Happy Birthday, Brother!
Eric with his "dream" tractor!
You've heard of a tractor pull-well, this was a tractor push!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Happy Birthday, Eric!
Today is Eric's 15th Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Brother!
Eric with his "dream" tractor!
You've heard of a tractor pull-well, this was a tractor push!
Happy Birthday, Brother!
Eric with his "dream" tractor!
You've heard of a tractor pull-well, this was a tractor push!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Texas Trip
Our family enjoyed a brief weekend get away to Texas a few weeks ago.
Mom's (Tisha) Uncle Bob was getting married, and we had the pleasure of attending!
Although our time was short, it was wonderful to spend it with our family! (immediate and extended!)
View from our hotel.
On Friday night after the rehearsal, we all went out to dinner at a pizza place.
It also had an arcade room with different games, bowling, etc.
Caroline, Susanna and I went on the Carousel!
Eric, Caroline, and Miles did the Bumper Cars!
On Saturday, we spent the morning at an amazing store called "IKEA"
Since it was a Swedish based store, we felt literally "Right at Home" since Lindsborg is "Little Sweden"
Aside from lots of home decor and other fun things that were very low-priced, they also had a tasty restaurant, where we all ate for $20!!
Here we are standing in front of Stockholm!
Yummy ice cream cones!
Miles and Zach waiting for the wedding to begin!
Paige and Susanna!
The wedding couple!
After the wedding, we went out to a Mexican place,
right across from our hotel, to eat.
They made fresh Guacamole while we hungrily watched!
Ride 'em Cowgirl! All throughout dinner, Susanna
kept asking to go ride the horse! We usually don't
ride them, but Susanna loved it!
On Sunday, we attended a church that seated 3000 people!
The service was excellent, and we enjoyed worship there.
Mom's (Tisha) Uncle Bob was getting married, and we had the pleasure of attending!
Although our time was short, it was wonderful to spend it with our family! (immediate and extended!)
View from our hotel.
On Friday night after the rehearsal, we all went out to dinner at a pizza place.
It also had an arcade room with different games, bowling, etc.
Caroline, Susanna and I went on the Carousel!
Eric, Caroline, and Miles did the Bumper Cars!
On Saturday, we spent the morning at an amazing store called "IKEA"
Since it was a Swedish based store, we felt literally "Right at Home" since Lindsborg is "Little Sweden"
Aside from lots of home decor and other fun things that were very low-priced, they also had a tasty restaurant, where we all ate for $20!!
Here we are standing in front of Stockholm!
Yummy ice cream cones!
Miles and Zach waiting for the wedding to begin!
Paige and Susanna!
The wedding couple!
After the wedding, we went out to a Mexican place,
right across from our hotel, to eat.
They made fresh Guacamole while we hungrily watched!
Ride 'em Cowgirl! All throughout dinner, Susanna
kept asking to go ride the horse! We usually don't
ride them, but Susanna loved it!
On Sunday, we attended a church that seated 3000 people!
The service was excellent, and we enjoyed worship there.
Monday, July 5, 2010
His Newest Adventure
As some of you might know, Eric likes to be industrious. This past spring, Eric studied and researched honey bees. He got books and instructional DVD's from the library, he talked with people, he wrote a persuasive speech, and every time Mom, Dad, or I got on the computer, he would ask us to look up something or other pertaining to bees.
Dad and Mom were not too sure how it would work out here in town. A friend from church(Mrs. K) , along with her 15 year old son, has been doing bees for about 3 years. Mrs. K offered to let Eric go along with them and see how they took care of the hives and such.
She also told us about a scholarship where you can get all the bee things you need to start a hive.
The deadline for the scholarship application is in December, so Dad decided to wait until next spring to start out.
But the Lord had other plans.......A gentleman (Mr. A) from town also does bees, and whenever there is a swarm, people call him to remove it.
Well, when he got a call recently, all his hives were full, so he recommended they call Eric.
The Lord provided a swarm of 5000 bees for Eric to start out with!
Mr. A's uncle was cleaning out his barn about a week after Eric got his first hive going---What was up in the barn? Some bee hives!
It is amazing how the Lord prompted Eric to get all his research done, so He could provide the equipment.
Miles took all the photos, since I was gone......Enjoy!
(And if you ever want to know anything about bees, just ask Eric!)
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Dad and Mom were not too sure how it would work out here in town. A friend from church(Mrs. K) , along with her 15 year old son, has been doing bees for about 3 years. Mrs. K offered to let Eric go along with them and see how they took care of the hives and such.
She also told us about a scholarship where you can get all the bee things you need to start a hive.
The deadline for the scholarship application is in December, so Dad decided to wait until next spring to start out.
But the Lord had other plans.......A gentleman (Mr. A) from town also does bees, and whenever there is a swarm, people call him to remove it.
Well, when he got a call recently, all his hives were full, so he recommended they call Eric.
The Lord provided a swarm of 5000 bees for Eric to start out with!
Mr. A's uncle was cleaning out his barn about a week after Eric got his first hive going---What was up in the barn? Some bee hives!
It is amazing how the Lord prompted Eric to get all his research done, so He could provide the equipment.
Miles took all the photos, since I was gone......Enjoy!
(And if you ever want to know anything about bees, just ask Eric!)
s
Friday, June 18, 2010
Cherry Pickin'
A few weeks ago a friend from church, who happens to be our neighbor, invited us over to pick cherries off his laden tree. We took him up on his offer, and went over in the cool of the morning to pick some juicy red cherries. The boys weren't able to come-But, the rest of us enjoyed our time and there weren't even any bugs!
Earlier this week, we had a big storm with lots of wind. Another of our neighbors lost quite a few branches, and there was even a tree that uprooted! They also had a cherry tree with lots of fruit still on it.......They don't even like cherries that much, so we were also able to get some cherries from them! We've frozen 10 bags or so of pitted cherries, made cherry soup (see pic) and cherry limeades! YUMMY! We actually have a cherry tree-5 feet tall and we got a whopping 1 cherry from it this year. It was hard to split 7 ways, but we managed.
When we got all these cherries, we saw how good the Lord was and how He provided for us since we don't have a flourishing tree yet!
The BIG tree!
Each branch had many clusters of cherries!
Yummy!
Look, Elizabeth! It's CUUTE!
Cherry Soup (Maus (spelling?) is the German word for it)
It is basically like cherry pie filling.
Earlier this week, we had a big storm with lots of wind. Another of our neighbors lost quite a few branches, and there was even a tree that uprooted! They also had a cherry tree with lots of fruit still on it.......They don't even like cherries that much, so we were also able to get some cherries from them! We've frozen 10 bags or so of pitted cherries, made cherry soup (see pic) and cherry limeades! YUMMY! We actually have a cherry tree-5 feet tall and we got a whopping 1 cherry from it this year. It was hard to split 7 ways, but we managed.
When we got all these cherries, we saw how good the Lord was and how He provided for us since we don't have a flourishing tree yet!
The BIG tree!
Each branch had many clusters of cherries!
Yummy!
Look, Elizabeth! It's CUUTE!
Cherry Soup (Maus (spelling?) is the German word for it)
It is basically like cherry pie filling.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Spring Butchering 2010
Well, it's finally over....again. Our spring butchering went very well, with around 20 people helping us butcher 296 chickens (not all ours)
We started at 7 AM and finally finishing around 5 PM.
We start by raising the chickens from cute and fluffy yellow chicks, to squawking young hens and roosters, to fat and smelly 8 week old birds. They get good care from Eric, as well as some worrying and fretting from Mom and the rest of the family.
Such as this scenario.
One night about 10 PM we heard sprinkler hitting some tin outside. After Dad goes outside with the HUGE flashlight, Mom calling Eric from the top of the stairs, and the rest of us trying to sleep with all the racket---We find out that Eric accidentally set the chicken pen over the sprinkler head. So, a huge blast of water was soaking 50 chickens while they are clucking and squawking, and the rest of us are running around like chickens with our heads cut off.......Smile!
Needless to say, we had a good year! And we are thankful that it is over until fall!
Here are some photos from our big day!
The CREW
YUCK!
AAAHHH!
Isn't Kaleb's face (yellow shirt) hilarious!
Here is the butchering process for those who have never seen it.
(Texas folks, y'all listen up now!)
We store them in crates before we butcher them.
Getting them off the truck
Then they go to "The killing cones"
Evisceration (aka gutting) table
The gizzard cleaner
The gizzards---Kind of pretty---In a gross, slimy sort of way!
Finally we weigh and bag them.
While we were working, Caroline and Katy kept Karly and Susanna occupied with lots of things to do! Thank you, girls!
Playdough!
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Having a good chat after a long day of work!
Thanks to all who helped!
We started at 7 AM and finally finishing around 5 PM.
We start by raising the chickens from cute and fluffy yellow chicks, to squawking young hens and roosters, to fat and smelly 8 week old birds. They get good care from Eric, as well as some worrying and fretting from Mom and the rest of the family.
Such as this scenario.
One night about 10 PM we heard sprinkler hitting some tin outside. After Dad goes outside with the HUGE flashlight, Mom calling Eric from the top of the stairs, and the rest of us trying to sleep with all the racket---We find out that Eric accidentally set the chicken pen over the sprinkler head. So, a huge blast of water was soaking 50 chickens while they are clucking and squawking, and the rest of us are running around like chickens with our heads cut off.......Smile!
Needless to say, we had a good year! And we are thankful that it is over until fall!
Here are some photos from our big day!
The CREW
YUCK!
AAAHHH!
Isn't Kaleb's face (yellow shirt) hilarious!
Here is the butchering process for those who have never seen it.
(Texas folks, y'all listen up now!)
We store them in crates before we butcher them.
Getting them off the truck
Then they go to "The killing cones"
Evisceration (aka gutting) table
The gizzard cleaner
The gizzards---Kind of pretty---In a gross, slimy sort of way!
Finally we weigh and bag them.
While we were working, Caroline and Katy kept Karly and Susanna occupied with lots of things to do! Thank you, girls!
Playdough!
c
Having a good chat after a long day of work!
Thanks to all who helped!
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