Steiner Easter

We enjoyed spending Sunday evening with Steiners at U. Dave's. Waiting for a delicious supper. 

 

 

It was so nice to see Flint happy. He finally won the battle of the typical winter colds/coughs with a nasty bout of ear infection to boot; and everyone was glad he was his cheerful friendly self again. 

And of course he was always cute, even when he was fussy, but oh my. This little guy is over-the-top cuter-than-ever.

 

 

More cuteness.

Mixed stories of how U. Dave's got this hoverboard but no mixed opinions on getting one here. Suddenly we can't live without one.





 

Seth is demonstrating how he reads while riding.

 

Last Week

by Sarah

 

Monday - 78 degrees out!

I think we need a screen for Kaitlyn's bedroom window.

 

We went down to the beach for awhile and Josh tried out the Turtle.

That night TMB did music practice here. Lacy had fun getting all the attention.

 

Tuesday was Jacob's birthday. Levi and Echo stopped by for awhile in the evening. Josh hid under the boat and then crawled around. Brandy didn't know Josh was under the boat, so she was running around and barking her head off. Kiowa figured out right away how the boat was moving :)

And we found another use for the boat!

 

Also Tuesday Ben went to Michigan for the Robotic Champs competition. The team did great all the way through the qualification matches. They were the first pick of team number one, but they were bumped out when their robot broke and they lost their match. It was kind of a bummer, but they are still an awesome team, and it is really impressive how far they made it before they were knocked out.

 2481 Drive Team, clockwise: Ben, Andrew, Ryan, Marisa, Ally, Luke

photo creds to various mentors

 

Waiting for their robot to get inspected.

 

Ryan, Ben, Luke.

 

 

Thursday evening it was nice enough to walk down to the lake for awhile.

Brandy loves the lake.

 

Jewel loves the swing.

 

Friday morning we did errands around town and hit a few garage sales before picking up Grandma K. and heading to ICC for a homeschool play that some friends and cousins were in. The play was called Tied to the Tracks, and it was really good!

 

And that's about it! Have a great week!

 

TYG Easter Breakfast 2019

Easter Weekend

Back to Good Friday. Ben's been eager to mow...

 

 

Major lawn cleanup. After 19 years of faithful service, this swing graduated to the South Grove burn pile. It will not be missed.

 

Easter Sunday was beautiful from start to finish. We enjoyed the rare warm sunny day on the beach. One of us enjoyed regretted dropping into the lake from the rope swing. The water was ICY.

 

After supper, this crew spent some time at the South Grove.

O, How He Loves You And Me

 

 

Thank you Diane!

Welcome Bugs!

We've had some really nice days and some really cold days and some really windy days. One of the kids told me about this schedule for IL:

7:00 - Spring

noon - Summer

4:00 - Fall

8:00 - Winter

And sometimes that's not far from the truth! Anyway, we've enjoyed the nice days for sure and aren't even one bit annoyed by the flies and mosquitos. Bring them on. That means it's time for summer,  and

 We Are Ready!

 

This was a couple weeks ago already, last Tuesday evening April 9th. Dad helped Dave and Ryan with a few spring projects on the church/fellowship hall lawn.

 

 

A couple days later - Thursday April 11 - favorite spring project.

not!

 

Horses are happy too.

 

Last Saturday April 13. Levi came by for awhile, and Kiowa got to ride on the hay rack while a crew did some fencing.

She was a little (or a lot) nervous getting close to the cows. They were bellering  pretty loud. A lot different than watching them across the road from the house!

 

She wasn't a bit nervous about the 4wheeler though!

 

Think of the crown of thorns on our Saviour's head. Amazing how much He loves us.

Pretty loud but little tyke was a good sport!

 

Until she got tired. Now how's that for a sweet picture?

 

I was walking with Tori after the fencing was done when Dad drove by with three kids in the truck and wondered if I wanted to go to a IHSRA rodeo with him in Delavan. So I did, and the kids loved it. I enjoyed the barrel racing but certainly wasn't in love with the bull riding. These kids on the bulls were ages 14 to 18!

 

This was the next morning!

 

Before church -

 

Driving to church!

 

After a Monday of 50s or so (I kind of forget), most of the snow was gone :) :) :)

 

More spring work with cattle - weaning calves.

For the record. More manure in this shed than Dad's ever seen before. That just means it was a long hard winter.

 

Last glimpse of snow for the year - - -

 

Brandi went nuts at the lake. She raced around and around like a crazy thing.

Couple more pictures for the record -

Beautiful green front yard.

 

Not-so-beautiful backyard.

 

Was fun to have Blayne and Kennedi here last Monday. They seemed to enjoy the farm :)

 

Tuesday April 16. Gorgeous sunrise.

 

Kept a little cutie while her daddy had a checkup. He checked out great!

 

Last Wednesday we had another little crowd here. Thankful it was so nice out! 

 

More spring prep - lots of eyes watching the mower get unloaded after its annual checkup.

 

First picnic! Left to right: Kate, Henry, Ella, Clay, Jack, Cason, Jovie on Sarah's lap, Kennedi.

 

Photo cred for these next px to Sarah. Thanks Sarah!

 

GREAT to have all kids here for supper that evening. It just doesn't happen much anymore. And it was a beautiful evening for the fire burner after supper.

 

Good to have a sweet Kruz here again on Friday.

 

And a sweet Gloria ;)

 

It must've been cooler that day because everyone was inside. Probably hoping for more bug weather. At least I was!

 

And that was Good Friday which was so so good for us but so so awful for our Lord.

 

Oh, how He loves you and me!

He gave His love, How much more could He give?

Oh, how He loves you!

Oh, how He loves me!

Oh, how He loves you and me!

 

*lyrics to a song on an album from my young group days. Wish I knew the rest of the song or the title but I don't.

 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16