MarketSpice Cinnamon-Orange Tea

Delicious!

Want to try a new flavor of tea?

Market Spice Tea Cinnamon-Orange

Over the Holiday I tried this tea iced 
as well as hot.

Both were delicious.

The fragrance is wonderful.

Bernideen 
from Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 
shared this with me in her awesome Give Away that I was lucky to receive.

Thank you!

A HUGE TREAT!

When the Give-Away came in the mail, I was thrilled with each package that I unwrapped.

Each Day I opened one of the presents and was delighted what was inside.

Absolutely Beautiful!

This beauty is sitting in my Parlour.


Delightful,
~Deanna~

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' Sweet Potato Dish

'Life Just Got A Little Easier'

~Sweet Potato Dish~

A delicious Holiday Dish that makes 'Life A Little Easier' while Dining On The Prairie is mashed Sweet Potato with Pecans Dish.

Delicious....almost like Pecan Pie.

Ingredients

Instant Mashed Potatoes (milk, water and butter)

Brown Sugar

Pecans

Directions

Prepare instant Mashed Sweet Potatoes from a box as instructed.  We used Chef's Cupboard Mashed Sweet Potatoes requiring 3/4 cup of milk, 2/3 cup of water and 2 Tbsp of butter.
After preparing mashed potatoes, place in baking dish.
Smooth top of potatoes and cover with brown sugar.
Sprinkle Pecans on top.
Sprinkle Pecans with Brown Sugar.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in hot oven at 350 degrees.

Pecans and Brown Sugar will be crunchy when ready.

Happy Holidays to you,
d

Before the Snow Blows

Before the snow blows I want to think about the THANKSGIVING I had this year.   Blessed to have my CHILDREN (when i say children...my daughter-in-laws are my children as well) and GRANDCHILDREN... all HOME!!!   ALSO get to see my Parents, Brothers and Sisters, some Cousins and Aunts.  SWEET BLESSINGS....sweet sweet blessings.


We traveled to Marion, Kansas for THANKSGIVING DAY with the HELMER CLAN.  


Daughter and Lil Miss drove over the night before to spend time with my Mom and Dad.


Tallman, Shell and the GrandKids drove up from Oklahoma and spent the night with my Folks.  They experienced the Oklahoma EARTHQUAKES and shared with us the excitement and thrill of being Home when the rumbling started.  After shocks and all!  


Tinman, Ryna and Grandboy P drove in from Saint Louis.  Met us at Marion.  I wasn't sure they'd make it since Ryna and Baby had returned to the States on Sunday from being in Belarus.  Tinman had returned a week earlier.  So with having flown across the POND....I knew they'd be tired.  But they were here.


THANKSGIVING DAY was started out by loading up the car with tubs of decorations, our dishes and our food, then we drove an hour and a half to Marion to sit up the Lake Dining Area to accommodate 100 people to sit and dine.  Tables for Buffet Food and Desserts sat up.  Extra chairs sat up.  Tables were covered, centerpieces arranged, beverages fixed, Turkey heated up,  toilet paper in bathrooms, Kiddy Table arranged, etc.


About 75 Family Members showed up for this CELEBRATION.  Before I knew it, we were cleaning up and going Home.  The TIME goes way too fast and I don't get to visit as long as I like. 


After the DINNER we stopped off at Mom and Dad's for about an hour and then drove home for CHILI NACHOS and FELLOWSHIP with our Kids and Grands.  The week-end followed.


~Deanna~

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE





It's about people that gathered together in one place for fellowship and food.
Saying a Prayer of Blessings and Thanksgiving.... then eating.
Talking, showing pictures and taking pictures.
Much to be THANKFUL for. 

~2011 HELMER THANKSGIVING DINNER~

Deanna, Brenda and Debbie

US GIRLS

Mom and Dad with their Children, their Spouses and some of the Grandchildren and their Children

WE IZZZZ SISTAS

THE GUYS

FAMILY SHARING A MEAL

SISTERS-IN-LAWS

DAUGHTER AND ME

Dad, Mom, Aunt Pearl, Aunt Ann, Aunt Dorothy
Dad (85) and Aunt Ann (89) are the remaining Children from their Parents.
Mom and Dad are the only ones that have their spouses still alive.

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SHELL

GETTING READY TO LIFT UP A THANKSGIVING PRAYER
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR MUCH

SON

DAD and MOM

Grandson

COUSIN LINDA

SON and BROTHER

GERMAN FOOD

THANKSGIVING MEAL OF CHOICE

GRAND DAUGHTER

COUSIN VERNIE

TINMAN, RYNA and BABY P

TALLMAN, SHELL, LEXI LU, MICMAN, DENNIE

DAUGHTER
Whers'e Lil Miss????

Very casual and quaint............we don't see one another that often and sometimes it's like: i don't know you....you are?

i miss my Gramma Helmer
i miss Uncle August and Aunt Bertha
i miss Uncle Dave and Aunt Eldena
i miss Uncle Albert
i miss Uncle George and Aunt Carol
i miss Uncle John
i miss Uncle BIG Ez
i miss Uncle Will
i miss Uncle Little Ezra
Cousin Georgie Ann
Cousin Ginger

The memories I have from Family-Get-Togethers goes way back in my memory bank.  Earliest memory is of when I was a girl of about 6 and meeting at the Lake Building that was long and narrow with hard wood floors and an old upright piano that we played.  It would be horribly cold outside, but we children would play hide and seek in our Winter coats after we ate all that we wanted.  The cold wasn't so cold when we were laughing and enjoying running. 


The years would pass and time marched on.


If we met at Gramma Helmer's tiny house we'd all fit in and enjoy the company of Family.  Grandma had baked all day and there'd be Homemade food on the table waiting for us because she knew what it was like to go hungry and there not be enough to eat.  Her LOVE LANGUAGE was food to serve and see us satisfied with full tummies.


I miss these days when my cousins were young like my own Grandchildren.


Thank you God for these wonderful and heartfelt memories.  
I am THANKFUL you allowed me to have them.


Here's to making new and great memories as time continues to march on.
~Deanna~