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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, September 28, 2012

9-28-12 Crazy Week

by Tori

This week has been crazy. I think Mom went somewhere every day, and she and Dad have been gone two evenings too. Wednesday night they were gone and Josh was already in bed when she got home. We had told him that Mom would be home when he got up, but when he woke up she’d already left to meet with our interior decorator. Josh said, “She not home yet?”

For the last several days, the boys have been waiting for cow #4 to calve. They were sure she was getting close, and then after two days of thinking, “She’s gonna have it today,” the cow was barely able to walk yesterday. Thinking it had something to do with her calving, they called Dr. Hoerr and he discovered that her hooves had foundered and then cracked which made for tough walking. He trimmed them down and she was fine; he also checked the calf and it was fine too. Jacob was very glad to report this morning that the cow had calved. Earlier in the morning he had checked her and she was by herself but with no calf, and then two hours later she was just licking it off. Jacob said it could hardly even stand yet so it must’ve been pretty new. Needless to say the boys are all very pleased.

Px from the week. Josh’s moose got turned into a horse for a while.

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Lately the kids have been spending tons of time in the sandbox digging holes and making roads and mountains.

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A very common scene right after a library day.

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Getting the kitchen ready for paint.

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Everyone gets to help.

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Life with boys = some really strange things in the washing machine. Actually the nail isn’t too strange, but the stinkbugs are a little unusual.

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Today the bricks came.

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That’s it, have a good weekend.

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