September Flooding

On Wednesday, it rained 6 inches in about 6-8 hours. The pasture across from our house got super flooded!

Since that hardly ever happens around here we all thought it was the perfect time to do something crazy. Like... Canoeing in the cow pasture!!! We had a blast, plus made some great memories!

Our neighbors pasture across our house is now lake side property.

Allison and I in one canoe...

Miranda and Laurissa in the second.

Smiles!

Our neighbors poor cornfield.

The picture below has a little story behind it...

Since there was so much water in a once dry area, the mice and little critters had no where to go but to swim or cling to the weeds that were still above the surface. This gave us the perfect opportunity to extinguish some pests that would someday invade our house.

We figured between the four of us girls we got rid of around 40-50 mice.

And to tell you the truth, the whole time we were all screaming and laughing like girls. It made for some pretty awesome memories!

This is the bridge that is on the main highway.

On a usual day there is normally 4-5 feet of head space under the bridge. On this perticular day there were only a few inches.

We all made sure to stay clear of it. We surely didn't want to get swept under!

Later after the rain stopped, Dad and I did some investing around the area to see what damage was done.

On one perticular gravel road we found this...

There was another country road that was so flooded they had to close the road off.

Believe it or not, this was once a field!

"When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses."

Jeremiah 51:16

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Itasca Music Festival

Once again our family attended the Itasca Family Music Festival this year.

We all had a fun time! Listening to music, watching the Kids Storybook, singing a few songs on a side stage, plus playing lots of volleyball, soccer and ulitmate frisbee.

As usual, there were lots of people there...

Listening...

Matthew had the privilege of helping out with the skit this year.

The story was based on Johann Sabastian Bach.

"Oh sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the the LORD, all the earth."

"Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people."

Psalm 96:1-3

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We Are Still Alive!

Man! I can't believe it's been almost three whole months since we've posted last! I'm really sorry everyone!
I guess the main reason we haven't been bloging lately would probably be because there hasn't been a whole lot of activity going on around our place. With Laurissa and Miranda working at the neighbor's farm most of the day, and Matthew working down in Nebraska, it leaves the rest of us with a pretty empty house.
So with that said, I will post the "few" pictures that I managed to take.

Way back on Memorials day, we had our house full of family and friends for a fun day of games, good food and conversation.
And yes, Matthew was able to come up and spend the weekend with us. It was such a treat!

Pizza!!!

Nut Goodie Bars have been a family tradition and favorite all the way back since the day I could remember.

A new favorite of ours, Dominion.

Spoons!

And then there was two!

There are occasionally days here and there when the four of us girls are home the majority of the day. On days such as those we usually spend the time outside catching up on weeding, mowing, and all the other chores that go along with it.

Since the numbers in our family have been shrinking this year, so has our garden shrunk from the normal size that we usailly plant it.

Laurissa, weeding the flower beds.

Laundry on the line...

Daddy hard at work, working on one of his projects.

Our little tree house needed a bit of fixing.

That's all for now folks! Hopefully it won't be three months before I post again... (sigh)

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."

Ecclesiastes 9:10

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Birthday

Happy 14th Birthday Allison!

Thank you for being the sweet little sister that you are! 

We love you!

It's Been Awhile...

  It has now been a complete month since our Motorhome rolled into the familier sight of home sweet home. The first few days after we got back were pretty crazy! There was lots of trips made from the motorhome and then into the house, putting all the things in their right places, laundry, dishes, and the list goes on...
  Shortly after we arrived home we started working on our third cd project. As much as we would love to record in a studio, we decided to once again do the recording at home. I haven't got any pictures, but the project is not finished yet so hopefully we will have some of that.
  Two weeks ago, we had the privilege of having a good friend from Texas stay with us for a 10 day visit. We had a great time! Here are just a few pics of the things we did while she was here.

Saturday we played some volley-ball with some friends.

Later, we had fun cleaning up our little woods.

Here is our friend Kris, taking armloads of branches to the burning pile.

Laurissa, trying her best to uproot a tree. :)

~ Naomi ~

Raking...

:: Smiles ::

The team!

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One day, we had a little party for Naomi's 17th birthday and invited some friends over to celebrate.

Naomi, Johanna Martin, and Kris.

The menu was pizza, salad, chips, fizzy juice and trifle.

Laurissa made two amazing trifle dishes for dessert!

Conversation at the table...

and in the living room...

:: Kris and Johanna ::

Last of all, but surely not the least, we played some games of spoons, fishbowl, and scatagories.

It was a fun and blessed night!

"Weather therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God."

1 Corinthians 10:31

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