I Wanna Live Like That

So today I planned to work on the little lilly pond.  Here's how it looked when I began:

I had a lot of pruning to do on the wisteria....and a lot of weeding to do underneath.  I worked for hours and got the weeds pulled and the wisteria pruned.  Then LOOK at what showed up....

The most amazing baby in the universe!  And it's warm enough that he had no pants!

Is he not the greatest kid ever?!??!

Of course Epoch had to come and investigate the 'kid'...

Here's my awesome daughter with her boy the most amazing baby in the universe.  Seems to me that he'll be carrying her around soon!

Rylan Turns 1 !!!

It's hard to believe that Rylan is already a year old.  We had a little belated birthday party for him yesterday.  As you can see, he's already driving...

He got a lot of cool presents....

And more....

And a cars cake....

Yay cake!



Your Great Name

Never forget Who is in control.

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On rare occasions, I wish I was still on Facebook.  This is one of those occasions.

Rebekah had one of those Mexican candies.  They are a gelatin type candy but they aren't just sweet like American candies are.  They have a chili base and a bit of tartness.

She let Rylan try a taste....the little chili head LOVED it!

Oh Christmas Tree!

We're not going to the Christmas tree farm this year to get a tree.  We had already decided to get a small tree that could sit on a table....to help keep Rylan out of trouble.  The easy next decision was to cut one down on our own property. 

Of course Rylan was the assistant lumberjack.

He was a bit more interested in eating the tree rather than cutting it......

The men folk accomplished their goal and brought home our adorable little tree....

Levi and Julie will be in town today and we'll have a decorating party....then Christmas dinner at mom's this evening!

The New Girlfriend....

I managed to injure my knee planting squash......and because of the injury my steps are a bit limited.  Since last week I had 8 roosters, 18 ducks, and 3 lambs all ready to butcher, I called Levi for help.  I thank God that he was able to come and help me, because I would have never accomplished what we did if I had been working by myself. 

This was our first time ever butchering ducks....and our final count for the weekend is only 3....the other 15 are living it up before I get the time to finish the job. 

Levi has a new girlfriend and he was a bit reluctant to leave her for a second time.....especially since he'd be here for 4-5 days this time....so we invited her to come visit as well. 

Julie is a wonderful girl....the more I get to know her, the more I love her.  One problem we had with the visit was that she is a bit squeamish about processing meat.  Kinda odd when you consider she's been stateside for about 3 months after a tour of duty in Afghanistan and another in Iraq....and she is EOD.  Go figure!

The first full day they were here Levi helped me process 8 roosters and 3 ducks.  We kill, bleed, and pluck the birds outside and then put them on ice before bringing them inside to eviscerate, and take the heads and feet off.  Late that evening Julie noticed something in the trash and couldn't resist that morbid impulse to investigate....yes, that's a duck foot....

Yep, she did it....picked that thing up and let me get a picture!  She toughened up over the next couple of days......

And I nearly got a nice picture of the 2 of them....aren't they a cute couple?  Please try to ignore the goofball in the background....

I even got a nice picture of Ben and Levi with their girlfriends, Terra and Julie.  I thank God every day for my family, and for the new "children" I get to adopt as our family grows.