Wild Blackberries, Beavers and Other Things of Interest

Point of Interest No.1...Strange but cool table centerpiece-

does anyone out there want to guess what it is?:o)

I'll give you one hint- it came from our garden!

Yum! Home-made popsicles!

These are made only from orange juice concentrate

and yogurt, so they're fairly healthy.

Matter-a-fact you could even have one for breakfast!

Wild blackberry picking! Damien and Aubrey went over

to a place nearby and picked some lovely, wild blackberries.


Isn't he just too cute?!:o)

Awesome! And the berries made some good blackberry cobbler!

Thank you, boys!

A perspective on life from inside a silo...

There was an old silo on the land the boys were berry picking on

and it made for some interesting photography.

While they picked berries they also watched deer,

eating in the field-

and the deer watched them picking berries!

Virginia creeper or ivy growing up the outside,

you can see growing down the inside at the top

of the old silo.

The old bridge out behind our place-

Kinda picturesque, isn't it...

Aubrey on the creek-

Ty took the picture from the bridge.

The bridge is old and becoming really dilapidated-

Doesn't look very safe anymore really!

This is an awesome shot, but it almost gives you a turn

when you think about Ty taking it from the edge of that rickety old bridge!

(Or maybe that's just because I'm his Mom!:o)

Our creek out back...
What a great place for our children to grow up-

The wonders and beauty of God's creation

are just the best- how blessed we've been!

One of the members of our beaver family-

Isn't he/she a cute and clever little thing!

A clearer shot of a beaver friend-

And a nice little bass that got to go back in:o)

And I just had to post some of our trip to

Silver Dollar City yesterday.

They are having what they call "moonlight madness"

right now, and maybe it is a little "mad" because they stay open 'til

10:00pm- but we wanted to experience it, getting to ride rides etc.

after dark when it's warm (they are open late during the

Christmas season too, but often it is colder then)

And I must say, it was really cool, and alot of fun!

This is another silly hat picture, what is it with these

crazy hats anyway?!:o) Here they are enjoying the hat moment

with a few friends we were privileged to spend part of the day with.

Only if you notice, Baby wasn't on the picture above-

And alittle later he mentioned it to Big Brother,

who like the doting big brother he is, headed back to the

"hat store" so Baby could try a hat on too!

Doesn't Jensy look adoringly impressed!

Oh, the joys of candle dipping!

I told Kait that next time we go to SDC

we would go to the candle shop and she could dip

some candles. So here is my promise being fulfilled!

She picked a pair of unicorns and made them

pink and orange and the other one purple and yellow.

And now they're hanging in her little girl bedroom-

Daddy and Jensy having a lemon-ade break-

As you can see, it was dark!

Chad and Aubrey playing a game of

Checkers and Aubrey being the kind boy he is,

said that I could mention that Chad won!

Jens amusing himself with a wooden tic-tac-toe game.

East or west, Home is best!

And as a parting word of thanksgiving

for all God's goodness to all of us-

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

His faithful love endures forever."