Category Archives: Breakfast

Adventures with baby chicks and a visit from Aunt Lovina

April 1, 2022 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

It’s a windy, rainy morning, and the temperature is around 44 degrees. Son Joseph got a call saying he won’t have to work today because of the rain. They have no inside work as of now. Daughters Verena, Susan and children Jennifer and Ryan came here after supper last night and spent the night here. I … Continue Reading ››

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Celebrating a Baptism

March 11, 2022 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

Everyone is winding down and getting ready for bed. Another day is over and history. Today daughter Lovina, 17, spent the day at daughter Elizabeth and Tim’s house. She stayed with the children while Elizbeth took baby Andrea for a check-up at the doctor. She now weighs 8 pounds, 6 ounces. She was 8 pounds, 3 … Continue Reading ››

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Celebrating Epiphany with Family and a Haystack Brunch

January 14, 2022 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 4 Comments

2022—A brand new year is before us. I wish you all good health and happiness, and most of all God’s blessings as we start another year. Tomorrow, January 6th, is Epiphany (Old Christmas) and a holiday for the Amish in this community. A lot of families have a Christmas gathering on this day. We will be … Continue Reading ››

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Wedding preparations continue as September begins

September 10, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 3 Comments

We have entered September. Today is the 1st, so we are only a month away from daughter Loretta and Dustin’s wedding day. Time does not stand still. We had a break in the humidity and heat. Nights are cool which makes for nice sleeping weather. My gardens are emptying out with only tomatoes and peppers … Continue Reading ››

Breads and Muffins, Breakfast, Desserts

Freshening Up the House & Upcoming Vacation

August 13, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

We enter August with some much cooler than normal temperatures. We painted sons Joseph’s and Kevin’s bedrooms last week. Our next project is to paint the bedroom daughters Loretta and Lovina share. Loretta has moved a lot of her things over to Dustin’s house, so now with the room emptier, we decided to paint it. … Continue Reading ››

Breakfast

A birthday party “surprise”

June 25, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

Our work night at daughter Susan’s house last week proved to be a success. The majority of our church showed up to help with whatever needed to be done. Some fences were put up, flower beds were made, weeding and trimming were done, and the barn was cleaned. Then the ladies washed walls and windows, … Continue Reading ››

Breakfast, Casseroles

Warm days for tilling and planting

May 7, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen

Today was our first day of 80-degree weather this year and we enjoyed the great outdoors. Daughters Susan and Verena and grandchildren Jennifer and Ryan came last night and are staying again tonight. Susan and I worked on getting everything organized for the garage sale we are having here Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Susan has … Continue Reading ››

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Eicher family continues to pray for healing

February 5, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 9 Comments

It is now 25 days since sister Susan has been in the hospital. She seems to be losing out fast. She is back on the ventilator and had another surgery due to more bleeding. This time it was what the doctors thought could be an aneurysm in her lungs. All the bleeding has taken a … Continue Reading ››

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Eicher family celebrates Jennifer’s third birthday

January 29, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 12 Comments

Supper is being made on the grill, which gives me time to write this column. It’s just daughter Loretta and the boys home again, so our table seems empty. Daughter Lovina is at daughter Susan’s house this week. Daughter Verena and sister Verena headed out for Indianapolis, IN, this morning. Yesterday the doctors said only one … Continue Reading ››

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A day in the life of Lovina Eicher’s family

October 9, 2020 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

4 a.m. My alarm rings… I get up to make breakfast for son Joseph, eighteen. He helps me fill his water cooler and pack his lunch. His work crew is leaving early because they are building a pole barn close to Lake Erie, which is a two-hour drive away. For breakfast I make scrambled eggs … Continue Reading ››