Tuesday May 26, 2009

Jana and Jenna removed the remains of a few more spring flowers.

I put Nate to work doing some weedeating in the “jungle” area of our woodlot.

Jeff

Cerwin and I are both pleased that every part of the house’s exterior that needed paint was painted.

Roy

The girls finished the shed door.

Diana painted a post and some braces at the shed.

Nate and Josh set the table for lunch.

Lunch was make-your-own-sub.

Chris brought rhubarb pie…

Rhubarb Cream Delight Dessert

(Page 287 of the newest White Oak Church of the Brethren cookbook)

CRUST: 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup butter or margarine

RHUBARB LAYER:  3 cups fresh rhubarb – cut in 1/2″ pieces, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour

CREAM LAYER:  12 ounces cream cheese – softened, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs

TOPPING: 8 ounces diary sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla

CRUST:  Mix flour, sugar, and butter; pat into 10″ pie plate.

RUHBARB LAYER:  Combine rhubarb, sugar, and flour; toss lightly and pour into crust.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. 

CREAM LAYER:  Meanwhile, prepare cream layer by beating together cream cheese and sugar until fluffy.  Beat in eggs, one at a time; then pour over hot rhubarb layer.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until almost set.

TOPPING:  Combine ingredients; spread over hot layers.  Chill

ENJOY

…and rhubarb crunch.

Jere

Doors were finished after lunch.

Jere’s wife, Kristen, was here some of the time, but was not able to help very much due to hip pain.  She is going through a variety of tests to determine the source of the problem.  Ask the Lord to give the doctors and Kristen insight and wisdom.  I missed getting a photo of her.

Jared got a painting lesson from Diana and Deb.

Diana, Jenna, and Jana took advantage of the hot afternoon to wash our CRV.

I think Chris was glad there were enough painters.  She loves gardening, and spent most of the day in our flower beds.

Another afternoon project was removing and washing mini-blinds.  The garage ones needed some extra scrubbing.

Jana and Jenna

I usually clean these in the bathtub – one room at a time but this time they must all come down because new windows are being installed later this week.  We used the leaf blower to clean the driveway, which gave us a large drying area.

It looks like Jesse is going to need a bath as well.

Mother said this was her first ride in a “hot rod.”

We weren’t sure if Cerwin’s mother would be coming for supper, because she had a head cold on Sunday, but late in the afternoon, she called to say that she was feeling fine.  Since Roy was already on the road (he took Diana and Jana to Rita’s) we asked if he could pick her up.

My stepmother and Cerwin’s mother waiting for supper.

Cerwin took orders:  hamburger, hot dog, fresh sausage, or bratwurst.

A game of some sort happened after supper. 

Diana tries to keep her dad from claiming the ball she caught.  I think she was successful in keeping it.

You win some – you lose some.

It was a glorious day – workwise and weatherwise.