Sabetha Rodeo Parade

A highlight of our summer is always the Sabetha Rodeo Parade. This year, the AC home asked the 4-Hers to join them and the residents in the parade.  The best part about it is that the mom is happy and the kid is happy. Why? Well if you're in a parade throwing candy, there's no time to collect any. So no body comes home with candy, and the kid had fun throwing it in the parade. We got to take Abram and Keelan with us!! The them was Cowboys, so we all dressed up;)

Stay tuned for more about parades and ribbons!

Summertime Madness

Life is SO busy! One thing that we have been doing a lot of is preparing and putting up fruit. 

Mom picked a bunch of strawberries, so strawberries and cream and strawberry jam were devoured;) 

Our aunt Cynthia's cherries ripened and so we got to pick those. Our piano teachers siblings are here from Chicago to KS, so we are working hard at turning them into country kids. We got together to make rhubarb jam and pit cherries. I made Cole , Aubrey, and their friends pit all of them. Of course it had to be a contest and the winning team got part of hershey's chocolate bar. 

Us older gals worked on making Grandma's rhubarb jam recipe. It was so delicious and I'm so happy with how it turned out! (Thanks gma!!)

Yum. 

Anyway...since our friends are here for two weeks, and I only got to hang out of one week, I made it count. Yep I saw Caroline every day for a whole week!!! Here are some photos of our adventures together!

A snapchat screen shot of all us kids playing continuous knockout. 

To all of our leman cousins-we think that Walter looks like Noah!! He and Cole made buddies;)

Gabe and John being boys. 

When Gabe, Carry and I went bowling together-

Right now I'm at an Entrepreneurship Camp about 45 mins away from home, missing everybody but gaining SO much knowledge for my someday business of photography, branding, and graphic design. More on that sometime later! 

I'll sign off tonight with a sunset photo from home sweet home. 

Encouragement for the night!

Psalms 19:14 

•Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. •

All Around Good Place

 The sky has been cloudy, rainy and grey, except for the few times the sun shone all day(!)

The pool keeps filling, up up and up, last time I checked, It was more than one cup. (3 ft now;)

The garden looks beautiful, with all shades of green, soon we'll dig potatoes, of which we're all keen!

Our new clematis is alive, which is great news, Its predecessors have died, although I tried and tried. 

The apples and peaches are growing big, and we can't wait to pick, it's too bad we will have to wait till its time to slurp and lick. 

Cameron and dad have been working hard, on a homemade cattle shute, all the  neighbors are quite impressed, and I am too! 

Cole and Aubrey got their 4-H calves, who's names are Tuck and Ty, it's a good experience for both of them, Dear God, please don't let them die! 

We weaned the young goats yesterday, and they really miss their mommas, we hope they close their mouths up soon, cause right now we feel like shipping them to the Bahamas. 

This shall end my tale of fun, our lives are busy now, until we meet again I have one wish-more sun