Hair we are!!

Cody born with impossible cowlicks... Trey lucked out that way too...

Um...yep pretty much look like this all the time.... :)

Just MAYBE they came by it honestly....


Hairs to you!! ♥

Thanksgiving, a day early.

We got to enjoy Thanksgiving a day early at Greg's family's home, with the addition of our two younger sons, Kelly and Danny, and the Elders from their ward. It was quite a day, my favorite days are the ones spent with our family. Dan and Kelly are on their way home today and we are hoping they have a safe journey as the passes will be bad again today.

Wrestling , as always. What's a family gathering without wrestling??

Family is the GREATEST blessing.

Poppy...doing what he loves!

Having waaaaay too much fun today!

Oh, yeah...I remember this maple and blue spruce from less than a month ago...sad to see the snow come

ONLY because it does NOT know when to go away. We basically have 4-5 months of winter, about 2 days of spring and maybe 40 days of real summer if we are lucky!!

Couldn't we even this out some??

I started out cute....

1 year 4 days old
August 20 1953
Janet Dee Murray
dad called me "peanut"

My how things change!

I don't know the exact year for this but I would guess early 50's. Go on there, little lady, give that baby some cola everyday, be good for 'em!

I don't think that would fly today.

Also remember a cereal jingle from way back then....♫ Oh the pops are sweeter and the taste is new...they're SHOT with SUGAR through and through ♪ Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops...Sugar Pops are tops ♫
Today they want you to believe everything is sugar and salt reduced, vitamin enriched and 'healthy'. Would be fun to compare the labels of 50 years ago to today, don't ya think?

PENNY SOUP

Penny Soup, which I first learned about by reading Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler, is called so because of the round pieces of vegetables that resemble coins....a fun name for kids---Penny Soup as opposed to vegetable soup.

Other people call it Autumn Soup because it is made with vegetables harvested out of our gardens last.

I used the following approximately:

1 sweet potato

1 yam

1 large carrot

1 zuccinni

4 tiny new red potatoes

4 mushrooms

1 parsnip

2 leeks

melt 2 T. butter and 2 T. EVOO

into a large saucepan or dutch oven size pan

heat til bubbly

add the vegetable rounds (1/4" thick or so)

saute to brown slightly

While this is going bring 1 Qt or more of vegetable broth to a boil

and pour over the vegetables

bring to a boil

turn down heat and

let simmer a few minutes until done about 8 to 10 minutes

don't over cook...tender not overdone.

Drain broth off of vegetables

Put broth into a blender with about 1/3 of the vegetables and puree

add all ingredients back together

YUMMY! Heavenly!

All it needs is some homemade rolls and butter

this is truly the best soup I've ever flopped my lip over. How did I get to be 58 years old and I've never had it before????