Lovina's Amish Kitchen

This is Ruth, Lovina’s “English” friend. Last week, I had the opportunity to help Lovina prepare for Benjamin and Joanna’s wedding. I thought readers might enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at how much work goes into an Amish wedding. Traditionally, an Amish wedding is held at the bride’s family home. Since Joanna’s family lives quite a distance away, Benjamin and Joanna decided...

Our sympathy goes to the family of Aunt Caroline, age 94. She passed away on September 15th. Although we won’t be able to make it to her funeral, our thoughts and prayers are with the family. Aunt Caroline was married to my dad’s brother Andy. I’ll share a part of her obituary:

Caroline Mae “Carolyn” Coblentz, 94, a lifelong resident of Lafayette, Indiana, passed aw...

Eleven days left until son Benjamin and Joanna’s wedding. Time is going much too fast. I sewed daughter Verena’s dress last week tomorrow my goal is to sew mine. Joanna and I plan to do some grocery shopping for the wedding this one day this week. Mostly for dry ingredients and things that can be bought ahead. Next week my friend Ruth will come and we will get the groceries t...

It is Labor Day, so everyone is home today. We washed the laundry, and it is drying nicely on the lines. Daniel Ray is mowing. He mowed my sister Verena’s yard before he started on ours. I pulled the red beets from the garden. We didn’t get a big crop of them. Hopefully, we will have enough to make plenty of pickled beets for church lunch this winter when we host the services...