Who am I? A wife for almost 40 years. A mom for over 36 years. A sister and a friend, of course. Each of these help describe me. But, even more, I have been a Christian since accepting Him as my Savior when I was 12 years old and, this truth defines each area of my life. I have enjoyed some mountain top experiences but have been through some very deep valleys as well. Valleys of incredible grief and even pits of depression. However, most of my days are ordinary, routine kind of days. But in every one of my days, God has been faithful. He has walked with me whatever the day. He strengthens, comforts, encourages and blesses me with life "most abundant."

A favorite life verse: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10

Why do I write? Though not quite as private as my dad, I am definitely my father's daughter. I find it difficult to share. And to let others in. But I do love to write. I love to put words into sentences and sentences in paragraphs that help express my thoughts. I hope my words help me share my heart. Share the life that God has given me and all that He has done for me and through me. I write with the hope of giving Him at least a bit of the glory He is due.

A verse to guide my writing: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. I Peter 1:7

Cox Farm

Posted on By jennifer

Happy Monday, friends!  How did you spend your weekend?  Has fall settled in?  It certainly has here – I cannot remember the last time we really enjoyed the sun….it has been hidden by grey, thick clouds.  Every day.  And most days are damp, drizzly and (rather) dreary.  I don’t know how our northern west coast friends do it! And did I mention chilly – really chilly?  Really pushing my comfort zone.  But we did use the fireplace this weekend.  Love it!  A Sunday afternoon nap in front of the fire is pure heaven! Our plans for this past weekend had included plans to go to an apple orchard.  Remember I had been looking forward to that trip with my girlfriends last week?  Yep – rained out (and I was not very good at hiding my disappointment with that….sorry, girls.)  So, Hubbie and I thought we would try again on Saturday.  And, yep….drizzling and not pretty. But not to be outdone…..we headed to a local farm where they have this out-of-control pumpkin patch and other related activities. It really was impressive.  The parking lot was packed with cars (apparently the weather does not frustrate others like it does me)…but – as fun-lovin’ empty-nesters that we are….we told the parking attendant we were just there for the market and headed to the front of the parking lot next to the store!  Beautiful. cox farm 5 Such a fun place – a fantastic place to savor the sights…the smells…and the tastes of fall!! cox farm 3   cox farm 6 Lots of ORANGESmile cox farm 4 even an orange VW….. cox farm 7 We had a good time – although we couldn’t stay as long as we might have because we didn’t wear jackets.  Why??  I don’t know. cox farm 2   They had plenty of apple varieties to choose from – some I had never heard of but we pick ourselves a peck!! and grabbed some (overpriced but delicious) bread and butter pickles, too!  Apparently, you don’t HAVE to go to the orchard and pick ‘em yourself in order to have fun getting apples!! So, this morning I am making applesauce from these: cox farm 1 Don’t know that I’ve heard about Nittany apples but supposedly they make good sauce!!  I’ll let you know.  It certainly smells delicious in here!! I’ve already made some apple dumplings and plan to make apple crunch and apple cake later this week!  Oh, yum. Hope you have a yummy week planned ahead!!

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  1. Sounds wonderful! We go to an apple farm about 45 minutes away from here, and it is a trip we always look forward to making each Fall! We will be going in the next week or two.
    Where do you live? Cold already? Not here. Soon, soon!!

  2. Sounds like a perfect fall outing!! Fall arrived here this weekend. Fantastic weather, although not fireplace cold yet!! Loved the pictures!!

  3. Sounds like a fun time and apple cake sounds delicious…I love it! Our daughter's baby is due Oct 31…hoping she picks a different day! 🙂 Our DIL's baby is due first week of April.Thanks for praying.

  5. Hello! I don't know what about all of this sounds better….the cool weather and a fire already, or the trip to that market (it looked WONDERFUL) OR the making of applesauce, dumplings or cake??!? It ALL sounds wonderful to me…ENJOY

    Hugs, Debbie

  8. Oh I want to go there!!!! We are hoping to go this weekend, the first weekend hubby will be home in awhile. I'm so looking forward to getting some pumpkins and just enjoying the season with my hubby. The pictures look so nice!!! Hope you had a nice day!

  9. What a fun place to visit! I love the colors and textures of the lovely fall offerings. Cute crafts too! Yes, you did good. They do have an awful lot of different apple varieties don't they? What's up with that! Let us know how your applesauce turns out….
    Debbie

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