Birthday Wishes...

...to me and my AdoRabLe little nephew Micah David. So I usually don't make my own birthday posts, so this is a bit different, yet fun! :) Well, I am no longer a teenager. I have passed over that point of my life and sadly never to return. I loved my teen years. I have lots of fond memories and want to thank all my family and friends for the part that they had in it, and especially to the Lord that brought me through them all! But don't think I am here just to tell you all about my life when it is also a time to celebrate Micah's birthday also!! Micah missed my birthday by two days. He has been such a joy to all of us and is becoming such a little man. 

Aunt Jubilee and him spend lots of time playing together. It is like having an older brother for Jubilee and even though they don't always get along, they still love each other dearly.

Did I mention he absolutely adores his little brother? ;) He is such a sweet little gift from above. Grandma, Grandpa and all his Aunts and Uncles wish him the best!
Love you Micah!!! :)

So on Micah's birthday we had everyone over for the day. The Salzman family recently moved into the area making our small youth group larger. We are so excited about their moving here!!

The weather was cold, but we hiked a few miles up the mountain and just hung around having fun. We then had a hotdog roast before coming home to play some volley ball.

We played till we were to cold and then we went and played games inside. It was a really fun day!!

Jenny made a such a cute little cake for Micah.

He loved all the frosting!!

Lots of fun presents!! :)

Sorry for the long wait on a post. I'll try and do a bit better! :)

Well, that's all for now, I'll talk to you all later!
Have a great week!!

Thanksgiving 2013

We had a wonderful thanksgiving. Hope yours was just as well!! It so happened that the people that we usually have over for Thanksgiving had other things planned this year, so we just had a fun day to ourselves!

Our day started out crisp and cold outside. Daddy started the wood stove early to get the house all warm and cozy. But don't think for a minute that we got to sleep in. Thanksgiving may be a holiday for all of you, but it means a lot more business for us. :)

With 16 boarders we were up early getting them all exercised for the day. 

Out for a run!!

...waiting for their breakfast.

After the dogs were all taken care of we went inside for breakfast.

Dad and Micah started smoking the turkey.

Happy Turkey Day!

We all have so many things to be thankful for, especially this little girl!! :)

I had just got in from helping with the dogs and Justin says that he needs me to go with him to wal-mart to buy clay pigeons? I grabbed something to eat and before I knew it I was on my way to Benson. Jaylon and Justin came up with the idea that they wanted to go skeet shooting after lunch and Justin was too young to buy them himself, so that's where I came in. :) We got back just as Jaylon and Hannah arrived. We then sat down to... 

...an AMAZING meal!!

Then we went...

...skeet shooting!! Yes, the entire family decided to go!!

We went through 4 boxes of pigeons and over 400 rounds.

I kinda have a lot of pictures, so enjoy! :)

Micah took his play gun along and he thought he was hitting the clay pigeons. It was so cute!

It was a total blast!! Someone even mentioned we should make it a tradition! :)

We all came back to play some games that Mom came up with.

By the expressions I think you can tell that they were pretty funny!! :)

So that was our Thanksgiving Day!!

Hope you all have a great week!