Life is Busy

So I haven’t been able to pay much attention to my blog. I’ll try and post now and then though;)

Haying 2014

Last week most of us went to our friends the W’s and picked up our year’s worth of hay for our goats! We made two loads, I babysat little ones for the first load then helped out with the second:) We ended up toting 75 bales home using my dad’s truck and a trailer, bucked it into the loft of our barn, and cooled off with ice-cream.

      

Hard working men:)

    

Happy kids, happy goats, hot day and ice-cream is the way to go:D

<3 Jess

Mary~11 months

Happy 11 month birthday!!

 

 

And a pool day…

<3 Jess

Time Well Wasted

Last week we left the cold Lynden weather and high-tailed it for the 95-102 degree weather in Winthrop, Washington. Perrygin Lake has become a family-favorite vacationing spot ever since my Grandparents dragged us there last year. I practically lived in between the lake and the ice-cream stand, getting an awesome tan and made a whole bunch of awesome new friends to boot! Here are just some of the many pics I got;)

All packed and ready to go. Can’t believe I actually fit 5 days worth of clothes in this thing.

   

Kids started getting restless halfway there so we stopped in New Halem and played around on their little park. The kids got a kick out of climbing on the train and pulling the bell over and over…..and over.

Ever day there seemed to be at least 10 more bug bites on most of the kids. I was one of the lucky few that went home with almost nuthin’.;)

 

Like I said, we practically lived in the lake. Me and Dan (he’s the only one that is willing to crazy things with me) went out into the deeper water with the canoe and would jump off, swim back, and jump off again, it was a blast.

 

 

Mary just sat in or by the wagon and looked cute alllll week. 

 

Last day of our stay, we all went and had a photo shoot with our new friends:) Mary was getting a little touchy by the last picture so we had to move fast.

Hope you have an awesome day;)

<3 Jess

Sisters

I was bored this afternoon, so I pulled out the camera, and had these girls pose for me. They are crazy photogenic which makes for painless picture-taking.

Lydia – Age 3

This girl has insane curls, I’m kinda jealous.

 

Emma Joy – Age 11

 

 

Grace and Mary – Age 7 and 8 months respectively.

 

 

All three of the younger sisters

Aaaand a random photo of mah handsome big brother, Jacob – Age 15

<3 Jess

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