Exciting Times!

The other evening we went out to clear the deer stand area for our mighty hunters to use during the season.  We have a few of them around here. :)

After we had the area and all the lanes cleared it was turning dark and I took a picture of Owen and Megan, not knowing how perfect the lighting (or lack of lighting) was!  Immediately I burst out - "FAMILY PICTURE TIME" to which I'm sure most of those involved inwardly groaned!

But that's okay - everyone knows that Momma Bear likes her pictures, so the better you smile the sooner we'll be done. :D

 So I grab the chain saw case and set the camera up on it.  Keith gathers the kids and lines them up, then comes to figure out the timer on the camera.  All set...?   Yep, even the bug was ready. :D

Say "Cheese"....oh wait, it's dark, "Never mind".....

Okay, just look normal....

Then dad says, "Wait, let's jump."   Uhhhhh, jump?

Okay - sure!

I don't think Ashlyn got the memo....

Nope, she didn't!

That's okay, Owen jumped twice, so we'll count one of his jumps for her....

All safely landed! 

Whew!  That was an exciting 20 seconds of my life.  :D  So what exciting thing is happening in YOUR life?  We love to hear from our readers. ;)

Peep! Peep!

Guess what we heard last weekend?  Misty and her kids and my mom was here, so it was a very exciting time and the kids were thrilled to get to see the chicks hatch.

What an amazing God we serve that created these beautiful chicks and still cares about all the little details of our life.

Sisters

Way too cool - :D  (above picture)

Ummmm, look at the camera......

Stay tuned for the "project" that is happening with these adorable pictures. :D

What a weekend....

Some friends called us and said they were done canning tomatoes, but there were still a lot left to be picked, so we could have them if we wanted to pick them.  So off we go to pick tomatoes.

 

 We made a donation to the school and used their huge stoves and had about six burners going at all times. :)  We got the whole family involved.

After 14 hours of canning - 7 hours one day and 7 hours the next

Grand total = 71 quarts!

I'm smelling a lot of Chili, Spaghetti, Lasagna, Veggie Soup etc.......in the next year!

Then we had a family baseball game.  Miss Ashlyn decided it was not a priority in her game to wear her skirt, but it was to wear a bonnet.  What do kids THINK?  That was short lived, but I couldn't resist this picture of her batting the ball on Keith's glove - and look at Keith's face......

*Note: No members of the family were injured during this activity*

Also, we have a little hen that has decided to sit on her eggs.  We are very excited about that. :)

Thanks for stopping by.  We LOVE hearing from you. :)

A BLESSED week in review

We were very blessed last week!  I'm sharing some of those blessings with you.


A friend sent two boxes - one of the boys and one for the girls!!  One of the kids asked, "How did they know I needed these? (Jeans) :)  I told them that maybe Jesus told that person.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for your kindness!!

Then my brother and his family came for a family reunion, but stayed with us over the weekend and we got to be with them when they were here - what a blessing family is!

Checking out piglets.

Kittens!

Then, our uncle shared his corn with us and we spent HOURS putting up corn - 120 pints to be exact!

The MR. & MRS! :)

And then, we had a note in our seat on Sunday saying that plans had been made for Thursday night that involved us. No name, or details were given.
Thursday night came and in came our friends, Eric and Heather with Pizza, Doritos and Pepsi for the kids - and Elise to babysit them and they said we were to go with them.
So off we go to Red Lobster!!  We had a very enjoyable evening with them.

THANK YOU, ERIC AND HEATHER!!!!!!!  That was so thoughtful of you!

Lastly, two weeks has come and gone and it was back to the Orthopedic for Kristyn's arm.  She had asked us to have special prayer the night before that her cast could come off.

Just got the news - "It's coming OFF!!!"

Waiting to see the Dr. before heading home again.

One happy girl!!!

So that has been our week! 

Have you been blessed this week?  I'd love to hear about it. :)