The boys panned for gold during Thursday's class. They seemed to enjoy this activity more than 4th declension Latin and their Greek work. Hmmmm...
We've been working on English/Spanish/Creole songs for when the migrants arrive next month. We're slowly learning all the words.
The Girl spent some time at an assisted-living home, trying to learn how to crochet. Mean Ol' Mama desperately tried to finish grading stacks and stacks of essays while The Girl enjoyed her class.
Snow?!!! In south Georgia?!!! Yep, and it was wonderful. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the hour of kisses from above.
The kids enjoyed playing "bells" made from clutches for small engines. They turned and attached wooden handles to make scrapers for Saturday's hog butchering day.
This dapper gentleman chooses to remain anonymous...It had been a long, rainy day; he was out of dry clothes because the boys had to set everything up for butchering, and they were completely soaked multiple times.
Now for the butchering...Not very pleasant, perhaps, but certainly part of life and a very necessary skill for vision-minded young men.
We've been working on English/Spanish/Creole songs for when the migrants arrive next month. We're slowly learning all the words.
The Girl spent some time at an assisted-living home, trying to learn how to crochet. Mean Ol' Mama desperately tried to finish grading stacks and stacks of essays while The Girl enjoyed her class.
Snow?!!! In south Georgia?!!! Yep, and it was wonderful. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the hour of kisses from above. 
The kids enjoyed playing "bells" made from clutches for small engines. They turned and attached wooden handles to make scrapers for Saturday's hog butchering day.
This dapper gentleman chooses to remain anonymous...It had been a long, rainy day; he was out of dry clothes because the boys had to set everything up for butchering, and they were completely soaked multiple times.
Now for the butchering...Not very pleasant, perhaps, but certainly part of life and a very necessary skill for vision-minded young men.
The ladies wrapped and labeled meat, trimmed fat and skin, and mixed sausage with seasonings. We also cooked the tenderloin, sweet potatoes, fried potatoes, and peach cobbler. Broccoli salad, cookies, and brownies rounded off the delicious meal.
Grinding sausage...
Check out Mean Ol' Mama's peach cobbler. It was good, good, good and gone, gone, gone...
Anders celebrated his 11th birthday after the butchering was all wrapped up (pun intended). He asked for rootbeer floats instead of a cake, so we put a candle in one of two sweet potato pies that Mean Ol' Mama had just baked. 
We'll be heading out to preach later on today, so pray for us. Another very busy week is heading our way, too...
