Sarah’s Birthday #17

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          A little late on getting this post out, but this young lady turned 17 on March 18th.                              Sarah is a joy to have in our family.  Here are a few pictures from her birthday.

               

Getting ready to sing and a prayer of blessing from Dad.

                                           

                                                

Lemon Meringue Pie

 (one of Sarah's favorites)

We enjoyed having Pap, Nana, Lynn, and Princess too!

We love you Sarah!

Jan/Feb/March Recap

Here's a recap of our life the past couple of months!  We have managed to stay pretty busy and are thankful we didn’t get sick for a couple of months like last winter.  

Jacob discovered what he thinks to be some Indian graves so the girls (and George!) went out in the field to see them.

Amanda taking a neighbor to town.

Making a quick run over to Miracle Farms to buy some sausage and eggs. 

One Saturday, we kids decided to go exploring out in the field.  It sure was cold but we had fun.

Jacob with his long bow he made.

Boone was very happy that we came exploring with him. :)

Amanda and Grace making pizza together.

Jacob shot his first deer in January!  

 Jacob and Mom processing his deer.  We were very thankful for all the good meat.

Grace and I ground up 12 pounds of the deer meat. 

Jacob tanning his deer hide.  This boy is a regular Dan'l Boone!

In February, a carpenter friend and his son came and helped us build an addition on our trailer.  It was exciting to see the first wall go up.

Mr. Keith and Jacob.

The guys worked hard all week and got a lot accomplished.  

Jared worked hard getting the insulation and walls put up so he could get to his favorite part... the painting. :)

The animals seem to think that we built the addition for them. :)   

John doing some repair work on his new stand-on mower.

The garden work has begun! Mom and her garden crew got a lot planted this particular afternoon. 

"This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24

Happy Birthday Amanda!

 Amanda turned 25 on the 14th!

For her birthday post, I thought it would be fun to do a few random pictures of her...

She loves chocolate -to be more specific- dark chocolate. :)

   

She absolutely LOVES dogs.

Dad, Grace, and Amanda listening to the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra. They are the classical music lovers of the family. :)

Will and Brittany's wedding. 

Having fun with the siblings on a road trip!

Farmer's Market.

A fun shopping day that Jared generously took Amanda and me on. :)

Mother's Day 2018

           

Live Nativity Scene

This year we decided to do a live nativity scene at a Christmas event that we sing at every year.   We had a week to make the costumes and get everything ready, but we managed it just on time. :)

Dad built most of the stable at our house, but we brought it to the actual site to put it together. 

Grace overseeing from the manger. :)

Jacob did a really great job building the manger!

We borrowed two sheep from a friend, and they really added a lot to the nativity scene.

They were happy as long as they had hay to munch on!

John, Amanda, Mom, and Grace stood off to the side of the stable and sang Christmas caorls.

                 We took some breaks when people left to hear the other music that was going on.

Our goal was that this nativity scene would remind people of the true meaning of Christmas- the birth of Jesus Christ!

"For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And this will be a sign to you: you will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."