Jeren's First Birthday....

I can't believe it's been a year since this little man entered our world!

He's starting to walk!

We were at Youth Camp on his birthday and decided at the very last minute to go eat at a Chinese place for a little change of pace.

A lady brought him a cake. :)

Our four blessings!

We also decided at the very last minute to get him a cake and have a little "party".  It was hard to plan anything being away from home, but we all had a nice time.

He really liked his cousins singing "Happy Birthday" to him over the phone.

Enjoying his first bite of his cake.

So why don't you let me eat this all the time, Mom?

Because you would act like this all the time. :)

Jeren has been such a happy little man to have in our family...full of life and love.

Some Summer Fun...

Kristyn's 6th Birthday....

It's so hard to believe that our little lady turned six years old!  :(  She is a HUGE blessing to our family and adds so much happiness to everyone around her.

For her birthday she had a hard time deciding what kind of cake she wanted.  First is was a cake of Jesus dying on the cross.....hmmmmm.  Next is was a doll cake....a little easier.  But the morning of her birthday, she woke up and said she wanted a cake with strawberries all over it and Strawberry Shortcake on it.  Okay, so we went to the store and found a Strawberry Shortcake little doll and made a very simple cake that she helped me with and was as proud as peaches.  Can you tell?

She had a list of fun things she wanted to do on her birthday and we were able to accomplish most of them.  One thing that we did that was NOT on her list was picking green beans. :)  She had a super fun day and we enjoyed spending it with her!

Happy Birthday, Kristyn.   You are the best six year old in the world! :)

Our Harvest So Far....

I haven't taken pictures of everything that we've gotten from our garden, but here's what I did get pictures of. :)

We were able to can 56 quarts of green beans plus we picked about 10 gallons to eat and share with family and friends.

This was his perch under the apple tree.

We had LOTS of onions - red and white.

Taters!

The kids enjoyed digging up the potatoes much more than picking green beans. :)

I wish we would have weighed these.....there was a lot of them and they are SO tasty!!

We've also gotten plenty of squash and cucumbers and peppers.  Our tomatoes are just coming on, so I'm sure the next few weeks will be filled with tomatoes.

We hope you're enjoying your summer!

An Amazing Critter....

I walked outside the other night and saw this creature flapping around on the ground.  At first I thought it was a bird, because it was so big, but then realized it was a huge moth.

Isn't it beautiful?

Look at it's fuzzy face!

So I brought it inside and got the kids out of bed....yep, I did....and they were so amazed with it.

Then we took it outside and let it fly away!  Look how big it is!!!!

Don't we serve an amazing God?

A Tie-Breaker Is Coming......

God has chosen to bless us with another sweet bundle!

Our little family is as THRILLED as can be!