Week In Review

Our week was a blink. Nothing spectacular happened, unless you count turning off the air conditioning a spectacular event. Which it actually kind of is since it was such a hot summer the AC ran almost non-stop for weeks on end and since September brought us just those few cool days and then BAM we were right back in the heat & humidity of summer - - - so yes. Turning off the AC was a noteworthy event. And so were walks with my sweatshirt and stretchpants AND winter coat. Zippy cold and crisp days in between a few gray rainy days too. Welcome, Fall. Thankful that God’s word says, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22)  Love that promise. Love this time of year. Thankful it’s here!

So – a few px of our week - - -

A special little visitor brightened one morning - - -

I didn’t see all this dress-up play so I’m glad someone took pictures!

Ummmmm - - -

Tuesday evening - - -

Jacob clocked Kate and Diamond; report is that they were doing just under 35mph.

Another way to make joyful noise around here. Thanks A. Sarah for letting us use it for a few days. Prepare for some beautiful accordion music soon - - -

Precious smiles from a precious little Baer cub -

This little cub wouldn’t look at me – he was too busy driving his semi.

I think I see a future trucker here - - -

Friday - - -

- - - was rainy much of the day, but it cleared off beautifully in time for a campfire supper. Well, not as in we cooked over the campfire (which we did cook dessert, I guess), but we ate supper beside the campfire. Was a perfect night for chili and monkey bread, although I think most of the kids agreed that the meal would’ve been just fine without the chili. Haha.

And oh yes, the roaring fire did feel great!

Favorite most friendly cat Joe.

Loving soup season!!

Yep that’s Joe again.

Glad that Levi & Echo stopped in after harvest. No they weren’t sleeping; I guess the camera flash made them blink!

And that’s it for our week. Much to be thankful for!!!

 

 

PS - - -

**I was going to insert a link to the monkey bread recipe but I realized I don’t have it posted so can’t link to it. Will try to remedy that in the near future. Stay tuned!

 

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians 15:57

Kaiser Wiener Roast

Well, with the high for the day forecast at 85* or so, the roaring fire part really wasn’t necessary, and we provided ice and pop instead of hot chocoate; nevertheless we enjoyed a crew of Kaisers on Sunday evening for the annual wiener roast. Thanks to everyone who came – we loved seeing so many again!

Love all these smiles!

Trampoline was well-used.

As was the sandbox.

And swings.

Sandbox kept getting fuller as the evening wore on -

How many Kaisers can you count?

Volleyball fun -

kind of turned into football fun when the younger crowd kept taking the volleyball .

 

 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

I Timothy 1:17

 

*I counted 24. I think I heard at one point there were 28!

Harvest Swim

by Kate

Harvest continued on Saturday -

Lunch in the field because that’s where almost everyone was …it was also about 85 degrees that day.

Shade felt good.

Switching to beans.

Josh and I hauled out manure,

While Tori and the other two girls went swimming……who woulda thought it’d be warm enough to swim in September??

[editor’s note: water was pretty cool but not too cold; they were out for a couple hours! Whoever heard of swimming during harvest?!)

Back home…

Jesse really liked driving the combine all day.