summer sausage

Its a rainy morning...   might be a good day to start house cleaning,see how that goes with the kids inside:(     Steve shot 2 deer this fall and we usually like to get summer sausage made..its a good snack for the boys and healthier than chips and other junk , plus im not a big fan of cooking with venison:(   well he butchered them himself with the help of some other guys and took it down to the shop, they said they cant make it if they dont butcher it there...so we just got it all ground to put in the freezer.... i googled some things and checked pinterest and it didnt look to hard to make, so i tried it and it passed the test with my tough food critics:)   didnt try any myself but they love it and it gets rid of the gr meat:)   here  is the recipe....       1 cup cold water,   3 TBLSP.mortons tenderquick,   2 tsp mustard seed [i used gr mustard]   1 tsp garlic powder,  1 tsp pepper,  2 tsp. liquid smoke.  3 lbs venison,  1 cup shredded cheese, 2 jalepeno peppers[i skipped the cheese and peppers so my kids would eat it, i did add hot pepper flakes and a little onion salt]  mix it all together until the mixture is dossolved , then add venison and mix really good, put in refrigerator for 24 hrs......         preheat oven to 300deg  rol meat into 2 logs try to pack together as much as you can i use saran wrap and kinda roll it for awhile...line a baking sheet with foil and bake for 2 hrs..                                              

this was last night

this one was monday night

mikes doing better, the cut is looking better, so thanks for the prayers, keep prayin....  

boys----cuts

tryin to be brave!

before we soaked it

after

ipad to keep him from getting bored

all wrapped up..i thot the angry birds tape might help:)

Monday morning ,laundry, clean-up after the wknd...no school this morning micheal cut his wrist saturday night....they had friends over and they were playing sock ball, they roll a bunch of socks in a ball because mom says no balls in the house;0..     i had a gallon jar that i saw was broken and put it on the desk out of hands reach or so i thot, not sure exactly what happened i heard a crash and yellin and micheal cryin he came runnin up with blood running from his wrist, took him in the bathroom and dumped tea tree oil on it....we got the bleeding stopped really didn't bleed that much,and just wrapped it up..mike was tryin to be brave because his friends were here overnight but there was a lot of crying he was scared he has to get stiches,[probably should have!]  and we had baseball sign-ups saturday and try-outs are in 2 wks and its his pitching hand, so his mind was in overdrive worrying about to many things!!   lots of prayer!!  Last night he soaked it and we wrapped it again, he had so much pain when he was soaking it! So if you think about it pray for healing!!! we'll see what it looks like tonight.....                         Its supposed to get up in the 50's this week, i'm ready for spring!! blessings i gotta get off the computer:)

Before the Morning, Josh Wilson *lyrics!*

pics

makin ice cream

ice cream.. it was sooo good!

gingerbread house

we got my parents shutters for christmas, steve hanging them

leon cutting back the roof

finished

it snowed:)

here ya go sis... its hard to get pics loaded ..need a new computer or camera;0

christmas//// family

We are back again,after 3 weeks in pa we are back to school, loads and loads of laundry,christmas gifts to put away, clothes to unpack, back to reality...It feels good to be home, i miss family and it takes me about a week to really get adjusted:):)              so heres a little about our last 3 weeks..                My grandfather died 10 days before christmas so it was a little differant this yr, he had been really sick for 2 weeks and the last week he wasnt eating or drinking,      I had my bags packed all week waiting for a call.....It was an emotional week,just didnt know what to do and wanting to be with family...I talked to my dad thursday morning and knew it was time to go...  we decided to head up thurs night...Thursday afternoon the tahoe wouldnt start, steve thought it was the alternator, he called the guy that does our work and he said he cant get one until friday lunchtime, he would put it in right away but still wouldnt be until at least 12....   We decided to get him to test it to be sure and after lots of prayer steve called and said its just the battery, So after a new battery and lots of packing we were on our way.. PRAISE THE LORD!!!   we got there friday around 4, my sis flew in from montana and arrived 1/2 later...God's timing is so perfect!!   he passed away saturday morning with my mom and dad,me and my sis and aunt around his bed...   I will sometime when i get the notes  write a post about that.. he saw some amzing things and brought heaven a little closer that last week for a lot of people!!!    Things ,issues, problems trials in this life are so small compared to eternity!!!                            Christmas was a great time with family!!  We went to market a few days and me and Steve slipped away for a night!!!    new years was spent with family, I cant believe its 2013, Im challenged this year with pressing forward, moving forward with the Lord and letting go of things that hold you back or hinder you.....we cant run with baggage or if we are loaded down with things,but just letting go of things that hinder and running the race ,...              i have pics i wanna put up for you sis but might have to be a seperate post:{ computer issues:{          blessings in this new year!!!!