2014 Winter (Sorta) Olympics

Since we have been snowed in over the weekend and missed the conference some of us were playing music at, we have been getting creative with all this snow play.  We took some fantastic and hilarious pictures that we will be sure to share with you all soon... but in the meantime, have a peek at our 2014 Winter (Sorta) Olympics with your host: Bethany!

And since we still have to be training for the 2016 Summer (Sorta) Olympics... 

Shiloh, Eden, and I take a Barefoot Snow Sprint!

Shiloh in the dark, Eden in red, and Me in the white.

Because of the snow, we had one power outage and are praying that that was the only one!  After today, temperatures should go up and life will go back to normal.  

And keep an eye out for those pictures--you won't want to miss them!

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~Bethany 

Late Summer

 We had a few last hurrah's before Summer officially ended (yes, some of us didn't want it to end), so enjoy these pictures from our fun times!

 

We were blessed to host the 2013 Christian Heritage Homeschool Kickoff Picnic with the wonderful V. family.  It was a blast!  Although we only had about three days to prepare everything, it all worked out to be a wonderful event.

 Our job was having the organized games.  That looks like a pretty organized Frisbee game!  

 Then there was the Guy's Tug-Of-War.

And Girl's Tug-Of-War.

Puuuuullll!!!!!

 Innocent bystanders that look kind of guilty...

 Thanks to Dave B, we were able to have an unplanned sack race!  Dave brought his sacks and asked me if we could add those to the games.  I was thrilled because I had wanted to do that, but didn't have the sacks for it!

 Noah C. won the Guy's Sack Race.  He was fast!

 Only four brave girls volunteered to do the Girl's Sack Race!

 I'm telling you, the other girls missed out; we had so much fun!

 And hurray for short people... I won!

 Three Legged Race...

I think this was our most popular game.

Ready, Set, Go!

 Jordan and Noah C. won the race, with Eden and Mahala C. right behind them!

 Uh oh... it looks like someone didn't make it tied together the whole way!

 Crossing the finish line.

 A Father-Daughter team.

 After all the games, we listened to an excellent message by Mr. Bradrick.

 I got to sit by this little guy!

Next Update...

I was honored to be interview in the local newspaper about winning the grand prize with our video, Him and Her.  It was a blessing to be able to share about my grandparents, their legacy, and what they mean to me.  I was quite excited to see that the article was on the front page of the paper!

Next Update...

 Some good friends of ours hosted an End of Summer Ball.  It was our first time really trying out our feet at English Country Dancing (we had done a few dances before, but never a whole ball!) and really enjoyed it.

 Dancing on the lawn in the sun was just delightful.

 This was during one of the craziest Posties Jig I've ever done!

 Shiloh is having fun!

 Working out the last figures...

Little Girls!

 The Christmas lights were so pretty!

We danced way into the night, enjoying the company of friends and the last rays of Summer.

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~Bethany

New Goats!

I've been wanting to change over into the Nubian breed for awhile so for the past year I've been looking for a Nubian in milk.  Thankfully we were able to find a goat farm that was a bit of a drive away, but had lots of settled does and then a doe that had recently kidded and was in milk!  The lady also for a reduced price sold us an extra little kid since it's mother was not able to give it enough milk (it's one of triplets) with the hopes that the our mother doe would take adopt the baby~ in mean time she gave us a bottle and yes, I found myself with hungry bottle baby kid.  :)

Judah immediately fell in love the orphan!  Her name is Ruth and Judah calls her "Little Ruth".  She is our sweetest kid!  Of course that's only because of her bottle feeding!  So as annoying as it is to have to warm a bottle and feed a goat four times a day it does pay off!  Especially when it comes to catching the goat for it's shots and so on!

A little startled for their first day on a new farm~ Hannah and her baby Esther (don't you think that's a perfect name for a milk goat?  I don't know why, but I absolutely loved that name for our milk goat!  I've been saving it for our future Nubian milk doe and here she is!).

Yes, my new job.....But Thankfully Hannah adopted her!  And I retired. :)

Bethany and I with Judah's "Little Ruth".  Now that Ruth and Esther are here Judah said it was ok to sell "Shirah! Whew!  That stinker of a goat....  she's for sale!!  YES!!

Judah gets a turn.  Ah, he's a farmboy!

This is amazing people!  Look at Ben!  He's holding an animal!  Way to go little dude! :)

Yes, he loves her!!

~Shiloh

Recent Project: Logging

We've had some logging done recently on top of the hill in the back of our property.  Recently our family took a trip way back there are through the Poison Oak (Thankfully, we did not get any of it!  The Lord protected us as we did not know that we were surrounded by it!) to take a look at the logging done.

Judah and I stand by some tall Pines:

Walking along the logs:

Looking over the cliff~ is our home and it really doesn't take that long to fall down...  just ask a few of us~ we know.  ;-)

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~Shiloh

Happy Birthday to Havilah!

Is she really six now?  She sure is!

This a very special birthday post for one very special girl!

 Havilah enjoys a moment of... creativity!

 Her special dolly that was given to her shortly after she came home.

First lessons in baking!

Trying out bowling... let me tell you, that was a sight!

If there is something fun going on, Havilah is definitely going to be there!

 And especially when it is "Girl Time"!

Havilah is always ready for a smile!

It is special to share moments as siblings...

These are the things that really count in life!

A lovely picture of her!

Waiting to join her "Forever Family".

Can't miss those opportunities to do something FUN!

 

Happy Birthday!

We love you Havilah!