Herr's Food Factory~

Tuesday we went up to Herr Foods with my Grandparent's and Uncle Steve, Aunt Jen and Patrick.
We went on a tour~
The tour started off with a video in the theater about the history of Herr's.
~The Herr Foods began in 1946 when 21-year-old James Stauffer Herr bought a small potato chip company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for $1,750. The company grew gradually and soon became a flourishing business and had to keep continually moving to keep up with the demands.

~In 1946 James married Mim.

~Then in September of 1951 Herr's experienced a major disaster! Late one afternoon, on September 5th, a fire broke out in the plant. Although the equipment had been shut down for the day, cooking oil apparently had dropped onto a hot fire brick and burst into flames.

~1952: With help from family, friends and the bank, the Herr's bought 37 acres and built a new 4500 square foot plant. They were back in business!

~In 1958, after careful consideration, Herr's began adding seasoning to the potato chips. The barbecue chip was the first flavored chip the company tried and it's still in production today.~

~ To keep in step with consumer demand, Herr's began producing a number of new products: 1976 Cheese Curls, 1978 Popcorn, 1981 Pretzels, 1983 Corn products, such as corn and tortilla chips, 1984 Onion Rings.

After the video, we went along with our tour guide (Nate): and went into the Pretzel room.
It smelled so good!
After that we went into various chip and popcorn rooms. At the potato chips room we got to eat a chip that was just made. MMMMMMMM it was so delish!
At the end of the tour we all got a bag of regular potato chips~ Very yummy :)
We walked around the factory store. Then off to Olive Garden!

It was so very much fun~

Here are some pictures:

Herr's mascot, CHIPPER.

The front of the factory:

In the theater:

At the end, Bethany with Grandpa and Grandma.... (see Abigal in the back?)

We could not take pictures in the factory :0

Thats all for now~ :) Hope you enjoyed your cyber tour!

Zoe

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Winter Fun~ Ice Skating~

Happy New Year Everyone~ What has everyone been up to lately?
Well because it's almost 2011, my Papa has been off of work and has been taking us kids ice skating.
The Bomberger's have been letting us use their pond and so we have been going ice skating a lot.
It's been a bunch of fun :)My Uncle Steve and Patrick have came along once or twice. My aunt Jennifer has come these last few times. And Grandpa and Grandma came along Christmas day.

Christmas day I learned how to do cross-overs, but I am still perfecting the skill :)
I think Lincoln is the best skater of us kids, Bethany is doing really well on the ice. She is so cute to watch :) My Papa is so amazing~ I watch him go and then think to myself that I have so MUCH to learn! :) Mom is our best hockey player, (she scored 5 shots in one game)! Abigail is the family goalie.

We might go again sometime this week, but for the most part skating is done for the year! :)

Later,
Zoe

2010 Youth Christmas Banquet~

I have finally got around to getting pix (from FB (thx!)) so I could post about the Christmas Banquet.
The banquet was last Friday at Fontana Hall.
We arrived just in time to get our pic taken in front of a beautiful backdrop:

Abigail and I~
Abigail, I and Kaitlyn :)

Then we went and got our name cards and chose our seats…
Beautiful Table tops! ~ Place setting

"Abigail's table" ~ (right from Abigail), Cheyenne, Rachel, Nathan, Tommy, Michel, David and Gracie~ "My Table" (left from me): Mark, Josh, Danielle, Rosanna, Kaitlyn, Joanna and Ashley~

Then our waiters came and served us drinks and then served us the food~

Our Waiters~ Sister Linda & Brother David

~ I totally cleaned my plate, the food was delish!~

After the wonderful fare, Uncle Steven talked to us YP ~ asking us "Are You Coachable?"

He did a fantastic job~ I really enjoyed it.
We then played games like: Who's Who and a How Well Do You Know Your Spouse game...Some door prizes were given out~ And also a Helper of the year award to ~David Garret~
It was a very fun filled evening :)

Special Guests~ Grandma and Grandpa S. -Brother and Sister Wagner-Brother and Sister Bomberger-and Uncle Steven and Aunt Jennifer~

Justin & Jessica ~ Becky & Andrew ---also special guest's---

Our Young People~
Thank you to everyone who made this night possible~

Hope you enjoyed this peek into this years Banquet :) Cannot wait till next year!

Zoe

P.S. Just some random pictures~

The How Well Do You Know Your Spouse game~

Another picture of my table............... :)

A picture of us YP with our youth leaders~ THE END

Sanger Picture Time~

Okay, I figured that because I had posted something about the Wallace’s picture taking time…I should make things even, and post about the Sangers picture taking time.....

It all started out when last Sunday morning we decided (on the spur of the moment), to get a “family” Christmas picture taken. (Just us kids though). Mom had made us girls new outfits, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity (which it was)….
We tried three different backgrounds: porch, wall in living room and fireplace. Papa took the pictures…

Well, I guess we might be able to try again for a New Years picture, perhaps?

So Long,

Zoe

Happy Holidays~

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful one~

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God Bless,
Zoe

Turtle Cupcakes (proceed with caution)~

Mmm… seriously delicious! My Mom and I made these cupcakes for the Young Peoples Banquet. We got the recipe off of a blog my Mom frequently visits.
My siblings really enjoyed them…I won’t tell you how many we ate! So we shall see how they rate with the YP, tonight!
Oh and just in case you were wondering, here’s the recipe :)

We used; A Pretzel Crust, Milk Chocolate Cake Mix, Caramel Dip for Apples and Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, Toasted Pecans.

Pretzel Crust:
2 Cups Crushed Pretzels
2/3 Cup Melted Butter
1 Cup Sugar

Mix together and put 1 Tablespoon of crust mixutre into the bottom of 24 Cupcake Liners.

Mix a Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate cake mix and put 1/4 Cup into each liner, covering the Pretzel crust. (you might have a little bit of batter left over).

Bake according to box directions.

Let cool.

I used a Piping bag and round tip.
Fill piping bag with about 1/2 of the container of Apple Dip. Insert tip of bag into cupcake and fill until cupcake starts to "burst" at the top. I was a little chintzy on the filling. I'll put more in next time. (I might try inserting the tip in a couple different places to fill to next time).

Frost with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and top with Toasted Pecans.

These are SUPER good right after they are made. Enjoy!

And here are some more pix:

After we filled them with caramel…



Putting the nuts on~



What they look like on the inside….YUMMY!



Well, hope you enjoyed the pic (hungry?)…Come on over, we almost always have something baking!
Merry Christmas,
Zoe