Sayer's Birthday - May 5th, 2011

Happy Birthday Honky Donky (family nickname :)!!!  You're such a joy!!!  We love you!!!

 The birthday boy

Blowing out his candles

 Eating cake and ice cream

 Daddy and Sayer by his countdown sign

Mommy and Sayer

 Sayer, Joshua, Hannah, and Lily

 Sayer got an airplane!!!  He was so excited!!!

 Shenandoah likes it too!!!

Sayer and Seth

 Sayer and Stasia

 Sayer and Sienna

 Sayer and Sabrina

Sayer and I

Introducing...

...The newest addition to our property...

Our miniature horse!!!

Hercules

Property, Animals, & Insects...

From our rose bush

Daddy, Stasia, and I out with the hives.  We have 8 now!!

Our dog, Daisy, jumps the chicken yard fences.  It works out fine though because she doesn't run away when she's out and when she's in, she helps guard the other animals.  She just kind of does her own thing. :)

Little kitten

Chickens

Sabrina took this picture - isn't it great?!

Our three goat kids are getting big!  They like to be together.

My Birthday!! April 29th, 2011

I had a LOVELY birthday!!!  Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make it special!!!  Here are some pictures from the day.

Daddy and I by my birthday countdown sign.

Fellowshipping

"It was this big!!"

 (I actually don't remember what I was saying :)

Hannah and Lily

Isn't that face just too cute to resist?!

Lily showing Seth and Sayer how to fold napkins

The finished product - aren't they pretty?!

Sabrina icing my cake

Sienna

The food was delicious and the arrangement of it that mommy did was lovely!  Thank you mommy for taking the time to make it so pretty!! :)

Going through the line

Eating dinner
(Mommy's taking all the pictures!)

A Group Picture

Shenandoah and I

Sayer and I

Seth and I

Stasia and I

Sienna and I

Sabrina and I

Joshua, Hannah, Lily, and I

Opening gifts

All gathered together

I had Boston Chocolate Creme Pie for my cake (it's my favorite!) Sabrina and Sienna each made one cake - we experimented this year and did one regular and the other with honey and rice flour.  

They were both good!

A birthday prayer

I blew out all 19 candles with one breath!!! :)

Hello Again!!

We're back!!  Have you missed hearing from us?!

We've had a blessed past couple of months around here and I intend to do my best at sharing them with you!!

We hope everyone is doing well.  Remember, we love to hear from our readers - so be sure to leave a comment!!

So, without further delay... I'll get the pictures on their way!!! :)

~ Savannah

Random Pictures and Happenings From April

 Shenandoah

 She loves the goat kids- especially Ballantyne

She also likes the mamas, but I think thats mostly because she likes the milk :)

 Playtime

 Hauling hay with daddy

 Dumping it in the wire cages - they really liked this part because...

 ...they got thrown in to tramp it down!! 

(look for them behind the tree branch)

 Stasia's turn

 Seth's turn

 Tramping

 Work in the garden

 Sabrina and Sayer

 After a full days work, Sayer was tired.  He fell asleep on the chair in the dining room!!

 In April, two of Joshua's sisters, Hannah and Lily, came out to be with him.  We've really enjoyed getting to know them!

 Eating dinner 

(Joshua had to work late this particular night, but we enjoyed bringing Hannah and Lily to spend the evening with us)

 Sabrina, Sienna, and Hannah

Playing kitchen with Lily