Kittens

When we got home from church on Saturday we had a surprise. Tabbi found two kittens in the garage. Rocky had been gone for most of the summer, only coming home now and then. She must have had these two kittens sometime in September and has brought them home now. They look about 4-5 weeks old. But they are wild! We brought them into the house to try to tame them.

Birthday Boys!

Sunday we went to a birthday party at McDonalds for our two grandsons. Andre turned 3 and Drake is 2.

Christian Activity Center

Our church group has rented a building! It is an old Train Depot. We are tentatively calling it a Christian Activity Center. We had church services there last week for the first time. We are planning to use it for music concerts and jams, bible studies, family movie nights, game nights, etc.

MORE Applesauce!

Randi came over yesterday and we canned the last two bushels of apples. 55 pints! And we sliced and froze 64 cups of apples for pies. What a day! No wonder my back hurts!

This is Randi and a BIG bowl of applesauce!

Here I am! Slicing apples for pie.

Applesauce and Grandsons

Yesterday we went to Randi's and made applesauce. We made 53 pints from 2 bushels of apples. We have 2 more bushels to do when Randi comes here tomorrow.

Today I am watching my two grandsons. I was up at 4:30 and went to stay with them until they got up at 7:00. Then I brought them to my house. Bernie had just left for work and Nathanael was watching Tabbi. Our son-in-law, John is having surgery on his shoulder today. So the boys will probably be here most of the day. Drake is an angel and Andre is a challenge, to say the least! :) So say a prayer for John, and maybe one for me too! :)

Happy Birthday!

Sunday we went to visit my parents and wish my dad a happy birthday. He is 72 now! His mom was there for a while too. She is 95! Happy birthday, Dad!

Field Trip

On Friday, I took my son and daughter to a homeschool field trip. We went to a Christian campground where they have nature classes. Nathanael had three classes. The first was called "Wet and Wild". The kids were given waders to wear, nets to catch water creatures with, and trays to hold their critters. Nathanael caught some minnows and a giant water bug. They got to see the water bug eat one of the minnows! Ick! The two classes he went to in the afternoon were boating, and archery. I didn't get any pictures because I was with Tabbi, but a friend promised to give me some of what she took.







The classes that Tabbi and I went to were a "bog walk" in the morning, and "Trees are Us" in the afternoon. First they took us on a hayride to the bog. Then we walked along the board walk on the bog. We got to see wild blueberries, cranberries, and pitcher plants. And jump up and down on the bog. It was like a trampoline! In the afternoon we went on a scavenger hunt looking for different leaves, bark, etc. Lots of fun!







These are pitcher plants. They fill with water and drown insects for lunch! :)


















Tabbi and her scavenger finds.

Two days with my kids!

My two oldest daughters were here yesterday and the day before. On Tuesday they came over to help me, and my son, clean out our cabin/storage shed. It was a MESS! The cabin also gets used as a hunting shack come fall, so it needed to be done. It took us only 2 hours with all of us working. That surprised me; I thought it would take much longer.

Yesterday they came again for "Game Day". We have game day once a month at our house. We are all avid game players and this is a fun time for us. We played "Settlers of Catan", "Loot", "Skullduggery", "States and Capitals" and "Slueth". The hardest part is trying to watch all the little ones while we are playing games. We have four between the ages of almost 2 and close to 5! The almost 5 year old, Tabbi, is my daughter. My grandsons are Drake; almost 2 and Andre; almost 3. And my grandaughter Becca, will be 3 in February.