Posted November 28, 2015
For many, the day after Thanksgiving is for shopping, for our not so little family, it’s a day for chopping! For the last 11 years that we have been married, The Cowboy and I spent the Friday after Thanksgiving trying to find our perfect Christmas Tree. No matter the weather… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 20, 2014
Growing up in The City Ma and Pa didn’t do the whole pumpkin carving thing (mostly because it would have been a pain with four kids, as I now know first hand) nor did we trick or treat at night…or even on Halloween. In The City we Trick or Treated… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted July 7, 2014
I wouldn’t say that I hate camping, but I can’t exactly say I love it either. It’s not the bugs, dirt, sleeping on the ground, or walking half a mile to find a good bush to go to the bathroom in…believe it or not none of that bothers this reformed… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted December 15, 2013
This is my favorite Christmas memory since I became Texas Two Steppin’. I snapped the photo one Christmas Eve when the Stepkids were tweens. The kids were in the kitchen and they decided that this year they would be in charge of getting things ready for Santa. OK, here is… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted December 13, 2013
Prairie Wife (PW): As a young child and woman I never really thought about my Grandma Bea as a person. She was always there at birthdays and holidays and could play a mean game of Uno or SkipBo. As I have matured as a woman, wife, and mother I have… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted November 28, 2013
It’s a Prairie Wife family tradition, every year the day after Thanksgiving, The Cowboy and I load up the Cowkids and head to the mountains in search of the perfect tree! Follow along with us… On our way to the mountains of Wyoming. Wide blue Wyoming skies. A field trip… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 26, 2013
I debated about putting the original name of this recipe up, I know that some people could be offended by the term Squaw. I decided to leave it because it is the original name of a family recipe that has been handed down over the last four generations. Please know… Read More »
Categories: Recipes, This and That
Posted October 25, 2013
The Cowboy and I have spent many Thanksgivings together, but it was our second (dating not married) that has become part of our family’s history. I was a junior in college, and looking forward to some home-cooking. As I headed over the mountain and towards The Cowboy’s Grandma’s house, I… Read More »
Categories: Recipes, This and That
