by Jennifer | Apr 16, 2018 | Quilting Bee
|By Allison Sharp, Jennifer’s sister| Several years ago, I decided to make my oldest niece a quilt to celebrate her wedding. As other nieces got married, I continued to make each of them a quilt big enough to fit a queen-size bed. I always asked what colors and...
by Jennifer | Apr 9, 2018 | Family, Farming&Gardening
| By Richard Gappmayer, Jennifer’s dad | My father had about five acres of peach trees of several varieties. Each spring, before the blossoms came out, we would prune the peach trees. They had to be pruned quite heavily each spring or they would not produce big...
by Jennifer | Apr 2, 2018 | Cooking
This is one of my favorite recipes, and I feature it in “A Christmas Bakery on Huckleberry Hill” in “An Amish Christmas Kitchen.” Katie Rose makes it for Titus and then someone takes it from him! It’s a crowd pleaser...
by Jennifer | Mar 12, 2018 | Family, Farming&Gardening
| By Alesha Thompson, Jennifer’s sister | On our mini farm in Wisconsin, we have lots of critters. Mostly our awesome tomcat, Pippin, takes care of them—mice, chipmunks, and even rabbits. But there is one critter that even Pippin can’t defeat. We know this...
by Jennifer | Mar 5, 2018 | Cooking, Family
| by Nicole Thorpe, Jennifer’s daughter | It was my birthday last week! I made my own birthday dinner, and my own birthday cake, but my husband did 100% of the clean-up, so it was actually a sweet deal. I’ve always wanted to experiment with caramel flavors in a...
by Jennifer | Feb 26, 2018 | Amish, Author's Corner, Romance
I recently completed a blog tour for “A Courtship on Huckleberry Hill,” my latest Huckleberry Hill novel that came out on December 26. I was humbled and thrilled with the response to this book! Here is a small collection of the reviews from my blog tour. ...
by Jennifer | Feb 19, 2018 | Family, Quilting Bee
By Allison Sharp: Jennifer’s sister I am thrilled to announce that I have another grandchild! There is nothing in the world that is better than a grandchild, and her birth means, obviously, that I got to make a baby quilt! Her mother requested something purple,...
by Jennifer | Feb 12, 2018 | Family
By Richard Gappmayer, Jennifer’s father In Utah permits to hunt elk were obtained by participating in a lottery. My father would pay the fee, enter the lottery, and hope to draw a permit. To my knowledge he went elk hunting only once. Here is what happened. I...
by Jennifer | Feb 5, 2018 | Cooking
By Nicole Thorpe: Jennifer’s daughter I told you last year how much I love Valentine’s Day, and it’s still true. This year I’m having a Galentine’s Day Party (for some gals, on February 13th). I’m making a couple different treats and thought I would share this...
by Jennifer | Jan 29, 2018 | Faith, Family
I ran across this recording last week. It is my family, me, husband, sons, daughters, and sons-in-law, singing at my mother-in-law’s funeral three years ago. My husband is the first tenor soloist and my son–17-years old at the time–is the baritone...
