Only One Day Like Today: March 2013

Our days are wonderfully full of life around here,

in many ways!

We have been particularly busy taking care

of God's newest creations!

Valerie is keeping quite busy with her Aussie pups!

Caroline and Victoria are super busy

with their many baby goats!

I think they are up to 10!

This little guy is another bottle kid,

enjoying the comforts of the house!

Our household is also actively involved

as a training ground for the M.B.S.

(Mice Bomb Squad)

Evidently, the mice come to our house

and quickly learn

how to cleanly lick off the peanut butter

from every kind of trap known to man,

without getting trapped.

However, this new recruit wasn't so lucky . . .

Unfortunately, brave Caroline

wasn't so lucky either this particular night!

What you see in the next picture is probably

most girls' worst nightmare!

While chasing down the mouse

(notice the broom as part of the arsenal)

the mouse ran up her jeans! Yikes!

(She has it trapped where her hands are!)

This scene quickly drew the attention of the whole family,

and became quite entertaining! ; -)

Caroline, along with her faithful sister Victoria,

kept her composure, and together, they were able to capture the mouse, and give it some swimming lessons in the little pool right behind Caroline! : -)

But overall, we think the mice

are out-smarting us most of the time.

And even mocking us!

Just yesterday, after my routine check of all the traps,

I left for an early morning trip to town.

After the 30 mile or so drive,

my first stop was to get gas.

As I waited in the van for the tank to fill,

I had the pleasure of watching a little mouse

right in front of me, on the outside (thankfully)

of our windshield, run back and forth, back and forth.

I was just sure he planned this ride-along for some

"trash talking" (so-to-speak) to

his number one enemy! ;-)

In other news . . .

Timmy, Joe and Ben have decided that they can probably retire from their night duty guarding their little princess of "wails." I think they figure her very healthy set of lungs is plenty sufficient to ward off . . . just about anyone. ;-)

Meanwhile, I am thoroughly enjoying every single minute

taking care of the most precious little bundle of joy.

She is just so delightful!

I still feel like I'm dreaming!

And I'm also enjoying the other lovely things

popping up all around us!

Spring has sprung, and it is always so beautiful!

(We're ignoring the snow that is falling this morning! ;-)

You'll also find the boys sporting their baseball caps,

and practicing their skills whenever possible,

for the baseball season that starts tomorrow!

Woo hoo!

And just yesterday,

while Daddy, Richie and Kyle were away at a men's retreat,

Timmy, Joe and Lydia : -)

enjoyed decorating some eggs!

Here, Lydia is demonstrating her new-found talent! ;-)

And Kyle, is one busy author,

getting his first book ready for publishing,

and designing his new blog and website!

http://anextraordinaryexistence.blogspot.com/

You might want to check it out!

And sustaining this crazy-fun life,

is one hard-working, fun-loving Daddy!

He works so hard to provide for us all,

and plays hard with us

in every other moment he is not working!

And above all,
we praise our Father
from whom ALL blessings flow,
and because
"In Him we live
and move and have our being."

We had a memorableMonday celebrating 24 years of marriage! The 2 of us (with the addition of our marvelous gift) started the day with McDonald’s for breakfast, where I enjoyed 2 Egg McMuffins! :-)

Then, we had a magnificent day together as a family, and sure enjoyed having these 2 merry married ones join us for pictures and a meaty hamburger dinner!