Winning Photography

Just the other day Caleb got a letter in the mail saying that he had won $50! How? From entering this photo of his lab's puppy in a local contest, and winning third place out of about 150 entries! Great job Caleb!

Funny movie

Here is a short movie I made with my brother Caleb about joining the S.W.A.T. team. It's actually a play on words! It's not the greatest quality (and there's one blip in the beginning that I still need to fix) but it was fun to put together!! I enjoy making movies and would like to make some short Christian films in the future, as a hobby.

Enjoy!!

Pictures

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately:

Our apple tree - so loaded with hundreds of apples that several branches broke!

Our system for applesauce: First, peel and core the apples

Then boil them with a little bit of sugar and cinnamon until they're soft

Next, blend them to make a smooth applesauce, or just can them the
way they are for a more chunky applesauce

Here's Ethan and Lydia taking the seeds out of our squash for supper

Our pumpkins and gourds

A sign I made with some help from Daniel and Lydia

Our two German Shepherds - the one on the left is my dog, Mercy.
The other one is Roxie, her mother. I edited this photo with Picasa.

Dad's birthday!

October 5 was my dad's birthday!! I won't tell you how old he is, only that he looks younger than his years. :-) Here's a picture of him at the Golden Corral, where we went out for his birthday brunch (can you tell he enjoyed it?):

Okay, okay - here's a nice picture of dad:

Here are some of his favorite things:

Food -- pizza
Activity -- lifting weights, pheasant hunting
Fruit -- raspberries
Restaurant -- Lori's Kitchen
Bible Character -- Jesus
Dessert -- ice cream, m&m's
Color-- dark green
Music group -- Triple L Band
Sport - anything with my boys
Snack - cottage cheese with applesauce on top
Place to stay - home
Drink - white grape juice
Vegetable - corn


Happy birthday to a wonderful DAD!!!! We Love You!!!!