Monday, February 3, 2014

Just Some Pictures

                  Some of these pictures are a little old, and might not necessarily be in order : )

Cory and Keri and our family got our Christmas trees at the same tree farm. It had snowed, so it was just beautiful there.

I think Anna thought it felt funny touching the pine needles!   

In the back of Grandpa's truck for some pictures...
She must have been wondering why Grandpa was lying down and holding her up there : )



Our snowplowing crew


Ben loves getting to push the snow around - I think it's his favorite thing about the snow!

Ready to go hunting with Dad : )

We had an outside picnic in December, in the woodshed.


Dad cooking our hotdogs in the woodstove

Just a funny picture : )  The 'fur muff' is actually Dad's coyote skin.

This is one of the luminaries I made for Christmas Eve.

We enjoyed having some of the Graybill's at our house after the Christmas Eve Service.

This is Smudge looking in the window! The two cats had started out as house cats before they were given to us, so they think they should be inside when it's cold outside : )


Cory wore this outfit for his first Christmas

Mom working on a flannel rag quilt for Ben.

Working on a puzzle together

Uncle Ben is a fun uncle to have : )

It snowed a good bit today. It was a wet snow, so it stayed on the trees. Isn't it beautiful?

Do you see the kitty?



Working on school. It looks like Anna wants to try doing some!

Little Anna


As you can see, Anna is well loved : )

All fresh and clean!


Anna loves being read to



She is such a happy girl! Her newest thing is to find your nose when you ask her : )


Anna loved the nativity. She would lean in real close to look at everything : )

Trying on Aunt Mary's hat and scarf

Ben brought his battery operated train down and made a little track so Anna could watch  it go around. She liked that!


Happy girl!

God's Handiwork


Look how God designed the frost to freeze in intricate patterns



Climbing Bittersweet



These icicles looked just beautiful catching the light from the setting sun.





A couple winter sunrises




More frost!



The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. ~Psalm 19:1

Friday, November 22, 2013

Misc. Pictures

We celebrated our Thanksgiving early this year, on Nov. 9th.



The Graybill's and our family got together with Steve and Marsha Freed for an evening together before they move. We'll miss seeing them at church.

Aunt Tonda enjoyed playing with her grandchildren at the sewing day last week.


This is the second year the Hackenberger ladies have gotten together to work on sewing school kit bags. It's a fun day, and we get something useful done at the same time.

My cousin Angie and her little girl, Grace.




The finished bags.