Busy

I've been busy lately...sorry I haven't written. I got a job at a Target and have been trying to get trained in that.

I have also been helping my Mom work on my family's website: www.freedomacresfarm.webs.com

I did make a Twitter account and you can now get updates from me quicker here: www.twitter.com/homedaughter

Sorry Again,
Hannah

School Pictures

This week we took our homeschool pictures. And this is the results. We took them ourselves and we are going to get them printed on 8x10 photo paper.

This is me. I'm almost 17.














This is Sophia. She turned 4 in February.

This is Nate. He turned 3 in January.

This is Micah, he just turned 2 in September.

Family Fun

Andy came home today and the little kids (Sophia, Nate, and Micah) didn't know that he was coming. The kids were down stairs and as he went down there to greet them I heard joyful screams of "Big Brother Andy is home!" The kids get so excited when my brother's come home. Ben had to work but Andy managed to get the day off and come up to the farm.

Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes!

I'm sick of tomatoes!!!! We've been canning all of our tomatoes into what we call our red sauce. We use it in hot-dishes, pizzas, spaghetti sauce, etc.

We remove the cores of 30lbs of tomatoes and then put them (a few at a time) into our Vita Mix (a really cool blender) skins and all and then we heat them. We add our spices:
4 1/2 Tbsp. Salt
2 Tbsp. Oregano
4 Tbsp. Parsley
2 tsp. black pepper
1/4 cup brown sugar
5 cloves garlic, minced

We saute 1 medium onion and 1 medium green pepper in 1/4 cup vegetable oil and add that as well. Then we bring to a boil and then let it simmer until it gets to thickness we like. Then we can it up in pints in a boiling water bath for 40 Minutes.

Apples and Grapes

Last week we made apple cider. We made 7 gallons of cider and we canned it for this winter! We also made lots more apples sauce! I'll have to get a total count on everything in our pantry for you.

I have purple fingers!!!! Yesterday and today I picked our neighbors grapes off the vine so Mom could make grape juice! My fingers are very purple. It's a good thing my favorite color is purple!!! We picked 11 buckets (5 gallon buckets) of grapes and got about 22 gallons of juice.

Now on to the tomatoes that are coming in! We will be making sauce out of that to make pizza and hot dishes with.

Canning Season

So far our pantry has acquired: 35 quarts of peaches, 7 quarts of beans, 21 quarts of dill pickles, 6 quarts of apple sauce, and 3 quarts of spaghetti sauce. We still have a good 6 weeks of canning left yet!!!

August 22, 2009

Today… August 22th, 2009
Outside my window… Wild flowers are growing in the grass.
I am thinking… about what I have to get done this week for school.
I am thankful for… My new sewing machine!I am wearing… Jeans, a t-shirt, a sweat shirt and socks.
I am reading… nothing but my school books right now.
I am creating… Christmas gifts (yes really). When you have 5 gifts to make you need to start early.
One of my favorite things… my new rabbit, Dot.
For education this week… I'm starting Chemistry
A keeper at home skill I am using/learning … Sewing on my new machine.
A spiritual lesson I’m learning… is having a servants heart.
A godly character trait I plan to work on… Consideration.
Scripture I am memorizing… 1 Chronicles 29:11 &12.
I am praying for… My country (The United States Of America)
For the rest of the week… I plan on having a good start to my first term as a Junior.

New Shirt

I finally finished sewing a shirt that I've had cut out for two years!!! I'll have to get a picture for you to see. It is McCall's 5138, view D.

Picture of my shirt coming soon.

New Bunny

This is my new rabbit, Dot. She is a Mini Rex and is about 6 weeks old. She is very soft and is quite small yet, but she will grow.

New Skirt

I just finished a skirt on my new sewing machine! I'll have to get my mom to take a picture of me in it for you. It's baby blue and I have the perfect shirt to go with it. It comes to just above my knee but it is still modest.

Picture Coming soon!