Na Na in NY

Kisses for Na Na

Halupki Casserole (Unstuffed Cabbage)

1 1/2 lb cabbage (medium size)

1 lb ground beef

1 small onion chopped

1/3 c uncooked instant rice

1 can tomato soup

1 1/2 cups water

1 tsp salt

dash garlic powder

Chop cabbage up into small pieces. Place cabbage in bottom of baking dish. Brown meat and onion. Stir in rice. Pour over cabbage. Mix tomato soup and water. Pour over entire casserole. Bake covered at 350 degrees for one to one and a half hours until cabbage is done. When cooked, stir completely. Be sure cabbage is on the bottom of the casserole or it wont cook. I did this in the crock pot on high for 4 hours.

Fall Leaves

Porcupine Meatballs

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
1 pound ground beef
1 cup uncooked instant rice
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/4 cup minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
1 clove garlic, minced



DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, thoroughly mix 1/4 cup of the tomato soup with the ground beef, rice, egg, onion and salt. Firmly shape into 16 meatballs.
In a small bowl, mix remaining tomato soup with a half soup can of water and the mustard.
Melt the shortening in a large skillet over medium heat. Place garlic and meatballs in the skillet. Cook, gently stirring, until evenly browned; drain. Pour tomato soup and mustard mixture over the meatballs and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked through.

Farewell

In celebration of Matt Crane leaving for the Navy this week there was a party at Dan and Peggy Crane's house. (Mom and Dad, this is where we had that picnic on Mom's birthday. The Crane's live in an apartment at the Welch's house.) Andrew and Levi were feeding crackers to the fish. Check out the "collar hold." Levi would have been swimming if we let him!

and the bragging continues

If you have talked to Levi on the phone lately, you have heard about the silo, "Tower smash tractor pull." A leaning tower had to be pulled down before it fell down and of course we didn't want to miss a show like that! The kids playing on the stairs.

Sadie on Mommy's phone.

Who me?

Sweet heart!

All ready for church.

This little girl is growing up so fast. Can you believe this? She crawls up onto the counch now!

Sadie likes music and will dance too! I love this: she warms up and finds the beat, then she takes off!

A new little porch swing. Thanks Pam!

Bye bye Puggy party (pacifier) complete with ice cream, sprinkles and a candle.

Helping put together the new meat smoker.

Sadie is very good with a screwdriver :-)

What a peach!

We found a little toy golf set for Levi (it was leftover from a garage sale and was free by the road--my faovrite kind of shopping)

He was a little confused at first and tried to put it on the baseball tee.

Sadie's first tea party--and maybe Andy's too! It is hard to see and hear, but she is "pouring" into a cup and then slurping out of the cup-all imaginary of course.

The first swing.

As I was drinking my coffee in the kitchen I could tell Levi was up to something. When I can in the living room I see him on the floor with the videos lined up next to the VCR. I guess he was planning his day (or so he thought!) There are no words to describe how much we love this kid!

The Rudin Farm Days was this weekend and we thought the kids would like it. There is no shortage of farm type annual events in our area. Levi like the chicks and even stuck his finger in the cage to touch them.

The three little pigs-straw house, stick house and brick house.

Andy wants me to point out the 12.5 ton steam engine roller in the background. It sounded like a train and even had a whistle. It belonged to a town around here in the 20's or 30's for building roads we assume. Levi called it "scary."

The saw mill is in the background.

Bubble Boy

Levi loves bubbles and power tools, especially when you combine the two. Our friend Pam took this picture at the LSC company picnic back in July. (Andy's comapny does a nice big picnic every year.)