Joanna's 14th Birthday

Mom took Joanna to town with her to do some shopping and then they went out to eat for her birthday. While they were gone the little boys made her cards and set them up on the couch for her to see when she got home. This one is Jared's card. :) I love how he puts the little sign saying "From Jared".

Happy birthday, Joanna! With Jenny gone and Jessica's mind else wheres, it is really nice to have a sister that  I  can still spend time with! Love all the times that we have together, our laughs, our singing, and our work! Caring for all the dogs would get so boring if you weren't there to help me.  Love you lots!!

I gathered together some pictures of Joanna when she was a little girl. Old photos bring back so many memories!

Haha, Justin looks as if he knows he is in trouble and Joanna looks "totally" innocent! :)))

Best of buddies!!

Daddy's little girl!

She is an awesome big sister!! :)

Ritz Pix Coupon: Free 6x6 Photobook

Have a lots of pictures sitting on your computer not being looked at?! Don't have time to print them off and put them into a scrapbook? Well, I think I might have found something that may be a use to you. It's called "Photo book". When we were back in PA Sister Jodie Sanger showed us how they started doing these books and Mom really liked the idea. Just load your pictures onto the computer and have your scrapbook printed and then sent to you! You can order them from Ritz Pix, Shutterfly or any other online place that will print of photos for you. But save your money and wait till they have their sales, cause when they do it makes it a lot more worth while. Right now Ritz Pix has a coupon on there 6x6 photo book and you get it for free. All you have to do is pay the shipping. The coupon code is BOOKFREE6! We just tried out our first one, so thought I would share it with you! :) The sale goes off tomorrow on the 26th, so check it out before it is too late!!

Doing Chores For A Friend

At the time being we are doing chores up the road for a friend of ours. It consists of feeding 12 horses, 8 dogs and a quite a few cats. Joanna and I are the ones feeding them all, so between doing these chores + another neighbors chores + taking care of our own dogs here, we stay really busy in the mornings! She also boards dogs like we do, so I have been meeting people with their dogs here and there.

Feeding the dogs.

Feeding the horses.

Three little boys plotting some plan.  "hmm".. should we be scared!? :) haha

These are Joanna's favorite!

It may seem that all we do is feed animals, but we have lots of other things going on around here. We finally found a church for Jessica's wedding! We were having a hard time finding one there for a little while, cause we have to have one that will seat more then two hundred, and the ones that did seat that many they wouldn't let us have it unless we were members. But the Lord helped us and we found a really nice one in Willcox, 20 minutes from here. Second thing accomplished! :)

Inside The Greenhouse

Believe it or not, Sister Holly, but this post is mainly for you!! Mom told me how badly you wanted to see pictures of our greenhouse, so I gathered some together and posted them for you! :) All the last posts of our greenhouse got deleted, so it was something that did need to be posted again! 

This is Mom's prize green bean patch as she calls it. Long, slender, juicy, crunchy, sweet beans hang from its stems.

These are the strawberry vines that worked their way down through the cracks on the top floor, looking for fertile ground to inhabit.

Carrots and red beets.

Oak leaf lettuce.

chard

Peppers and lemon mint.

The herb bed.

We have been enjoying fresh peppers,

greens,

carrots,

green beans,

lettuce, spinach,

and chives from the greenhouse.

Here is a pile of cherry tomatoes...

...and yummy cantalopes  from the outside garden.

Fresh vegetables are such a blessing!!!

Jessica's Engagement Ring

For you who have been asking to see Jessica's ring, I finally got some pictures. I was like, "Jessica can I have your ring?" She gave me a funny look and wanted to know why I wanted it and made sure I was NOT going to lose it. haha Yes, she is very proud of it! :)

Shopping for Materials and Patterns

Tuesday Mom took us girls + Meda into town to look for patterns and material for Jessica's wedding. 

My mind always runs wild when I go into a store like Hancocks Fabrics. So many different things  I would love to accomplish, but just don't seem to have the time.

Meda the seamstress, maid of honor and friend! Thanx for going with us Meda, it was a lot of fun!

::lots of mind exercise::

After while there was only so many suggestions to make, so Joanna and I spent the rest of the time entertaining our  little brothers who were getting more bored by the minute. Fabric stores and little boys just don't seem to go together very well.

This is how bored we got.

"Please step to main cutting tables for service, thankyou!" haha 

Me, your blogger, friend and photographer!

Jesse our brother and mischief maker.

Have you ever had a piggy back ride through a fabric store?! Great fun, until Mom finds out! :)

We got all the material for our brides maids dresses and for Jessica's wedding dress.
First thing accomplished!