Family Update & Picture Post April 2018

A blessed, busy, filled, and fulfilled life…

I thought it’d be easier to just do a picture post of the past few wks.

Snow pictures from our pretty snow fall yesterday morning… I just had to go out and take some pictures!!!

April Snow Storm

At least this time I didn’t have wash hanging out there. That day sure was strange. This OH weather is different than WI, that’s for sure!!! It can be warm and sunny in the morning, cloud up shortly, be raining and back to sunshine in a few hrs. It’s just that on that day, it went to a snowstorm. And I was shaking a couple inches of snow off of my wash!! We are loving the adventures of a new area and learning the many different things about this place!!

There are 5 ponies in the pasture behind the house…

And the friendly one of the bunch. He had to come up and say ‘HI’.

Our new kittens…

Meet Boomer, Dynamite and Candy. This time I helped with the names!!! The boys have a strange way of deciding on names.

The boys, namely Rylen-8, has been wanting kittens for a long time. On the farm, they would always turn about wild. And he really wanted to bring at least one with when we moved. But it didn’t work out. So he was delighted when we were able to get 3 free baby kittens.

They were just weaned when we got them. And they got hauled around for the first 1.5 wks. to different places. But they are doing good & have put up with a lot of fun, rough play from the little ones here.

Delvyn & I headed for PA Wed morning in that huge snow storm… only took 1.5 hrs extra to get there. We spent 4 days at a conference, coming home Sunday morning at 3am. We stayed home from church, visiting with friends who had spent the night, after attending the same conference with us.

Helping Family Move

We were home 2 days before heading to PA once again, early Tues morning. This time to Juniata County. Delvyn’s cousin was moving up from Reinholds/Lancaster area. So we offered to help unload. Tues was household stuff.

We then spent the night with friends a couple miles away. And had a lovely evening catching up until very late, er, early morning! We hadn’t seen them in 11 or 12 yrs. So it was pass time!!

Wed. morning we headed to the farm once again. This time to unload cows.

Lots of fun & excitement with all that activity. The guys unloaded around 80 head that morning.

Watching the action…

Ushering cows unto their new stalls, as I headed back to the house then, to keep unpacking in there.

After a pizza lunch, we headed for home around 2. It’s a nice 4 hrs drive & the littles were so worn out, they slept nearly the whole way over the mountains, which had made Kianna car sick on the way in. So it was nice not to have to deal that again!!

Aberdeen Cattle

Sat. Evening the next fun project was delivered… 3 Aberdeen cattle to the Olive Branch Farm where we are going to raise some beef. 2 pregnant mama’s and a young heifer.

The boys are disappointed they are so far from home, but it’s only 5.5 miles away. And Collin was quite shocked that they are so little! Yep. They are basically a mini Angus, very docile & friendly. I took these pictures Sunday morning on our way to church. They ran right up to the fence to greet us. !Olive Branch is a ministry close to our church with pastures needing animals to keep them trimmed up. So we are happy to provide some beef.

 

 

Lego Fun

 

Then there’s the random pictures I find on my phone. The boys spend hours & hours playing Legos! We have a small bedroom that is just for Legos. It’s so nice not to have them all over the house!! This is Jevan’s big cattle trailer.

Mom Boot Camp

This month I am stepping out of my comfort zone & doing some Mom Bootcamp training this month. I’m not sure what all is involved. But after only the first session yesterday, I’ve a feeling it’s going to be stretching & very good for me!

It’s a personal development for moms that focuses on changing from the inside out. Dealing with root issues, as to why we respond the way we do to life, from a spiritual stand point. I’m excited to keep growing, keep healing & see what God has for me this month!

Life has been a journey of healing, physically, emotionally & spiritually for the past 5 yrs. I’ve shared bits of our story here… And plan to keep sharing more as I can. You can read more about my lyme journey here. It’s not been easy, as you can imagine. But the healing that has been done is amazing when I can look back and realize that the raw hurt is no longer there. Our marriage that started out rough, and had some really bumpy spots, has been healed in so many ways, as our hearts heal. If you wanna read Our Love Story, you can find part 1 here.

I also am updating our story CD collection with some favorites I missed.

May you all be blessed today!!