Here's another Link Family movie, since I've been very busy these last few days and I haven't had time to write up a post about the festival yet. The song they're doing is one the Darlings did (you know, the band that played on The Andy Griffith Show). Watch Ben - the banjo player - when he plays his part. He looks just like a Darling!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Link Family
Here's a video - of the Link Family playing Dueling Banjos - so all of you who are wondering how the festival went this weekend can have something to watch until I can post more. :-)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Various Pictures
My grandma (mom's mom) lives in a nursing home just 20 min. from us, so mom tries to visit her every week. A couple weeks ago they had a watermelon feed, so the whole family went. They had a local band playing, and for one of their songs they needed volunteers, so Lydia and Ethan were called up. Ethan gave such a cute look of concentration!!
Mom and Grandma Grace
Afterwards we went to a Country Gospel music festival. Now we don't really like country music, but we knew some people who were going to be there so we thought it'd be fun to go. They don't really like country music a whole lot either, so a most of us went in a back room to jam! That was fun. :-)
Daniel and Levi (from the Triple L Band)
Four out of the six members of the Haining Family
Grace Haining took this picture of me outside . . .
. . . and this one of the sunset.
Later that week we met our adopted grandma at the park for her birthday.
Happy Birthday Grandma A.!!
This weekend we're going to the Lake Itasca Family Music Festival. For anyone who lives in the area, I would STRONGLY encourage you to go!! It is such a fun time of seeing friends, watching bands and more!! It is a family-friendly atmosphere, and a great place to make new friends! :-) You can go to their website - www.familybluegrass.com - to find out more about the bands coming and all the other details. Hope to see you there! :-)
Mom and Grandma Grace
Afterwards we went to a Country Gospel music festival. Now we don't really like country music, but we knew some people who were going to be there so we thought it'd be fun to go. They don't really like country music a whole lot either, so a most of us went in a back room to jam! That was fun. :-)
Daniel and Levi (from the Triple L Band)
Four out of the six members of the Haining Family
Grace Haining took this picture of me outside . . .
. . . and this one of the sunset.
Later that week we met our adopted grandma at the park for her birthday.
Happy Birthday Grandma A.!!
This weekend we're going to the Lake Itasca Family Music Festival. For anyone who lives in the area, I would STRONGLY encourage you to go!! It is such a fun time of seeing friends, watching bands and more!! It is a family-friendly atmosphere, and a great place to make new friends! :-) You can go to their website - www.familybluegrass.com - to find out more about the bands coming and all the other details. Hope to see you there! :-)
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Video of Caleb
I took this short video with my digital camera of Caleb yesterday to post on the blog. Enjoy! :-)
Friday, July 31, 2009
Update on Caleb
Hello everybody,
Thank you all so much for your support and prayers! Caleb is doing well. He came home last night after his second surgery. It's good to have him home again! Here's some pictures and a short movie of him using the crutches in the hospital.
Mom and dad bringing him home from the hospital
Finally home!
Trying steps for the first time - with his faithful dog Daisy watching
Ethan and Lydia made up some welcome home signs and taped them to the doors and doorways
The shoe Caleb was wearing when the accident happened
Reading a get well letter
It was kind of funny because when the nurses would take Caleb walking in the hallway, the first few times they had to hold on to him to make sure he wouldn't fall, and one nurse came back to the room breathing heavily, and said, "He gave me my workout for the day!" You can't keep a 15 year old boy in a bed very long before he's itching to get out and move around! :-)
Thank you all so much for your support and prayers! Caleb is doing well. He came home last night after his second surgery. It's good to have him home again! Here's some pictures and a short movie of him using the crutches in the hospital.
Mom and dad bringing him home from the hospital
Finally home!
Trying steps for the first time - with his faithful dog Daisy watching
Ethan and Lydia made up some welcome home signs and taped them to the doors and doorways
The shoe Caleb was wearing when the accident happened
Reading a get well letter
It was kind of funny because when the nurses would take Caleb walking in the hallway, the first few times they had to hold on to him to make sure he wouldn't fall, and one nurse came back to the room breathing heavily, and said, "He gave me my workout for the day!" You can't keep a 15 year old boy in a bed very long before he's itching to get out and move around! :-)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Caleb
I'm sure a lot of you know by now that Caleb cut his foot with the chainsaw yesterday. Thankfully he's doing well. Here's a brief account of what happened, and some pictures.
Yesterday dad had off work so he took the boys to a place down the road to cut wood. He and Daniel had been working on loading wood in the trailer (and Caleb was chainsawing) when they heard Caleb yell out. They ran over to him and saw that his foot had been cut. Dad tried calling 911 but it didn't go through so he called us. Mom drove over there and they decided to drive him themselves to the hospital, since the bleeding was under control (they used Daniel's shirt to stop the bleeding). Meanwhile Daniel came home where I was with Ethan and Lydia.
Well, it turns out that Caleb cut his tendon and chipped the bone. So last night he had surgery and, praise God, they were able to fix the tendon! They left the wound open (to let it drain and to watch for infection) and on Thursday they are going to close it. So right now he's sitting in the hospital, enjoying himself with nothing to do but read and watch movies!! :-) He's been very brave about the whole thing - even the nurses complimented him on that! He's not in much pain now, thankfully, and he's tired but overall feeling well.
As for the future, he'll come home either on Thursday or Friday, and he'll be on crutches for probably 6 weeks. Then he'll need another x-ray to see if the bone healed properly (please pray that it will!). If it doesn't heal, Caleb will need another surgery for a bone graft.
Thank you all for your prayers - they are much appreciated!!! I will post another update sometime this week.
Waiting for surgery
Enjoying a card from Lydia :-)
Recovering from surgery
Injured foot
A joyful heart is good medicine! :-)
Yesterday dad had off work so he took the boys to a place down the road to cut wood. He and Daniel had been working on loading wood in the trailer (and Caleb was chainsawing) when they heard Caleb yell out. They ran over to him and saw that his foot had been cut. Dad tried calling 911 but it didn't go through so he called us. Mom drove over there and they decided to drive him themselves to the hospital, since the bleeding was under control (they used Daniel's shirt to stop the bleeding). Meanwhile Daniel came home where I was with Ethan and Lydia.
Well, it turns out that Caleb cut his tendon and chipped the bone. So last night he had surgery and, praise God, they were able to fix the tendon! They left the wound open (to let it drain and to watch for infection) and on Thursday they are going to close it. So right now he's sitting in the hospital, enjoying himself with nothing to do but read and watch movies!! :-) He's been very brave about the whole thing - even the nurses complimented him on that! He's not in much pain now, thankfully, and he's tired but overall feeling well.
As for the future, he'll come home either on Thursday or Friday, and he'll be on crutches for probably 6 weeks. Then he'll need another x-ray to see if the bone healed properly (please pray that it will!). If it doesn't heal, Caleb will need another surgery for a bone graft.
Thank you all for your prayers - they are much appreciated!!! I will post another update sometime this week.
Waiting for surgery
Enjoying a card from Lydia :-)
Recovering from surgery
Injured foot
A joyful heart is good medicine! :-)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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