Far Across the Miles..

.. there is a little girl who has yet to find out how may aunts and uncles she really has.

An adorable little munchkin!! 

That sweet little smile warms you right to the middle. :)
I am really looking forward to seeing her in a few months! :)

Canada

Hi Everyone,
Well, Mom and Joanna are back from Canada. They took a few pictures and along with some of Sister Holly's I think I have enough to make a decent post. Here are a few pictures at the hospital that Sister Holly took(before Mom arrived).

Kezia Grace :)

Grandpa Derksen

Cousins...

Look who made it all the way to Canada! Jubilee playing in Jessica's kitchen.

Lots of snow..

Kezia sleeping...

Jubilee helping Mom make salad. :) 

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Daddy and daughter bonding time! :)

"Grandma, I don't like baths!"

Dedication..

Kezia's Baby Shower

Guest book table..

Grandma's and Jessica

Lots of yummy food!

Jubilee playing with the balloons from the shower. :)

Look, Jubilee is an aunt again! :) 

And the happy family! :) Children are a blessing from the Lord. A family isn't complete without them!

It is good to have Mom, Joanna and Jubilee home again. Everything went great while they were gone, but things just tend to run smoother with Mom around. :

Life at Home

Everything has been going great here with Mom gone. We miss them all, but we especially miss our little sister!

We have been getting a lot done outside this past week. Look we found? A little mousy sitting out in the warm sunshine. Sad to say that is the last he will ever sit in the sunshine! :( We have too many mice around here and this baby mouse wasn't the only one they found. The boys spent a lot of time hunting them down in our shop. Squealing and yelling when one would come flying out at them from some crack or corner. They actually were able to kill quite a few of them. I finally offered to pay Joshua $1 a mouse, cause the dog room seemed to be full of them. I would go out at night and almost always see one run across the floor. He jumped at the opportunity and caught around 6 mice in two days. I secretly wished I had offered him money sooner, as before we weren't catching any. =X The dog room is now "mice free"!! :)

This tree is so pretty when in full bloom. I don't know what kind it is, but I love taking pictures of it. 

The bees are busy buzzing around getting nectar for the hive.

swinging Micah David

As you can tell, he loves to be in his swing!! 

Micah recently planted our entire yard area in grass. It is a bit hard not walking on it for a couple weeks, but in the end it will all be worth it!

He spread oat hay over it to keep the wind from blowing the seed away and to hold in some moisture!

If you want grass, you have to water, water and water!

All finished. Now we just have to wait for it to come up! :)

Our strawberries were supper thick and weren't producing very well, so Dad went and thinned them out.

Leaving us with around 600 strawberry plants. We transplanted about 100 of them, and are still trying to decide what to do with the rest..

Joshua putting compost on the raspberries.

Can't wait to have fresh berries!

We planted over 300 onion plants in the big garden and a row of snap peas. Sometime this week we are going to be planting potatoes. 

haha, this was so cute. I love his expressions!! :)