Spiffy

Here are the kids all spiffied up for a picnic.

Daffodil Day

A bit of a photo shoot this morning after breakfast. The girls are gorgeous!

God Questions

During lunch, Hosanna asked, "Mama, why did God give me such a loud mouth?" I replied, "In case of an emergency." This comment is particularly funny because Hosanna is not a "loud mouth," and she didn't even mean it in a negative way like the phrase is often used. She was really wondering why her mouth could make such loud sounds. :)

Jubilee, equally as interested in God's creations, then asked, "On what day did God make gravity?" Without giving me a chance to respond, she said, "I know. It must have been right before He went to bed on the seventh day."

Daddy Moments

Hay There!

Our neighbor used his big tractor mower to cut the tall grass down on the bottom of our land. This is in preparation to plow it. We are being a bit more adventurous this year - it is a lot more than a garden. We are thinking about growing oats or millet - something that we and the chickens can/could eat. So, we'll see how this goes. It was warm for about four days and we lived outside. Here we are all raking up the cut grass to bring to the chicken coop.

Hosanna helping get the grass in our utility wagon.

Jeff taking a break.

Sledding

On one of Jeff's days off it snowed a bit. It is always cold here in the winter, but we don't get a whole lot of snow. It was 14 degrees out and the wind was whipping, but we all tried to sled. We lasted about four times down the hill. But sledding is always worth it to the kids (and us).

Hiking

We went hiking on one of Jeff's days off. It is so great to have Daddy-time!