Light ‘em Up:)

Happy 4th! Here are some of the pictures from our little “party”:) It’s so hard to pick just a couple of the adorable pictures I got, so you might just get more than you asked for…

 

(left) The new shelter Dad built to cover half our patio.

(right) The Table of Fireworks:)

Left: a box of fireworks that have been slowly collected over the past 3 or 4 years:)

Right: Me rockin’ my Cap’n America T-shirt, oh ya;)

My awesome grandparents

Left: Mary playing peek-a-boo with me

Right: Our self-dubbed floor mop

Teaching Lydia to light a sparkler, I don’t think she lit another one for the rest of the evening:D

 

Daniel’s failed attempt at lighting a bottle-rocket from his hand.

Oh my word, this girl is craazy photogenic

Snakes!!

    

Parachutes…and more snakes, you just can’t get tired of those:)

And last but not least, the big boys:

So fun!!

Just keep in mind though, this 4th of July, we might find ourselves barbecuing, congregating with loved ones and enjoying our precious free time. But July 4th should be a time to step back, take stock and appreciate freedom. As my eyes are slowly opened to what fellow Christians are suffering in other countries for Christ's sake, I thank the Lord for the freedoms He has given us. May the Lord bless you!

 <3 Jess

Strawberry Picking!!

Well, it was more like gleaning, but it was a blast! We ended up with about 7 gallons by the end of the first day’s gleaning, and another 7 1/2 gallons on the second!

Kids went right to work. We were all pitting against each other, trying to see who could get the most. I think Emma and Grace won, but that’s because they teamed up:)

Elijah was the life of the party, picking up “bewberries” storing them in his hat, then one by one, popping them in his mouth. He was constantly yelling at me that he had found “the master of the blueberries!!” and that he “got a jackpot!!”

He kept himself entertained the entire time by playing with dirt, eating strawberries, and talking to himself. He was defiantly the life of the party:)

I finally found “my road”…

got a good picture of a John Deere…

and put sleepy kids to bed.

Hope you had an amazing day,

<3 Jess

Workin’ Man

My little brother has grown up into quite a man these last few months. 

He has become the big brother I have always wanted:) Last year he worked a part-time job at Tremaine's berry plant, stacking crates on one of those hot, miserable, berry-pickers. This year he has upgraded and is working a full-time job at Pacific Northwest Packers;) So proud of him!! His hours are all over the place, as of right now he is working from 5:30 to 3am. But it's supposed to mellow out to 11 hour days. Don't know how that kid can do that. 

 

Mah handsome big brother. So awesome:D

 

Such a stud, hard to imagine he was an annoying little brother at one point.

 

He was supposed to be pressure washing the house this afternoon, but as soon as the sis with the camera came out, it was break-time:P

 

<3 you Jake:)

Psalm 8:3--9

Psalm 8:3-9 

3. When I consider your heavens,

 the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

    which you have set in place,

4. what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

    human beings that you care for them?

5. You have made them a little lower than the angels
  and crowned them with glory and honor.

6. You made them rulers over the works of your hands;

    you put everything under their feet:

7. all flocks and herds,

    and the animals of the wild,

8. the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,

    all that swim the paths of the seas.

9. Lord, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

<3 Jess

Random Tuesday

I know, I know, "random" and "Tuesday" don't rhyme. But since this is my blog, they're my rules:)

I'm just gonna post a bunch of random pictures anywhere from a year ago, to now. Starting with this one:

Whale-watching at deception pass. Never did see any whales, only porpoises and seals and walruses. Although I guess that's better than nothing!

These are the beautiful waves coming out the back of the boat. I could just sit and watch them for hours on end.

Playing army-men with my brother Daniel, we get a little crazy. The men are a little on the fuzzy side, but the flag is crystal clear and that's all that matters, right?

Little baby Mary, not quite a baby anymore but don't tell my Mom that. Again, it's a little fuzzy, but it makes me smile every time I look at it, and figured it might give you a smile, too.

You probably don't want to even think about snow, but Elijah's face was so precious, I couldn't resist. 

Me with the camera, taken in a mirror, hence the backwards numbers and letters.

There aren't as many pictures as I had originally planned, but the picture-downloader-thingamabob just didn't want to do it's job. Sorry!:)

Jess