OKC State Fair!

Bethany had a pretty good show yesterday, several 2nds!! Today is better, she's getting the "firsts" today!!! Her and Hosie are there today!! I think many wished they were there too......instead of school work!!

Hope your having a good day!!!!

pancakes and passports!!!

 

Sunday nights after church, our norm is to go to Pizza Hut with our good friends Natatli, Paul and their children! Many times others join us too! On rare occasions when we dont have everyone with us we go to ihop but its pretty expensive!! Last night we didnt go to ihop or Pizza hut, and we only had the younger ones with us sooooooo we went to ihome and made the best Buttermilk pancakes, bacon and eggs and coffee!!! The children went on and  on of how it was sooooo good, even better than ihop!!! I doubt we will get out of going to ihop for the future but this was a lot of fun and it was very tasty!!! Something about breakfast for dinner just makes it taste better!! What do you do on Sunday nights, any traditions??

Well this week is going to be a whirlwind for sure. Gettting school work in, the OKC State Fair is underway and that means for Bethany super busy with the Dairy Goat shows there. Its a fun time for our whole family going, wandering around, eating fair food, watching Bethany show her goats, We have been going for many years and its just something we do! Its also grocery week, so I have to get a menu ready. We have another bd coming up.....Anna!!! The last "teen" year for her! Oh and remember for anyone over 16 just gets a meal and dessert of their choosing, so that will be easy.

I am thankful that God never changes. I dont think I have ever experienced more "changes" in our life than this past year, from last Sept to this Sept. Having older children has brought us to meet many people, and has carried us to many places. New friendships have been made, relationships have begun, some were begun and ended with much prayer and direction of the Lord, some are seeking direction as to "what and where" the Lord would have them go and do. Its so easy to have "younger" children, they stay contained....haha! But I know its what we have been doing these almost 25 years. Preparing them, admonishing them, seeking to equip them to go out into the world and "live for Jesus!!!" I dont know what the Lord will do in the near future but some could be around the other side of the world by the end of the year or first of the year. I am thankful that I can, no matter where they are, what they are doing, bow before the Lord in my room, way out here in the country of Coyle USA and the never changing God hears a mothers prayer! He loves them more than I ever could......so GO in Jesus name and love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul, your strength, your might for His kingdom and His glory!!!

 

Hope you all have  a wonderful week!!!! Hey, we are getting some 80's, real Fall now!!!

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this week we had a birthday at our house!!

Josiah turned 8!!

                                                                                                                                here's the bd boy!!

first we had donuts......alot of them!!!

           

                          .....then he got some new wheels!                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Josiah had a Golf Par-tee!!


                                                                                                            I made lots of greeeeeeeen cupcakes and 
                                                                                                            Mercy helped clean the spoons!!




......and I have to always get a pic of me and
the bd guy!!                                                                                         so after the par-tee, he hit the "greens!!"
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                     

  

cowgirl and princess all in one!!


                           lotsa rustlers around here!!!!!

                                                                                                    my daughter and I went on an iphone picture

and they carry some mighty dangerous weapons!                   taking walk, she saw me on the ground taking

                                                                                                    this.....i'm glad u dont have a pic of that!                


















                                                                                                                .....do you know what these are?
do you know what this is????                                                                     .
its on our farm!!                                                                                    Hint:  (goats with sweatshirts)
                                                                                                                why: (because Bethany shaved them
                                                                                                                for the State Fair and they are cold)

                                                           and lastly, the hometown football games
                                                           have begun!!!! Mercy and Jeremiah
                                                          doing what u do at games, besides watching it.....
                                                          drinking Coke and eating junk!!

Well, thats our week in iphone pictures!!!!!

Josiah's "Par-tee" pics and "the gift"

It was so tightly folded up. I didn't know if in just a few days it would "unfold" in time. I wondered if God would make it happen. Remember that rose bush? I have spoke of it often. Some friends gave it to us in memory of Joel. We lost several in the heat but I was determined to help this one to live! It did! A few weeks ago I noticed it was in the beginning stages of producing a bud. Remember it has never had more than two roses on it. This time it looked as though it would produce one. I wonder why it has two, then one, then two but sometimes not in that order. This time I think it was one for something special......a birthday coming up. As I inspected it on Sunday, I didn't have much hope that it would be open, so I just went my way and knew I would enjoy it when it "happened." Yesterday I had to peek again and see the progress.....I was amazed at what seemingly should have taken several more days, but the bud was very open and by late evening it looked like this...... I try to think of "special" things to do on Joel's bd, one year I wrote a poem, another year we made a collage of pictures, another year Bethany made the twin picture on teh side bar but this year I would not really think of anything. I felt bad because I didnt want the "missing of him" to be lost. I am so thankful God thought of something! I am receiving this as "a gift" from Him!

Josiah had  a "Golf Party" to celebrate being 8 years old!! He's kind into golf a little bit!! So we will call it a "Par-tee!!" We had Par-four burgers with "Chip-it" dip!! Can we have a bd party with anything other than grilled burgers? NO!! Had some fun desserts too. Peanut "Putter" Cookies, Par-faits, ( i found green pudding!!) "Donut holes",the "greens" drink, and of course Tee-off Cupcakes!! The "caddy's" (all who came to the party received "Caddy Treats!!" Since Josiah got a Putting Green, the little ones played an inside game on it! Love it that everyone was here except Caleb. I know its going to be hard as the little ones have more bd's to get siblings here, so for that I am thankful that we enjoyed being together!

 

Josiah, on each bd, "sends" balloons up to Joel!!

8 balloons up, up and away!!!

the day Joel and Josiah were born!!!

Happy Birthday

to

Joel and  Josiah!!!!!

Josiah is eight today!!!!!

what a blessing he is !!

Josiah loves playing outside.

he is always telling

me he can help or

do something for me!!

he really likes helping

Terry with any jobs

big or small

and recently just "earned"

some cash!!

I am so thankful to the

Lord for

the mercies He

has shown me through Josiah's life

by

being here to help my heart!!

I would think that if Joel

were here, I could say

the same about him......

Happy Birthday

Joel,

I miss you and love you

still!!

Sept.13, 2003-Jan.23, 2007