Bountiful Blessings

As I am sure many of you who live in slightly warmer climates have already been getting produce from your garden, ours is now just really starting to produce. It is always very exciting and rewarding for me and my family this time of year and I would like to share a few photos of the bounty with more soon to come.

The blueberries are having another terrific year. Praise God!!

Corn on the left and soldier beans on the right.

Romaine lettuce.

Cabbage :) (A little chewed up, but still cabbage!)

Kale

Blueberries waiting to be picked

A rather large blueberry, wouldn't you say??!!

Lindsey

Have you met...???

Hello again! I wanted to introduce you to my special new additions to the farm! They are my 2 Icelandic ewes (female sheep). I absolutely adore them and they really help give our "farm" a real farm feel.

This black one is named, Penelope, and she is the mother of...

Phoebe :)

Both the sheep enjoy watching the other animals from their pasture. Here Penelope is observing the pigs eat breakfast.

Lindsey

Champions..AGAIN!!!

So maybe my talents don't include keeping my blog updated regularly, but oh well! I finally was able to finish this post for Isaiah's championship game that was, well, we don't need to say when! ;) The game was the longest (almost 4 full hours!), most intense Jr Little League game ever on record (I think), but it all paid off! Plus, my grandparents surprised us with a visit arriving with enough time to eat lunch before the game started! Isaiah played AMAZINGLY well, and although I am obviously biased, I don't think anyone could argue that *fact*!!

Isaiah gets his gear ready to take the field...



In the dugout listening to the batting order.

A great slide in to home for another run closer to winning!

Isaiah on the mound

All smiles after winning as the boys make it back into the dugout =)

Shaking hands

Part of Isaiah's fan club clapping as the boys receive their trophies. (Isn't Katie way too cute)

Getting hugs... :)

And hand shakes from Grandpa!

At home with his trophy!!

Lindsey

Independence Day Celebration!

Our family had a wonderful time on the 4th of July, so enjoy a few pictures!
Timmy, Beth and Hannah watch the parade.

This giant truck was one of Timmy's favorites... can you blame him, it's HUGE!!!!

Katie loved her first Independence Day!

The end of the parade...

Later that day we enjoyed fireworks!! I got a few keepers but this was my first attempt with my new camera and hopefully I'll do better next time :)

Lindsey

We Are Still Alive =)

Here is a picture-filled post to start catching everyone up on what we have been up to!

The garden tilled and ready to have seeds planted.

Carrot beds that Chris and I built.

But then Chris left me all alone to fill them, so Rebekah did some scooping!

Rows of...

Bush Beans!!

A dandelion blowing in the wind...

Weeding out some of the blueberry bushes...

Of course we couldn't forget these cute faces!! (Did you notice that they are both wearing cowboy/girl boots??)

Busy Bees on the blueberry bushes :)

Lovely clouds on a summer evening

And lastly, a few pictures of Lacey and Benjamin Bunny playing in the yard...

Aren't they SO cute??

Lindsey

106 Years Later

I have had some major problems uploading pictures from my computer and camera on to my blog so I am just doing this quick post. I have just returned from a wonderful stay with some AMAZING friends and after having a conversation with them this morning it made me do some research. I was SHOCKED when I saw this picture of a beach in California from 1905. It is so sad to see how far our society has fallen. Obviously I cannot post a progressed picture of a beach nowadays, but I thought this was a great reminder that we Christian ladies can begin to take back out culture and we could begin even with just modesty!

(Photo credit Wikipedia)

Lindsey

Cowgirl Noelle

My brother informed me that I have been doing too many "nature" photo posts lately so I promised him that at least my next post would not be a "nature" post! Here are some really cute pictures of Noelle from the other day playing cowgirl in the yard. =)Lindsey