP2U gum. Not exactly extreme couponing , but I was excited.
Have a great day
love Sandi

Camping

Phil and I went camping this last weekend. We were the only one's there. They have 3 cabins, just for sleeping, no water, no electric. Each cabin sleeps 10. It was so fun! Everything I love about camping. . .cooking out, waking up to the cold air and having a fire, hiking, it was great. The one thing I don't enjoy about camping is waking up and having everything be damp, it wasn't because of the cabin. So relaxing!

3rd Place STRYTV Bible quizzing

Happy Birthday Ruben!!!

Happy Birthday Ruben!

Ruben is 5 today. On the phone this morning I asked if I could sing Happy Birthday to him, he sighed and said "I don't know", Brandi said he even rolled his eyes! I thought only girls did that, and not until they were 13!

Soup Day!

Its rainy again, warmer than the weekend though. So, I'm making chili and corn bread for dinner. Wes had a dentist appointment this morning and then we have to get a new tire put on. Nothing else exciting going on.
Have a good day
Love Sandi

Gram Bev's weekend

Hi, My week end is always Sun and Monday. Sun I went to church then because it was so cold and rainy I spent the day snuggling on my couch reading and sleeping. I love days like that. Mon I got new front break pads and sway bars for my car. (most work covered by warranty) Sylvi bless her heart ran me around and fed me a great breakfast. I love spending time with her. Then at 7pm I spent and hour with the dentist trying to get rid of a bad tooth ache I've had for about a week. I'm pretty sore this am so I don't know if the problem is licked yet. Guess I'm just getting old and falling apart!!! I love the pictures Brandi she is beautiful. Love ya all. Gram Bev

Gwen

Today Gwen got to spend the day at home with Her abulita, the other kids went to school which she really loves and misses when she is home. Her teacher sent her home with some pictures last week and she does not want to part with them. She says , "come on mom lets go be with my frog friends" She has made friends with a little boy names Connor, and her strong personality is certainly making an appearance. She has become very opinionated and strong willed. Ms Jan her teacher says she is so happy for her, her personality is what girls need in these times.

Love you all!!!

Dang!

It's 10:30 pm got a hole in my tire. Put fix a flat in it. Hope its gonna stay till I take Tim back to Houghton at 7am and I get back home!
Sandi

Black Feet

We just cam back from camping and I came home with the dirtiest feet. So I was on pinterst and found this. I am going to try this tonite. I hope it works,

1.put shaving cream on your feet

2.in a bucket use equal parts warm water and listerine

3. soak a smal hand towel in the warm water solution

4. wrap your foot in the towel, while the shaving cream is still on you foot

5. after 30 minutes use the towel to wipe your feet off

6. some of the dry skin and most of the blackness on the foot should come off.

7. apply a thick lotion and avoid putting on sock or shoes for at least 5 minutes, let your foot dry as long a possible to prevent a odor.

Only do this once a week, more than that could resort in sore feet.

Ill post pictures of camping later, love you guys!

Saturday

Alyssa, Ian ,Lyle, Ashley, and Dan left for their first quiz tournament of the year at 7 this morning. Lyle insisted all last year that he would not do quizzing, he hated it. Well, I kind of made him do it , because with Cameron gone they wouldn't have a team if he didn't. He really likes it now, especially since he can memorize really good, and he loves to beat Ian in answering questions. Ian gets really mad. He grabs his quizzing folder, says "Lyle didn't even want to quiz this year", and stomps to his room to study. It will be interesting to see how they do by the end of the year. Tim and Cam are home again this weekend. Wes and I were supposed to go riding this weekend cause there were going to be no kids here all day, but the 4 wheeler broke this week and its really cold and rainy. We have the wood stove going and its nice and toasty in here. I'll probably do a little baking, I found a pumpkin scone recipe that looks really good.
Have a good weekend everyone
love Sandi

Night at the races

Last night a friend who works security at the Red Mile race track gave us tickets to the Grand Circut Harness Races. We have never watched harness racing, it was so fun! We stayed for 10 races, then came home, it was cold. We placed 4 $1 bets and won $3.20, so the night ended up costing us .80, well more than that if you count the hot chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, and popcorn we ate, but still lots of fun. This morning is the diabetes walk, and this afternoon is Amy's shower. I still have to wrap gifts and make a snack! Hope you all have a great day!

Finished Project

Here are the photo's of my finished blinds. I think they turned out great! No sewing required.

missing my kids

Ruben's birthday is in just a few days. I can't believe he's going to be 5 already! I'm missing them all a lot right now. I'm usually in KS at this time and get to go on the school field trip to the pumpkin patch. Gwen went on the field trip today, and Ruben and Addi go tomorrow. Wish I was there!

recipe exchange

I invited Del and Lisa to get in on our recipe exchange(since they're kind of family). Their address is :

Adela and Lisa Lay
PO BX 253
Gowanda, NY 14070

: for those of you who don't know, Lisa is Tims girlfriend, and Del is my best friend from 20 yrs ago, she moved to New Mexico more than 15 yrs ago, and shes been back in NY for almost a year.

Sandi

National Coffee day!

Don't forget to pick up your free coffee today at 7/11 or kispy kreme. If anyone knows of any other place that's participating, let us know.
Sandi

Cameron

Keep Cameron in your prayers. He hurt his shoulder in lacrosse practice yesterday, and can't see the trainer till Thursday. Were hoping everything is fine, and he gets the ok to continue practicing so that he can play in his first scrimmage on Saturday.
Sandi

My first post as a Rogers Blogger!

First, I want to say Happy Birthday to Timmy! Hope you have a great day.

So, today marks the 6th week that I've been on bed rest. It's really not as bad as it sounds. I'm sure it would be worse if I stayed in bed 100% of the time, but I escape every once in a while.. :) And luckily, we're not losing any money from me being off because state workers are donating time to me. (So really I'm saving money because I don't have to drive anywhere!) I'm very grateful for that.

I'm going to the Doctor about 2-3 times a week now. They're keeping a close eye on us. So far everything is going great! I'll be 34 weeks tomorrow, so there are only a few weeks left before he's here!

I had dreams about him all night. Conveniently enough, I couldn't remember any of the labor part (I really wanted to know how that went!), but he was such a happy baby, and I woke up in a great mood. Oh, and he had red hair...haha. I can't wait to hold him.



Since I've been home so much lately, I've had a lot of time to read and do crafty things. So far I've read about 12 books. I recommend Heaven is for Real and The Hunger Games trilogy! I also knitted some washcloths for Carter, drew some pictures for his room, and drew a mural on the wall to match his bedding. Tami and Julie helped me paint it (ladders are not my friends right now), and I love it!

I'm so glad Autumn is here. It's my happiest season.
I hope all is well with you guys. We miss you all.

Cookies

I'm baking cake mix cookies this morning. Funfetti and chocolate! They are so easy(1 cake mix, 1/3 c oil and 2 eggs, mix, roll ,put on cookie sheet, and flatten, bake 6-7 min) and really good, and they have so many different flavors, and eggs and cake mixes were on sale this week! I stocked up. I wonder if they turn out the same with sugar free mixes. Has anyone tried?
Tim's 21 birthday is today, he could use a lot of encouragement, hes having a hard time being at school ,and away from Lisa.
Have a great day! Love ya
Sandi

HI FROM GRAM BEV

I can't believe it, I go away for 3 days and when I get home I see everyone's been writting and I got Brandi's mail with recipe and PICTURES. This is wonderful! I think it easier to slow down in Sept. You all have been so busy with neat projects! I love the pictures on the blog and it sure helps to feel closer. Gram T is doing well and I am determained to make some happy memories with her before God calls her home. We took a ride in the countryside out near North Syracuse and she was so pleased. We ate out a couple times and I took an extra day off next month so that I could spend a bit more time. So now I'm home and will start packing again so that when and if I get the house I'll be ready. Thanks for the recipes I hope to try one a week starting this week. Love ya all Grandma

Bev

green tomatoes

Last week I picked most of my green tomatoes, because they really weren't getting ripe, and I found some recipes to use them in. So, today was the day to try them out. I made 3 quarts of green tomato mincemeat ( it turned out really yummy I cant wait to bake cookies with it , they are Wes favorite), and I also made a quart of green tomato salsa, not as good as the mincemeat, but not bad. Our weather has been beautiful the past few days, sunny and 80s (love it)
have a good night
love ya
Sandi

Life Adventure Center

I got picture of our rock climbing date today! Sadly no pictures of us actually rock climbing or on the zip line. We are walking on a cable in these pictures, we had a great time. Life adventure center is one of my favorite places to go. In October they have their last date for this year, they take us on a wagon ride, and have a big fire, it's so much fun. Last year it was one of my first big outings after I had my surgery. Can't believe it's been a year already!

Proverbs

The ladies at school and my office assistant have been studying Proverbs we have only gotten through the first two chapters, but the first chapter warns us about temptation of evil men, my favorite verse is verse 8-9 I have it on a post it on my computer it says, "listen my son to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mothers teaching. They are a garland to grace your head, and a chain to adorn your neck." love you guys!

YAY!!!!

Brandi I love the pics of the girls and your art wall is so cute! The pics above are of the diy project we are working on right now, as soon as I have a finished project I'll show more pictures.

Sandi I've been thinking about how we let ourselves believe lies so easily, and the only way to combat the lies is with the truth, just like you did. There are so many ways satan lies to us - he uses guilt, envy, lonliness, doubt . . . it's so easy to let those things take over. Today in church the speaker talked about how these things start like a little spark and can soon become a fire and we can be taken over by them. We need to fight fire with fire, the Holy Spirit, and the way to do that is with the truth of scripture. I bought dry erase crayons today to write some scriptures on my mirrors so I can start fighting some of the lies that are becoming traps for me.

I'm so thankful for all of you! I miss you all! Tami

Just me and the girlys

its just me and the girls today. We had a great morning, we went to church together, then shopping and to lunch. I started my first BIY project last night and finsished it also today. Its to hang up the kids art work. We have all four of them in preschool and I feel like I never have enough fridge room, so I found this in Pinterest. avery fun and addicting website, that I need to stay away from., but I did it and its so cute. I also worked on organizing some photos of the girls, Chirstmas break will be here before I know it and I need to get started on Jensen's scrap book. Well I hope everyone enjoys their sunday. We are going to make corn bread to eat with a soup recipe I found on Pinterest yesterday also.

I sent out my recipes, but I forget to put what kind it is, Its beef franks, stoup.

love you all, Brandi