Cute Punkin'

...for those of you who wanted to see pics. of my niece. :) She turned 1 in November.

Sleepy girl

Gotta love those pigtails! :)

My sister-in-law had Mary on the phone last night and she was saying "Thank you" and "Bye bye" and some other stuff. Awwww....we're all dying to see her!

Just Because...

...there's something about freckled faces...

...crazy looks....

...and happy grins!

Good Times With Old Friends

We've had so many good times with the Zielski family over the past 10 yrs. or so....all the crazy adventures and wild escapades-riding horses(including getting bucked off and having the saddle slip when 2 of us were going full tilt), massive water fights that soaked the kitchen floor, sleep overs where we stood on our heads at 1 in the morning, walking the rail fence, climbing trees, eating chocolate, amish bombing the boys when they camped in the woods, riding cows and on the list goes. :)
They came over the other night and we had a GREAT time!

Chatting during chores

David M., Caleb, Micah and Jacob

Playing a cattegory game.

We also played a CRAZY but fun game of "Have you ever...?" and almost ruined the living room, and Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

Rach and Aim

Lydia, Ju, Rachel and Amy

We went on a walk down the road and the boys thought Sadie needed a lift back :)

It was CHILLY!!!!

Good friends

Rachel and Jo

Thanks for coming over!!! :)

Winter Days

...On our little farm

Is there any water under all that snow?

Frosty calf

Snow buddies

And the sledding hill which is roundbales 3 high. :)

Playing in the snow

Looks cold

Winter supplies ;)

The ladder to get to the top of our sledding hill

The grape arbor that has been growing snow instead of grapes lately. :)

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of God's beautiful creation!

Happy Birthday Nathan Joel!

Born January 13th, 2003. He was such a lanky little guy

"I'm a bull!"

The little prairie boy

Celebrating their Indian heritage?:)

3 years old at Denali National Park, Alaska

Experiencing a snowy June day in Alaska w/ Dana

His 'wet suit' for when he played in the sink.

Gettin' so big!

Nathan loves....

*Trains

*Farm toys

*Playing with Joanna

*Being read to

*Helping Dad

*Wrestling w/ his big brothers

*Candy :)

*Riding his bike

*Playing outside

Happy 7th birthday Titterbug!

We LOOOOVE you!!!

Where Do Your Burgers Come From?

Read this interesting article. This is why we grow and eat our own food.

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-05-cheap-food-ammonia-burgers/

Snow,snow,snow....

~A couple weeks ago we went down to our old farm where we used to live 11 years ago and we went sledding on the hill we used to sled on as little kids. For some reason the hill didn't seem quite so big. :)

Ready, set....

David & Nathan, ready to head down the hill

Squished!

A snowman

Making snow angels

Our family

Time to leave the hill.......

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And now, back at our house. Does someone see a little snowman?

A hardworking one too. :)

Right now we have two feet of snow and it's supposed to snow until Friday. It's very beautiful but I think spring is beginning to look good. :)