Yep. I looked through our barn raising pictures!
Friday, November 09, 2007
Here it is!!!
A very rough slide show of our weekend! I found Brad Paisley doing this song first, but Daddy put the original group doing it. I don't know if we could have found Brad Paisley's version anyway.
I don't think it's too bad for a first try. Sorry about the little bump in the music.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Guess What! Another post titled "Reformation Day/Weekend!"
Where to start?!!! That's always the problem!
The setting: a few days before the big event.
The men and boys smoothing out last minute problems on the trebuchet.
Inserting a solid metal bar though the arm's axle (it was bending really bad without that).
One of the launches!
Raising the standard.
This is what we girls and ladies left every time the men launched the siege machine!
Scene 2: The big day.
The gathering crowd.
The Heritage Quintet?
Traveling Germans.
You can just barely see our trolley set-up behind the tables.
The competition.
Changing frenzy. Plaid, plaid, everywhere plaid!
Kilted father and son.
Clan leader.
Everyone trying to find a spot on the trebuchet or in the truck bed for our grand entrance!
"For the Lord is our defense...."
My handsome bro. in his Scottish attire.
My other handsome brother in his Scottish garb.
Our men standing around preparing for the first launch.
Impromptu concert!
All in all, the day went very well!
The setting: a few days before the big event.
The men and boys smoothing out last minute problems on the trebuchet.
Inserting a solid metal bar though the arm's axle (it was bending really bad without that).
One of the launches!
Raising the standard.
This is what we girls and ladies left every time the men launched the siege machine!Scene 2: The big day.
The gathering crowd.
The Heritage Quintet?
Traveling Germans.
You can just barely see our trolley set-up behind the tables.
The competition.
Changing frenzy. Plaid, plaid, everywhere plaid!
Kilted father and son.
Clan leader.
Everyone trying to find a spot on the trebuchet or in the truck bed for our grand entrance!
"For the Lord is our defense...."
My handsome bro. in his Scottish attire.
My other handsome brother in his Scottish garb.
Our men standing around preparing for the first launch.
Impromptu concert!
All in all, the day went very well!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Daddy said...
"Even though we, as individuals, are so ignorant, when we pull together.... our ignorance is even greater."
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Another calf
31 calved today!!! She seems to be doing much better; for a while there she was barely getting around. Of course it's a little heifer calf; we don't seem to be able to get any bulls that we can turn into future meat. Oh well, we still have a couple or three more calves on the way.
Now, per request of a certain someone (Don't worry, Caleb, I won't mention any names.) I am going to post an entire paragraph of a couple of week ago when the Lovetts spent a couple of days here. I warned you, sir!!!
Well, where to start... I guess it's always easiest to start at the beginning. So, the Lovett family arrived around 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. The day before Daddy and Kyle had processed one of our turkeys; I had been nursing it all day. We had dinner around 5:30 pm or 6:00 pm. After dinner Kyle and the certain someone got up a game of Cranium. We played two games of that Wednesday night. For those of you who know (roughly) how to play the game, you know that there are certain parts of the game where you have to silently act out things. Well, the word was "mermaid," and the certain someone had to act it out. He did a very good job! His partner guessed it almost right off. The other word that he acted out later was "nun." Again he did a wonderful job. We learned (if we didn't already know it) that that certain someone can't hardly spell, but he can spell "aqueduct." That's enough Cranium talk, I think. On to Thursday. The men worked very hard on I'm not sure what all. They did electrical work and drywall work, but other than that, I'm not sure. We ladies went to Sir's Fabrics. Kaliste and I discovered how good a Twix Ice Cream bar tastes. ;) We had turkey-pot-pie around 7:00 pm for dinner Thursday evening, and we again played a couple of games of Cranium afterwards. They left the next morning. Well, is that enough? Is that enough information on y'all's visit? Sorry, but we don't have any more pictures of that visit that I can post.
Now, per request of a certain someone (Don't worry, Caleb, I won't mention any names.) I am going to post an entire paragraph of a couple of week ago when the Lovetts spent a couple of days here. I warned you, sir!!!
Well, where to start... I guess it's always easiest to start at the beginning. So, the Lovett family arrived around 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. The day before Daddy and Kyle had processed one of our turkeys; I had been nursing it all day. We had dinner around 5:30 pm or 6:00 pm. After dinner Kyle and the certain someone got up a game of Cranium. We played two games of that Wednesday night. For those of you who know (roughly) how to play the game, you know that there are certain parts of the game where you have to silently act out things. Well, the word was "mermaid," and the certain someone had to act it out. He did a very good job! His partner guessed it almost right off. The other word that he acted out later was "nun." Again he did a wonderful job. We learned (if we didn't already know it) that that certain someone can't hardly spell, but he can spell "aqueduct." That's enough Cranium talk, I think. On to Thursday. The men worked very hard on I'm not sure what all. They did electrical work and drywall work, but other than that, I'm not sure. We ladies went to Sir's Fabrics. Kaliste and I discovered how good a Twix Ice Cream bar tastes. ;) We had turkey-pot-pie around 7:00 pm for dinner Thursday evening, and we again played a couple of games of Cranium afterwards. They left the next morning. Well, is that enough? Is that enough information on y'all's visit? Sorry, but we don't have any more pictures of that visit that I can post.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Really, I will post soon!
I just looked at the date of my last short post; I am astonished and ashamed of myself. Still, we are very busy around here now. Perhaps things will start to slow down soon, and I will be able to post something more interesting. I don't have any idea what that will be though; perhaps y'all could give me ideas of what you want to know more about (please, something I might actually be able to do!). Sorry! No time right now for more.
Friday, October 12, 2007
It has started...
Yes, "It's that time again!" We watched "Charlie Brown Christmas" during lunch this afternoon. Did you know that he says "y'all"? That's this year's CBC observation.
Claire has started playing Christmas music almost more than any other genre; she did figure out a couple of chords from "Gone" (Montgomery Gentry) this afternoon though.
Claire has started playing Christmas music almost more than any other genre; she did figure out a couple of chords from "Gone" (Montgomery Gentry) this afternoon though.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Recent goings on
Claire's finally picked up the camera again!!! That means I have a few pictures to post!!! I am so glad because if she hadn't done this I was going to actually touch the camera and grab a few pics of the farm. Since these aren't of the farm I may still do that; I've been thinking that I ought to get an updated picture of Chuck on here.
Daddy and Mr. Lovett enjoying the new latte machine while the Lovetts visited the other day! We greatly enjoyed their fellowship.
This past Lord's Day the Stouffers and Rachel and Allen Draper followed us home. It is such a blessing to finally host fellowship at our place!
I believe Kyle especially enjoyed having some manly fellowship here at home.
Here's what we (well, Claire, Kyle, and Daddy) did this evening.
The final product... before smoking at least! Pig meat in pig guts!
Daddy and Mr. Lovett enjoying the new latte machine while the Lovetts visited the other day! We greatly enjoyed their fellowship.
This past Lord's Day the Stouffers and Rachel and Allen Draper followed us home. It is such a blessing to finally host fellowship at our place!
I believe Kyle especially enjoyed having some manly fellowship here at home.
Here's what we (well, Claire, Kyle, and Daddy) did this evening.
The final product... before smoking at least! Pig meat in pig guts!Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Silly Sayings
Our radar is acting up right now; that's the only way I can explain this one:
We passed a church on the way home the other day, and this was on the sign:
Here's a few other ridiculous church slogan thingys (I goin' technical on you again!):
I don't like corny, "witty", irreverent church signs; I promise I have seen all of these and more! These things drive me crazy! "I can't stand 'em; I just can't stand 'em!"
Global warming conference canceled by sudden snow storm.
We passed a church on the way home the other day, and this was on the sign:
Need a new look? Come inside for a faith lift.
Here's a few other ridiculous church slogan thingys (I goin' technical on you again!):
Church shopping? We're open Sundays.
ATM inside: Atonement, Truth, and Mercy
Free tickets to Heaven. Details inside.
The best vitamin for a Christian is to B1.
I don't like corny, "witty", irreverent church signs; I promise I have seen all of these and more! These things drive me crazy! "I can't stand 'em; I just can't stand 'em!"
I'm finally getting around to this
Kaliste tagged me several days (weeks???) ago, and I have finally found a bit of time to do it.
You are riding in an air-plane when you happen to look out your window and see a dragon flying alongside the plane. You...
B. remain perfectly still, too scared to make any noise or even move.
E. say, "Hey it's a dragon!
You are sleeping over your friend's house, it's late at night, but you can't fall asleep. Lying in bed, you hear their front door creep open, and the sound of someone coming in and sneaking around the house. You...
A. grab a baseball bat, or anything on hand that looks in any way like a weapon, and peek past the door to see what’s going on.
B. hide under your covers and remain very still, hoping the burglar or whoever it is would just go away and leave poor you alone.
D. make scary ghost-like noises, knowing that trying to scare the burglar out of the house is the best option.
One of your friends challenges you to do the chicken dance in the middle of Wall-Mart. You....
You find a million dollars on the floor. You...
A. try to find its owner (if not keep it)
Your best friend since kindergarten is acting weird. You...
A. ask her/him what's bothering them.
A. run around screaming for help
A. get up and keep walking, ignoring the bully.
A. start throwing anything handy at him.
F. climb a tree.
You are riding in an air-plane when you happen to look out your window and see a dragon flying alongside the plane. You...
A. scream.
B. remain perfectly still, too scared to make any noise or even move.
C. jam your fist through the window and leap on the dragon's back.
D. faint.
D. faint.
E. say, "Hey it's a dragon!
Well, I really couldn't say, but maybe…… B.
You are sleeping over your friend's house, it's late at night, but you can't fall asleep. Lying in bed, you hear their front door creep open, and the sound of someone coming in and sneaking around the house. You...
A. grab a baseball bat, or anything on hand that looks in any way like a weapon, and peek past the door to see what’s going on.
B. hide under your covers and remain very still, hoping the burglar or whoever it is would just go away and leave poor you alone.
C. wake up your friend or whoever is closest at hand to tell them what you hear.
D. make scary ghost-like noises, knowing that trying to scare the burglar out of the house is the best option.
E. awake the parents and hide in the closet, hoping he doesn't look in there.
I don't think I'd do any of these, but, since I have to choose, I'll say A. because it's most likely just certain someones tasting homemade sweet rolls ready for breakfast the next day.
One of your friends challenges you to do the chicken dance in the middle of Wall-Mart. You....
A. do it! Who cares what people think!
B. gasp! Who would do such a thing?
C. only if he/she does it first!
D. try on some sunglasses and pretend you don't know this person.
E. make them pay you first
E. but they'd have to pay me a lot!
You find a million dollars on the floor. You...
A. try to find its owner (if not keep it)
B. start dancing and shouting "I got a million dollars!"
C. leave it alone...let someone else get it.
D. go shopping
I'd be rather frightened if I found a million dollars. Most likely I'd be thinking that it's fake or looking around for the candid camera people. So, after all that I'd have to say C. Of course I'd probably regret it after a while.
Some stranger walks up to you and says "want to go for a ride"? You...
A. stare at em' and say "are you kidding me?!"
B. say " yeah sure!"
C. step on their toe and run away
D. say "FREAK" and run away.
E. say "No"
A. then E.
Your best friend since kindergarten is acting weird. You...
A. ask her/him what's bothering them.
B. start acting weird, too.
C. become increasingly depressed.
D. say 'You're not my friend anymore, you never want to hang out.'
E. say "what's YOUR problem?"
I don't have any friends from kindergarten except family, and I'm just as weird as they are. I guess I'd have to say B. then.
You’re stranded on a deserted island. You…
A. run around screaming for help
B. start gathering fire wood and figuring out some sort of shelter.
C. begin to explore, you might as well know your surroundings.
D. you build a huge fire in hopes that someone will see it and rescue you.
E. sit on a rock and write your dying wish
I guess C. and might as well do B. while I'm at it. Why is it a deserted island anyway? What made all the inhabitants leave?
The neighborhood bully walks up behind you and pushes you over on your way home from your walk. You...
A. get up and keep walking, ignoring the bully.
B. you get up and yell in his/her face.
C. you get up and scarcasticly say that you love him/her and walk away.
D. you run and get your mom.
E. cry and run away
F. get into a fist fight
You go out to get the mail and your neighbors 500 pound rottweiler comes streaking straight at you and and barks up a storm, frothing at the mouth and growling. You....
Knowing that it would be improper to do B. or C. and impossible to do F. with any chance of winning and degrading to do D. and E. I guess I have to go with A.
A. start throwing anything handy at him.
B. run away screaming
C. yell that your dad's a lawyer, (even if he isn't one) and that you're going to sue
D. cry like a little girl and cover head with your arms
E. say "Niiice doggie" and attempt to pet him.
F. climb a tree.
First of all, my neighbors don't have 500 pound rottweilers (who does??? That's about 400 pounds overweight!). Still, if it ever happens that I do meet some 500 pound rottweiler that is still able to streak, after assessing the situation and determining that it would be impossible to do E. and, having wasted too much time assessing the situation to B., knowing that it would be entirely useless to do C. and D., I'd have to do F.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Quick update
Well, I had thought to post some newer pictures of the farm, but I don't particularly care to walk around with a camera. So, instead of a nice post with pictures, I have to do a short, boring :) post.
Claire and Kyle are working on fitting school in the rather hectic schedule we have now. I'm trying to do what's expected of me, and finish Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. For the record, I still don't like it, but I've got to finish it. Mama calls that quality in me "obsessive-compulsive" adding that "that isn't always bad." I'm quite sick of novels at the moment though. I long to read a good history book about something I don't know a lot about (pretty much any part of history except Columbus and Colonial America). Any suggestions? Mama's either got a poetry course for me to take or she's working on it, but that seems almost as bad as a novel right now (probably because it's an assignment).
Anyway, the farm somehow continues to operate, most likely by Kyle and Daddy's most-capable hands. Grammy and Granddaddy worked in the garden with Luke this morning. Clarabelle's not doing as well in the stanchion as she was before. She's figured out how to get her hoof into the milking bucket, so, because of that, we haven't been getting as much milk lately. Chuck is getting bigger and darker. We're still expecting four Angus calves (I think it's four). The bits of rain we've occasionally been getting has done the pastures a world of good. I think we're getting four eggs a day now, but they're still tiny.
Well, I need to go wash the milking stuff now.
Claire and Kyle are working on fitting school in the rather hectic schedule we have now. I'm trying to do what's expected of me, and finish Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. For the record, I still don't like it, but I've got to finish it. Mama calls that quality in me "obsessive-compulsive" adding that "that isn't always bad." I'm quite sick of novels at the moment though. I long to read a good history book about something I don't know a lot about (pretty much any part of history except Columbus and Colonial America). Any suggestions? Mama's either got a poetry course for me to take or she's working on it, but that seems almost as bad as a novel right now (probably because it's an assignment).
Anyway, the farm somehow continues to operate, most likely by Kyle and Daddy's most-capable hands. Grammy and Granddaddy worked in the garden with Luke this morning. Clarabelle's not doing as well in the stanchion as she was before. She's figured out how to get her hoof into the milking bucket, so, because of that, we haven't been getting as much milk lately. Chuck is getting bigger and darker. We're still expecting four Angus calves (I think it's four). The bits of rain we've occasionally been getting has done the pastures a world of good. I think we're getting four eggs a day now, but they're still tiny.
Well, I need to go wash the milking stuff now.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Pig Slaughtering: Start to Finish
Okay, here it is. The pictures aren't very good, but I think they are good enough. I'm not going to comment on them much though; I usually wasn't actually in the process.
I don't what we'd do without the mule!
Luke got in there and helped a bit. You can just barely see him in this picture.
Again, the mule! This was way better than using the tractor. However, this made it necessary for them to skin and gut right behind the driveway!
Once Daddy and Kyle had skinned the underside of the pig, they pulled him up and skinned his backside.
Then they cut him open...
and dumped out the insides.
The pulley system.
Product #1. Quite good. Mild, though.
I don't what we'd do without the mule!
Luke got in there and helped a bit. You can just barely see him in this picture.
Again, the mule! This was way better than using the tractor. However, this made it necessary for them to skin and gut right behind the driveway!
Once Daddy and Kyle had skinned the underside of the pig, they pulled him up and skinned his backside.
Then they cut him open...
and dumped out the insides.
The pulley system.
Product #1. Quite good. Mild, though.Monday, September 17, 2007
Pig Slaughtering
Well, I will post about it soon, but we haven't downloaded the pictures yet, and I'd rather do it all in one post. Kyle and Daddy are butchering it this evening, and Mama and Claire are cutting up bits of meat and fat to freeze for sausage. I am trying to keep Luke occupied! :) So far, that's not been too difficult; he's watching Tom and Jerry right now.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
YouTube Fun
Josh Turner is awesome!!!
I love this song! The harmonies are great!
Another group with outstanding harmonies. For some reason, I remember listening to this song for years! We've always had great fun with it as a family.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Yesterday
What a day we had yesterday!!! We took a couple of little steers from our neighbor to the Carpenters, but along the way we had quite the adventure!
Everything went wrong from the beginning (thankfully not all the way to the end!). Daddy didn't hardly sleep the night before, so he went into work around 3:00 am! Then, when he came home to get some sleep before we had to go to the Franklin/Leiper's Fork area, the phone rang more times! I think we got more calls that morning than we have all day today! After lunch Daddy, Kyle, Luke, and I went to load the steers into our neighbor's trailer. That was much harder and way longer than Daddy was expecting, but we did get them loaded! Once we went back to the house to pick up Mama and Claire we were off! Well, after a few more bathroom breaks.
We made it, without any stops, all the way onto the interstate. Luke was finally asleep, Mama and Daddy were conversing, Claire was working on math, and Kyle was reading. Suddenly a truck pulled up along side us and motioned for us to get over (he was quite panicked). He pulled over to tell us what happened. One of those little steers had leaped out of the trailer!!! We quickly scanned the area for something to block the other steer from getting out. We didn't find anything, so we had to use some straps that happened to be in the back of the suburban. Someone else also pulled over to tell us that he had "seen it all, and the cow was back at that T-Rex place."
Once we got the straps on as well as we could quickly we turned around. We made our first stop at the co-op, which happened to be at that exit. We switched trailers to one of the co-op's that happened to have a flat tire, so we switched to a different one. We left the remaining steer in the other trailer, and went to the T-Rex place.
When we got to that place we pulled out the camera a got a few shots of the community coming together in an emergency. A policeman and a constable were already there kind of guarding the little fella. The man who originally pulled us over came along and helped us; I don't think they could have done it without him. Anyway, after a while of chasing that steer through the field across the road, that man decided they needed a 4-wheeler! The constable took him to his house, and he brought the tool that quickly finished the job. That man was great!
There were no more problems for the rest of the way to the Carpenters! They were all very excited to get the little guys, although Kyle, Cole, and Logan had to lower a pile of dirt so the steers didn't jump over the fence! Mrs. Carpenter and Peyton fixed an excellent dinner, and we got a tour of their house. They have a lovely place! I believe we left around 9:00 pm.
Here are some pictures of our day:
Then there was today's experience. I don't particularly feel like going over it at the moment, but Mama posted about it fairly accurately and eloquently. Just ignore the "boring" part of it; I haven't said that in quite a while!
Everything went wrong from the beginning (thankfully not all the way to the end!). Daddy didn't hardly sleep the night before, so he went into work around 3:00 am! Then, when he came home to get some sleep before we had to go to the Franklin/Leiper's Fork area, the phone rang more times! I think we got more calls that morning than we have all day today! After lunch Daddy, Kyle, Luke, and I went to load the steers into our neighbor's trailer. That was much harder and way longer than Daddy was expecting, but we did get them loaded! Once we went back to the house to pick up Mama and Claire we were off! Well, after a few more bathroom breaks.
We made it, without any stops, all the way onto the interstate. Luke was finally asleep, Mama and Daddy were conversing, Claire was working on math, and Kyle was reading. Suddenly a truck pulled up along side us and motioned for us to get over (he was quite panicked). He pulled over to tell us what happened. One of those little steers had leaped out of the trailer!!! We quickly scanned the area for something to block the other steer from getting out. We didn't find anything, so we had to use some straps that happened to be in the back of the suburban. Someone else also pulled over to tell us that he had "seen it all, and the cow was back at that T-Rex place."
Once we got the straps on as well as we could quickly we turned around. We made our first stop at the co-op, which happened to be at that exit. We switched trailers to one of the co-op's that happened to have a flat tire, so we switched to a different one. We left the remaining steer in the other trailer, and went to the T-Rex place.
When we got to that place we pulled out the camera a got a few shots of the community coming together in an emergency. A policeman and a constable were already there kind of guarding the little fella. The man who originally pulled us over came along and helped us; I don't think they could have done it without him. Anyway, after a while of chasing that steer through the field across the road, that man decided they needed a 4-wheeler! The constable took him to his house, and he brought the tool that quickly finished the job. That man was great!
There were no more problems for the rest of the way to the Carpenters! They were all very excited to get the little guys, although Kyle, Cole, and Logan had to lower a pile of dirt so the steers didn't jump over the fence! Mrs. Carpenter and Peyton fixed an excellent dinner, and we got a tour of their house. They have a lovely place! I believe we left around 9:00 pm.
Here are some pictures of our day:
Then there was today's experience. I don't particularly feel like going over it at the moment, but Mama posted about it fairly accurately and eloquently. Just ignore the "boring" part of it; I haven't said that in quite a while!
A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER by Claire B.
Saturday Afternoon, September 1st, 2007
Drove to Coble, hauling Daddy's handiwork - the Lovetts' new table.
Saturday Night, September 1st, 2007
Walked to our weekend home - okay, Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer, Sr. were in Florida and kindly let us stay in their house. Thank you, Stouffers! There we enjoyed a bit of Alton Brown and Iron Chef America. After we went to bed (quite late) Laura and I enjoyed the almost forgotten game of hogging covers. I hear I'm good at that.
Note by Laura: She definitely won!
Sunday Morning, September 2nd, 2007
Drove a mere 20 minutes to church. We enjoyed the service, as always. We were also very glad to see the Logan family walk in as well as, with them, a couple of men from the Williams family.
Sunday Afternoon, September 2nd, 2007
Enjoyed some fellowship with our extended community at their meeting place. We had a fun and interesting Psalm/Hymn Sing. I've decided not to sing tenor except at church - there we only have two other tenors.
Sunday Afternoon, Evening and Night, September 2nd, 2007
We went back to The Holler (or whatever we call the Stouffers' and Lovetts' place), this time with a couple of other families, and enjoyed more fellowship and more great food. The 4-wheelers came out too. Oh, yes, we also enjoyed the privilege of getting to help get a few goats back into their appointed area.
Monday Morning, September 3rd, 2007
Woke up late (Luke kept falling off the couch onto me during the night) and enjoyed a pleasant drive to Cane Creek with Mrs. Stouffer, just the two of us. What a great way to begin the day! Mrs. Stouffer is so nice to be with.
Monday Afternoon, September 3rd, 2007
Enjoyed an interesting ride to Centerville with Mrs. Lovett, Kaliste, Jonathan, Mama and Luke.
Monday Evening and Night, September 3rd, 2007
Logans, Keens, Boyds, and Carpenters all came out to The Holler. That made for a fun evening! We got to drive 4-wheelers (some of us for the first time); we played Bluegrass with a couple of Boyds and a couple of other friends every now and then; Daddy enjoyed conversation with Mr. Keen and Mr. Boyd while I believe Mama was talking to their wives. That made me remember the time, just over 2 years ago when we all laughed at Daddy for saying that he wouldn't be surprised if we ended up dining with families like these and those who are now our church family. And here we are!
So, late Monday night we returned to our home, covered in chert from head to toe.
Drove to Coble, hauling Daddy's handiwork - the Lovetts' new table.
Saturday Night, September 1st, 2007
Walked to our weekend home - okay, Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer, Sr. were in Florida and kindly let us stay in their house. Thank you, Stouffers! There we enjoyed a bit of Alton Brown and Iron Chef America. After we went to bed (quite late) Laura and I enjoyed the almost forgotten game of hogging covers. I hear I'm good at that.
Note by Laura: She definitely won!
Sunday Morning, September 2nd, 2007
Drove a mere 20 minutes to church. We enjoyed the service, as always. We were also very glad to see the Logan family walk in as well as, with them, a couple of men from the Williams family.
Sunday Afternoon, September 2nd, 2007
Enjoyed some fellowship with our extended community at their meeting place. We had a fun and interesting Psalm/Hymn Sing. I've decided not to sing tenor except at church - there we only have two other tenors.
Sunday Afternoon, Evening and Night, September 2nd, 2007
We went back to The Holler (or whatever we call the Stouffers' and Lovetts' place), this time with a couple of other families, and enjoyed more fellowship and more great food. The 4-wheelers came out too. Oh, yes, we also enjoyed the privilege of getting to help get a few goats back into their appointed area.
Monday Morning, September 3rd, 2007
Woke up late (Luke kept falling off the couch onto me during the night) and enjoyed a pleasant drive to Cane Creek with Mrs. Stouffer, just the two of us. What a great way to begin the day! Mrs. Stouffer is so nice to be with.
Monday Afternoon, September 3rd, 2007
Enjoyed an interesting ride to Centerville with Mrs. Lovett, Kaliste, Jonathan, Mama and Luke.
(Details only available through visits)
Picked up tables and chairs from church for that evening. Yes, we would need all of them.Monday Evening and Night, September 3rd, 2007
Logans, Keens, Boyds, and Carpenters all came out to The Holler. That made for a fun evening! We got to drive 4-wheelers (some of us for the first time); we played Bluegrass with a couple of Boyds and a couple of other friends every now and then; Daddy enjoyed conversation with Mr. Keen and Mr. Boyd while I believe Mama was talking to their wives. That made me remember the time, just over 2 years ago when we all laughed at Daddy for saying that he wouldn't be surprised if we ended up dining with families like these and those who are now our church family. And here we are!
So, late Monday night we returned to our home, covered in chert from head to toe.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Just a quick update
One hen started laying this weekend while we were gone. We've got a refrigerator full of milk, but letting Chuck stay on Clarabelle has been very nice. It enables us to go away for a couple of days without having to worry about milking her. Chuck is growing fast, but he's not the nicest calf. He's not mean yet; he's just stubborn and skiddish.
Claire said she'd write about this past weekend and post it here or on Mama and Daddy's blog. If she hasn't done it by the end of this week I'll try to post something about it.
Claire said she'd write about this past weekend and post it here or on Mama and Daddy's blog. If she hasn't done it by the end of this week I'll try to post something about it.
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