Ready for the Aggie game!! Whoop!!!

Fun at Aggie football game! Whoop!

Fun times at Aggie football game! Gig'em!

Re: Stylish while baking...thanks to my sis, Jen, for the adorable apron she sewed for me!

Stef. You cook in style.

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Japanese red maple has red leaves coming in!

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Matt and I planted a Japanese red maple in our front yard in September to replace the live oak tree that died.

We grew concerned when all the leaves on the red maple became dry, brittle and fell off.

Imagine our excitement and joy when we went to water the tree this evening and noticed new bright red leaves coming in on several branches of the tree. Praise the Lord!!

Stylish while baking...thanks to my sis, Jen, for the adorable apron she sewed for me!

Howdy!

Matt and I baked a yummy pumpkin bundt cake on Sunday evening. It was the perfect opportunity to try out my new John Deere apron that Jen sewed for me!! What a fabulous and special birthday gift!

Our 1st batch of cooked turnip greens harvested from our Fall garden. Delicious!!!

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This weekend we harvested our 1st batch of turnip greens from our Fall garden. We snipped the leaves about 2" from the stem, so that new leaves will grow again and we can another batch of greens!

Matt smoked a salt cured hog jowl and then pan seared the jowl. Matt added 1qt water, 3/4 of turnip greens from our garden, and 1 tsp white sugar to the hog jowl. Matt let the greens simmer for 45 minutes covered. Then Matt strained them and put them in a bowl for us to enjoy....although I ate most of them...I couldn't stop; they were delicious!!

Turnip greens are getting bigger!! Yum!

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Yum! Harvest time is nearing and the turnip greens are getting bigger! Yum!

Marathon relay to pace my sister in law, Jennifer, in her 1st marathon!

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Praise the Lord for the beautiful, calm weather in Denver over the weekend. Perfect running weather for the Denver marathon.

Jennifer, dad, me, and Mikey ran legs in our 4 member marathon relay team to help pace our sister-in-law, Jennifer, to a 4.5 hour marathon finish!

Early birthday lunch with Aunt Debbie and Grandmommy!

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What a special treat! Aunt Debbie treated me and Grandmommy to yummy Mexican food to celebrate my upcoming birthday. We enjoyed the chance to catch up with eachother as well as enjoy some yummy food!

Fall garden- turnip greens are really growing!

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Especially since we thinned out the turnip greens in our Fall garden, the remaining turnip greens are thriving! Only about one more month and we will be able to harvest and enjoy some delicious turnip greens. Yum! (I'm glad Matt knows how to cook them, because I don't! )

We also have a few spinach sprouts. We are going to thin the spinach plants out once they get a little taller. Hopefully the spinach will do as well as the turnip greens are doing!

Although we also planted red leaf and green leaf lettuce seeds, we have not seen a single lettuce sprout. However, with as many turnip greens and spinach sprouts as we've had, I don't know if our little garden would have had room for any lettuce!

Yummy lunch with Grandmommy!

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On a lovely Fall afternoon in October, Grandmommy and I had a yummy lunch at Luby's. Grandmommy looked so pretty in her pink outfit and bright, white smile! The kind waitress snapped our picture.

Fall garden...turnip greens and spinach have sprouted!!

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Thanks to God for providing the warm sun, quenching rain and allowing our little seeds to grow! The turnip greens and spinach seeds have sprouted and have numerous little plants! The red leaf and green leaf lettuce seeds have not yielded any sprouts. But based on the number of spinach and turnip green plants, I think we will have plenty to keep us busy and our tummies full!

Yummy lunch with my mother in law and Mimi Kent!

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Mom Strother, Mimi Kent, and I enjoyed a yummy lunch at Red Lobster on Tuesday Oct 5. What a treat it is to live close enough to be able to get together with family! We will continue to keep Mimi Kent and Dr. Lamendola and his staff in our prayers as they prepare for Mimi's upcoming heart valve surgery.

Yummy supper with Lanette!

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Our friend, Shelby, is expecting her first baby (a boy!). I headed to Lubbock the first weekend in October to attend Shelby's baby shower. Looking forward to her shower on Saturday and getting to see some friends at the shower that I haven't seen in a while.

While in Lubbock, it was such a treat to spend time with Lanette. We enjoyed a delicious supper at McAlister's. Yum!