2014
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Starting School
First day of school! Well, I meant to write this at the end of last week…but you know how things go. So now we have two weeks of school under our belts and I shall give you a recap. This is the first year the kids have really been old enough to do something “serious” […]
Baptism
About mid-June Ivy came to the breakfast table one morning and told me she wanted to repent. I asked what she meant and this led to a conversation that resulted in Ivy trusting Christ as her Savior! We picked a date when Brian’s family would be around to baptize her and in the meantime Ivy […]
Days of our lives
How the kids entertained themselves while I did bookwork this afternoon. . I was wondering why they were so good and quiet. Apparently the floor was poison Visiting with friends in the Dallas area – haven’t seen them in two years! Assisting Brian and Alicia as they move (the reason we were in […]
Getaway trip
Brian’s parents offered to watch our oldest four children for a week so we decided to enjoy some time away by ourselves….plus Iris. We went to a friend’s lake house for two nights. Iris saw the menu and decided to forage a bit while we unloaded the car. We ate dinner outside and I found […]
How does your garden grow?
Very well! Thanks to the crew of A&M students that helped us clear the grass, Brian’s hard work in tilling the plot and plenty of rain, sunshine and mulch. This is the view from one end of the garden – mostly tomatoes and flowers. This side shows the corn crop which we have just finished […]