Busy Days

After a very busy weekend and starting VBS today, I decided that I would take some time to blog before I get to the end of this week and wondered where time went! Saturday was our town's Summer Festival and I was asked to take pictures of the events going on... so, I thought I would share some. The only bad thing about having to photograph the days events was that Isaiah had his All Stars game that same day. He pitched 2 innings in which he struck out 4 of the 6 batters out and allowed no runs to score. On top of that he batted 3 times; he got a hit the first at-bat and got on base, was hit by a pitch his 2nd at-bat, and then finished off with getting the game winning RBI!!!!!!! It was a bummer that we missed it (except Dad and Chris) but he had lots of stories to tell us. Without further babbling, here are a few pictures...

Isaiah doing the tire roll.

Rebekah doing the tire roll.

Dad even participated in some events (and got ribbons!!). Here he is with his partner doing the 3 legged race.

Rebekah and he partner showed everyone how it was done in the 3 legged race by taking the blue ribbon and finishing way ahead of their competition.

Isaiah, well.... I think he should stick to baseball!!!! ;)

And after the "Anything That Floats Race", I snapped a few flower pictures.

Well, that is all for now. I need to get to bed because we have VBS the rest of the week and I usually get run down by the end of the week so I should get some sleep while I can!! Have a great week!!

Lindsey

Farm League Champions!!!!

We had a very fun and exciting morning yesterday! Our day started early (we had to leave the house by 7:30am) but it was well worth it. The boys played hard and it payed off. They had 2 plays at home plate and both times they were able to make the outs!!! The had a good lead going into the 6th inning, however they only won by 1 point. Hey, like the coach said, "A win by an inch is as good as a mile in a championship game!" One of the best parts of the game was when Isaiah caught the line drive that ended the game! He was playing 3rd base and the tying run was also at 3rd base so he had to make that play for the 3rd out to end the game or else they could have lost or gone into overtime. Here are some pictures....

After being announced onto the field, Isaiah's team welcomes their opponents.

Isaiah first to bat in the game.

Pitching...

Playing 3rd base...


THE WINNING CATCH!!!!!!! His faced looked so shocked after he caught the ball. It was such a fast play that I think it surprised everyone!! (BTW the man on the field is the other teams coach who had to come in to pitch because there had been four walks that inning.)

Running in to celebrate!!!

All of the players start surrounding their coach for a group hug ;)

Lining up to shake hands.

Isaiah receiving his trophy.

C H A M P I O N S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lindsey

PS Beth, I had several people come to me after the winning catch and say that they wish you could have been here to see that play and that they were sure you missed being at the game. I hope these pictures will fill you in a little. We miss you and wish you could have been there!!!!

Pictures from the 4th (finally)

Well, as you can tell, I'm a little late on posting. I didn't get very many pictures of the 4th's events but I'll share some of what I did get!

Leading the parade...

Bag-pipers follwed close behind.

Then a vintage US Army truck.

There were some very pretty horses too, including this one.

Oh, and a cute dog as well!!

This kids loved this one...(wonder why??!!)

And this one too!!

After we had a cook out, watched the parade, and went swimming, we did a little party with my choice of dessert, then quickly did the animals, and went to see fireworks. We had a very fun-filled day! I hope everybody else did too!!

Lindsey

Chicken Picture

To answer Beth's question...

Here is a picture of what our chicks (the light brahmas) will look like when they are full grown!

Random Pictures

Yes, I am still here! We have been very busy lately and I just haven't had time to blog. So here are a few pictures I've taken recently!

Double Rainbow :o

Roses from our bush

PS the garden looks great and we are very excited to see some progress with the growing plants!

Lindsey

Quick Update

We have been so busy this past week that it seems as though the days just all run together. I guess it is that time of year again. We have most of our garden in and hopefully we will be able to finish it Friday. Our pigs are here, our chicks are here, and we have been having nice weather.

We are praising the Lord for his grace and protection. Yesterday on the way to our friend's house to help hay, we missed an accident by probably 30-45 seconds. We were so close that when we got there, there were no first responders or anything. They did arrive probably within a minute or two though. It was SO scary to figure out what was going on after we drove to it and then actually realize that there were people laying out on the side of the rode because it involved a motorcycle. We distracted the little ones so they wouldn't see anything, but the horror of seeing that is terrible and stomach sickening. It was so bad it made the news and the passenger of the motor cycle died and the driver is in critical condition. All we could do was pray, for the victoms, their family, and friends. We are just so thankful that the Lord can even use things like forgeting little ones' juice cups on the counter and dad having to run into the house to grab his back brace to keep us safe from incidents like those.

On a brighter note, here are a few things I learned since the last time I blogged:

• While working for the Forestry Dept., check to see how much hose is left while cleaning them before you whip the hose around to get out kinks or you will end up with a huge bruise on the side of your knee
• NEVER, NEVER hay in shorts (even if you have rubber boots that only leave a few inches of skin and think that it will only be a few truck loads).
• Getting a sun burn on top of where you have hay splinters and cuts hurts REALLY bad!
• Showering with sunburnt and cut up legs makes for a miserable shower
• Planting seeds is nearly impossible with childrens' help no matter how many tactics you use!

I think I had some more, but I am too tired to think of anymore. Oh wait, that is another one:

• Having a very busy week and staying up way too late every night is a really bad idea because by Wednesday your burnt out :)

I hope everyone is having a great start to summer!!

Blessings, Lindsey

Baby Chicks

Here are a few pictures of our new baby chicks :) We have only lost 1 so far which is pretty good.

We have 26 roosters for meat and 10 Light Brahma hens for egg laying. They are SO cute. Plus we love it because they are living out on the porch, not our house!!!

Lindsey