Bridal shower for daughter Lovina
Last week, daughter Verena hosted a Tupperware bridal shower here for daughter Lovina. We had a great turnout with well over 20 ladies.
It was quite interesting and we served everyone lunch after the party. Verena and I made the casseroles, but the rest was brought in by my sisters, nieces and daughters. That helped and I appreciated it very much.
Lovina was able to pick out quite a bit of free Tupperware to put in her kitchen.
It’s always fun to get together and to visit afterward. Sisters Verena and Emma, nieces Elizabeth and Emma, nephew Benjamin’s wife Crystal and my daughters stayed for the rest of the day. Emma’s grandchildren got off the bus here with ours. It’s always exciting for the children when they can all get off at the same place.
We don’t see Emma and her family as often since our church was divided, and they are in the other district so a day like that is precious.
Wesley Benjamin came here for the first time with his mother Crystal. He is six weeks old today, and he sure has won a lot of hearts already.
He’s so sweet and has a head full of black hair. His deceased Grandpa Jacob would be so excited if he were still here to have a grandson living across the driveway from them.
In August, it was three years since Sister Emma was widowed.
She does very well, but I know she hides a lot of her sorrow.
I also had a voicemail last week from my sister-in-law Sarah Irene. She was having a lonely day without her husband (dear brother Albert).
Let us pray for the lonely widows and widowers out there.
It can’t be easy to go on alone. Daughter Susan has a special feeling for all who have lost a partner.
She knows the hurt and pain they feel. I remember the hurt she went through and all I could do was pray and be there for her.
Life does go on. Susan is remarried to Ervin (who also knows the feeling of loss from losing his first wife Sarah); they are a blended family with six sweet children.
They will celebrate two years of marriage on Dec. 30. Ervin Jay Jr. will be a year old on Nov.14. On Sunday, we had a surprise visit from Uncle Joe, Aunt Betty, cousin Brian and his daughter Eva.
Daughter Elizabeth, Tim and children came here after church services. Daughter Loretta, Dustin and sons were here for brunch. Son Joseph and Grace came later in the afternoon.
Tim and Elizabeth’s family, Dustin and Loretta’s family, and Joseph and Grace were our supper guests.
On the menu was barbecued meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and cheese. For dessert, we had cookies and ice cream.
Daughter Verena had a bad weekend when her eyes suffered from cornea erosion. She gets this problem every once in a while from a scratch she got in her eyes years ago.
Usually only one will hurt, but this time they both gave her a problem. It is so hard when there aren’t any emergency eye doctors and she has to wait it out until Monday.
Yesterday, she was able to go see an eye doctor and finally get relief for her eyes.
God bless!
Biscuit Casserole
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds hamburger
1 small onion, chopped
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tube ready-made biscuits or homemade biscuits
Seasoning of your choice
Directions
Brown hamburger and onion in a skillet.
Mix in mushroom soup, cream cheese, ketchup and seasoning (to your taste).
Pour in a baking dish and top with biscuits.
Bake uncovered at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until biscuits are thoroughly baked.
Lovina’s Amish Kitchen is written by Lovina Eicher, Old Order Amish writer, cook, wife and mother of eight who lives in southeastern Michigan. Readers can write to Eicher at Lovina’s Amish Kitchen, P.O. Box 234, Sturgis, MI 49091 (include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply); or email LovinasAmishKitchen@MennoMedia.org and your message will be passed on to her to read. She does not personally respond to emails.