Amy Joy formerly known as Stella Rose

Not only has our puppy had a change in size, she also has a name change! For reasons not expressed here, the name Stella has been dumped and our loveable puppy is now answering to AMY!!

Late Breaking News!!

The Long Awaited time is here...Luke and Anna D. are Officially an Item!! Though we are all excited for them, no one is happier than Luke and Anna themselves!! And yes, she is holding a kitten :-) And on the homefront.....Anna H. is now sporting a new set of braces!! She's all ready for the 4th of July with red and blue bands!

Happy Father's Day!

We met at Culver's to enjoy some fun fellowship and food, and celebrate God's goodness to us with Dad and Pa!

Anna Is 10 Years Old Today!!

We are starting the day with an 8:00 softball game! This is after getting home at 10:00 last night from a graduation party, and Anna waking in the 5 o'clock hour this morning, filled with excitement at the thought of having turned 10 while she slept and looking forward to partying and presents today!!

Western Day!

Our little town had 'Western Day' last Saturday and my neighbor asked me to help in a Dutch Oven Cook Off that she organized. It proved to be a fun-filled day, with lots of delicious dishes baked in cast iron dutch ovens! There was cornbread, rye bread, cherry cobbler, baked beans...you get the idea! Anna won 2nd place in the tractor pull and her friend Ashley won 3rd!

Luke was thrown in jail, apparently there was a warrant out for his arrest for abusing his younger brother, hmmmm, I think the abuse may have come after the incarceration!

8 Things People Might Not Know About Me, but Probably Do!

Ok, I've been tagged and forced to reveal more than a few things about myself! 8 to be exact.


I've been homeschooling for 18 years! We have testing everyday in one form or another.

I've never mowed more than a few strips in my whole life!...I have three brothers, and three sons. ( does that count as two or three?)

I love to read other blogs!

Of all days, I was born on Halloween!

I love to thrift shop!


I love to go barefoot!

I like peanut butter and lettuce sandwhiches!

I adore newborn babies! Like Collin Jr. here......

Moving Day!

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Not sure how to post this without a link....but here's the pictures from the Rabe Move....it was a lot of fun and they have an awesome new home!

Spring Piano Recital!

Anna played 3 pieces:

Landler---------Franz Schubert

Sonatina in C Major------------Jean Latour

Allegretto

Rondo

Anna has a wonderful teacher who has a wonderfully simple recital, with 8 students earnestly playing their pieces and looking forward to a little fellowship with cookies and punch following their performances. Anna felt very nervous before her recital, and I encouraged her to "take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ" and "whatever is lovely, noble and pure, to think on these things".....apparently it worked, as afterwards she proclaimed she 'wasn't nervous at all!'

Poppies are Blooming!

Not sure if you can see the bee in the picture, but that is Grant's favorite part! Poppies are such beautiful flowers and of the best kind, the kind that comes up by themselves each year!

EMMY LOU!

Though not a mother herself, Emmy Lou was certainly the main attraction on Mother's Day!