JUST CANT GET ENOUGH...

Back to the old Okerson farm for today's blogging expedition.

Something tells me that my 2006 GMC Envoy will not be the center of pictures and running someone's imagination crazy with stories any time in the future.  Do you ever wonder what our kids and grandkids will have to treasure from our current days?  An iPhone, Nintendo DS or Wii that no longer work? 

I hope that someday when I have kids, they enjoy walking the old farms and thinking back to all of the history.

Many happy memories,

TJO

MY LATEST PROJECT

IMAGINATION GONE WILD

My curiousity and imagination always get the better of me when I get to walk amongst history. 

CEO and I went camping this weekend on his family farm.  His great-grandfather was the original homesteader.  I can just see him bumping along the fields on these old wheels.  Coming home from the fields just in time to put the horses away and make it to the dinner table while the food is still warm.

Back then, air conditioning was a breeze while you road behind the horse and if you were lucky it stayed fresh.....if you know what I mean.

They were tough people back then, but also had short, hard worked lives. 

Where does your imagination take you??




We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Martin Luther King, Jr.


Stay tuned for more farm news....

OCTOBER CAMPING

We are heading out to brave the cold this weekend on a family camping trip.  I could not be more excited.  This will be the first weekend in a VERY long time that my hubby and I are taking the time to ourselves with our kiddos.  We are going back in the day for CEO.  He is overly excited to walk me through his childhood memories on the farm he grew up on.  It got me thinking about our past camping trips and how much fun we have together.  We have been on the go for months now with working on the house and volleyball, so this weekend away we go to enjoy us and our puppers.

Happy Trails to all.......

TJO

SUPER SUNDAY

Sunday is a date day for hubby CEO and I.  We love to try different finger food; all that goes with football of course.  Today's trial was home grown jalapeno poppers.  I have never tried making them, but this year I had a jalapeno plant in my garden and they were completely worth the wait. 

Very simple:

Jalapenos of all sizes

Cream Cheese

Turkey Bacon

Cut jalapenos in half, de-seed them. 

(I suggest checking them twice because biting into a seed later will

make it worth to do it now.....trust me!!!!)

Fill in with cream cheese

Wrap in turkey bacon

Heat oven to 400 degrees

Bake for 10-15 minutes

ENJOY!

Some yard work done, laundry started, food is cooked.....time for some football.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

TJO

MOM ALWAYS KNOWS....

I have been on the search for a new, cute fall coffee mug (a girl has to change with the seasons, right?!)  After a great weekend with my mom, she sent me home with a fun box and in it was this cute stuff.  She knew back in May what I wanted now. 

How do moms do that?

Love you Mom!!

Tildy

(Stay tuned for more of mom's fun box. What can I say? She's the bestest mom ever.)

FUN HANGOVER

We are back from a weekend of giggles and good times.

I do not get to see my mom or twin nieces near enough, so time with them is priceless.

We celebrated my mom's birthday with a princess pirate party, including pirate ship water slides.  The girlies are quite the swimmers and completely fearless in the pool.

My mind is just racing with all of the fun we had and memories we made.  :)

When's the next party?!!

TJO