Category — Family

*Originally posted in 2009. Re-posting because Bridget just made up another batch and it’s so tasty! There’s something about eating a meal that was cooked inside a pumpkin. The kids were fascinated by it.

	-1 med. size pumpkin -1 onion -2 stalks of celery -1 small can of mushrooms -1 can cream of celery soup -1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef -1 cup frozen baby peas -1 cup brown rice -2 tablespoons brown sugar -2 tablespoons soy sauce -salt and pepper to taste
Cut top off pumpkin and clean out. In large pot saute cut up onion and celery in small amount of oil. Add ground beef and let brown. Add cooked rice and add remaining ingredients into pot. Put all cooked ingredients into pumpkin, put lid on and bake in 400 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours or until pumpkin is done. Serves 5 people. (Download printer-friendly PDF of recipe)

It was my beautiful wife’s birthday this week and as our family tradition goes, we celebrate “birthday week”. With birthday week coming to a close, we wanted to share the highlight of the week which was a surprise birthday party we threw for Bridget at our place which included many dear friends and family, GT South’s BBQ, a 20 foot bright orange sky dancer and much more. Check out photos from the evening below (and don’t miss the balloon drop video below, which was the pinnacle of the night!) Happy Birthday honey!

A “surprise” balloon drop for Bridget at her birthday party this week. We tried to set it up so she would come in the back door and walk through the kitchen to be met by a waterfall of balloons, but she came around the front and saw the set up. She sensed we were up to something and sniffed us out,

Photos from September: Evelyn riding tricycle, Ethan and Evey’s first day of school, Ethan and Evey at the park, citizenship party for Jamie Egan, Ethan and Evey falling on the couch, making cookies with Mommy.

Yesterday we took advantage of some free state fair tickets from the local newspaper and spent the day at the fair. Highlights from the day included: looking at fish in the DNR building, seeing the full range of animals from the farm, the little hands on the farm activities, family elephant ride, and all the staple fair food treats. Good times!

In March of this year, we put our house on the market and we are excited to share that after four months and over 25 showings, we sold our house! Thanks Lord! We officially closed on our house at the end of last month.

With the sale of the house, we immediately pursued a rental option and were lead to a great rental property through some friends at our church. It’s right by Common Ground and it’s going to be great being so close as we attend CG’s Kingdom Living Training School beginning in August. We are already moved in and we will be in the rental for the remainder of our time in Indianapolis, until we move to Waco, TX in August of 2012.

Rocket versus the grocery cart, who’s going to win?

In honor of the 34 degree weather we’re having, we wanted to share some “playing in the snow” highlights from the past few months.