Ranch Shekinah

Apr. 28, 2009

Our "Small" Family of Nine Invited to Lunch

 

We were hanging out at Matt and Kristi's house, watching the horses graze.  Dad was playing tether ball with his two younger boys, I was holding Baby Kayla and talking to the girls.  It was the day of the Sabbath, and we were just enjoying this beautiful day. 

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A new neighbor of ours, Miguel, who attended our Passover Dinner, came over to us and invited us to dinner.  I hadn't fixed anything, so in another hour, all nine of us were sitting around his table, eating the tacos and tostadas he'd prepared for us.  As we were leaving, he told us he had planned to fix a big dinner for us the next day, and that this was just an impromptu meal he had prepared when he seen us all hanging out together.

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The next day, we came back at 5:00 p.m.,as requested.  Miguel and his brother, Rafiel, had fixed us a banquet of food.  An appetizer of freshly made guacomola and chips; a first course of homemade soup; and a plethora of entrees:  Tacos, flutas, quesadeas.  Each entree filled an entire large platter.  It was a banquet of food!

 

 

 

 

 Miguel and Raffiel waited on us as if were in a restaurant. 

 

 

It was a feast big enough to feed an army, and delicious!

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Apr. 29, 2009 - Tacos, flautas, quesadillas? YUMMY!

Posted by bbullard
'I hadn't fixed anything, so in another hour, all nine of us were sitting around his table, eating the tacos and tostadas he'd prepared for us.'

I LOVE this--HA HA! It sounds as if the big, impromptu meal was just for you. Isn't it wonderful how the Lord even looks after the small things? Glad to see that things are well, Antoinette.
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May. 1, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by OldSchoolMarm
Hi Antoinette, I am so impressed with your neighbors! One of my very favorite things to eat is fresh guacamole and chips, I'm just swooning thinking about it :-)! And to think you didn't even have to labor over it, someone else served you. Oh my, what luxeries!
I hope your pastures shape up. How are you remedying it? We hope to eventually turn our pasture into a hay meadow. We only have one horse on it now and will probably have a cow on it too in the future so over grazing won't be as much a problem as maybe just neglect if we don't stay on top of it.
It is very common practice for burning pastures around here and before the monsoon season set in over these past few weeks, we would regularly see plumes of smoke on the horizon.
I'm looking forward to hearing about the momma horses and when they foal. You've got to be excited. When I was single, I had some friends that needed me to stay with their newborn foal and bottle feed it. The mother had had twins and kicked this particular one off, hence the bottle feeding. Oh he was so precious and was literally nearly in my back pocket when I walked around his pen. Fantastic memories... enjoy those babies :-).
Blessings, Julie
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May. 4, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by PlainJane
Sounds yummy! You have such good neighbors.
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May. 18, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Dot
Sounds like that dinner happened just at the right time. Sounds like you have some really wonderful neighbors. That's always nice when you can get neighbors like that.
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Welcome to our ranch! Come, sit on our porch, have some tea, and stay a while. Were going to have a lot of fun chatting. Bring the kids, too, as we've got lots of room to play, horses to ride, cats and kitties to cuddle, gentle dogs to pet, and baby chickens to look at and hold. We can take trail rides around the alfalfa field, wade through the creek, take a paddle boat to the island on the lake, go fishing, or explore the Black Walnut Forest. There's no hurry around here. We'll just meander about and maybe even pack a picnic basket - Ranch Shekinah is abounding with Mulberry trees, wild blackberries and raspberries, an orchard of apple trees, and a herb garden.

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