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Double Heart Twists | Valentine's Day Hairstyles

2012-02-15T22:43:00.000-06:00

Some pics from the end of last year

2012-02-12T00:12:00.004-06:00

Savannah and her Daddy cought some fish on her 5 th Birthday!

Febuary 11 Cooking day!

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Today has been a busy day. I ordered some flowers and clips to make some hair clips that I sell for extra spending money. Well they came in today and I thought I would be able to do some crafting and putting them together but I got more involved in cooking today. I started out cooking ground beef for a few different dinners. Cooked and pureed some carrots for my spaghetti sauce and chili. Also cooked a lot of bell pepper and onion for my sauce and chili mix. For lunch today we had Chef Salad and ohhh was it good! One nice way to get everyone their veggies! Savannah enjoys being able to make her salad and it makes her enjoy it even more knowing she made it! Joseph he loved the sunflower seed, croutons, bacon, and cheese. He is not too fond of the other stuff but he will ate little bit.

I also even ended up making a new batch of laundry soap! And while doing all the main things in I got three loads of laundry wash but now are awaiting to get hung, folded, and put away.
It was a really cold day out today but the kids still loved the fact of going out side and playing. They also got to do some craft time and write out some of the Valentines for their party that they will have at church tomorrow night. They are both really excited about it and giving out the Valentine cards! :) We will be making cup cakes tomorrow for the party and they are really happy about that because they know they get to help make them. They love to help mommy cook in the kitchen. We will also be having a Homeschooling party on Valentines day! Yaah two parties as Savannah would say. She has love and thing to do with Parties since she was two. I told her it was her Uncle Adam's Birthday coming up soon and she counted down every day till his Birthday. The kids even made him cards. Late Happy Birthday Adam and I soo lost my planner and that were your address is so forgive me but we will get that sent out soon!
Well I think that's it for now!

Birthday-Strawberry Festival-5k

2011-05-15T19:04:00.003-05:00

Yesterday was the Strawberry festival in Stilwell. We had such a good time. Savannah got to ride in the back of a truck with her prince Tony Lee for the parade! They had a really good time waving at everyone around! Savannah made a strawberry blueberry pie and entered it in the bake off (she had help from Joseph and I). She ended up placing 2nd place and won a $50 savings bond!!! Praise God for his blessing on my little ones! He is so good!

One thing I want to thank my God for is help me get through my first 5k!!! It has been my goal since the end of last year to be able to do it by the Strawberry Festival. Another blessing is my husband did it with me!!!!!! He was not going with my originally but I have been setting monthly weight loss goals and trying to have something to inspire me as a reward if I do accomplish my goal. Well I was telling Josh that I am thinking about what I would want to have as my goal and out of the blue he said "well if you reach you goal for this month I will do the 5k run with you". I was soooo shocked because I never said anything about him doing the run with me or that I wanted someone with me. It was so wonderful that he offered to do that to help motivate me! I had some hard times and was not sure I would make my goal but I did (and I so do believe it was with God's help!). Well we got through the 5k and did ok on from what I gathered! We did it in 41:20 min! I have challenged my self now to do it again next year and to beat my time! It was a pure rush and joy to be able to do that! I am not a runner or a jogger I mainly just do work out video's when I can.

Yesterday was my little man's Birthday too! He had a great time with everything going on. Today we made some cup cakes and ate some ice cream. He loves him some cup cakes....LOL he says it so cute!

Rain bring it on!

2010-09-09T21:50:00.003-05:00

We have been getting some good rain this week which is so nice after not have none for awhile! It rain so much yesterday and last night Josh had a hard time getting in. He really shouldn't of crossed the creek but he was tired so he took the belt of the fan to the motor and went through. He said the water went up to the hood of the truck(f-150). Well he made it though and so did the truck and everything is ok! The cow are one of our worries at times because they may get stuck on the other side of the creek. It not really bad its just most of them have calf's so that is a concern and then if our milk cow is to get stuck on the other side! Praising God that our animal are doing good if anything I know the cows are liking the rain because it is making the grass grow again.
The cooler weather sure has put me in the creating mood weather it is a food dish or some craft it sure is nice.
We have been going to livestock auctions more and it is nice because that in how we fit in a little family time as well. The kids enjoy seeing the animals. Joseph was so cute tonight he was mooing. I am so blessed to have my little ones and I am grateful.

A day of cutting and freezing peaches!

2010-08-17T22:09:00.000-05:00

A friend of mine gave me some yummy foods today and one of them wash peaches. They were ripe as could be and were ready to go. They tasted so good. I have not had a peach that tasted that good in a long long time. I ate at lest 3....oh my...LOL I ended up cutting the bad spots off as well as the skins. Then I cut into thin slices and froze on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. After freezing awhile I took them off the sheet and baged the slices in to gallon freezer bags. I ended up with about 3 gal. bags. I just want to say I thank God for the Blessings of having these peaches. They will be great for smoothies, pies, cold treats, ect.

Oh how I thank God for my family! Here they are

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Here is Savannah and Josh on there first fishing outing. Not bad for the fist time!

Joseph and Savannah having fun!

Savannah and I looking forward to the day!

My little Happy girl!

Kids are playing!

Joseph with his spiked hair!

Joseph is ready to go to work in the heat...LOL!

My little doll!

Silly kids

Tuesday

2010-08-10T22:33:00.003-05:00

Today was off to an early start to get our hay up. We were able to get a couple loads in before it got too hot. Joseph was tired and ended up needing to go to sleep so that made our day come to an end. But there will be sunny day's all week so we are in no rush to get it done in a hurry. So tomorrow with be another early start.

Well the big thing lately is Back to School. So I went and checked out a curriculum and was seeing were Savannah is at so we can start planning out some school work. I am soo excited about how well she is doing. She is a lot further than kids her age from what I can take and from what others are telling me. She has been enjoying doing some school work. Joseph has been using sign language and trying to say more words too. He is such a cutie. One of his favorite songs is "If your happy and you know it". He gets really excited and gets into it....LOL

Hot summer day's! =0)

2010-08-09T22:00:00.002-05:00

Oh I so have been bad at keeping up with my blog... shame shame on me LOL. Things are going great around here. For a little over a week now we have been doing our second cutting of hay. It has seem to take longer but it has been so free of rain it's not bad to were the hay is going to get all wet. Josh has been working to hard at work and then coming home and working hard. I think after this cutting we should take a family day for sure. We all are going to need it. We kinda got one today. Josh wanting to get in at least one good day of sleep before we hauled in they hay so he was going to sleep most of today. Well other plans ended up happening. Our power went out and it sure got hot in the house quick. I had just had put Joseph down for a nap before the air went off and he started to get hot. So Josh and I decided to go to the creek and cool off. We knew we could call our house later and if the answering machine came on the power would be on so that we knew it would be ok to return. Well we went to a local gas station got some ice cream and headed to the creek. By the time we were getting out of the car Josh called the house and the power was on but we were still going to go enjoy ourselves for a little bit!!! God sure knew we need some family time together! He is wonderful in taking care of every need we have! I praise God for all his goodness and unending love!!!!!!!

Hay cutting the week of May 24-29

2010-06-02T16:10:00.004-05:00

Josh was working hard at getting the hay cut, raked, bailed, and then hauled in before the rain came back through. I want to start off with saying God sure had his blessings on us this year I want to say this was one of the best cuttings ever. God was in action! Not to say there was a whole lot more bail than normal just that things work out really smooth. We did hire some one to help for a few hour loading the bales of hay. We do square bales for the moment so it is done by hand and it is hard work and take some time to get it done. We were able to get them all out of the field in one day. Josh worked extra hard at getting the hay cut and still going to work with very little sleep. I love him so much and grateful for his hard work! I enjoyed seeing him go out on the tractor heading out to the filed with a Joyful heart it was great! Oh and the kids did wonderful out there when we were bringing it in. Of course they may had a few off moment but over all I was really pleased with how they behaved.

Summer is here!

2010-05-26T23:03:00.004-05:00

It sure has been warming up now. It is nice for our garden for sure after all that rain we got for awhile. Josh is in the middle of cutting hay this week. Sice it warmed up a bit I ask Josh to get the kids a little pool and they love it. Joseph is cutting his "I" teeth right now so he has been having fevers and not happy about it. But he still gets his moments were he wants to get up and play for awhile.

Joseph is 1 years old now and he is showing how big he is in many different ways. We had a simple birthday by just having a good dinner with cake and ice cream. My friend laughed at me when I told her I made him a carrot cake with flax seed and wheat germ. She told me that on there birthday they should have yummy fating cake not all healthy.......LOL He didn't seem to mind but he did like the frosting with the sprinkles the best! I was really nice because my in-laws came out and they got to spend his first birthday with him! We all enjoyed having them out here and spending time with them even though it rain just about every day they were out here...LOL go figure.

A little of what's going on.

2010-04-18T20:20:00.003-05:00

This weekend has been a really good. We were able to get just about all our plants planted. I'll say we planted about 120 plants. There were about 72 Roma tomato plants. I really like that kind for making salsa and sauces. We had less than 50 last year and I just was not able to can enough to put away for the winter. That's why I have so many tomato plants. We really like having chili, pasta, and salsa with our tomatoes. I am trying some new peppers this year, they are Anaheim. I also have a few bell peppers. Were I bought my plants they only had a few left. I do hope to get some more bell peppers when they get them in. We still need to plant some more seeds like squash, melons, green bean, and corn. Our potatoes are getting big already. I didn't get a chance to put in lettuce or spinach yet but it may be too late, I need to look it up. Josh bought me some black berry and blue berry bushes this year and we are needing to get them in here soon.

Our baby rabbits are getting so big. The older set by mommy doe have there eyes open and are hopping around. They are so cute! They should be starting to eat some grass and hay soon. We should be having some more baby rabbits with in a week or so. I am so excited!

Joseph is turning one next month and it is so hard to believe. We are thing about having a BBQ for his birthday. Savannah has been doing really well she enjoy singing a lot. She learn Our God is an awesome God in sign language. She looks so cute doing it and she loves to perform too!

Josh has been hard at work like always. It seems like he always has a few projects to work on so he is never is board. He is getting close to having our farm truck ready for hay season.

More pics

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Picture time!

2010-04-07T00:18:00.003-05:00

Field Trip to Sequoyah's Cabin

2010-04-06T20:51:00.006-05:00

On April 2 we went on our first offical field trip to Sequoyah's Cabin in Sallisaw, OK. We had a good time. Savannah still talks about it. We are planing on going on another field trip to a place in Tahlequah, OK. The kids will be able to have some activites were ther is hands on. I hope to tell you more about it later.

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Here are some differnt pucs of the kids.
Savannah with her friend Kisen and Joseph in the back round.
Savannah and Joseph

Papa Lindley with his grand kids. This is from our visit in AZ.

Joseph and his buddies!

Sewing is one of my joys

2010-04-03T05:34:00.007-05:00

This last pic is a quilt that I did for my niece. I did it a little different than the traditional quilts you may see.

Around Christmas I wanted to do something that might be able to get me some extra money for gifts and I started sewing aprons, pot holders and plastic bag holders. Well a few people were wondering what else I do so I have started my own a little at home business being a seamstress. I was wanting an embroidery machine too. And Josh ended up getting one for me and God really blessed us with one that was about half the normal price and it was barley used. God is so good. So I have been doing some purses now and people are liking them! I like that I can do this as fast as life can allow with me being a stay at home mom and homeschooling oh and some of the other farming going on LOL.

Mager cold front passed through!

2010-04-03T05:22:00.004-05:00

A little while back it started to warm up around here and then a cold front came through and gave us 12 inches of snow. Wow I think that now is for sure the most snow we have ever got. I would say this whole winter we have got a lot more snow than we have before which is ok with me because it's not like we are having to deal with it all the time. It sure was funny to see my dog trying to walk through it. It was all the way up to his chest....LOL My friend has really small dogs she said that you could hardly see the top of here dogs head....LOL....LOL and one of them was bouncing through it LOL I wish I could have seen that!

Spring feels so good!

2010-03-29T22:05:00.004-05:00

Well today we go to be out side a lot which was nice. We watered our plants in the garden and some of our berry plants with a watering can and Savannah really had a lot of fun doing that. We washed our new vehicle. Joseph keep trying to eat the bubbles in the soapy water it was hard to keep him away from it. Savannah got board of it fast and went off to play...LOL I am so great full I got to transplant my house plants into new soil and Savannah helped out and she didn't get board of that. She kept asking me "what you teaching me mom?". I think that is so cute and funny. I told her how the plants are happy after they got new soil and she told me how the one that didn't get done yet were sad...lol Oh and we got a little sun burnt too. I didn't realize how bad it was till I looked in the mirror.

Joseph is sure liking to crawl on top of the coffee take then stand up and walk across it. I have done different things to keep him down but he just likes it up there :(

2010-03-29T00:18:00.002-05:00

Things are going well Because the Lord has made it possible. We have been getting ready for our big garden this year. We did get out some cold weather plants already and some more things should be going out this week as well. We got some different berry bushes this year and looking forward to having them around. We really enjoy fruit around here.

The kids are doing great! Savannah got to sing in front of the church tonight for the first time and she sung Father I adore you and Hallalua. She really liked doing that she even ask if she could do it again. I praise God seeing our little girl serving the Lord. Joseph and be tyring to say little things and even use some sign language. He is a little doll. Joseph likes to go out side and play he has a lot of land to cover out there...LOL It is helpful that he is walking well now since its time for the garden.

Josh is Doing so well he is the Best Dad and Husband. He works so hard at his job and when he comes home he works here at home.

There's more to get caught up on and not a hole lot of time right now but looking forward to posting more to keep everyone more in the loop LOL

Happy Palm Sunday!

I have been way behind on updates:(

2009-12-22T00:06:00.002-06:00

I do hope to get out some updates soon. I can't wait to share some more pic of the kids with every one.

It rained 5.5 at our house last night

2009-10-09T15:08:00.012-05:00

This is the log that Josh crosses if the creek rises too high. Josh said the water was all the way to the bottom of this tree this morning. The water level lower in the pictures.

This is the first pathway for the creek if we were to be heading out. It dips down a bit so it may not seem too bad in the pic but josh just about got stuck in it and he has had to drive through it many times. It was just too high of water and the water had run groves into the road so it got a bit deeper in some areas.

Were this water is running normal is flat but the people that came out and graded our road flat were the creek use to or shall I say do run so when it rained the water didn't have the normal route to go so it made its own.LOL

This is same part just pic is taken farther away. And this is right after the second pathway of the creek and right before the third.

This is the second creeks path way. When you dive through it there is a trench were your tires can get stuck and it go so far down that the car bottoms out real bad.(Worse that it did before they came and fixed the road, from what I got from Josh)

Second pathway form the other side.

This is running on the side of the road were the rain made it's new pathway.

There was a lot of rain fall and a ton of lightning with some heavy thunder. There were some strikes so close that the house shook for a min or so I was pray for God to keep us save. And Praise God he did!

A few newer photo's of the kids

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Kids enjoying eachother

2009-08-26T23:05:00.005-05:00

Savannah sure has been having fun with her Leap Pad. She has been doing well on her ABC's. She really enjoys to sing and dance. When Joseph is upset she will sing and dance for him and it makes him laugh. The get a kick out of eachother. When ever we go some were Savannah makes sure Joseph is coming too.LOL
I tryed to down load some pics but there is some problems. So it will have to be another time.

Little slow on the updates

2009-08-21T22:33:00.002-05:00

One of the things that just happened today was Joseph rolled over for the first time. I am so proud and so shocked that he is so on the move. He has not been taking his binky at all for the past few days he sure has taken a liking to his thumb. Oh and this past week he has learned to put his toes in his mouth and even such on them...LOL

Savannah has been sing her ABC's a lot this past week and she is starting to get them down more. She is on her way! I am so proud of her for all her hard work. She is my little helper. She wants to help me cook all the time.

We are planing on getting our chicks that are being raised by a friend here in the near future. Savannah ask about them too. She likes to help out in feeding the animals.

Inspiration for the week

2009-07-27T23:20:00.004-05:00

God is so good to us. He has been doing some mighty works in my life this week and conforming things left and right. I am so blessed to be serving a such a wonderful God.
Here are a few verses I hope that will lift you up and encourage you:
Philippians 4:6-7 (New International Version)
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (King James Version)
6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Psalm 55:22 (King James Version)
22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 55:22 (New International Version)
22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

A few more pics

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Savannah helping make bisquets.

Joseph's shirt says "Daddy and I agree Mommy's the boss".

Nate's parents

Josh and Joseph

Kid's swinging

Here are some pics

2009-07-24T11:19:00.000-05:00

Here is Josh's Sister and brother inlaw Nate.

Joseph trying to say cool in the sun.

Here is Savannah and her cosins Meghan and Kaden.

A little of whats going on

2009-07-23T12:49:00.000-05:00

It been wonderful to be getting plenty of tomatoes,peppers, and squash. I do believe my squash plants are done with due to the squash bugs. Oh well I did get a lot that I did get to freeze. I have been making tomato sauce with a lot of the tomatoes and it has been fun. I would like to make some stewed tomatoes with some peppers and onion. With some of the of the tomato sauce I got to make enchiladas with some farm fresh animal meat. They turned out really good I just about wanted to make it again. :) Trying something new I made some cheese cake brownies and they so didn't turn out. The reason it didn't turn out was my home made cream cheese I made and me putting in too small of a baking dish. Oh the lovely things of trying new things. I have been trying to make different kinds of cheese for the past month or so and there are still much more perfecting to go but hay I am trying. Next is me try to get to some sewing like I have been wanting to get to for at least a week.

Savannah got to do some sugar cookies yesterday and we are learning the heart shape so we used a heart shape cookie cutter. We decided to go a different route with her curriculum. I am still in search for another one that I may like but I just may just make it up as I go along and do some things that were in the other curriculum. We did go by the library today and got some books to work with in some of the things that are coming up.

Joseph has been growing so fast. He is our big boy. He has been wanting to sit up and has been cooing a hole lot more. It is so cute when he gets this serious face and tells me all about it.
Josh has been working on our back porch and is just about done. We didn't really like the color of the stain but hay that's what we get for getting oops stain. He is so looking for ward to being able to fix his truck and tractor. We thank God for blessing us for a good deal on a truck that has a good motor in it. Our farm truck has been over heating and having a hard time pull or going up hills. So one day Josh was just looking through some adds online and found a really good price on this truck. It may not look the best and have no windows but we really bought it just for the motor so we are happy and blessed. It is getting closer to the time for cutting hay. We may have to wait a little longer due to not getting rain.

This week I have been lead tords verses like this one and I felt like I needed to share
John 6:27 KJV / John 6:27 NIV

Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations

2009-07-17T22:59:00.002-05:00

My sister inlaw posted this on her blog and I thought it was cool.

A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk 's office, was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is, " explained the recorder, "do you have a job or are you just a ..?"

"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman. "I'm a Mom."

"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation, 'housewife' covers it," Said the recorder emphatically.

I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient, and possessed of a high sounding title like, "Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar."

"What is your occupation?" she probed.

What made me say it? I do not know. The words simply popped out. "I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations."

The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in mid air and looked up as though she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written, in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.

"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?" Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a continuing program of research, (what mother doesn't) In the laboratory and in the field, (normally I would have said indoors and out). I'm working for my Masters, (first the Lord and then the whole family) and already have four credits (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities, (any mother care to disagree?) and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money." There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form, stood up, and personally ushered me to the door.

As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model, (a 6 month old baby) in the child development program, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom."

Motherhood! What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the door. Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations" And great grandmothers "Executive Senior Research Associates?" I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "Associate Research Assistants."

Doing some canning

2009-07-14T13:18:00.005-05:00

Well yesterday I got to make some tomato sauce with some tomatoes out of the garden. It turned out good. What I did was crooked it down in my crock pot on hi with the lid on so I could do other thing as well as not stand over the hot stove. I ended up getting two quarts from it and canned it along with some jelly I made last night. The jelly was made from frozen fruit juice. That was the first time I had used the frozen juices. I have made jam and jelly from fresh fruit before just not the plain fruit juice. I mixed apple and grape and it turned out good.

Today I need to freeze some squash and pepper. I think I will have plenty of squash to get me through the winter.

The kid are doing well. Savannah has been having a lot of fun in her new pool. She would rather be in the creek but there is not a lot of water in the creek and I don't feel that safe bye myself with the kids in the creek.

What I am greatful for!

2009-07-13T23:30:00.002-05:00

I am so grateful for My husband!! I woke up this morning to him helping out by cleaning the house. It has been a little challenging with my two month old and my two and a half year old. It sure made my day and I felt so blessed. He works hard at his job and then he come home and works hard around the farm. So to have him help around the house and take some pressure off of me was wonderful. Thank God for husbands!

Insperation of the day

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Matthew 7:13-14
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=7&version=9

This verse came to me last night and it's helping me through today.

Pictures of the garden

2009-07-01T11:55:00.007-05:00

I have been busy working in the garden lately. I got to take some pictures of some of it and one of when we went to the lake on Saturday and a home made pizza with some home grown toppings.

New pictures

2009-06-29T19:40:00.001-05:00

I posted a slide show at the bottom of the page check it out!

Testimony

2009-06-28T16:16:00.007-05:00

I am really amazed at how God works! No matter how much I know he is a mighty God and can do Big things it still amazes me to this day and It will through the rest of my life. It is always a wonderful to see him work. At a time when you may be wondering what should I do, he shows you. In time of need you seem like you really need him and you call on him he pulls through and some time when you lest expect things he give you a big BANG of blessings. I can not Thank God enough for what he is doing in my life and my family's life. Our God is a big God and he can work through my life as much as he wants. I am grateful to have the chance to serve him in my life. He is worthy of all of our praise! I seek to be more like Christ every day. I am not perfect and I learn every day of my life and I do make mistakes which I hope to learn from and carry it through my days and be able to share with others too.

A verse that has been on my mind is
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

June 27

2009-06-28T00:03:00.002-05:00

We went to the lake today and boy the water sure was warm we didn't stay in for long. We BBQ out there too but left right after we ate we left. Joseph sure didn't like it out there he was ready to go a short time after we got there.
Later in the evening Savannah and I were able to do some gardening. She did a great job at watering the plants. I did what I could in the time Joseph allowed me to LOL.

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Gardening

2009-06-27T00:33:00.002-05:00

We have been trying to do what we can with the weeds and grass in the garden and it always seem like a challenge. We have been getting squash and cherry tomatoes so far for the summer plants. Oh and some peppers like are like a banana pepper. I had to pull up the onions already and we got some. They are not all that big but we do have some and they are usable. There are about to be more tomatoes and peppers coming off. I am so blessed to be able to have to chance to grow some of our own food and also raise. God is so good to us! I praise him for all he does in our lives!

Starting to learn more!

2009-06-17T11:29:00.003-05:00

We started this week with some schooling. Savannah is seeming to really like it already. We first went to the library this week to pick up some books. We are working on the letter A, 1, green, square, and about cows. I do hope to get in some fathers day card making too. She has been having trouble understanding colors and already starting understand what color green is from what I can tell so far.
I did find our photo program so I hope to try and get some picks down loaded. If you want you see Joseph my SIL posted some pics from her camera on her blog so check it out at http://inspiredmomof2.blogspot.com/

Our new son is here and healthy!

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Joseph Ray Cunningham was born on May 14, 2009 weight was 9.4lb and 20 inches long. I started going into labor the night before. By early morning I could not sleep and Savannah was having a rough night sleeping and finally went back to bed about 4:30am I ended up calling Josh and telling him I would need him to come home so he could milk the cow and we head to the hospital. Well things seem to go well through out the hole day. I was planing to have a natural birth this time (last time I ended up needing a c-section). Things were getting a bit intense and lets make it short and just say I had to have another c-section. I thank God that we are both doing great and healthy.
Savannah has been doing really well with Joseph. She is always wanting to help with him and give him kisses. She seems to really enjoy having him around. She has been learning her sounds of the alphabet better and you can understand her a little bit more now. I am hoping to start working with her more on school type work. I know most kid are out for school but we will more than likely do a year round school because it will work better for our life style.

The garden is doing really good. Josh has been needing to tend to it this year and he is doing a great job at it. Josh found a really good deal on tomato plants and peppers at a fruit stand close to Stilwell and brought them home and I just had to go back and get some more. I am glad he found them because I was way way behind in getting seed planted to start my tomato and pepper plants. There were four plants for $1.25 if I remember right or $13 for a flat of them. Wow I bought a flat and so did Josh so that is about 96 plants we need to plant that day. We may have lost a few due to transplanting but hay that is a good amount of plants. Josh said he counted the tomato plants the other day and there were 54(I think that's what he said). We are planing on getting a pressure caner and can a lot of our things from the garden this year. I am hoping to learn how to make tomato sauce. I am really excited about what is in store for this year.

I am also grateful for my husbands brother in law Nate for fixing our computer! I still need to down load some programs so we can get pictures out so soon as that happens and I can I will be sending some out.

2009-04-26T22:32:00.003-05:00

Well it sure has been a lot time since I have posted. We have been staying busy around here lately. Just recently we have been doing the garden and it has been coming along really good. I am grateful that we are able to have a garden. It may be a lot of work but it sure will pay off in the long run!
Well right now I am still pregnancy and have a two weeks left till my due date. I am not sure if I have posted before stating that we are going to be having a little boy and there is not doubt about it. The hole pregnancy has been going really well. I am glad that I spent most of my pregnancy in the winter.
Savannah has been getting so big. She is such a big help with doing things around the house and out side. She has been enjoying helping in the garden and with the animal. She really likes the puppies that we have right now.
Josh has been a big help to me since I have been having more of a challenging time doing things. He is always hard at work and I am so Blessed to have him as my husband!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope to start post more and do more pic when I can.

Oh no

2008-11-15T23:55:00.004-06:00

I had dropped our computer off the couch and I killed it. Well praise God I didn't completely kill it I just hurt it enough to were it had to be re programed and lost all our stuff but hay we still have a computer still in the fixing process right now. WOW a whole week with out a computer no news or weather nothing LOL. I lived, there was all kinds of things this week that kept me busy anyways. But will have to fill you in more another time. Hope everyone is doing well!

We had a fun weekend

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At the church on Saturday there was a Fall Festival and we had a lot of fun. There were skits and performances at the beginning of the night then it went into dinner time. There were chili and dogs with some good deserts. After we had full tummy's we went around and did a costume contest for the little kids and they got gift cards. Savannah happen to win one she was dressed up as a lady bug. I still need to get some pic of her in her costume. After that we went around and trunker treated and got some candy. Then the nice hay ride. It sure gets cold on there but so worth it! It was a nice clean night of fun!

We were invited to a few Halloween party's on Saturday and I am excited about it. They one we think we are going to go to is going to have game and different fun things.

I still need to try and get some pics of our animals for some of you that are wondering what they may look like. I will dedicate myself to do that at least by the end of the week.

Pics from Savannah's Party

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There are a few blemishes that Savannah did by taking a taste before we left for her party. One of her favorite characters is Bob and Larry on Veggie Tales as she calls it ZaBoo....LOL. I tried to get them to look just like the characters the best I could.

Savannah blowing out her candle.

This is one of Savannah's best friends, Kyla.

Oh I like it!

Savannah is opening her present!

Savannah opening Birthday cards

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This is a singing card from papa and grandma. When you open it up it has music and it says "Celibrate good time come on".

Savannah opening her card from uncle Adam and aunt Debbie(purple shirt).

Some new pics of Savannah!

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Savannah ready to go to Sunday school!

Savannah hidding behind the couch...LOL

Here is Savannah washing a car during a youth fundraiser!

Oh my Big Girl!

2008-10-10T21:55:00.002-05:00

Tomorrow is Savannah's 2nd Birthday! She will be turning 2 years old. We plan on having a basic cake and ice cream party, nothing big. I will ask her how old are you and she will hold up three fingers and say 2. It is so cute! And the way she holds up the three fingers is like as if you were giving the okay sign. We I need to make it short and I will do what I can to get some Birthday pics up after it's all done!

We got some calfs to drink up the extra milk from are milk cow.

2008-10-01T22:23:00.003-05:00

We were having extra milk a lot so we decited to go ahead and get some calfs that we can bottle feed for about a month. We will use the calfs for meat and or resale. It is a neat experence to bottle feed them. They are really strong calfs. It is funny when they really want that milk they get impation and also the bumb the bottle and the do it hard....LOL.. I need to get some new batteries for my camera and then I can take some pics from around are farm...LOL

Hope to write more later it is just getting late!

We got a new milk cow!

2008-09-24T22:23:00.002-05:00

We got her on Saturday and milked her that even. It was a really neat experience. Her milk supply was down I think due to the move and now it has been going back up. We get almost 4 gal of milk in a day. We are going to sale most of the milk which will help pay for the feed. I have been really enjoying fresh milk so has Josh he had two glasses of chocolate milk today.LOL

I still would like to get some more chickens. We were suppose to get some in the spring but never did and the ones that were hatched end up dieing except one. Our rabbits and turkeys are doing well getting big. I need to got take some pic and post them so everyone can see them!

Well Savannah's 2 Birthday is coming up soon and still don't have the party really planed out...LOL.. I hope to get things figured out more in the next few weeks.

I have not been too badly sick so far in the pregnancy. I hope that it will just get better from here on out! I added a pregnancy time line at the very bottom of the page so if you would like to see were I am at through out my pregnancy just check it out!!!

It has been awhile.

2008-09-17T09:18:00.002-05:00

I have been a bit busy. I can't really say doing anything special but house hold things. Last weekend I did get to go to a few yard sales and got some things.

I got great news we are going to be having another baby. I am about 6 weeks by the due date calenders but i think i would be about 4 weeks but I will go by the due date calenders for good measure. It is so exciting and makes me a little nervous. It will be nice if the next one is a boy but if not that's ok too God knows what he is doing. Josh is claiming it to be a boy and my thoughts are leaning on a boy too. We are hoping to get some more research done on baby Dr's. I have done some but not a hole lot because when I did it I was not pregnant and didn't want to get too deep into the research and forget.LOL

Savannah is doing good she is at a new stage in her life. She is just becoming grown up!

I am it!

2008-09-04T11:25:00.002-05:00

I got tagged by my sister in law Bonnie. I don't know anyone else that has a blog spot right now so I will have to stay it I guess...LOL Well what I have to do is tag three people (if you want you can do it) and also the seven random things about myself. Well here it goes......

1. I just learned how to crochet a granny square blanket!!!
2. This morning I made white gravy or country gravy for the second time. And it turned out good. I have made it many time with sausage but not just milk and flour.
3. I enjoy Praising God!
4. Have not really done much in the garden in about a month. :(
5. Can't wait to see my family in Arizona!
6. I think my baby fever has gone away.(I really don't want another till some time next year but something was coming over me ahhhh a baby.) I think I am over it! I will leave it up to my two pregnant sister in laws...LOL
7. I have no T.V. stations that come in it is all DVDs and VHS for right now LOL.

This weekend

2008-09-03T09:21:00.002-05:00

It has been raining yesterday and today. It is nice in many was but there are a few down falls. I am grateful that it is a slow steady rain rather than all at once. Josh is thinking we may get flooded in today. We have had a lot of rain with in the past year this will be the fourth time for it to flood us in. One thing I can say that is nice about that is the creek has ran most of the time this summer. I just dried up most of it so it will be nice to see it running again. Maybe once it is sunny again will go swimming in the creek.

The car wash, bake sale, and yard sale went well. We all had fun! The youth raised over $400 for the up coming funds. Yay! A friend of mine that is an assistant youth leader made the kids some cool shirts that say Ask me about this..... Y C J C Y O D. If you want to know what that means you can donate the youth a dollar through me and I can tell you! They are some really cool fundraiser T-shirts.

Savannah was a big help to she got into washing them cars. LOL. She would even go back and wash them again after they were done. On one car she kept washing the same spot. You know that spot was the cleanest spot on the car.lol

We went to the lake on Monday and had a blast. Our friend invited us out there to ride the jet ski's. I was Josh's first time to ever ride them and he really had a good time. Savannah really likes the water and enjoyed swimming. And for me I had a great time as well! We all got some sun we were out there for hours. Savannah only got a little red because I but sun block on her. Josh and I got burn really good on our white legs and more so just red on the arms and face. After that we went to there house and had a BBQ and it was really good. We had some good fellow ship too! While I was there my friend Sherri showed me how to crochet a granny square. I am so excited about it! I started a blanket already doing the granny square.

Fundraiser for the youth!

2008-08-29T13:21:00.004-05:00

It's been kinda busy I had enough time to post some pictures but not much time to write. Tomorrow the Youth from are church are doing a fundraiser by having a car wash, bake sale, and yard sale at a Wal-mart close to us. They are raising money for some of there trips that are coming up and for future events that they will be doing I am excited to go help out and I know dd will have a lot of fun as well! I hope to bake somethings for the bake sale. I have not got to it yet.

Here are some more!

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It was nice to see Matt, Glenda, and Lily

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We got to see are neice Lily today.

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oh man here are some more LOL

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I well post a few more tomarrow it is getting late and I am tried and sore but really blessed! God is so good to us!

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More pics!

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More pics!

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Picture time!

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Here are a few to start off with!

Picture over load!

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Here are some more pics from our trip to Branson.
Savannah want to order pizza just like me!

Last night I made some sour dough bread for the first time and it turned out really well. Then this morning I went ahead and made a new recipe of biscuits and they turned out really good!

Savannah kept asking to go play with her car this morning but it is wet out side to be playing so she hasn't had her chance to play with it. Right now she is watching Veggie Tales.

2008-08-19T23:22:00.001-05:00

Here is Savannah with ZaBoo(Veggie Tales) as she calls it! She really enjoyed they show they put one for the kids or big kids like me....LOL

Trip to Branson

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These are pictures that were taken when we went to Branson in the begaining of the year. The first one is of Savannah trying on some cool glasses. The second one is Savannah on her first ride. It was going so fast josh could not get a good shot.

Tuesday

2008-08-19T16:20:00.002-05:00

Today's weather is nice. Savannah and I went out side for a little while. She played with her new used car while I went to pick some things out of the garden. It seems like things are dieing but I am still getting things off the plants. I got a few honey dews today and spaghetti squash. I still have not tried the spaghetti squash from our garden but I think it will be good!

Josh is working on his truck right now. It has something wrong in the front end and it throwing off the alignment. The Rodeo is in desperate need of tires so he is trying to get that fix as soon as possible till we can get the tires for it. Which should be soon.

Savannah's Birthday is coming up soon. Time has gone by fast it is hard to believe she will be 2 years old. I have been giving it some thought about the theme for her Birthday and I was thinking to do Veggie Tales like she like soooo much. But now I have also been thinking to some how add Barney in to it too. She gets so tickled when she watches her Barney movie. So who know I just may have it a mix theme. But if anything I think for sure on Veggie Tales! Or as she call it ZaBoo(from the silly song on Joshua and the Big Wall).

Making cookies

2008-08-18T11:47:00.002-05:00

Savannah

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Here is Savannah this morning

Here are some pics from today!

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We just got a new dog this week and she is a full blooded Pyrenees(misspelled more than likely). Her name is Polar Bear and ahe is all white.

The next dog that has a bit of tan on him is Max. We have had him for about a year and a half. He is half blue tick hound and Pyrenees. Savannah likes to try and ride him like a horse. He dose really well with her.

ok the pics are getting all out of wack...LOL

Oh

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I hope to update around Monday. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

August 11, 2008

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I have been bad at keeping up with my posts. It was really hot here for awhile and now we have been getting some rain for the past few days. It is really nice because it has cooled it down and it is also watering the garden. The garden has been doing well I have had some things die and some things are fighting there way to stay alive due to bugs, heat, or just not stable enough. I have been canning all kinds of things this year. Last year I had canned a few jars but I have been going all out this year. I even made jam and jelly for the first time. They turned out really good.

Savannah is doing good. She is growing up every day. We have been teaching her the hole concept of what going potty is all about and she has gone to the bathroom twice now. So that tells me she is learning a little more of what it is really all about. She has been helping when it come to doing things around the house, the garden and even cooking. She enjoys helping me make cookie.

Josh is doing well. Staying busy working on the vehicles lately. He surprised me this past Friday with saying we need to go to town and then he let me know we were going to go to the movies. We have not gone out and done something like that in a LONG time. So I ended up getting a friend to watch Savannah while we went on a little date. It was nice for me and him to have some time to our self's for a change.

Well I hope to keep up with the post and to also find or get a new camera so I can post more pictures.

Middle of the week.

2008-07-10T00:13:00.002-05:00

We have been busy will cutting grass in many different ways. From mowing the lawn (which needs it again), cutting the hay pasture, and pulling the grass in the garden. Wow I say...LOL

Things in the garden have been coming off now for awhile. Some of the things we have been getting is green beans, squash, cucumber, a few tomatoes, and a few pinto beans. I think I may have planted plenty of cucumbers. I am excited about all of it and if feels good to be eating things that come strait out of your own garden and also taste great too.

I have misplaced our camera and I am hoping to get more pics posted as soon as I can locate the camera.

Friday

2008-06-27T14:48:00.002-05:00

We had plans to mow the lawn today but it rained which is not bad because it helps water the garden. I have been having trouble getting bell peppers to grow and even having hard time trying to find the plants. But one thing I just found out was that it can take about a month to germinate a pepper seed. Well no wonder I have been having trouble with them I thought the just weren't growing it just the needed more time and then the could have started ohhhhh. LOL

Savannah has gained a new favorite show. It's Barney. I only have one show and have been wanting to get some more for her. She seems to enjoy it. I think its funny too when I ask her if she wants to watch Veggie Tales she says "Zaboo". There is a silly song that is one Joshua and the wall that sings about the Zaboo and that is were she gets that from.

I am hoping to get some red tomatoes soon. There are a lot of green tomatoes on the vine right now. Maybe the will all ripen around the same time and then I won't have trouble having enough to can. Oh and it is only the Roma plants that are big enough to even have tomatoes. the others are way too small I am hoping the get big soon.

It's thursday.

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Oh it's been way to long, but I am here!

2008-06-20T23:52:00.002-05:00

Hey every one sorry it has been so long since I have posted it has been so busy around here. The garden is doing good besides a few areas got flooded with this mornings short heavy rain fall. I can say the tomato plants really look good. Well the bigger ones do. I did decide to do more later on and now I have some small tomato plants but I do have around 17 big ones that should have tomatoes coming off by next week! yippy I also have had a two yellow squashes come off.

Savannah is doing well. She has been enjoying going in the creek. She enjoys throwing the rocks and splashing in the water weather it is cold or not...LOL She has been saying a few new words and sentences like "ready set go" but in her own way. She has been liking fruit a lot more too which is good. I hope she can help me eat the melons the will be coming off some time from the garden.

Josh has been busy doing all kinds of projects around the house. One thing he has been dealing with is some blown circuit breakers. It sure has been a challenge to figure out were things were messing up but he found it!

I hope to get back some time soon and let you know how well our trip to Branson, MO went!

I got Tagged

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1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

7 Facts

1. I want to live my life for Lord God and do all I can to be more like Christ!
2. I really like food....LOL That's why I had to join Weight Watchers.
3. I like to go around the house and out by my house bare footed most the time.
4. One of my joys is to see other get blessed by God.
5. Pizza and ice cream are my weaknesses.
6. I have just one kid for the time being.
7. I so can't believe I got tagged when I know no one else with a blog but my sister in law (and good friend) Bonnie...LOL so I guess I just might be it for a while...JK

Today

2008-05-28T22:21:00.003-05:00

We have been dealing with some vehicle problems but because God is so good he helped us through them. I am also so glad that God blessed my husband with the know how of working on vehicles. With in a day two of are vehicles had the alternator go out on them. I want to give God all the praise for helping us through these times!!!!!!

We just stay busy do all kinds of odds and ends and then dd and went to church while Josh got rest for work.

May 27th,08

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I didn't do a lot today it started rain and storming at 3:30 am. It rained most of the morning and by late afternoon the sun was peeking through the clouds. Josh had to work on his truck because the alternator went out on it. But the weird thing is last night when he went to work our other vehicle had some go wrong with it and it may be the alternator. We are hoping it could be something just lose or just something miner.

I got to counting some of my plants I have and I will just say this I have plenty, which is a good thing. I hope to see about getting some pictures of the garden posted soon.

More pics!

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Some resent pics!

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Here are some more resent pictures of Savannah. And one with me and her on the Shwans float when the strawberry festival was going on. She really enjoys the animals around the house.

2008-05-26T21:20:00.002-05:00

This past weekend we sure did stay busy. Saturday we started off by working on the garden. Josh did some hoeing and pulling weeds while I pulled weeds and then planted some tomato plants. After a couple hours of working on the garden we went shopping. Josh got for sure one main thing he has been needing and the is electrical wire to get power to his shed. I was able to get some really cheep flowers at Lowe's and also go groceries shopping. It has been really exciting for me to have flowers along with the garden this year. Saturday evening we went to a BBQ at a friends and enjoyed our time over there.
On Sunday we had a Pot Luck at the Church. It was good to have a little bit of every thing....LOL We really had a wonderful time having fellowship with others. Sunday even Brother Vernal preached and had a good word. Once we got home we put Savannah to sleep. I was able to plant the flowers I got at Lowe's and then Josh was able to plan out some things for the next week and month. I enjoy the fact the he likes to have things planed out it helps us both through out the week.
Today Josh got a lot done from fixing things on the car to fixing other areas of the back pasture fencing that is needing it. Oh by the way he finished fencing the front pasture and turning some of the goats and one of our dogs in that area. They are seeming to enjoy it!
It rained earlier today and then cleared up. We are suppose to get some more rain in the next few days too. It sure will help with the garden! I cleaned today and also went by a friends house for awhile. Savannah and I had fun with all the different kinds of animals over there.

Josh and Savannah

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Wednesday

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Savannah tryed to get up early this morning but she was too grouchy and I ended up putting her back to bed. At first this morning I was not feeling like doing much. But I new I had a lot to do and then I got going. I made two batches of Snicker doodle cookies, and it was the first time I had made them too. They turned out great. Josh couldn't get his hands off them. Even Savannah wanted more than one.
Well after we ate lunch Josh headed out side and then he call me with a soft voice and said "Teresa come look" I went out side to see that one of our goats had given birth to a little billy! He is a cuttie and look like a good mix of the mommy and the daddy.
Josh is getting closer every day to having the fencing done in part of a pasture area so we can move the goats over there. He helped me to fix one of are lawn mowers. That was one of the first times I have messed with one from what I can remember. He got a few other things done today too. I was able to pull some weed in the garden around our corn and mow around the garden area. Man that grass can get tall quick.

Here is an older pic of Savannah and Josh
This even at church they had a even were you share something that has blessed you in life or even a song. It was really nice. We also celebrated the Pastors Birthday and had snacks. They did a few silly things to him. One of them was that they had gave him a sponge cake. They covered sponges with frosting and he tried cutting in to it and he couldn't....LOL... We enjoyed spending time with our extended family.

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Work around the house!

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Today we did a good amount of work around the house. Josh is close to finishing a fenced of area for the cows and goats. Savannah was helping daddy put up the fince. She was supervising. LOL He has been doing such a great job. He also was able to do a few other odds and ends that were needing to be done. I did some mowing and still need to do some more but it looks good. I started to not feel good because I didn't really take a break and got too hot. But I ended up resting and felt better before I had to go to town.

On Monday's I go to WW(Weight Watchers) meeting's and weigh in and I found out I have lost another 2 lbs. Yippy I have lost a total of 36 lbs now and I am so excited. I Praise God for helping me through this all.

Savannah is talking so much now. Not so much words all the time she just loves to chat. It is so cute to she her be just so serious at time when she has something to say. She really really likes to play in the mud and collect rocks. She also enjoys feeding the animals. When I go to feed the chickens and collect the eggs she helps me to carry one egg and take it in the house to get cleaned. She will be like "egg" and she will end up handing it to me and saying it. She even likes to eat the eggs. There are days she likes to have ketchup on them and other days she can go with out. She also likes to help me out in the garden. Savannah enjoys to water the plants as well.

The start

2008-05-18T23:50:00.000-05:00

Today at Church we celebrate some of the High School grads. One of the family's with a grad student invited us over for a BBQ. We had a good time over there. I also learned how to make my home made laundry soap. I think it will be neat to try that out.