The Family Pryer: October 2009

Now that we have been here a year, we can't say that we are seasoned veterans here in Michigan but we have an idea of where things are going! The trees are changing and looking so pretty, which means it is starting to get pretty cold here. Either I'm more of a wimp than last year or it really is colder. I seem to figure out a way to turn on the oven every single day. Not that I've had a sudden surge of home making ability but the oven warms the house up quickly.

The kids don't seem to mind much.

Mary is our resident baker, she can be counted on for cookies, cakes. and brownies. Lately I've been trying a little bread baking. I've collected a few recipes that thankfully are not too difficult! The cinnamon rolls were made for Mary's 18th birthday. I didn't realize how many it made until after I'd doubled the recipe so we had enough rolls for two Sundays. I think I may make these again but freeze them before we bake them. That way I can take out what I want and leave the rest. I ended up freezing them after baking and they were okay but took a lot of room up in the freezer.

Timothy and John checking out the cars at the Howard City Harvest Festival.

Quiz is in full swing and our kids are looking pretty good. We have eleven teen quizzers this year and 6 junior Bible quizzers. It seems that we spend a lot of time at the church, with our practices and church. We try to not have the younger kids out for every practice but we have to balance it with giving the other quizzers enough attention.

It is nice that except for quiz practice time and church services we are pretty much at home. Ron is working at home, the kids are home. I'm sure our neighbors think we are nuts with our strange schedule. Home all day and running around at night. We try to get out on non quiz weekends to do something fun or different. We are getting more and more familiar with our area. Things that seemed a long way away are starting to seem a lot closer.

We will be going to a tournament in Indiana at the end of this month. We will be staying with our friends. It will be a fun time and hopefully this time I'll get some pictures!