Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Busy Again
Anders led a group of students in making turkey cards for a local nursing home. He's working on a big 4H project.
Isn't this a sad sight? Mean Ol' Mama was on the ball getting a pumpkin cheesecake in the oven first thing in the morning when...OOPS!!! Guess what slipped out of her hands? But there was still a nice bit left in the pan, so she just kept on baking and promised to clean it up later...
Josiah (and helpers) mixed up a big batch of suet for Birdsong Nature Center. He's also working on a big 4H project.
Anders helped Pop put corn shucks in all the chicken pens. They were able to glean a field on shares, so there's plenty of dried corn for the animals.
Poppins helped Branch get started on building a model car.
His Royal Whineness had a good time playing king. Notice the bloody nose? He was defending his honor against an older brother, but ye olde sword wasn't quite as fast as brother's.
Stenne shot a small buck and brought it home to clean and package. He also built the lift that attaches to the back of the van, which is quite clever of him, eh?
Josiah led this group of students out on a nature walk. They searched for "goodies" and stuck them on their sticky wristbands for safekeeping.
Josiah then brought them back, and they all made bookmarks using their nature finds. Again, 4H project...
ChubChub was excited to find this beautiful leaf the other morning. He gave it as a gift to a special friend.
Branch has also been helping Pop get the chickens ready for cold weather. These Japanese Silkies look like they're already cold!
More chickens a'coming...
We invited out a group of Haitians to join us for lunch. There were about 35 of them and 16 of us, and we enjoyed visiting, eating, and singing together. It was a lovely day.
Been a bit chilly some mornings down here.
Mean Ol' Mama is about to have a break from college for a few nights; the older boys are going to present their projects to one college class this evening; busy with 4H; busy with baking; busy with schooling; busy with life...
Monday, November 14, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wrapping Up the Week
Josiah, Anders, and Branch played their final championship game and lost. That's okay, though, because their team was happy and everyone had a good time.
They all headed out to Pizza Hut afterwards for a celebratory dinner. Yummy!
"Mr. Hustle", as the coaches call him...
These two were being silly. Imagine that!
The pond is drying up, so the boys decided to go fishing. Three little monkeys fishing in the mud...
And now there are four little monkeys...
And here comes monkey number five!
Five little monkeys fishing in the mud...
Loading up a nice haul of really large fish
These are just a sample of quite a large catch. We'll be eating well the next few months: fish and venison in the freezer!
Mean Ol' Mama would like to introduce her new grandbird. The Girl is very excited and proud of her new pet. Thanks, Dr. Peter and family!
We're having nightly services (by invitation) in one of the Haitian camps. It's cold and dark by the time we arrive, but the time together is sweet. Stennes and Josiah will take a display over to Birdsong Nature Center; Tallahassee band this afternoon; the cooler weather is nice; Poppins planted lettuces, arugula, kale, and mixed mustard in the raised beds; we need to catch up on some schoolwork; getting ready for 2 family reunions at Thanksgiving; the boys play soccer in Thomasville on Saturday; Dr. Peter and family are coming for dinner Saturday afternoon; hoping to try out some new recipes soon...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Short Post
Anders and Josiah took a few chickens and a quail to a local preschool class. The kids were so cute and inquisitive.
And, of course, what grandmother doesn't like showing off her new grandbabies? There are two more roly-poly blonde puppies that are snoozing on the other side of the photo. The kids are pretty excited.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Still Busy...
ChubChub finished up a rousingly successful soccer season. He had a great time and is especially proud of his trophy. 
Branch and The Girl enjoyed a morning at the local airport.
They were actually able to enjoy a nice flight with a local pilot. The other boy in the photo is a "flying friend".
Load 'em up and head out! The Girl was excited to "steer" the plane for a while. Such are the advantages of sitting up front...
Sunday morning we awakened to brisk weather and a warm fire over in the gathering place.
Just a bit chilly, Girl, but warm food is on its way!
ChubChub was intensely happy to discover a ladybug gadding about. Can you see it on the tip of the pine needle?
A few friends joined us for our brunch: the last of this year's potatoes, hot and crispy; sausage from our pigs; eggs from our chickens, and sugary funnel cakes that Mean Ol' Mama was cajoled into mixing up. Yummy! Hot chocolate, coffee, and hot apple cider rounded out the menu.
Eatin' and visitin'...
Stennes is now the official Funnel Cake Fryer. He sure made some beauties!
Branch kept the hot water a'comin'...
Even Poppins contributed to the menu with fried deer heart. We ARE in the south, ya know...
Whoowhee! This is just one of about 14 trays-ful that Stennes fried up.
More good meetings with the Haitians. They're signing the prayer book so we can remember all of their names.
At another camp, this sweet lady came up and sang A la gnou zanmi se Jezu (What a Friend We Have in Jesus) with us. Sweet times!
Anders helped Pop set eggs in the incubator.
And ChubChub was a bit silly with his "tag" that he created. What does it say? Just keep reading...
He just can't wait to be in with the big kids...
The kids went to Birdsong Nature Center this morning to do manual labor as volunteer service; Stennes is now participating on the 4H Archery Team; the older 3 boys have 4H Livestock tomorrow in Albany; the older 5 have 4H Wildlife competition on Saturday; Mean Ol' Mama's going crazy...
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