Quick and Easy Tortellini with Tomato Cream Sauce

This is one of my favorite meals because it is quick and tastes yummy! I usually buy the Buitoni Whole Wheat Three Cheese but they have multiple variety's you can choose from. I grab a couple when they are on sale and toss them in the freezer.  I then cook according to package, if frozen I add a couple minutes. 

I then poor equal amounts of spaghetti sauce and alfredo sauce.  

Mix and heat sauce through. 

This is my favorite part. I then take the pot off the burner. I add fresh basil, spinach, etc. While I love the flavor that this adds I think this makes it look like you have have been cooking all day! 

Add some grilled chicken and a salad and dinner is served! 

The Real Farmwives of America - How Did I Get Here?

Who's up for some history? We are so excited to be a part of Heather at 3 Kids and Lots of Pigs Real Farmwives of America project. Which is part of her regular Farmer Friday posts. The theme for today's post is, "How did I get here?"

Well Amy and I are the Outlaws, I mean In-laws :), well...we married/marrying into the Kelsay family and a.k.a. the Kelsay Farm. So, that is how we got here... When Amy and I started talking about this project we decided we would talk about the farm and how it got where it is today and how there were a couple "Real American Farmwives" along the way.

So, grab your latte and kick up your feet!

It all started in 1837 when President Martin Van Buren land granted 80 acres to Benjamin Draper. Now I know what your thinking, Draper? Yes, you see Benjamin then sold the Homestead to his sister Lucinda Draper. She was very young, not even 20 when she bought the farm, can you say girl power! In 1854 she married Preserve Sefton (I love this name!). The Draper Farm then became the Sefton Farm. Once again I know what your thinking, Draper now Sefton... I thought this was Kelsay Farms...  Well you see Lucinda and Preserve had two children Catherine and Thomas. The farm was passed down from Thomas to Merrill Sefton (this is where is starts to get confusing because names start to repeat!). Merrill then had a daughter Ruth (this is  grandma to our generation). Yes, another woman who ran the farm! Grandma Ruth married Joseph Russell  Kelsay. Finally we get to the Kelsay's! They had one son Merrill Oliver, who then had two sons who are involved in the operation, Joseph Merrill and Russell Oliver, go figure! Joe belongs to Amy and Russ belongs to me (officially once we get married!). I can use the word "belong" because they won't ever read this!! hehe!

The farm back in the day

The farm today

Jump forward a couple years to 2007. This is when Amy started Kelsay Farm Tours. If you would like to learn more visit www.kelsayfarms.com.

Possibly the coolest thing is that this farm has been in the same location and owned by family for 6 generations. Amy's little ones are the 7th generation!      

Most of the family (taken a couple years ago)

Well that's all for now and be sure to check out Heather at 3 Kids and Lots of Pigs and the rest of the gals that are participating!

o   Amy at A Latte with Ott, A.

o   Marybeth at Alarm Clock Wars

o   Leah at Beyer Beware

o   Jennifer at Farmgirl Follies

o   Jeanette at Fence Row to Fence Row

o   Lauren at Four Ransoms and a Farm

o   Jane at Going Jane

o   Cris at GOODEness Gracious

o   Meggie at Hoosier Farm Babe

o   Jent at My Front Porch

o   Katie at On the Banks of Squaw Creek

o   Whitney at Life is a Highway and Mine’s Surrounded By Corn

o   Lana at Walking the Off-Beaten Path

o   Denise at Who is the Grown Up?

Wordless Wednesday

My Wild One (4 yrs.) and her shoes!!!!

A Fairy in a Dairy

"When the little town of Buttermilk Hollow acquired a fairy godmother, magical things involving dairy products start to occur..."

Come to the Dairy dressed as a Fairy for a special reading of...

If you have little ones that love to dress up like pixies or fairies - this is a really FUN program for them! This is a great mix of Princess meets Farm life!!!!

Enjoy a fairy parade around the farm, a special reading of the story by the Indiana Dairy Princess, photo opportunities with the Princess, a delicious snack and fall activities on the farm! All fairies will receive a special gift and the BEST DRESSED fairy will receive a copy of the book!



This is a photo of some of our 2009 fairies on the farm!

Join us on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 1:00 PM for A Fairy in a Dairy! 



If you've read our blog, you know that my blogging partner, Liz, is an awesome cake and cookie decorator!! So, here she is decorating the cookies for the kids that day! And, they were delicious!!!

 

RIDE the Moo Choo Express

 Imagine taking a ride INSIDE of a cow! Yes, you read it correctly!!


We offer many fun things for kids to do at our farm in the fall and one of them is the Moo Choo Express! This is a one-of-a-kind cow train that my hub and I designed. In fact, with the help of his brother and a few others, we even built it right in our very own farm shop! Farm boys are super handy :)

The Moo Choo was a huge undertaking! We started with some old fuel tanks and put together a plan for a cow on wheels that was large enough for 4 people to sit it! We torched, we cut, we welded, we nailed, we painted, we applied decals, we made tails and eartags and finally – the job was complete! We spent too many hours to count but about 4 months on this project! Here are some photos to show the evolution of the Moo Choo Express:

Before the spots...

And, after the spots...

Our Moo Choo was awarded the best exhibit in the 2009 Johnson County Fair Parade and is a huge hit on our farm! We give rides every weekend in Oct. when we are open for Experience the Farm! Come and join us this fall and ride for yourself!!!

Wordless Wednesday - Engagement Pictures

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