21 June, 2017

A Blessed Week

Joshua, Joylin and I all got in the same Still Waters camp together so we decided to drive to IN. We left the friday before camp which started on a monday.  
Saying our goodbyes.
The littles helping to load up our luggage.
It was a 25 hour drive and we drove it straight through! 
It was long and tiring drive, but we had some awesome sibling bonding time. :P 
Both Joylin and I's boyfriends, Spencer and Joel were in camp with us. :)

2 of my friends Abby and Emily.
Joylin and Spencer getting ready to fish.

Joylin and I with Sarah, Emily, and Serenity.
 ❤  Us and our boyfriends ❤
It is so fun to be dating at the same time! 
A beautiful sunset one evening! 


We were privileged to get a picture with Brother Joseph before leaving camp on friday.
I just want to thank the Lord for another, truly amazing time at Still Waters! 
The day after camp a group of young people all came back to Still Waters to have quiet time.  
We got to spend one day with our boyfriends before leaving for home. :)
And if you ask either of us we would assure you that, that day was way too short!! :(
We were "welcomed" home by some very hot weather! It gets into the triple digits nearly every day now. :/
 I took advantage of the heat and dried our camp laundry on the porch!  
It was sure good to see our little people again! :)
Benaiah's little grin melts our hearts! 😍
Jubilee was so glad to have us home! :)









17 June, 2017

* Happy Dance *

The day finally came when we got these "small" pieces of paper in our mailbox! 
We have been waiting many long months for this day and Thank The Lord we made it! On these papers it says that we are now a Grade A Raw Milk Dairy.  And if you're not sure what that means... We are now able to SELL our milk. We are currently working at getting our milk into the local health food stores, co-ops, and farmers markets. We are now using our bottling machine, and we don't have to wash jars anymore since we are distributing in plastic! It makes it so handy, and a lot less work. :)

Happy Farmers! :)
Jenny putting the stickers on before the bottles get filled.


We load them into crates and into the cooler they go ready for delivering.

A few more cows and a new bull added to our herd.
Welcoming them
Our new bull, Donut.  
Happy in their new home.
Jesse is Dad's main milker, Joshua and Jared are in charge of the feeding.
Wash the vehicles day! :)


Before our monsoons start it often gets very dry... this year the dryness has been pretty bad.
Lightning started this fire on a mountain very close to us. Till they got it out it burnt a total of 15,230  acres burning a few houses in it's path! 
It was sad to see it burning! :(
Mom broke her record of how much butter she could make at one time.
She made 22lbs of butter in one day!