The middle is always the best..

The middle of the pan is always the best....whether it is brownies, cinnamon rolls, cake or even

hay.

Thanks for visiting my part of the country,

Jana

Labor Day Parade

 Here is a Labor Day Parade in a small town.  (Yes, I know I'm late)

 Complete with clowns, firetrucks.....

and best of all small children.  

Randy can not wait until he is a Grandpa,

 but until then he will drool over any kid he can get his hands on.

 We've got motorcycles, 

 and old pickups 

 in several colors.

 Cars.....

 bikes.....

 all sorts of transportation,

 and two of my favorite people.

Thanks for visiting my part of the country,

Jana

Fall decorations...

 I love to decorate for holidays....I always have.

 This is Frankie...I painted him and all his friends.
Isn't he a cutie?

 My "mummy".  I also painted him once upon a time.

 This is a scarecrow I have had for years, no I didn't make him.....

it requires sewing and I don't sew........if a glue stick won't fix it....forget it.

 My squirrels robbing the basket full of food.

 I have a lot of mums...this isn't even all of them.

 I don't normally like witches, but I like this one, 

maybe it's the green eyeshadow I gave her.

My halloween bowl, this took me forever to paint...I was so glad when I finished this.

 I painted this pumpkin that has a spider on his head....and 8 tiny tennis shoes..

but my favorite fall decorations just might be.....

 the pumpkins my kids painted.  This one was by Kayla.

Such talent, I know.

This one is by Kyler, I taught him everything he knows about painting.

A face only a Mom could love.

These get more precious with every year.

Thanks for visiting my scary part of the country,

Jana

New Baby

I took these pictures back in the spring when we got a new baby.

 Mama is giving him his first bath.

The only reason I was able to get this close was he was born in our corral, 

I am making mama nervous, you can see her watching me.

All shiny and clean, he hasn't even stood up yet.  

He was still a little shaky just holding his head up.

Thanks for visiting our part of the country,

Jana

Gloss Mountains

 These are the "Gloss Mountains" that are out by where we were checking cows.  I think I am use to        seeing them now, but I still remember the first time I saw them and thought how odd to have a "mountain" rise up right in the middle of the prairie.

 and then they look like God just gave them a flattop haircut.  

The internet says that they are sometimes called "Glass Mountains" because they have a high Selenite content that mimics shiny glass,

 but if you are a local they are always called "Gloss Mountains".....

maybe it is our slang/accent that turned the word glass to gloss?

Either way God did a great job don't ya think?

Thanks for visiting our part of the GLOSS Mountains,

Jana

My Dad...Prayers Please

This is me and my Dad at my daughters wedding. 

 He has just had a serious farm accident and is in need of prayers.  

He is a tough guy,  but is in ICU.

Please pray for him, 

his name is Phil, (Dogger), Dad 

and I love him much,

Thanks for visiting my worried part of the country,

Jana

A Few Wedding Photos

 I have had several people ask me for some wedding photos....so here are a few

This is Macy and Kayla at their rehearsal

They had not discussed what they were going to wear and both showed up in purple.

 Me and my girl.

 I am "lacing" her up here, it took me forever.
she made a beautiful bride.

 This was how the alter looked.  She said all along she wanted "simple and elegant".

It was all of that and was beautiful with the lights turned down.

 Simple and Elegant was how the cake looked as well.

Well simple, elegant and FUN.  She had her guest throw colored "sprinkles".....

she thought it sounded like it would be fun.

and it was.

Thanks for visiting our fun part of the country,

Jana