A Few Things From The Month of July

The field behind our house was harvested a couple weeks ago. 

We love living here! It's so much fun watching all the harvesting and planting being done. The best part is watching it grow!!

Jubilee takes her umbrella out every time it rains. :)

She's just the cutest! 

Daniel and Emily Sampson, Lilia and Hope Sanger, and some others were down for the branding. A few days afterwards our Aunt brought up a bunch of children for a day. They had a lot of fun playing different games.

Emily stayed with us for a few days and Daniel stayed over a week. We enjoyed having them here!

The kittens are growing fast.

Jubilee spends lots of time with them!

Cutting cukes is what Jubilee does best!!

She does such a great job!!

Jesse is growing into such a handsome young man! He turned 11 this month.
Happy Birthday, Jesse!! We all love you!!

 Then there is this little adorable baby boy! Isn't Jason getting so big? Look at that grin! Can't wait to see him!!

Another one of those projects...

...that you put off as long as you can! 

 The master bathroom floor was really bad off and for some time now I have been telling Mom that I would re-tile it for her. I finally told myself if I didn't get started it would never get done!

It doesn't show up real well in the pictures. It was scratched, stained and the tiles were badly out of line!

It ended up being a bigger job then I had anticipated. Joanna jumped in and helped me peel it all up.

We managed to get the toilet over into the shower and then I spent a lot of time scraping the floor getting off all the old glue and bumps that had been under the previous flooring. I was also able to paint the part of the wall behind the toilet that we couldn't reach before.

I put peel and stick tile back down, but also painted them with glue to make sure they would hold.

After a couple of days of working on it on and off, I finally got it finished.

It turned out really nice!

I picked up a new wax seal in town and Dad installed the toilet back in for me. Thanks Dad! :)
 Mom and Dad were happy to have their bathroom back in working order! Glad to have that project off the list!

A Big Weekend

The annual branding took place this month bringing lots of visitors from here and there.

It was a cloudy day, perfect for being outside.

Everyone jumped into help!

Justin testing his skills at bull riding!! lol 

Lilia and Uriah

donkey rides

horse rides

The girls out for a ride..

Little sisters are the best!

There was a picnic afterwards down by the river. Micah, Jaylon and Justin with Brother Tim's help did all the grilling for us.

Good job guys!!

Joanna and I quick grabbed a bite before rushing off to a wedding rehearsal. We were back again for volley ball after dark and then the long drive home. It was a long fun day!

The next day was Ben and Lois's wedding. Joanna and Joy Salzman were both in the wedding. Joy came over around 4:00 and I did both the girls hair. Then we got to the wedding place early to help set up. We got started at 8:00 and the wedding started at 11:00, so it was nice when a lot of people showed up to help.

It was a beautiful outside wedding!!

Joanna and Joy looked so pretty!

The happily married couple!! 

Yes, we were the servers. And did I mention that we got burnt? lol It was worth it all to see Lois and Ben happily married!

After helping clean up everyone came over to our place to play volleyball. We had around 55 people here and had a wonderful evening!! 

Life Goes On

Oh my goodness!! I am getting terrible at this blogging business! Joanna reminded me this morning that it was my turn to post, so here it goes guys!! Our days have been beyond beautiful!! The clouds that build up by the end of the day and then the rain that we have been getting is such a blessing!!

Auntie is getting really good at this baby sitting stuff!!  

She loves her kitties!!

And yes, that is another batch of kittens. Seems like when one batch gets old enough to move on there is always another to follow! At least they are keeping the mice down!! 

We were pretty excited when she had three orange ones. We are missing our big orange tom that disappeared a few months back.

There is a low spot by the garden and when we get lots of rain it floods the area. The guys dug a ditch to let the water run on past!

Take note: Jared's crocs! lol When he saw me laughing at him he told me that his boots had been left out in the rain and were half full of water! LOL

Taking a stroll through the garden.

The garden and our volley ball games have been hindered by the amount of bugs around this place. Dad put up the bug light and we have been catching them by the thousands. He recently moved it into the chicken pen and bugs have become the main part of their diet.

Who wants to help pull the weeds!?

We seeded the back yard and its coming up really nice! 

Can't have a back porch with out pots of flowers!

Pepper is growing fast!

Such a sweet puppy face! :)

Jenny and Micah have been keeping busy with new piglets!

Time for dinner!! 

The sunsets have been so pretty!! We have been having a great month! What about you all?