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@webeeankylosingspindylitis7838

2 ай бұрын

HAPPY EASTER Tipper,Matt,Katie,baby,Corey,Austen, & ur baby as well !!!! This yr we did Sunrise service, Sunday school,morning service,& then for the 1st time we did in the evening The LORD'S silent Supper. Our day was so beautiful & wonderful as I know urs was as well. Love you all 🕊🤍💛🙏🏻

@MariePommer

2 ай бұрын

Supper looked Delicious !! Thank you for your Fellowship. 🙏

I’m overjoyed for your family.🥰I have stage 4 cancer and so does my Mother. We are 50 & 71. It’s pretty much untreatable at this point for both of us. We enjoy your channel. It gives me peace. I lived in WV during my high school years down a holler on 83 acres in the late 80’s/early 90’s.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry. I will be praying for you both. I’m so glad you both enjoy our videos. We appreciate you!!

@lisabeal8615

2 ай бұрын

Prayers for you both!

@tiffaniegrier4628

2 ай бұрын

Prayers for you both! 🙏

@wandagordon6453

2 ай бұрын

Praying for y’all! ❤️🙏🏻

@ChristinemAlred-mn5if

2 ай бұрын

Prayers for you both. 🙏🙏🙏

My mother, who grew up on a farm in Iowa, once told me that corn talks. She said to get into the middle of the cornfield, have a seat in the dirt, and listen to the corn “talk.” She was right. It was beautiful. I miss my mother’s stories of her life on the farm. So heartwarming.

@marciebray5303

2 ай бұрын

Make some stuffed crows string them up

Grand kids are such a blessing but having them living with you is a double blessing

My grandmother passed away before I could learn to make her delicious biscuits so I want to take a minute to say thank you Tipper for teaching me how🥰

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome 😊

@tctcllc6949

2 ай бұрын

I also learned how to make biscuits from Tipper. She’s so generous with her knowledge 💕

@Pagangirl8

2 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. ❤

I bet the Deer Hunter dreams at night about taking a hike into the woods and the 2 grand boys waddling along after him - proud that they can walk and follow him everywhere. I can imagine the big smile on his face. He has the best of both worlds. First he had 2 daughters and now a grandson with another on the way.

Oh I can hear that sweet little newborn cry. So sweet when they are so little their cry has such a different sound. The most precious thing. Such an amazing thing those little babies are. So much to learn for both mom and baby. So wonderful! Praise the Lord!

When my first great grandchild was born, I was astounded to see so many generations in his face. He looked like me, my mother and grandmother with our exact eye color, his mother by the shape of his face and eyes, his father by this nose and broad shoulders, and multiple great grandparents and great aunts and uncles by the reddish cast of his hair color and Irish ancestry. He is who we are and were, and it is a glorious thing to see. Again, I congratulate Katie and you and Matt, and now I eagerly await the birth of Cori's son and Ira's best friend. Much love to you all. Happy Resurrection Day. God be praised.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Love that! Thank you 😊

The sound of a baby in the house is so wonderful isn't it! Congratulations Grandma and Papaw! ❤

Congratulations on the Lord Blessing you with a Grandchild. 🙏❤️

Congratulations being grandparents ~ it’s the sweetest ❤

Happy Resurrection day! Hallelujah HE AROSE!! So much to be thankful for. I was away and my grandson missed me this morning at church. I was there tonight and he gave me a big ole hug and sat with me. So very happy for y'all!

Just had our first grand baby in November, also a boy. He and mama lived with us for the first 6 weeks because daddy was in school studying for a higher level job with his firm. He got it. It’s so wonderful having a new baby around. Everything you’ve forgotten about having your own new baby comes flooding back. Congratulations to you all! This is such a wonderful time for your family ❤

A row of zinnias and mini sunflowers would be beautiful and you could have fresh bouquets for Granny, Cory and your house weekly!!!!! CONGRATS on the new grandbaby.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

There's nothin like good ol Southern cookin! 😋

Congratulations on your new grandbaby, Papaw Matt and Grandma Tipper. 💙🩵❤🎉

It was so sweet hearing Ira crying. I’m 73 years old and don’t get to hear that too often now.

Hearing sweet baby Ira crying brought tears to my eyes…. So precious❣️

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@pamelamarshall2887

2 ай бұрын

What in the world, pack saddle.

@lorettatate1092

2 ай бұрын

his tiny little cry is so sweet, enjoy him, and he will grow so fast

@lisav8205

2 ай бұрын

​@@pamelamarshall2887go away

@ixchelkali

2 ай бұрын

It was sweet hearing that newborn cry. I did think Matt looked kinda tired, though. You've had a lot of happy things happening at once. My husband said the same as Matt about being so busy after he retired. He said he'd never worked so hard. He was very active in our church, so it was true. He used to joke that he might have to go back to work to get some rest! 😄 But I think that's a blessing. Some people, and it seems more often to be men, have their whole identity so tied to their job that when they retire, they don't know what to do with themselves. They're lost. Matt won't have that problem. Watching your videos is the next best thing to being with family. Don't get me wrong; I have friends and we keep in touch online. But sitting at the table or being in the garden with y'all is like visiting. Because you post often, it reminds me of the type of friendship where your friend calls and asks, so how did that recipe for beans turn out? That everyday sort of thing. And I've come to truly care about y'all. Regarding corn pests, I've used that cassette tape trick to keep birds out of fruit trees, but crows are too smart. Though ribbons of mylar work a bit better because it's reflective. Don't you have core borer or corn earworm there? I had trouble with corn earworm. But I'm betting raccoons will be the biggest threat to the corn. They're so smart, almost nothing but dogs will keep them away. Though I did manage to keep them off my watermelons by coating them with ground black pepper when they got near to ripe and sprinkling it liberally around the leaves, too. But I don't know if that would be feasible where it rains as much as it does where you are.

Congratulations, grandparenting is way more fun than parenting❤😊

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

😊

Being a grandpa has youthen-ed Matt, that's the most animated I've ever seen him. Good to see the little guy at the table, a lifetime of family dinners has just begun, and that's a very good life indeed.

Nothing absolutely nothing is more rewarding than grandchildren. We are older and it’s just a unique kind of love!💕

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Shirley 😊

@joeyoosthuysen3518

2 ай бұрын

To be a grand parent is just amazing - the love you have for your grand child/-children and then the protection motion that kicks in, is unbelievable. Ira is a lucky boy to have you guys as his grandparents ❤❤

@KathysTube

2 ай бұрын

Congratulations and Happy Easter💐💐

@morganlivington3446

2 ай бұрын

How do you prepare your potatoes from start to finish?

I Love how all of you eat together often! Some of my best memories was going to Mom & Dads for supper after I was married! Mom’s been gone for 19 years now! She was my best friend 🩷

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

I know you miss her!! Love those memories 😊

@pamelar5868

2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@nancycurtis488

2 ай бұрын

I understand. My sweet mom has been gone 39 years now…..I miss her so.

I have never heard of a Packsaddle. I’m 72 years old and am a Southerner and it proves we can always learn something new. I am happy little Ira has made is debut. Yes, being a grandparent is so special. It’s all love and the parents can take care of the discipline. I think I’m gonna fix breakfast for supper tonight. Yours looked delicious. 💕

I know a baby that is gonna be loved more than they could have ever imagined and some parents and grandparents that are over the moon! 😊 Congratulations!

Congratulations, baby boys are wonderful!

Congratulations on your new grandson. I was also happy to hear about Cori & Austin buying Steve's house. Your family is nice & close like you wanted it to be. Happy Easter to your whole family.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Congratulations grandma and grandpa 😊❤💙wishing you all the happiness 🥰🥰🎉🎉

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

U Guys Rock. I just Love that U and Matt r working together on the Homestead. He has Skills beyond belief. Thank u Guys for sharing ur Beautiful Life.

My Grandma had a spoon like the one in the hashbrowns. It was her ice cream spoon. So many things you use in your kitchen bring back such good memories. Congratulations on the precious baby boy. ❤🙏

You looking at Matt and smiling so big at him is just a beautiful thing! I loved when you asked him if yall were going to have a scarecrow ❤

Flowers in the garden draw pollinators, so if you want a good crop plant lots of flowers. Marigolds do repel bugs, but I plant the mini French Marigolds. I saw little Ira ! You will be amazed by how much he will grow and change by the time he's a year old. My great-grandson is 13 months old and he can walk, feed himself, and he's trying his best to talk. I adore that little boy and everything he does is so cute to me. Oh, you're going to have so much fun with your new grandson! Enjoy every moment, and you're so blessed to soon have two - double the love and fun !

As a single mother of one I was 45 when my daughter & son in law had my 1st grandson. Grandchildren breathe new life into you. It's such a wonderful thing. So happy for you all

I had an elderly gentleman one time tell me that he had took Irish Spring soap and drilled holes through it and run a string through it and hung it around his garden and the odor kept deer away from it. He was a firm believer of it.

Happy Easter! God bless all your family. Ira has a wonderful family to grow up in with lots of love and good old fashioned Christian values.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

We’d love to watch granny make biscuits! What a treat to have her on video making them the original way 😊

Love breakfast for supper and that newborn crying just adds to a house full of love ❤Tipper I know your heart is bursting with love for that first grand baby and of course Matt too and ya’ll get to do it all again in June can’t get no better than that. Corie is glowing 🍼👶

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

You are so kind thank you 😊

Cory has never been more beautiful! Inside and out! God Bless you all!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

That is so sweet! Thank you 😊

I spied little Ira with my little eye! Hearing his precious cries were rewarding to my ears. Lovely meal of working together.❤🎉

Big garden and a brand new grand baby, what an amazing spring!! Happy Easter 🥰🐰🐥🙏

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Im So Happy for You All! What a Blessing baby Ira is! Tipper, you remind me of my mom when my nephew was born! May you Enjoy the same kind of great relationship they shared!

congrats, I am so happy he arrived safe and sound and mama is doing well aslo. God bless you all.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Breakfast for supper is the way to go! Grand baby crying is sweet music! Congratulations once again. Can't wait to hear stories about Granny and her great grand child. Thanks so much for a Sunday evening video! Good start to my week.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@sallypowell9727

2 ай бұрын

Congratulations to you all I have 6 grandchildren all grown up. And 1 great granddaughters who is 15 months old she is the joy of our life they can just bring so much meaning to our lives God bless you and your family

That’s sweet that you all are going to be called Papaw and Grandma. My cousins and I always called our grandparents that but grandma tried her best to get us to call them Pap and Maw. I wish we would have embraced being Appalachian. My grandparents always did and even participated when people from the library of congress came to document life here.

Happy Easter Papaw and Grandma. Being Grandparents is a very special love. So happy for you and Matt. Happy Easter everyone.❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Being a grandma is the best ever!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

😊

I just love this poem by Eugene Field's Pittypat and Tippy toe ( first line of poem) All day long they come and go - Pittypat and Tippytoe; Footprints up and down the hall, Playthings scattered on the floor, Finger-marks along the wall, Telltale smudges on the door - By these presents you shall know Pittypat and Tippytoe. Congratulations on your first grandson.👶🌹🌼🌻🌻

@SuzieQ-lw2kp

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this poem I haven't thought of that in a longtime . This is perfect.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

That is so precious 😊 thank you!

Just thought I would mention, you and your family are some of the richest people in America...the people in this world with the greatest amount of wealth could never have what you all have back home...everything that is just good...thanks for sharing...much love from Canada...more family picking sessions -please...God Bless

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Oh, how sweet, new one at the table…I am crying but a happy cry…

I love having breakfast for supper. I liked how you cooked the hash browns and Matt cooking the pork chops. Yum!❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

The day I became a grandfather was one of the most beautiful days of my life! You guys are going to get so much joy from you grandchildren! Congratulations!

@plantlife1615

2 ай бұрын

❤❤

That breakfast is so good and very yummy!

I ‘ve been a subscriber for about 2 years now. My father was born in Elizabeth city NC. Back in the late 40s. Then migrated north to Maryland in the late 50s. (Searching for financial security about 20 miles outside of DC) your channel brings memories of stories told by my grandparents. And the meals bring me back to big Sunday suppers made by grandma from scratch. My father bought a cabin in the mountains in west VA. 4 years ago . Your channel has inspired me. Life outside of Washington is 1) expensive 2) so fast pace, a lot of people live to work not work to live. Not because we want to it’s all about keeping your head above water. Your channel shows what’s is for the most part missing here. Enjoying family and a sense of community and living off of traditions past down. We get a small sense of that at our cabin. Please keep your traditions coming. And lastly congratulations to you & Matt on becoming grandparents!! And to Katie on becoming a mom. And also to Korrie & Austin on there journey of becoming parents. As a father of 3 boys ages ranging from 19-26 Time goes fast! Don’t let life steal your time to make memories with your kids.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for the good wishes 😊 we appreciate you!

Happy Easter!! Breakfast for supper is always a treat! Congrats on becoming grandparents and on Corie/Austin moving closer! With Ms Cories' little one on the way, the big garden & the tractor, this is shaping up to be a banner year for you guys!! 👍

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Johnny!!

A tip I learned with parchment paper is to squeeze it into a ball then spread it out on the pan and it won’t roll up or try to slide

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Great tip!

@ChristinemAlred-mn5if

2 ай бұрын

I didn't know that. I will have to remember that when I bake my sourdough. Thank you for the tip!😊

Yes Tipper flowers would be beautiful in front of your garden.

My Momma called that last little biscuit, “The Cooks Biscuit”. She always ate that as soon as it came out of the oven. I still do that today🤗

The best part about evening, for me, is when supper has been eaten and the kitchen is clean. On the subject of grand babies. My husband and I were at the hospital when our first grand child was born.When the nurse wheeled him out for us to have our first look at the precious boy, we looked at him and then at each other. And we said we couldn’t have known how in love we would be with this little bit of a boy! We knew we would love him, already did really. Seeing him brought us an amazing depth of love. And that feeling has been there with each one!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Love that!

@pamelar5868

2 ай бұрын

❤Well said!!!!

I know you all will enjoy the grand babies I have grandchildren and great grandchildren love them all. That supper sounds good too

There's a baby in the house!!! Happy happy joy joy!! Awwwww, I have 9 grandbabies, they are such a blessing. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

I have missed a few of the videos. I missed Katie's pregnancy. What a blessed event for ya'll. Congratulations to Katie and you Tipper and Matt. Look forward to Corie's and Austin's baby. Again congratulations to your family. Love the videos.

I had my parents' first grandchild and my Dad said I love being a Papaw but I'm not sure about sleeping with a Mamaw! Lol 😊 Congratulations!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

😊

So sweet hearing grandson in the background telling momma he’s hungry. ❤

It’s such a joy to visit your channel and see a close, loving family and how you cook! Love your recipes. Congratulations on becoming Grandparents!❤😊😊

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Matt’s little happy dance after the first bite was too cute 😂❤

So excited for y’all to enjoy these little blessings. The joy of grandchildren is hard to explain until you experience it. Watching your child welcome her own child and gain experience as a parent is part of the joy too. Take lots of pictures that will make you smile in the years to come. I bet Granny is tickled about Ira’s arrival too. Continued prayers for Granny and that Corie will have a safe delivery and healthy baby boy too. God bless.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Family growing is a Happy Time. May it be a " great blessing " to you and all of your family.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Hearing the baby makes my heart happy i am a mother of 3 my 4 baby will be here any day now we also love breakfast for supper look delicious ❤

I grew my peppermint and onions and basil and dill well several herbs all around my vegetables and marigolds and petunias and several other kind of flowers all around the area and I was blessed not to have Harley any squash bugs or anything bad on my vegetables, squash or anything hot pepper plants I plant them around my cucumbers as well and I always had rosemary and everything, my back door and all around and didn’t hardly have any mosquitoes eitherthe good Lord

So excited for your family. I have prayed and am praying for goodness your way.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I remember seeing a row of zinnias or dahlias along one row in a country garden. Now they seem to plant sunflowers. Congratulations on becoming grandparents. Nothing like I!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Watching Matt make the gravy.... one of my favourite things about taking cooking classes was learning that the way I'd been watching my mother make gravy all my life, with flour in the meat grease, is actually making a roux, one of the classic bases of some of the mother sauces of French cuisine. If you can make pan gravy, you can make a bechamel.

Yall help us to appreciate the simpler ,yet more important things in life , people and our chosen purposes ❤

I enjoy watching your family grow and learning all things Appalachian. Reminds me of my own Mommer and her yellow painted walls, pitcher collection, and quilting. Food is very similar as well. Thank you ♥

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

Grandma & Papaw! 👶💙😁There is no Joy like Grandkid Joy!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@plantlife1615

2 ай бұрын

❤❤

Congratulations on your new grandson. May God continue to bless all of you!

HE HAS 2 BOYS NOW... 1 STILL BAKIN, BUT HE'LL BE HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH 💖👶👶💖😊

All the very best wishes to the whole family. Wondrous news and very pleased for you all.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Many young people don’t have good qualities. But have to hand it to Matt and Austin new generation of good people. My sons learned from my Dad. True old souls. If there is an old timer around you will find my boys talking with them for hours. Makes me feel good they have that personality of knowing the older generations does have something important to say. Katie’s son will be blessed to have Matt and Austin to show him how true men should be and how to treat people with respect.

Congratulations on the new grand baby! There is nothing like it! I enjoy your videos. You give me inspiration to cook your recipes. Thank you for sharing with us. Love your channel.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Plant your flowers at the edge of your garden and Matt will love it…my dad loved zinnias and other flowers around his garden.

Congratulations to Gammaw and Papaw and especially Katie and Aunt Corey It doesn't seem like nine months passed at all time flies so much. Thanks for sharing CU Soon!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Patrick 😊

@patrickrwhite8354

2 ай бұрын

@@CelebratingAppalachia My Pleasure.

Congratulations! So happy for y'all! 🍼❤️💯🎉

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Sweet time with good food ,good company and good God❤

That's how my Grandma made biscuits...with her fingers working in the lard. I never got her knack for biscuit making.

I love breakfast for dinner, looks delicious. Congratulations on the arrival of baby Ira and Corie and Austin’s new home. Such an exciting year ahead. As always love and prayers.❤️🙏

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Congratulations on being grandparents! I predict those little boys will have Matt wrapped around their thumbs within 6 months.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

😊 thank you

I'm watching this video at 1:30 am. I could almost go to my kitchen and cook a breakfast like yours right now. I'm going to give those self-rising flour and cream biscuits a go. Thank you for your videos. They're relaxing and informative. I like your gentleness. Congratulations on becoming grandparents.

That would be so good. That is what my father use to do…I want to see the blooms.

I've got to say that looks so good and congratulations it sounds so funny to hear you call each other grandpa and grandma ❤️

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Congratulations your grandson is adorable and so snuggly ❤❤🙏🎚️💞🥰🎉🎉🎉

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@HopeLaFleur1975

2 ай бұрын

@@CelebratingAppalachia❤

Enjoyed watching you cook and prepare your meal. That is the way I cook. Made me hungry watching it. Good Southern meal!

I will never make hash browns any other way! Thank you for sharing.

gosh dang that looks so goooood. Congrats to the new grandparents!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Im so happy for your sweet family. Grandkids do hold a special place in your heart . Enjoy every minute of it because they grow so fast. We have two and thry sre 15 and 13. Seems like just yesterday they were born. Tipper, I hate to spray anything on our plants but we had tator bugs and squash bugs so bad last year. My husband sprayed them with spinosad. It is supposed to be organic and it did kill them.

I have had the misfortune of being stung by a “pack saddle” and it is a terrible pain. Made me feel sick all over. We have bought those reflective strings at Lowes’s before and they work pretty well. Our neighbor tries all kinds of things like playing music and putting the owls that have red eyes that light up in his garden. He told my husband that he didn’t have any trouble with the deer last year and my husband said “no, they were too busy eating mine up” 😂. My cousin for the last 2 years had raised some of the best corn and he always raises extra. He always blesses us with several big feed sacks full and we have really enjoyed it this past winter. I know you all are so tickled with your new grandson. God bless you all.

How is your Mom doing Tipper? I enjoyed the video and I know you and Matt both are very excited about being first time grandparents. We have six, four boys and two girls and they are our world! I’m happy for y’all!

That supper looked so delicious! 😋 I’m never very hungry in the morning, so I really love having breakfast for dinner. Thanks for sharing ❤ Congrats on the new grandbabies

I sat around my grandparents table almost every meal(we lived next door on the farm) and mamw loved to cook. Some of my earliest memories are at the table. Continuing that tradition is beautiful with Ira

Congratulations to you all. You will be superb grandparents, I'm so happy for you ❤

look at you two. nothing better than being a grandparent.