Tag Archives: Christmas

Desserts, Snacks

Gift exchange, games, and food highlight the Eicher family’s Christmas gathering

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 Christmas Day is tomorrow. Son Joseph just left for work and the rest of the family is still sleeping. Our family Christmas is over for this year. We will still get together with my sisters for a Christmas gift exchange and meal. This year it will be at sister Emma and Jacob’s house. Saturday my husband … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats

Abigail sings “We wish you a Merry Christmas” while the dishes get washed

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Family Bibles are used in devotions, as Lovina mentions in this column, and at other times. These are in German.
Christmas 2018 is now history. We hope you all had a blessed Christmas with loved ones, and remembering that Jesus is the reason for … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

Runaway horse and buggy yank the Eicher family into a rousing new year

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We spent New Year’s Day at sister Emma and husband Jacob’s house. We are four sisters in this area, and every year we all get together for a gift exchange. Emma had a haystack brunch. A haystack brunch includes biscuits, bacon, ham, sausage, smokies, potatoes, scrambled eggs, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, hot peppers, salsa, cheese sauce … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

Eichers usher in new year by doing puzzles, coloring, and celebrating Old Christmas

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A brand new year—2017—awaits us. What will it hold for everyone? Although it doesn’t have to be a new year to make resolutions, it’s a good time to start. It amazes me how fast one year after another goes! When the children were younger, winters seemed to last forever. Now it seems like I don’t have … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins

“Mystery” biscuits make simple and appealing treat during busy Christmas season

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A snowy Tuesday December evening! We received about seven inches of snow over the weekend. It makes for good sledding. Daughters Susan and Verena mixed up some biscuits and then went out sledding with son Joseph, 14, and daughter Lovina, 12. I’m making sausage gravy and trying to write and watch the gravy at the same … Continue Reading ››
Breakfast, Casseroles

Heaps of dessert but no salad at your last potluck? Take a lesson from Lovina and friends

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Six weeks ago today I had my surgery. I am feeling pretty good but am still being careful about my blood clot. It gets better every day. On Sunday I went to church for the first time since my surgery. I appreciated all the “welcome backs” and concerns for my health. On our way home Joe … Continue Reading ››
Candy, Desserts

Eichers exchange names for Christmas

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Today wraps up the month of November! While the children were waiting for the bus this morning, they said that Christmas is only 25 days away. I am having a harder time getting into the season this year. Even though we enjoy getting together with family and sharing gifts, let us always remember the true … Continue Reading ››
Cookies, Desserts

Cookies, memories, and a long-lost rolling pin that wended its way back home

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P1080484This will be my final column for 2015. After that, we enter into a brand new year. What does it have in store for us? The future is unknown, but if we trust in God to lead our way, it seems so much more … Continue Reading ››
Salads

Mild, dreary holiday weather has Eichers hoping for colder, sunnier days

Monday evening: supper is over, and everyone is relaxing for the evening. It is Christmas week already. Only a few days of 2015 left! Daughter Susan is on a two-week break from the RV factory. The school has also closed its doors for two weeks. My husband, Joe, worked today but is now off work until … Continue Reading ››