Brad & Megan's Wedding- Cimarron KS

Saturday, August 11th, my cousin Brad got married down in Cimarron, KS. Since we had our "wedding/vow renewal" the night before we were running on fumes that day, but it was great to get there and see family. We have terrific family and don't get to see them very much. The boys were especially excited to see Aunt Laurie:
 Zachary also got a picture with the groom's dad, his great uncle Dale, who just happens to almost share a birthday with him.  Brady and Brian had flown back from NJ to spend the weekend galavanting around taking in the family time. We have missed them and are praying to get to see them around Christmas!  Even Rylan showed up to the wedding! :)    Logan spent last week with Jarin and Brienna and so Brienna was familiar with him and showed him how much she missed him!   She even gave him a "cow kiss." (A lick) Isn't my 9 year old beautiful!?  Zachary used my phone to lure Brienna in for a little quiet time with cow pictures. She loved them.   Logan passed out free back rubs! :)  Jarin is showing off her cute little baby bump. (praying for a boy this fall!)    Malachi was in heaven when he saw the cow cookies and groom's cake!  My cousin from KC brought his beautiful twins out. They are so precious and such fun to cuddle.  They have twin aunts, who I lived with at Cloud County. We have another pair of twins from another cousin due in December.  Aunt Janice is a kindergarten teacher so she was playing tic-tac-toe with some trivia questions with Zach and Logan.  It was a beautiful day in western Kansas. We all had a great time and managed to dance a little while. The boys crashed on the way home and we spent most of the day Sunday catching up on the rest we'd gone without.
The boys will start school this week which brings nerves of anxious excitement. I am hopeful that the teachers will be "good" ones and that we will have a very productive and fun year at our new school. I am also super excited to get to stay home with Malachi and help with things in his learning. I have been working on many projects for some of my teacher friends regarding the new standards. I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing research and finding materials. I pray that my friends appreciate the materials I make for them. It was one of the most fun parts of my past job, besides the kids I worked with. I don't miss the location but I do miss the job I had. I am glad I left on one of the best years my kids could have had. I do look forward to working in another school soon that is more collegial and positive. Until then. . . I might just be the helicopter mom! :) lol.

Big News! and Farm Kids

My kids. . . . were meant to be farm kids. . . there is just something about it. . . and we might actually be filling that reality sooner than we thought. . . .prayers are appreciated during this transition in our lives.

Here are some more pictures from the farm and family get-together last weekend. Logan loves his pearl-snap shirts and cowboy hats. He's a farmer.

The boys all had fun down at Grandpa's pond.

They were impatient with me a little since they wanted to catch some toads.


Zachary was on "top of the world!" Some BIG NEWS that I was so excited to hear this week was that last Wednesday night at Awanas, Zachary asked Jesus to be in his heart. Zachary told me about it Thursday morning and I was just so excited and proud of him. He seems to understand it and has been talking about changing his actions and doing more to serve Jesus. As a parent, I think that is the best thing I could ever have my child do- serve God.


My kids were born for dirt roads. . . hay fields (despite the allergies). . . . snakes, toads, snails, icky bugs. . . .and holey knee jeans with worn cowboy boots.

We like to cook outside and enjoy family time.

Malachi sits on the swings that are ancient and full of fun memories.


A tradition is to pick turnips from the alalfa field. As you might well be aware, this was HUGE fun for the boys!

They are all 3 great helpers.



Malachi found a worm. His new best buddy after he had just turned his snake loose.

My 3 little farmers:


with Aunt Laurie (Law-ree):

Zach and his cousins:

Logan with a lot of turnips:

Malachi was handing Uncle Charles the turnips one at a time.

Zachary thought he had the biggest one.

. . . .and so did Logan:


Some more cousins:

Grandma Pam:

Roasting marshmallows after a fun afternoon:

Treya and Grandma:


Malachi was telling his cousin Hayden goodbye but he has started to like kissing on the lips.

She wasn't so fond of it! :)

Uncle Rylan had fun playing with the kids too.