Mean Ol' Mama wanted to show off a new recipe: Supermoist Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting. Quite delicious!
Levi and Stennes ironed craft pieces for an upcoming 4H project. They have been doing a lot of "strange" activities lately in preparation for competition in January.
MO'M got her hair chopped off by a fabulous friend wearing camouflage! He's quite the guy!
And of course ChubChub had to update his "style", too.
We butchered the two hogs this past Saturday. Everyone joined in to finish this large undertaking.
Scrape, scrape, scrape...
Wood for the fires...
Many hands make light work...
Stennes climbed the tree to adjust the rope that held the hog up for scalding.
Trimming fat for lard and cracklings...
A nice full pot of fat to be rendered...
ChubChub tried his hand at making sausage.
Anders had to help him out a bit. Just a bit, mind you...
Mmmm! Look at those cracklings, just begging to be baked into cornbread.
Meanwhile, another pot was frying up tenderloin for lunch, along with a big dish of baked beans and potatoes roasting down in the fire.
And a huge peach cobbler for dessert!
The men piled hot wood on top of the cobbler to finish it off a nice, golden brown.
Now for prayer...
The following photo is a bit gruesome, but it's interesting. Levi and Stennes removed the brain in order to use it for tanning animal hides. Josiah did the same process with his bobcat, and the hide is now soaking in all the brain juices. Yuck!
The four older boys had a concert down in Tallahassee Monday evening, and ChubChub wore The Girl's hair bow as a bow tie so he could match the older boys. Hmmm...
Poppins and The Girl had time for a quick photo. Isn't she lovely?
Poppins snapped this shot of Mean Ol' Mama down at the concert. It's included so you can see the final results of the "camouflage" haircut.
ChubChub was being silly (of course!). The young man in the photo is the son of the camouflage-stylist. Nice fellow.
Stennes and a few other students introduced the different selections that were played.
ChubChub took the following photo, which is pretty impressive for a five-year-old-with-an-attitude.
Stennes was standing in acknowledgement of a solo piece he played. Notice Josiah on the end with the tuba?
Now he switched to bass guitar...
Now he switched to cello...
We've been busy with 4 Christmas performances this week; 1 concert; 1 band practice; 2 field trips; 1 Bluegrass class; and the boys walk in the Christmas parade tonight. Mean Ol' Mama is considering retirement as a viable option...
MO'M got her hair chopped off by a fabulous friend wearing camouflage! He's quite the guy!
And of course ChubChub had to update his "style", too.
We butchered the two hogs this past Saturday. Everyone joined in to finish this large undertaking.
Scrape, scrape, scrape...
Wood for the fires...
Many hands make light work...
Stennes climbed the tree to adjust the rope that held the hog up for scalding. 
A nice full pot of fat to be rendered...
ChubChub tried his hand at making sausage.
Anders had to help him out a bit. Just a bit, mind you...
Mmmm! Look at those cracklings, just begging to be baked into cornbread.
Meanwhile, another pot was frying up tenderloin for lunch, along with a big dish of baked beans and potatoes roasting down in the fire.
And a huge peach cobbler for dessert!
The men piled hot wood on top of the cobbler to finish it off a nice, golden brown.
Now for prayer...
The following photo is a bit gruesome, but it's interesting. Levi and Stennes removed the brain in order to use it for tanning animal hides. Josiah did the same process with his bobcat, and the hide is now soaking in all the brain juices. Yuck!
The four older boys had a concert down in Tallahassee Monday evening, and ChubChub wore The Girl's hair bow as a bow tie so he could match the older boys. Hmmm...
Poppins and The Girl had time for a quick photo. Isn't she lovely?
Poppins snapped this shot of Mean Ol' Mama down at the concert. It's included so you can see the final results of the "camouflage" haircut.
ChubChub was being silly (of course!). The young man in the photo is the son of the camouflage-stylist. Nice fellow.
Stennes and a few other students introduced the different selections that were played.
ChubChub took the following photo, which is pretty impressive for a five-year-old-with-an-attitude.
Stennes was standing in acknowledgement of a solo piece he played. Notice Josiah on the end with the tuba?
Now he switched to bass guitar...
Now he switched to cello...
We've been busy with 4 Christmas performances this week; 1 concert; 1 band practice; 2 field trips; 1 Bluegrass class; and the boys walk in the Christmas parade tonight. Mean Ol' Mama is considering retirement as a viable option...
