Giveaway at KBR Ministries

Check out this giveaway for a new book written by Sarah Bryant!

www.book.kingsbloomingrose.com/onethingidesire.html

As a side note, I highly recommend The Family Daughter (by Sarah Bryant) and the King's Blooming Rose Magazine for all you ladies out there! I have the book and I receive the magazine, and I've been blessed by both! :-)

Guess Who!

I've been really behind on blogging lately and things are kinda crazy around here, but I hope to get some more pictures posted soon . . . . sometime!!!! :-)

Video of Cassie

I was going to post this video I made awhile ago, but never got around to it! The quality didn't turn out nearly as good as I would have liked, but I'm not going to take time to fix it. :-) It's just a quick little video I did with random shots of Cassie when she was 4 weeks old. She's a LOT bigger now! :-) Enjoy!

 

 

Here are a few pictures I took when she was maybe 5 1/2 weeks old.

 



                                Maybe 1 or 2 weeks?                              Maybe 5 1/2 weeks?

 

My favorite picture of her! :-)

 

 

Labor Day Family Camp pictures coming soon, hopefully!!! :-)
 

LIFMF 2012

Wow. I cannot believe that the Lake Itasca Family Music Festival is OVER already! It's definitely one of the highlights of the entire year for us, and this year was no exception. It's the 7th straight year that we've attended, and I wouldn't miss it for the world! If you were there, what was your favorite band this year?

Triple L Band (my favorite!)

 Johnson Family Strings

 The Alzen Family practicing for their performance on the showcase stage

My good friends Maria, Anna and Lydia U. playing on the showcase stage

 

Yes, I'll admit it . . . I went to the Wissmann's kid's program (in my defense, there were a lot of other adults there too!). Every time I go there, I laugh so hard my stomach hurts!! :-) The Wissmann Family was also one of the main-stage bands this year.

It was so much fun to see friends that I hadn't seen since last year! Amy Vest was one of them - it was GREAT to see you Amy! :-)

 

Teresa, Sara, me, Amy, Deborah, Anna

Triple L Band (from New Mexico) played at night . . . yes, they're wearing their winter jackets. The Alaska String Band was just up there previously playing in short sleeves! lol :-) Seriously, it was cold though - I had a jacket and two blankets and was still freezing!

 

The "band kids" jamming late Saturday night

The Sunday morning hymn sing is always nice, especially because there are so many musical people at the festival!

  

Also, check out Alyssa's blog for some more pictures!
http://daystoremember2.blogspot.com/2012/08/itasca-family-bluegrass-festival.html

Hope to see y'all there next year!

Introducing . . .

Cassie!



She's been through a lot and had several problems that we've had to take her to the vet for, but thankfully she's doing fairly well at the moment.

The next four pictures are of where/how Cassie fell asleep!!

 

 

 

My dog, Mercy, loves Cassie's company . . . except when she's just sleeping (which is most of the time). Then Mercy gets bored and follows me ALL around the house!

This last one is of Cassie with my small, stuffed German Shepherd. :-)

 

Prayers would be appreciate that sweet little Cassie continues to be healthy!

Caleb's Graduation

On June 9th we had an open house for Caleb's graduation at our hobby farm! We had a fair amount of people, and we were thankful it didn't rain (although it was 97 degrees and 30 mph winds). :-)

 

 

 

 

 

Visiting

Boys and their "swords"

Yep, this is what Caleb was up to - wrestling with his friend Carl!

Thanks for the help with the food to all you ladies who gave a hand!

Those cupcakes were delicious - thanks Rebecca and Marissa!

Mrs. A - the watermelon boats were a hit! Thank you! :-)

 

 

 

 Oorah Unit 47!

 

CONGRATS Caleb!!!