Happy Fourth of July!!

In God we still Trust! Here in America!!

Hope you all are having a great Independence Day!!
Us girls got all decked out and painted our nails patriotic!

My nails

Kai's nails

Megs' nails (I did hers, she did ours) :)

Our Church's float, well, the truck pulling it. ;)

Our float won the "Best Non-Commercial Float"!!! :D

Have a great week!

Bunnies & Summertime

This last week was much better than the week before. :)
Our three baby bunnies started to come out of their nest box to explore!
So we got to play with them and cuddle them!!  We got some pictures of them so I thought I'd share. :)

Summertime is finally officially here! Though it's felt like summer for over a month almost!

Last Saturday Megs and I went to Fort Vancouver and took 17th century Black Powder Training again!
2nd year for Megs, 3rd year for me, hopefully Kai can join us next year as she will be old enough then. :)
So we got to fire two flint lock rifles with two different ways of loading them, got to fire a swivel gun, and a small cannon!!
Oh, and the swivel gun has a bigger blast than the cannon, I mean you can feel it more and it's louder!
Here's a pic from a from the 2013 training of us all around the cannon. :)

On July 4th, Megs and I will be in the Ridgefield Parade with our church!
Excited to see what being in a parade is like, though I got put in the truck and Megs gets to walk and hand out candy. :/
 Oh well, at least I might not get sunburned! :P

Also countdown to our Grandparents from CA to visit in 2 weeks! Yay!!! :D
We have a new card game to teach them now too! :)

 Oh! My friend Rebekah Eddy is having a giveaway on her blog, the winner gets a free autographed copy of her book "The Silver Flower".
Go check out her blog and enter!

Life & Death - It's Part Of Life

Yesterday we experienced the sad part of life here on the farm.
My last goat of the year to have her babies went into labor yesterday, after hours of trying to help her, we had to put her down because the kid she had was too big to be able to come out.
I don't think I've cried so hard for a long time. I felt terrible because there was nothing I could do!
That was hard, but I know God has a plan, even though I can't see what the future holds, I know that He is working everything out for good to those who love Him and to those who are called according to His purpose.
So I will keep trusting Him, no matter what.


Here are some pictures of Glory as she grew up.
Her full name is Glory Be to God.

A new quote I learned this week that has a LOT of truth in it!

This world is all the Hell that a True Christian is to ever endure,

and it is all the Heaven that Unbelievers shall ever enjoy.

 --Jonathan Edwards

And just as death is part of life in this world, new life is always happening too.
It's the circle of life, that will continue until this world ends and the new world commences and we will live with Jesus forever with no pain or sorrow, no sad goodbyes. :)

Today I got to go see a new little life. My friends Sarah's new baby.
Isn't Victoria SO cute!! I thought ya'll might enjoy a few pix of her. ;)

Fort Schools Have Come to an End, For This Year....

So since I forgot to do a post yesterday, I shall do one today. :)

This past week went kinda slow as my family all had the cold. No fun.
On Thursday I went to my first First Aid/CPR training and am now certified! (for a few things)

Today was the Fort Vancouver  Schools Graduation/Moving-Up ceremony.
In the morning we had a "Scavenger Hunt", but another way to describe it is a question trivia. :)
We split the teams up into 5 groups, and sent them off to 7 buildings, they had to answer a list of questions at each location, and then guess what the next building they were going to was based on the last couple questions.
They all seemed to really like it!
I got a few pictures to share with you all too. :)

Some students from one team hurrying to the next destination!

One of the questions was demonstrate how to lead a visually impaired individual up and down stairs

'Team E' in the Counting House, they actually won with 107 correct answers!! :D

Here's the whole group (minus one) who did the Scavenger Hunt!

Then after the game was over, everyone head over the the Pearson Air Museum Hanger for the potluck, graduation and dancing afterwards.
Here are some photo's from that. :)

Quite a few student graduates sitting in a circle inside for lunch, that circle kept getting bigger and bigger!!

Lined up for dancing!

So the whole day went well and everyone had lots of fun!
I'm so glad they all liked the game and it seemed to go well! Maybe we'll do it again next year! :D

We also had a baby goat born this week!

Calla Lily, isn't she cute?!

Maybe next week I can post pictures of my friends new baby if I get to go see her. :)

Hope you all had a great week!

Goldy's 10th Birthday!!

So you are probably wondering "Who is Goldy?"

Goldy is Megs pony who we have had since she was born. Since Goldy was born, not Megs. ;)
So I am going to share some pictures from every year of Goldy's life. (except 2010, I couldn't find any and Megs is out of town without a computer so I couldn't ask her for any)
Hope you enjoy all the horse pictures!

Goldy and her mom the day Goldy was born

Goldy a few days over a month old, cute wasn't she?!

Goldy a little over 2 months old, she was so cute!!

Goldy at a little over 2 months again & last pic in Spokane

Goldy at 9 months old in our rental house in Vancouver

Goldy at just over 2 yrs and her 1st time having someone on her back!

Goldy again in her training lesson

Goldy at almost 3 years old in March of 2009

Goldy at 3 yrs 4 months

Goldy in Jan of 2011

Goldy tried doing a selfie! (not really, she's just nosy) ;)

Goldy 4 months before her 4th birthday

Goldy a few days after her 4th birthday, isn't she pretty?!

Goldy & Misty in the snow of Feb 2012

Goldy at 5 yrs. 3 months

Goldy in April of 2013

Goldy at almost a month before her 6th birthday

Goldy & the girls in the 2014 Feb. snow

Goldy & Misty 2 months before Goldy's 8th birthday

Goldy & the girls in the 2014 April rain :)

Goldy getting loves in Sept. of 2014 at 8 yrs. 3 months

Goldy in Feb. of 2015 in her winter coat

Goldy on her birthday this year!

Isn't she a pretty palomino?!

And there you have 10 years worth of pictures of Goldy's life. :)
Hasn't she gotten dark over the years? Her Winter coat is always light, but she sheds out darker in the Summer.
Hope I didn't overload anyone with too many pictures! ;)

It's raining here today, supposed to all weekend, which is a nice change from the 90 degree weather we had last weekend! (I can't believe I'm happy its raining!)
Maybe next week I will have some pictures of my friends new baby from when I go to visit to share with ya'll. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Belinda's 2nd Birthday

Today is Belinda's 2nd birthday! Yes, I know some of you might think I'm weird to do a post about a dogs B-day but, hey, everyone likes puppy pictures right??
And I am going to do a big picture post on Friday about Goldy's birthday which is also today.
So I won't overwhelm a post with too many pictures, I will post about Belinda today! :)

Here are some birthday pictures Kai took of Belinda and her new toys

So now to share some pictures from Belinda's life which includes puppy pictures! :)

Belinda playing with her "jingle ball"

In November of her 1st year, Belinda had to go to the vet for surgery because she accidentally swallowed a baoding ball. Our grandma had given them to us a few years before and she found one and liked it because it jingled.

baoding balls

We only knew she swallowed it because when we were out feeding the animals Belinda ran by us and Megs said, "I think she swallowed the jingle ball, I just heard her jingle". I'm like "yeah right". Then Kai thought she heard it.  And then I thought I heard it so I picked her up and wiggled her and sure enough you could hear the jingle ball jingling inside if her!! So we had to take her to the vet because the ball was too big to come out by itself. :/ The vet and vet techs all thought that the jingling was hilarious!

Anyways, here are a few more pictures of Belinda.

This is one of the first pictures I took the night I got my T5i camera!

Hope you all enjoyed the pictures!!
Have a great week!