Fun with Family...

We had so much fun last weekend when Kyle and Mandy came to visit.  We went out to Michaels farm for the day and enjoyed the sunshine.

Catching Crawdads was definitely a favorite of the day.

And playing in the sand.

And "fishing" with a huge rope. :)

Megan trying to help Ava put her shoes on.

You can hop on over to Mandy's Blog to see more pictures.

Thank you for coming, Kyle and Mandy!  We thoroughly enjoyed you being here!!

Bringing Down the Barn....

 

This dear, old barn was in the process of coming down a few weeks ago, when Keith's uncle had an accident and fell from the top of a grain bin.  That adventure took him on a helicopter ride to a trauma center straight from his corn field and ended in surgery on both wrists and a few days in the hospital.  Praise the Lord, he is doing well now.

 

 So anyway, the barn still needed to come down, so some of the men got together and had a work day and took it down.

Not this little man....he was happy to sit and watch.

 

And the walls came a tumblin' down

 

We made a LOT of chili!

 

 Nothing better than warm Chili on a chili day. :)

 

 It took two tractors to pull this tree stump out of the ground.  They hauled it all the way to the creek.

 

 

Uncle Michael even braved it and came out for a few minutes.

 

 We thank the Lord for His protection!

A Giveaway....

A very sweet friend is having a giveaway for my bows.  The winner gets to choose 3 hair items!  I think it will be a lot of fun and I hope *YOU* win!!!

So hop on over to Grace's Blog and see what you need to do to sign up!

I wish all of you the best! :)

Thank you, Grace!

Happy Easter!

We hope you had a wonderful Easter Day!!

Thanks for taking our picture, Emilee. :)  It was quite windy and the kids weren't too impressed.

Our little man's growing fast!

Two Very Special Announcememts...

First of all, I am happy to announce that I am the very proud Auntie to my very first nephew!

 

This is Mr. Trent Lee.  He arrived this morning weighing in at 8 pounds and 19 inches long.  He is a perfect little blessing from God.

Congratulation, Jeremy and Trelanie! 

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Secondly, after much sweat, blood and tears..okay, not really.....I have opened a Hair Bow Shop

I would like to publicly thank my dear sister for her hours of encouragement, motivation and stern advise ;) in helping me get this going.  Keith has also been a huge blessing, helping me pick out the ribbon (see hair bow below) and words of encouragement and great advise on which ribbon looks best with each other...(I'm sure he really didn't care, but he acted like he did)

I would also like to thank my friend, Adrian, for letting me use her precious little darling to model my headbands.  Go take a look, she's just as cute as can be.  And also my family and friends for their help and encouragement!

 

So without any further ramblings, I'd like to invite you to stop by the Hair Bow Shop (my sister named it) and shop around.  Almost everyone in your life needs a bow.  Like your daughter, niece, friend, friend's friend, friend's daughter, friend's granddaughter, granny (you know that one certain spot that's going bald?), granny's friend, your neighbor, little girls on your block, birthday gifts, your precious little canine friend, your canine friend's friend, your vet's canine friend....well, I think I'm rambling again, but you get the picture. :)

I'd love to hear what you think about it....good, or bad let me hear it. :)

Last Thursday.....

Last Thursday was a perfect day!  We had such a fun time and enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather.  Here are a few pictures:

A little boy with a BIG imagination!
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Don't ever get into a fight with a shovel....it will win every time. :)

 

We climbed through more fences than I can count.....we weren't trespassing. :)

While we were walking, Owen turned to me and said, "Mom, isn't God good to us?"  I couldn't agree more!

Perfect ending to a perfect day!