Meet Our Newest Additions:

We recently got three goats, and of course I have plenty of photos to share. :)

This is Sis #1's goat.

Her name is Lilly...

And as you can see, she enjoys eating trees. =)


This is Sis #3's goat.
Her name is Rosey...





As you can see, she likes eating trees too. =)

This is Sis #2's goat.
Her name is Baley...

And as you can see, she likes eating weeds. =D

These goats are so precious!

...And they're friendly too.

Sooo... we now have a total of 5 "pet" farm animals: Molly (one of our cows), Darcy (my cow), Lilly, Rosey, & Baley! And yes, their names intentionally all rhyme with each other. And yes, they intentionally all consist of 5 letters each. You know how girls are... ;) I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Have a blessed week!

"...There the wild goats will leap about..."

Isaiah 13:21

Some Fun with Family...

Hi everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying your week. I know I have. :)

Last Friday my mom's brother and some of his family came down to visit and we had a really great time while they were here! This morning we all got up bright and early (6:30am) and said our "good-byes" and "I-love-you's" and then watched as they drove away. :( It's always sad when it's time to say goodbye, but we were so glad that we got to visit with them! (The last time we saw them was in 2007.) The only regret, though, is that two of my cousins weren't able to be here this time because they are both working and one of them is a sophomore in college now... My, how time flies!

Anyway, I thought I might share a few pictures that I took while they were visiting... :)

Here's an interesting shot I got of my Mom while she

was preparing dinner for all the family last night. :)

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(I was really doing a test shot with my camera sitting on

its stand on the table, because we wanted to get a group picture

with everyone later on. It ended up turning out really great! ;)

Now here's Sis #1 and our cousin again.

(Yes... they're using a broken desk chair as their "table"! lol)

The three of us stayed up until about 2:00 each night

playing card games and watching movies. We had

a whole lot of fun together!

Here's my uncle fishing in our pond. :)



(Yes, they're playing ping-pong on our dining room table! :D)


And here they are jumping into our swimming pool
with Sisters #2 and #3...

Can you believe that they actually went swimming in April?!

The water was FREEZING cold and the pool wasn't as

clean as it should've been, but that sure didn't stop them!

They had a blast anyway. :)

(I love how the trees are all turning green again! It looks

so much nicer that way. :)

And here is Ty. :)

He was SO happy to have a boy that would play with

him while they were here. He just loves running around

outside and none of us will ever do it with him!

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Well... I hope you enjoyed the pictures! I wanted to give y'all a quick "sneak-peak" from our lovely week and weekend. :) We really did have a wonderful time with our family and I'm so glad they came. We have LOTS of fun memories of when all of us cousins were younger, and now that we're all getting older I'm cherishing the times we have together more and more. Hopefully it won't be too long before we see each other again, though! ;)

Have a blessed rest-of-the-week, everyone!

This is Sis #1 and our cousin playing "War"!

~ Home At Last ~

I'm SO happy to report that my parents came home from the hospital yesterday afternoon!! My Dad is doing much better now and he didn't need the in-patient rehab after all! The doctors said he could come home if he promised to use his walker. So far, he's being very obedient. :) They are also scheduling him in for some out-patient rehab to work on a few things, though. Anyway, it's a huge relief to have them home now... after being without them for almost three weeks! They are very exhausted, though, and plan to spend the next few days resting and catching up on some much-needed sleep! Here is one pup I know missed his Mommy and Daddy a lot while they were gone...

...Our 3-year old black lab... Ty.

He did a wonderful job taking care of his four sisters, I must say. ;) But he's really glad to be sleeping on the bed with his Mommy again! :D

Thank you so much for all of your prayers!! We are so thankful that Dad is doing well again and we will continue to pray for God's healing hand to intervene in his life. (As we know it already has been!) He is sovereign and he is in control.

PRAISE THE LORD ALL THE EARTH! :)

Darcy: Our Newest Addition

We recently got a new calf, and she is such a cute little cow! One of the reasons we thought it would be a good idea to get her was so that Molly wouldn't be alone once Hamburger is gone. (It should still be a few months, though!) Also, once she becomes old enough we plan on breeding her to sell her calves.

Front to Back: Molly, Darcy & Hamburger

(The cows in the background belong to our neighbor.)

~ DARCY ~

(The easiest way to tell the difference between her and Molly is that she has a yellow tag in her ear and Molly does not.)

Protective Molly!

Darcy walking along the back fence.

Darcy and Hamburger... so sweet!!

And, Ty -- the jealous, onlooking "pup"! :)

I hope you all are having a very blessed week... enjoy your Friday!!

"Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind'; and it was so."

Genesis 1:24

Cattle on a Thousand Hills

Okay, so we don't exactly have a thousand hills ... well, not even one ... but we do have some cattle!

Here is our sweet little Molly:

She's definitely a whole lot bigger than when we first got her!

And sometime last week week we got two bull calves to raise for organic beef. Unfortunately, they're SO cute and we just couldn't help but take lots of pictures! :) We weren't supposed to give them names but we just couldn't help ourselves...

Here is Meatloaf!

And precious little Hamburger!
(Sister #1 came up with their names.)

Aren't they some of the cutest things you've ever seen?!

We LOVED taking Meatoaf's picture! He seemed to be very photogenic...

Unlike Hamburger, lol!

Also, Meatloaf would let us pet and rub all over him while Hamburger was a little more timid and shy!

So cute and soft!

We decided we should bottle feed them because they had the scours pretty bad and they needed a lot of nutrients. Mom looked up a recipe online to help them with that. Here is Sister #1 trying to get Hamburger to take a bottle.

And this is me feeding Meatloaf!

Now it's Sister #3's turn!

And now, Sister #2!

"...For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills." Psalm 50:10

I hope you liked the pictures. Have a blessed weekend, everyone!

"...Wild Animals and All Cattle..."

Psalm 104:33

"I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live."

We recently got our very first calf, and we were so excited to bring her home! Also, we've been hatching some chicks lately... so I have lots of pictures to share. :) I hope you enjoy them!

Meet Molly...

"Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,..."

Doesn't she look so sweet?

"...lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,..."

Sister #2 feeding her

"...you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle,..."

Here are the darling little chicks! Aren't they just precious!

"...small creatures..."

Yes, some are black and some are yellow. I think it's just adorable! :)


"...and flying birds,..."

Now... Do you recognize these little guys?
Yes, they are the same baby guineas I posted pictures of a few weeks ago. They sure have grown!

And here is Daddy's tractor "Fergie". That is what he calls it! He's used this tractor from the time he was young.

"...kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth, young men and maidens, old men and children." Psalm 148:7-12

Psalm 30:4

"Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name."

Here's a picture of the moon in the sky that night. It looked really pretty.
Psalm 89:5: "The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones."


And, unfortunately, this is what they will grow up to look like! LOL! (Not so cute anymore!) We used to have seven adult guineas, but one was eaten... by... something. Poor guinea. So now we have six!