Friday, November 9, 2007

A WALK AROUND THE FARM

Dylan & I decided to enjoy the crisp, Fall breezes, and go for a walk around the farm this week. I needed to practice using my camera, so I decided to take it along...



My Grandmother... I hear she's turning 90 on December 20th!


He got a bit of an attitude with Dylan when he came over... guess he was guarding his hens!

Uncle Marks baby cows...they are soooo adorable! This one was a bit less shy than the other. He hung out with me (a total stranger to him) while my camera flashed and made all kinds of noise a him!

This little guy was a little more leery of me. When they were first brought here, they escaped several times, poor Aunt Grace! They had to go away for a bit to be trained, while my family strengthened the fences. (No easy task!)


The "Log Cabin" (built by Uncle Albert)

"Albert's Hill" (The Lord be PRAISED!!!...I am able to climb it once again!)

Dylan on a cliff down by "The Valley"

The stream with very little water.

Just walking along the path.

"The Bridge" by the Valley

"The Rock House" (Built by my twin Aunts when they were teenagers!)

Dylan demonstrating his favorite bike "Jump"

Another picture of the "Rock House"

Monday, October 29, 2007

No Cook'n in the Kitchen...

I won the Home Helpers / Baltimoresun.com contest for September. The prize was a $250 gift card for home depot! We decided to paint the kitchen and change the lighting.

Most housewives would be a little FREAKED OUT over this...
I have quite a bit of experience with this...you just focus (with some projects focusing is harder than other projects, but FOCUS) on the end results...and you won't see a bit of dirt! O yeah, and PRAY really, really hard that its only going to be a weekend project - not a years project!
My handsome handyman posing for this pic. Isn't he adorable?!?
Like I said...FOCUS!!!! Do you see it yet??? Isn't it beautiful!?!?
This is John, an "associate" (NOT "helper") of Shawn's. He gave us a hand with running some electric for the recessed lighting. John recently accepted Jesus as his personal Savior! We're rejoicing along with the angels! What a MIGHTY GOD we serve!!!!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

SAYING GOODBYE

What a great, but busy summer! It's hardest to say goodbye to the boating season. We went out for one last trip in hopes to catch a fish or two. We saw plenty, but caught none! (Still a little confused over this!) We kept wishing Jesus would appear and command that we cast our nets one more time!
Had to do a little canvas cleaning...but it's all fun!
We spent the night at Castle Harbor, a jewel of a marina on Kent Island that's very close to the shore house. Yes, we're starting to get "docking" down, not as many people laughed at us this time!
Great family time, beautiful sunset!

Ladies Bible Study

Debi and I hosted this months Ladies Meeting. We were showered with blessings as we thought about keeping our eyes on eternity, and pointing our hearts toward heaven.
Great lesson, and good food too!
Many visitors came out.
Good conversation.
The ladies were blessed with great babysitters!
Mrs. Counterman lead the evening, but Jessica gave the lesson.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Happy Anniversary!

On Thursday, October 11, Shawn and I celebrated 16 years together!
To God be the Glory!

Around the World Adventure!!!

Our church had their Missions Conference this past week. In Truth Trackers, the children had a special night, where they dressed up like a child from a different country. They had a guest speaker who did a "Chalk Talk."
Dylan dressed as a Mexican child.
The children enjoyed hearing about the differences between American churches and churches around the world.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

HOME SCHOOLING

Schooling at home, definitely has its advantages!
Any guesses as to why she's laughing???

Ephesians 3:14-19

"For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height - to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen."