Happy Birthday

Sunday evening we Celebrated T.J.'s birthday with what has been traditional ever since I can remember (for him anyway)- pizza and dirt cake.
Yes he's an old man now, more than halfway to fifty and I have pictures to prove it.

Okay so you can barely see the candles but they do say "26"

I thought this was a kinda cute picture of the oldest and youngest.

and of course there were presents;

Of course what he really wanted was Final Cut Studio 2, but none of his siblings were willing to cut quite that deeply into our pocket-books.

After the festivities we all sat and listened to T.J. and Dad read short stories




Of course no gathering is complete without everybody's favorite (only) nephew :)


P.S. Sorry the pictures are so small :}

Green House Construction

This week, I took a friend to the dentist so I came home and there was this ten foot tall construction in the backyard. I was really scratching my head over this and finally asked Mom why Dad was building such a tall green-house, after all, that's what he said he was building.
The answer: " I don't know" .
Well I couldn't come up with any poausible answer so finally Dad told us that this was only a temporary green house, and would eventually be a tool shed. Now that's a good idea.
This is what he got done Monday;


(btw that's an old pool ladder on the right ;) The little boys say they like it better than the regular step ladder)
The plan is to finish it on his next day off from horseshoeing, and then we'll have A GREEN HOUSE FOLKS! I am so excited !

Next is the chicken house.......

Happy new year !

We hosted a New years Eve party of sorts last night. Very fun, and johanna got a few pics. So here they are

The guys in deep discussion

The Courter choir. We LOVE to hear them sing.

Of course I had to put a picture of the cutest of them all! With his Mom of course.

Okay, this was technically before the party. Can you tell Boaz loves chocolate?

Rainy Day

Here's some pictures from yesterday when it rained all day

Abigail the ham



Board games have become real popular around our house lately.

Wedding Pictures

Last Saturday, on December 8th about 1/3 of the Draper clan had the privilege of witnessing the exchange of the vows of holy matrimony between Marty Roberson and my good friend Rachel Fairlamb. a lot of our mutual friends weren't able to attend so I thought i'd put a few pictures up.


from left to right is ; MaryBeth Roberson, me, Hannah Fairlamb, Rachel & Marty Roberson Mike Roberson, Caleb Fairlamb and Tony Elliot



The happy couple with Rachel's parents Don and Bobbie Fairlamb



The bride and her maids



The groom and his men



Hannah made this beautiful cake. Now that's talent!



The traditional cutting of the cake



It's such a blessing to see my peers setting a godly example for our younger siblings!

Mocha Meringue

This is the dessert Abigail requested that I make on her birthday Tomorrow, it's one of our family's favorites.

Beat 3 egg whites until stiff gadually adding 1 cup of sugar, 2 t.spoon of vanilla and 1 t.spoon of vinegar. Spread meringue on 2 squares of 6x9 inch brown paper and bake for 1 hour at 275 degrees. Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips in a double broiler. take off heat and add enough cold water to make chocolate drop off the end of a spoon. Whip 1cup of heavy whipping cream and add 1 t.spoon of vanilla and 1t.spoon of instant cofee. spread half of the chocolate on one meringue and then half of the cream on top of that. stack the next meringue on top and repeat layers. sprinkle with chopped walnuts. chill for at least eight hours.

Yummie!

Mom & Dad

I thought as long as we're posting pictures I ought to post one of Mom and Dad.