Just one of those posts...

...when you have some odd pictures sitting around! :)

Dad pulled the children through the mud puddles with the quad.

Jesse showing how muddy he got.

Jared

Sorry guys, I didn't get any pictures of the fair. We didn't take that much stuff, but Jesse  won junior sweepstakes in the veggies and he got a big ribbon for having the heaviest squash. Yup, that's him, still in his pajamas and running around showing everyone his ribbon. :)

Dad was not here on his birthday, so before they came home Monday, Jesse and Jared drew him a surprise.

Glad to have Mommy home again!

Jaylon helping Mom with the dishes.

Great wooden leg, Joshua!

Yes, great wooden leg for you too Micah! haha You are an awesome brother-in-law!

Molly

We are all staying busy with wedding plans!

Well, that's all for this weekend. We are all going to a wedding in New Mexico tomorrow, but will be back next week. Hopefully I will have lots of pictures for you all! :)
Have a great weekend!

Sweethearts

Ok, did you guess right!? =D The BIG news is that Jessica is now engaged to Chris Derksen!! Crazy uh? Well, not crazy .. what I really meant by crazy is the part of how fast this all went! Five months ago we would have never dreamed of what is happening now.

And now that they are engaged, we have a very busy five months ahead of us. We did this once we can do it twice, right?!! :)  Weddings are always a big job... the ones I've helped in anyway, which come to think of it, would only be Micah and Jenny's wedding, so, WOW, we are still new to all this in a way! :) lol

Jessica's never been so happy!! =D

Three cheers for the happy couple!!!
Hip hip ha-ray
Hip hip ha-ray
Hip hip ha-ray
Ok, done with the cheers and getting on with it... this picture is right after they got engaged. Aren't they cute?

Picture expresses self!

Oh boy, I just remembered that I didn't get a picture of her ring to show you all. Well, maybe I can get one later.. in the meantime she would be more then happy to show it to you if you come around! :)

Chris proposed to her up on a hill, above two rivers that come together... and the two shall become one. :)

May God bless you both! We are losing a sister and gaining a brother!! =D
Lets see, "think"... I am going to have not five brothers now, but seven! This family just keeps growing and there is no way of stoppin' it!!! :)

Home From Canada!!

::Chris's family::

We survived ten whole days with Dad and Mom being gone! We did our best to keep everything running, like having the meals prepared on time, cleaning the house, doing the laundry, picking the veggies, taking dog calls, feeding the neighbors animals, keeping three lil' boys occupied, watering plants, putting things into the fair, etc, etc... Anyway, we enjoyed our time together with Micah and Jenny and I think they enjoyed it as much as we did. Only, I think Micah went home happy that children only come one at a time! Living by yourselves for a year and then moving in with a whole big family and having to make all the decisions can be quite different! :) We never went hungry, Jenny's awesome meals always left us groaning from eating so much! Even though everything went great, it was nice to have Dad, Mom and Jessica back home. Things just seem to run a lot smoother. :)


Dad and Mom had a great time in Canada, but I can't say the same about Jessica. Jessica didn't have a great time, she had awesome, incredible, fabulous, amazing, terrific, magnificent, splendid, wonderful, crazy, mind blowing, unreal, time!! lol And that still doesn't hardly explain it by the way she speaks of it! Anyway, the news is to come on the very next post, so  check back! Ok, you probably already guessed it, but if you haven't don't try! :)

Chris and Jessica eating at a camp fire with Chris's nephew and nieces.

The guys testing the donuts!
Sister Holly, Jessica and Mom made fresh homemade donuts and handed them out to the men who were combining and to some friends.

Mommy frying donuts.

Makes me hungry just looking at them!

Handing them out..

scenery

mushrooms

Picnicking at Waskesiu National Park, beside the Saskatchewan River. 

a field

A flax winnrow. 

A flock of snow geese.

The squirrel Aaron (Chris's little brother) killed with a rock. "Great shot, Aaron!!" :)

Combining canola.

Dad got a chance to drive this huge tractor on the lot at Ag World.

Brother Ian and Daddy in the tractor.

Brother Paul (Chris's Dad) and Dad.

A big grain elevator.

Saskatchewan River

Driving up to a ferry.

On the ferry.

The river..

A bog... 

Daddy and Mommy

Mom was really afraid that she wasn't going to like flying, but she came back with the report that everyone should have at least one chance to fly in their life time. She loved it! :)