We are already more than halfway through June 2015. The year is going way too fast!
On Saturday my husband, Joe, had to work at the RV factory. They are very busy, which makes it hard for him to get caught up with work here at home.
The rest of us helped Timothy move his belongings to his new place on Saturday. Joe biked over after he came home from the factory. It was a very hot and humid day. Some of Timothy’s family were also there to help.
On Sunday in church, daughter Elizabeth and Timothy were published to be married. “Getting published” in an Amish congregation means publicly announcing your engagement. They chose August 14, 2015, for their wedding day. We have a lot to do to prepare for this wedding! It will also be a very big change for our family: the first of our precious children to move away from home and start a new life. Congratulations to Timothy and Elizabeth! Timothy is a wonderful, kind man, and we are happy to have him join our family. He is the last of his 10 siblings to get married, while Elizabeth is the first of her 8 siblings. Timothy has a lot of nieces and nephews already.
The wedding services will be held over at our neighbors’ (Joas and Susan’s) place. The reception will be here in our new pole barn.
We still have quite a bit of sewing to do before the wedding. Elizabeth sewed her wedding dress. She also sewed Susan’s and Loretta’s. We still need to sew dresses for Verena, Lovina, and me. Then we also need to sew new shirts for the boys and Joe. We had hoped to have all the sewing done this spring, but with all the sewing we had to do for the other weddings, we are running behind.
Timothy’s sister was making the wedding invitation for Timothy and Elizabeth. She had a baby several weeks ago and was running out of time to finish them. On Saturday after we had everything moved for Timothy, the girls and I and some of his family helped finish some of the wedding invitations. Timothy’s brother-in-law dropped off the rest today, so we need to finish them so that Elizabeth can send out the rest of her invitations. They are very nice, but they took a lot of time. Also, my friend Ruth deserves the credit for printing the top of the invitation.
Elizabeth’s 21st birthday was on Sunday too. The church sang “Happy Birthday” to her. We surprised her in the evening with an ice cream cake. Chicken was also on the menu.
The ducks, Donald and Daisy, that Susan’s friend Mose bought for Lovina, 11, and Kevin, 9, are really growing. They stay around the barn and enjoy this rainy weather.
This week I’ll share my recipe for breakfast pizza. We made it for breakfast one morning this week.
I am sorry for getting behind with reader mail. Please have patience with me, as it will be very busy the next few months.
God’s blessings to all!
Breakfast Pizza
1 pizza crust
1 cup pizza sauce
12 eggs, scrambled
1 pound bacon, fried and crumbled
1 pound sausage, browned
1/4 cup onions, chopped
1/4 cup green peppers, chopped
1/4 cup mushrooms, sliced
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 cup Colby cheese, shredded
Use your favorite pizza crust recipe. Spread pizza sauce on the crust. Layer all other ingredients on top and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake according to your crust’s instructions.
Lovina Eicher is an Old Order Amish writer, cook, wife and mother of eight. Formerly writing as The Amish Cook, Eicher inherited that column from her mother, Elizabeth Coblentz, who wrote from 1991 to 2002. Readers can contact Eicher at PO Box 1689, South Holland, IL 60473 (please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply) or at LovinasAmishKitchen@MennoMedia.org.
Congratulations to Elizabeth. May God bless her with a long and prosperous marriage.
I have been expecting them to be published last year.
I often wonder,how many [breakfast pizza],of something she makes for the meal talked about.Have followed for years and years,what if one of the Eicher “follower friends ” guest want to sent a gift How would we do this? Look up white pages or is this posted? I remember many years ago where they hosted a visitor that showed up unexpected,and the commentator said ,or thought this was rude. When you read ,write and in twine within a family’s life even in books or diary form, you find yourself praying for them talking as if you know about them,and yes when there is a happy or even sad event you might want to gift to them.they become a “foster” family and maybe much more.Maybe there is a better way then a stamped address envelope,which you might not know if they receive it or not.blessings linda
We will try to get an answer for you! Thanks for commenting.
Congratulations and blessings on the upcoming nuptials! When I went to an Episcopal Church a few decades ago, they used to “publish” the banns of matrimony; wonder if it’s a similar idea? I think it had to go into the church bulletin 2 or 3 times prior to the wedding: “this is the first / second / third time of asking. If any of you know any reason in law why they may not marry each other you are to declare it. (Common Worship 2000)”
I am sure it is a similar custom. Thanks for sharing this reference–and it may be something that others wouldn’t be acquainted with. Blessings!
Hallo Lovina,
My congratulatins to Elizabeth and Timothy. I hope they will have a long, happy and prosperous married life. I also wish you all much pleasure in the busy weeks ahead, and look forward to hearing more about the wedding preparations through you blog.
Kind regards, Fiona.
Congratulations, to May GOD, they be blessed with happy healthy children, and happy marriage
Congratulations, and wishes for many, many years of happiness.