Timothy Learns How to Bake Cookies!

Yesterday, Lydia wanted to help Timothy

learn how to bake cookies!

We thought it would be fun for him

to be able to enter some

into the upcoming Spring Youth Fair.

By the look on his face, he looks very happy about the whole idea!

Of course, it also takes lots of determination and concentration!

Cookies anyone?

Easter Lambs

The last of our lambs have arrived . . . on Easter!

The mom is Maybelle, and as you can see, she looks a bit like a panda bear:)

She had twin girls, one all black one, and one all white one!

Aren't they cute?

Snow Fun!

Since we didn't have much snow here at the house this winter,

and there has been a fresh dusting of snow the last two days,

we couldn't resist going for a little drive and getting out to play in it!

Look for the snowballs flying!

It's Snowing!

As I type this on a Saturday morning, April 3rd, it is snowing outside!

It snowed last night as well!

This is Lydia at our church this morning

for the father-daughter breakfast!

The following picture of Kyle was taken last night.

With all the spring rain and now colder, snowy days, we're getting a bit of cabin fever!Good thing we got some new games and puzzles.

And snow falling is always a good excuse for popcorn and m& m"s!

Happy April 1st!

Wow! It has been a long while since we last blogged!

Thought we'd post a few pictures of life around here these last few weeks!

These two flower photos courtesy of Lydia!

We planted many bulbs this past fall,

and we're currently enjoying them popping up everywhere!
Kyle, Timothy and Joseph enjoying a tree fort contstructed

with our neighbor friend on their property.

He is Kyle's same age and his name is Kyle also!

Lydia's ewes began their first lambing of the season on February 13th

with twins . . . a boy and a girl!

Here, one is cautiously checking out a hen.

Lydia enjoyed dressing Riley and Anne up one day and took this picture of them!

Following Mother closely.

We recently had our new pastor, his wife and their little daschund

over to our house to stay with us for a couple nights.

They are currently living in Tacoma, so when they would come here

for interviews or to preach, we had an enjoyable time with them in our home.
In the photo below, we are "initiating" him

by introducing him to the game "spoons" . . . hee, hee.

(He recently reported that his nail knicks and scratches were healing nicely: )

Here is Joseph with their dog, Heidi.

Caroline and Victoria have made a big decision

to add some more color into their boer goat herd.

The traditional boer goat marking is a brown head and an all white body.

But there is a more desirable "paint" marking that has become very popular recently.

So they have been very, very busy on the computer and phone searching for buyers for their current goats and trying to find the perfect new goats. The next two pictures are two views of their new buck. He is almost all brown on one side and white and brown on the other.

This is a picture of their new little girl.

Lydia's second ewe to have her lamb is Mattie, the one pictured on the left.
The one on the right is the dad, Issac.

Yes, what a shock it was when their lamb came out all black!

Lydia's soaps made their first debut in a craft store nearby!

Thanks again, Aunt Kelley, for the awesome logo!

(By the way, if anyone would like to check out Lydia's new website,

it is gracefulewe.com!)

Valerie and Victoria had a violin recital and did great!

More issues with our new-old van:(

It's a blessing in disguise that we have still not sold our old-old van,

as the new-old van is back at the mechanics.

(This is an acutal photo!)

There are plenty of puddles around for playing in right now!

Lydia has been working very hard at getting her seeds started

for transplanting to the garden at just the right time.

New baby chicks!

A visit to our friend's house to pick out a new ewe!

It was funny to see them resting in their playground.

The hummingbirds are back! Woo hoo! We LOVE hummingbirds!

More bulbs coming up in the garden area right outside our front windows!

We love bringing the hyacinths inside for their fragant smell in the house!