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Incubating & hatching chickens

Incubating & hatching chickens

We have had chickens for over 2 years, but this has been our first year to incubate eggs & hatch our own instead of purchasing them. It has been such a neat experience for our family & everyone is always excited by the new chickens. 

Sunday games

Sunday games

Yesterday afternoon we took a much needed day of REST! We played games, laughed a lot & were so thankful for the time. Instead of playing a game all together, we spent the afternoon playing games with 1 or 2 kids at a time. Often 

Sweet times with baby

Sweet times with baby

Xanna took some fun pictures of Ellie with Grant & I as we were getting her ready for bed. She just kept going back & forth between us…

Finding ways to help…

Finding ways to help…

Over the years there have been many, many times that families have blessed us by bringing a meal to our family – whether it was following an illness, birth, death, when I was in the hospital or out of town for my grandparents’ funerals. As 

4H Air Rifle

4H Air Rifle

This is our first year in 4H. It has been a good experience & we are busy gearing up for the fair. As a part of 4H, we have had the opportunity to do some shooting sports. We did recurve & compound archery & air 

Thank you notes

Thank you notes

Grant & I were both raised to write thank you notes. It’s a lost & dying art, though, we have come to realize. Still, we feel it is very important & meaningful and we are teaching our kids the importance of writing letters. There is 

Blessing others

Blessing others

Lexa & Lizzy were gone this afternoon and Keira & Emma were working with me on tidying up and getting ready for dinner. We found a pile of Lizzy’s laundry & I suggested to the younger girls that we could bless Lizzy by folding her 

Cow Appreciation Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Today was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-a. Lizzy worked hard the past couple days making costumes for our family. She had a blast making them!

Flowers

Flowers

Over the years, our kids have grown up going with Papa to run errands & coming home with huge grins & a bouquet of flowers for me. I love seeing the bright smiles & huge grins. Now the kids go out & pick flowers from 

New Growth

New Growth

This plant was my late grandmother’s. For as long as I can remember, she had these plants in (at least) one bedroom & the living room. It is special to me to now keep it going, also because there is a connection to my Grandma