Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Fun pictures of KK and Nathan and Virginia's Wedding






Seeing these pictures of KK makes me think of this song...

"She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear
She waltzes on her way to Mass
And whistles on the stair
And underneath her wimple
She has curlers in her hair
I even heard her singing in the abbey

"She's always late for chapel
But her penitence is real
She's always late for everything
Except for every meal
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
Maria's not an asset to the abbey

"I'd like too say a word in her behalf
Maria... makes me... laugh

"How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!

"Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

"Oh How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

"When I'm with her I'm confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather
She's as flighty as a feather
She's a darling! She's a demon! She's a lamb!

"She'd out pester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle! She is wild!
She's a riddle! She's a child!
She's a headache! She's an angel!
She's a girl!

"How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown! 

"Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

"Oh How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?"



Morning and evening walks with Mom and Emmie can be such a relaxing time!





My brother just got married to a very sweet girl, Virginia Rudolph, on July 9th.

This is the reception building.

The kitchen

The happy couple!

All filled up!

Sneaking a kiss... not really. :) :)

Long 'Joy List'

My 'Joy List' :)

Sam was helping me hill some potatoes with hay and guess what we found in the old wet hay?

HUGE grubs!!

This chickens got a lovely snack... :)

Beets and Carrots

It was so hot out, but Sam and I got the jobs done

Sam also helped me clean out the barn. He was cleaning a feed room and kept finding mice!

Some pureed beets, that I later froze.

Look at that color!

The carrots were cooked and then frozen.

I made some beet muffins



And I made some beet bread



They were all pretty good, but did have a 'beet' flavor

Joseph Neel's 2nd Birthday

Kelsey (Joseph's Mom) made this cake. Isn't it amazing?



Singing happy birthday...

He tried to blow out the candles, but he ended up having to have Katelyn help him blow them out.

Josh holding sweet baby Alaina

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

First fruits...

A beautiful sun rise!


Buddy

I know I put this picture on here already... :)
Talitha is now (as of June 19th) four months pregnant! So exciting! Her calf is about as big as a large cat. :) Left hand side are her stomaches and the right hand side is where her uterus is. 

Some of the corn is still very short, but it's tasseling! I hope it isn't too soon!



The beets are almost ready to be picked

We got a few 'new potatoes' out of the potato patch today and cooked them up. They were YUMMY!

I know it is late, but I finally got some tomato plants planted. The other day Sam helped me plant some pumpkins. I hope the squash bugs don't kill them!

I let Sam pull up one carrot, onion, and beet for his breakfast. I dug some potatoes for him.

God knows how to make things look so pretty!

Life at the Grice's house

The little girl on the right is my niece Katelyn. The other two are Amy and Tanya. They were trying to 'feed the cow grass', but they didn't want to get licked... :P

Emmie and I are trying to walk every day. :)

Soy beans

Mom and I :) I love my Mommy!

Dad got a grill for Father's day!

Joseph shooting a rubberband. 

Sweet baby Alaina

Sam and I hilled some of the potatoes when it was in the 90*! Bad idea!

I thought I would be sunburnt but, I don't think I ever did. Maybe just a little on my nose. :)

Hot little boy!

Buddy is growing fast!!

A little kitty that one of our cleaning clients owns.







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