Category Archives: Candy

The Sunday before Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2013 by farm2011

It is the Sunday before Christmas and I wanted to take the boys shopping for some clothes that they needed. It was part of their Christmas gifts and it was really something that I couldn’t do without them. William needed … Continue reading →

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Making candy this weekend

Posted on December 15, 2013 by farm2011

I’ve got quite a few orders for candy this Christmas so I spent most of the weekend in the kitchen. I found just a couple of our Christmas CD’s and had them cranked in the kitchen while I was working … Continue reading →

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Amish country

Posted on December 13, 2013 by farm2011

It was a good time for me to head to the Amish store in a nearby town to get the rest of the chocolate that I needed to make the Christmas candy. The weather was good, so after work I … Continue reading →

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Christmas concert at Iowa State

Posted on December 8, 2013 by farm2011

This morning I needed to get all the candy and extra stuff done and packed up so we could head down to Ames to see the Christmas concert at Iowa State. William is again singing in one of the choirs … Continue reading →

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♪ She’s making a list and checking it twice ♪

Posted on December 4, 2013 by farm2011

Tonight’s plan was to start to make some Christmas candy. But I thought I’d ‘quick’ call the cell phone company with a question that I had. Yea, you can about imagine how the quick part turned out. My quick call … Continue reading →

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Shopping at the Amish store

Posted on December 19, 2012 by farm2011

I mentioned in one of my last posts that I needed to make a trip to the Amish and get more chocolate for candy that I want to make yet this Christmas. So yesterday was the day that I was … Continue reading →

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And then it happened

Posted on July 19, 2012 by farm2011

I was sitting in a parking lot early this morning (12:30 am) watching the bus that William was on being unloaded from his trip to Europe. Finally I saw him get off the bus and then it happened. I realized … Continue reading →

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Heading North…

Posted on June 1, 2012 by farm2011

I’ve decided that the only thing that is a constant in our family is change. Today again was one of those days. It seems like just yesterday (and not three weeks ago!) Kyle and Ali came home. But as the … Continue reading →

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Posted on May 15, 2012 by farm2011

I ended up painting the barn cleaner and it does look pretty good. I think after I got started that I was supposed to paint some of it yellow. Oh well. Really if I didn’t tell you, then you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Another last…

Posted on April 11, 2012 by farm2011

We spent yesterday at the Iowa State Jazz contest for our High School, and what a fun day that was! The kids did a great job and they were able to get 6th place in the state and came home … Continue reading →

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