THANKSGIVING 2016

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? We had a wonderful day!
Family, food and games. We have so much to be thankful for this year!

 Thanksgiving is built on a solid foundation, and I want to encourage you take a few moments this weekend to return thanks. But let’s do a little more this year. Start with someone who you appreciate, but often take for granted. With the busy lifestyle of the modern world, we don’t take enough time to recognize each other. Thank the custodian in church. Thank the deacon that is always there for you. Thank your son or daughter, thank your mother or father, thank your friends, thank the clerk behind the counter for his/her help; take some time to recognize kindness that often goes unnoticed. Then, after you have given thanks to these people, go before the Father in prayer and ask His blessings upon them for all that they do. And, most importantly, thank the Lord Jesus. After all, it DID come from Him in the first place! -- WMB

Our turkey we raised dressed out at 30 pounds. Let's just say we were eating turkey for a few weeks after thanksgiving! 

All the food was delicious!

Judah being silly. :)

Making turkeys. 

Kaitlyn came up with different games for us to play.

First the relay race. Grab your partner, put on your hat and apron, run to a table and peel your potato while the guys through pitch forks into a hay bale and the back again. 

Next we had a Scavenger Hunt.

We also did jump rope, tug-a-war and some egg tosses. 

The Past Weeks

Hi Folks, I know it's been a little while but as you know....

Yes we are always busy! :) When we say we are busy, most people don't really understand. You probably wonder " How hard is is to sit down and make a blog post?."   And I agree it's not that hard lol it's just that the life of us Strites is absolutely crazy, most of the time! Joylin and I go on milk & egg deliveries 3 days out of a week, and the days we are home, well there is computer work for Joylin, some days it's laundry for me, or maybe the eggs that have been neglected for the past few days. Life continues to go on...      Lately as some of you may know, we are building a dairy! Well it has been progressing quite fast if you ask me, haha but if you ask the guys I'm sure they would say that it's slowly coming along. Anyways we are all getting very excited to have our new set up! That means no more washing jars in a dishwasher after coming home from every milk drop, and being able to process the eggs in a way better facility.. meaning that mom will have her laundry room back to JUST laundry and not an egg boxing room! So between all of this there is not a whole lot of time where someone can sit down and blog... much to all of your dismays! :/ Sorry, guys!

Here are a few pictures from the past weeks! ;) Enjoy!    

A beautiful sunset! My God never ceases to amaze me with His beauty.

Wonderful rain clouds in the distance.

After chores one morning Jared and Joshua had a successful coyote hunt.

They are currently working on the milk house

Inside the milk house.

Be careful Jesse, your ladder looks a bit tipsy! 

When they were putting the metal roof on one of the boys got these cool pictures.

We love our beautiful valley.

This will be the holding area and where the cows will get milked.

The siding all up and looking awesome! 

Jaylon and Justin had a hunt this week and they both got really nice sized bucks! 

Good Job guys! 

All the Grandkids... we couldn't get them to smile! LOL

Jessica and the Kids are back at their cozy little home.

Jessica said they woke up to snow this morning, thus beginning their long cold winter.

Well that's all I have for you at the moment! See ya next time! 

 Joanna