Strawberry Season...

Today it ended up being a much nicer day to pick strawberries. So far I made 17 pints and plan on making more tomorrow. Anna and Becca have been eating them like they're candy. I ate so many of them today - I think I'm good for about a week. ;)

Rainy Day Randomness

Well, today I am enjoying a lazy, rainy day pretty much doing absolutely nothing but thinking of things I wish I could be doing.

We actually started the day by going to pick strawberries... but when we got there we found out they were closed. (Because of the rain) So, we headed back home. One nice thing about it... we didn't end up getting wet!

Anyway, I thought this would be the perfect time to upload pictures. I thought these ones were kind of interesting... Becca "feeding her chicks"

And this picture of Ben with his bald head fading into the sky. =)

Happy Tuesday =)

Well, I was working on a nice long post... I finished typing and tried to upload the pictures. For some reason the pictures wouldn't upload for me. Even worse, it wasn't automatically saving my post. =/

I decided to restart the computer and by the time I uploaded the photos, I ran out of time to retype everything. (It would've been really nice if I could have copied and pasted, but that wouldn't work either.) Argh. Oh well, enjoy the pictures... I had great fun editing them!

Oh, and I must say, I'm extremely excited about my sister and sister-in-law coming for a visit in just a week and a half! It's going to be a super great week... Misha, our friend from Russia is also coming next week... so little time - so much to do!

Yah for summer!

Sweetness

Our maiden of beauty...

Rebecca Joy.

Rebecca - "to tie" "to bind"

Joy - "giver of joy" "joyful"

Becca has indeed tied her heart to us as her parents and gives us so much joy by her everyday sweetness. She will be a great asset to our family as we endeavour to be a light in this lost and dark world.

Such a "girly girl"

Becca loves many wonderful girly things... playing with dolls, reading books, singing, talking on the phone (!)

We are very blessed to have this very sensitive second born in our family!

We're still here...

It was never my intention to let it go this long... the summer months are much busier for us here on our farm. There is just so much to do! I suppose I wouldn't have to be this busy... I want our place to look nice and pretty... so, I guess I make lots of work for myself! Yesterday I mulched the flower beds and garden. I now have all of the garden and flowers planted and ready for weeds! ;)

Josh has been busy with repair work in the shop... this time of year there are plenty of jobs to work on as equipment and tractors are always breaking or in need of some kind of repair. He always amazes me at his ability to fix things! Right now he is working on a tractor for our neighbor... you could never tell it was a tractor - except for the seat and steering wheel. =)

Benjamin is starting to go. Everywhere. That boy is so mobile! He is another amazing person in our family. His new interest is helping me unload the dishwasher, whether they be clean, or dirty!