September 2025

September 2025
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Friday, April 20, 2012

4-20-12 Friday Already

by Tori

These last two days have been beautiful, but this morning it looks very overcast. Wednesday is Mom’s piano lesson day so from 8 to 10:30 or so she gave four piano lessons (Jesse wasn’t ready). While she gave lessons, Kate and I cooked up chicken, made two fruit pizzas (gone a day and half later – definitely a favorite), and made muffins for supper (which we forgot to put out for supper), among other things. Wednesday evening we went to church. Yesterday I got to spend the afternoon mowing (hurrah – I love mowing) and working with Jacob and Kate in the shop making stakes. After supper we kids walked down to the pond for awhile while Dad & Mom walked. From the pond we moved on to the big dirt pile where we were waging a dirt-clod war until Levi jumped off one end of the pile and sprained his ankle (his OTHER ankle – not the one he sprained last year). He jumped on the four-wheeler and went home to Rest, Ice, Compress (wrap), and Elevate it (RICE). He knows the routine by now. It didn’t swell much at all since he took care of it so quick so hopefully it will heal fast.

Cutting pineapple for the fruit pizza.

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Playing Oregon Trail.

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Sarah winking or squinting with mother Spanky (whose kittens’ eyes are open – we can hardly wait till they’re big enough to play with.)

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Four-wheeler rides (Kate is telling me about the starter Jacob fixed – touch two wires together and it starts right up – no more pull starting!).

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Thursday evening.

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Ben managed to flood his boots at the pond.

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