Sampsons

The Sampson family came and visited us from Texas. They are a very sweet family and we really enjoyed the few days they stayed with us.

Trampoline fun!

Joy, the sweetest little girl ever eating her muffin.

Anna Beth holding chipper.

I even took them fishing and they each caught a fish.

Joanna is such a book worm!! :)

Jared and Daniel

Jesse and Koda :)

Koda

Having a good time!

There are more pictures coming! :)

Random Post

Hello Everyone! Hope your week was filled with as much fun as mine was. We have been having lots of company, which is really awesome! I have pictures ready to be put on, so stay tuned! :) In the mean time have fun enjoying the pictures from here and there. I tend to come up with a lot of those "random" pictures. :) I myself think they are the fun ones though...

There is nothing like a line of jeans hanging on the line. Our wash days (which is two days a week) have gotten a lot smaller, since three of our family moved out. We still do about 6 loads a time, which keeps Joanna and I busy keeping two washers running and getting them all hung on the line. That is just a part of a big family though! :)

This is Jenny's horse Fara. They recently moved her up here, so we have a horse on our little farm now. :) We had been letting her out to roam the property, but she got smart and slipped under the string that we had across the drive way.  We ended up having to run after her more than once, so we decided not to let her out until we get a proper gate put up.   Micah, Jenny and Joanna are working at getting a fodder system set up for her. It is taking a bit to get it figured out, but it is working pretty well and I will try to get some pictures put on of it when I get the chance.

The little chick is getting bigger. Jesse calls him Bobby. :) lol

Our flock of assorted chickens.

We grow grass in the top of our green house and the boys cut it for them.

We have all different sizes. 

Mommy made us a yummy strawberry angel food cake. It was so good!! :)

The boys shaping dough. They later put it in the oven and then painted them.

Jaylon and I :)

The boys recently bought ghillie suits to go hunting in. Haha, looks pretty funny! :)

Micah David is so cute and I have a whole big post just of him that I will be posting before long. :) 

Jaylon's huge RC airplane. I don't see how he can fly it, but I think it is pretty cool!

Believe it or not, we actually had rain clouds in the sky. We didn't get any rain yet, but we heard thunder in the distance and the air smelled so good! 

Russell and Elizabeth Wallace and their family came and spent the day with us. I didn't get many pictures, but we had a good time playing Dutch Blitz, Catan, Etc... 

Visiting..

Well, that is all for now... :)

Outside Enjoying the Warm Evenings

 I think Winter has finally left us alone and Mrs. Spring is having a hard time, as Mr. Summer is trying to swallow her up. 

The days are very warm, mostly up in the 100's or 90's around noon. The coolers have been turned on and all our outside work waits till it cools off in the evening.  

Working in the garden and getting it ready for planting tomatoes. 

Micah and Micah David enjoying the shade of the tree with the dogs.

Making wire frames to hang shade netting on.

The little boys love their nephew!!

Micah David likes being outside too! :)

A tomato plant waiting to be planted.

Jesse :)

Koda is getting very big. Besides chewing on Mom's shoe, smashing a flower pot, and digging holes in the mud, he is a really good dog! :) He learns fast and I have really been enjoying him.

Micah and Jenny were up, so they helped us.

"Hang on Jared!" lol :)

Two labs that Joanna and I bathed and brushed.

A good game of tug-a-war! :)

Micah and Jenny's loyal dog, Jack.

Thunder clouds have rolled in from who knows where, making it all nice and shady outside. It is funny how they can come rolling in so fast, when just this morning there wasn't one cloud in the sky. 

 Sorry it has been a little while since I have posted. We have been having lots of company, so I am getting lots of pictures to post!! :)

Pictures From Canada

Jessica and Chris are doing very well in Canada! We have been keeping up with them over skype, phone, etc..  Jessica sent us some pictures that she was taking while driving around town of all the snow.

It looks so cold and dreary!

Hope you don't mind seeing more of your world, Jessica. I will post more pics of here later ;)