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The Christmas Eve Tradition 2014

Bontrager Family Singers — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:44:00 +0000

I’m not sure where to even start and stop with this post. How does one even start to describe the festivity, the joy, the love, and the incredible amount of delicious food that is in our home on Christmas Eve, my favorite day of the year?! We always celebrate in style, and this year was […]

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LACP Dinner & Pie Fundraiser

Bontrager Family Singers — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:58:00 +0000

Somehow we managed to get way behind in our posting in December. So for the next couple days I will be publishing posts from the past month and a half. In November, our family prepared a dinner again(like last year) as a fundraiser for the Live Animal Christmas Play. (pictures from the play coming next!) […]

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Making Donuts

Bontrager Family Singers — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:16:00 +0000

Our traditional “fall/winter donut making party” was very fun and yummy, as always.:) This year, we planned the party for a day when everyone was off work for the whole day. I mixed up the donuts in the morning, we fried them in the forenoon, and we played games and consumed a rather vast amount […]

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Gingerbread Houses

Bontrager Family Singers — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:53:00 +0000

Mother decided to have a gingerbread house making party with the littles this year! We had a lovely time structuring and decorating the little houses. The crew (sans Mother + me) candy galore!!! Hudson, Javan, and I built a snowy little cabin-with a mint chimney! Taylor and Liz were having a bit of trouble […]

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Our Church Mission’s Conference

Bontrager Family Singers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:49:00 +0000

Our church hosted its annual missions conference two weeks ago. It was an incredible conference! We are so blessed to go to such a great church that believes so strongly in missions and supporting missionaries around the world. The sanctuary was decorated with flags from different countries, as well as the plaques of all of […]

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Spring on the Farm

Bontrager Family Singers — Fri, 16 May 2014 21:26:00 +0000

The gardens are bursting with new life this spring. We have wonderful green onions and spinach already! Hudson is a great at putting seeds in the ground. Denver is Mother’s right hand man of the garden crew. Rebecca loves helping in the flower garden. She and I had a wonderful time working in the warm […]

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March/April Home Life

Bontrager Family Singers — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:18:00 +0000

We spent one week of March and almost three weeks of April at home. It was a colorful time- full of birthday parties, work on the farm and in the community, school for the kiddos, music lessons and practice, church events, family meals around our big table, unpacking and packing, catching up on mail and […]

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//Christmas Day//

Bontrager Family Singers — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:30:00 +0000

This year we spent Christmas Day at Grandma Bontrager’s house with many of our wonderful relatives. Even with some missing, there were almost 50 of us- what a party! We ate in Grandma’s garage. In case you care to know, the menu was turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, noodles, dressing, salad, bread, banana pudding, and pie. […]

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Elizabeth’s 10th Birthday Party

Bontrager Family Singers — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:09:00 +0000

Elizabeth chose a castle cake (and home-made ice-cream, of course:) for her birthday dessert this year. The meal was burrito bowls, Chipotle style. blowing out candles.:) I love how Rebecca is whispering in Hudson’s ear in this picture.:) They were sharing secrets regarding the presents, no doubt. Liz is the queen of expressions! She is also […]

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{Christmas Eve 2013}

Bontrager Family Singers — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:00:00 +0000

As you all know from the past several years, our family really loves celebrating Christmas Eve in style. (see here, here, and here) We start by planning and picking out new food ideas. Then we purchase any ingredients not already in our kitchen. And the day of, we start the cooking- and is it ever a […]

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