Introducing....

Why this is posted in blue I have no clue. It was created red and is still red, but it is showing up blue. The Cathryn behind cathryn and company is my wonderful mother :) When we opened our shop she began to show her crafty side and it's taking off! She designs barbed wire & beaded crosses (which I might add...we've sold about 40 of them!) and with the help of my dad is now designing large (and sometimes small), funky, oh so cute wooden frames as an exclusive line for Park Street Market. Pictures to come! Custom frames are available as well. Did I mention they are super cute? Once my Christmas tree comes down, up will go my new "cathryn and company" frame collage on my wall!

As deer season ends, duck season begins. I don't mind duck season as much as my husband is not so stressed and worried about ducks as he is deer. We haven't had a lot of ducks this year, but Thursday morning the boys didn't seem to have a problem. I love this picture....Keaton, Chad, Matt, and Clayton with their pretty ducks :)

I seem to have a fascination with shredded cheese lately. I know, I am so weird. While I have always loved cheese I am addicted to the Mexican style "Four Cheese" shredded cheese. I bought another kind last weekend for our chili because the only grocery store in Carlisle did not have my preferred kind....I have learned that you can not be picky here......it was just not the same. Why am I sharing this? I have no clue. I just saw a commercial for shredded cheese and it made me think how strange I am!

Ok, so, on to better things....Lily. She's a doll! I took some pictures of her when we were home for Thanksgiving and it was extremely windy so we tried to take a few inside. Hopefully we'll choose a less windy day next time :)

These brothers were excited about having their picture taken until we got started and then had to be bribed with Sweet Tarts! But, they loved the farm and playing with the sticks :)

I never imagined this day. The day my Dad would create a blog. I have a feeling he will post many pictures - he is becoming quite the technology guru these days...who would have ever thought!

Happy blogging Dad :)

Happy late Thanksgiving to all :) I haven't gotten around to posting since Thanksgiving...better late than never. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday full of lots of mashed potatoes and green bean casserole....

I'm behind on posting photos. Here are a few from the Cunningham family done at the Duck Club here in Carlisle. Such a precious family!

I am a hunting season widow.

November brings many things such as my birthday, my dad's birthday, Thanksgiving, and now the most important in my household.....deer season. Oddly enough Matt finished harvesting soybeans at 10:30 PM on Friday, November 7....how timely since deer season opened the morning of Saturday, November 8....and he was definitely up at 4:30 with all his scent-free gear on ready to kill that big buck. Oh and I didn't mention that we had to celebrate my birthday on Thursday, November 6...no time for bday celebrations during opening weekend! Also hunting... his best friend, the best dressed hunter I've ever seen, my dad, and my father-in-law. They were decked out in camo, orange vests and hats, and their muck boots with a backpack on their back with all their hunting goodies they would need and their shotgun on their shoulder. Sadly enough no big buck came that weekend. "They just weren't moving" they all claimed. And my father-in-law "missed the biggest buck!"...he said that last year too.

Matt showed up to the shop on that next Wednesday morning and backed up to the front doors. He let down his tailgate and lo and behold what lay in the back of his truck, but a 13-point deer, his first kill of the season. That certainly got the three other deerless fired up and sure enough Friday brought the hunters back - this time with all kinds of hunting gadgets like electronic calls and deer incense...the smell was supposed to attract the deer...after smelling it I think it would do quite the opposite. Saturday morning as I am laying in bed at 7 AM my phone rings and it's Dad. He got a 12-point...on his birthday. Mom thought it was a weird looking deer, wasn't a mantle deer...she soon learned you NEVER tell a man is deer is ugly. That crushes them.

So, I guess I'm telling this since Matt just got his second deer of the season...a 9 point, but "a big deer...points doesn't matter"....so he says. I asked him since he's killed his two bucks for the season does that mean he is done hunting....he said no....of course, did I expect him to say yes?