Saturday, December 24, 2011

Short post

Mean Ol' Mama thought this picture was funny.  The Girl used a Greek "a" on one of her Latin words.  Maybe not so funny to anyone else but Mo'M...
ChubChub was excited to finish one of his Spanish school books.  Now he has only 11 years to go...
The 4-H group sang Christmas carols at "Christms on the Square".

The Girl and ChubChub helped make doggy biscuits for our local animal shelter.
Stennes caught a bird in a jar!  Not something you'll see every day, for sure..
We attended Josiah and Branch's concert with Port City Strings and had a very pleasant evening seeing old friends and meeting new ones.
Getting ready for Christmas get-togethers and other activities...

Monday, December 12, 2011

Quick Post

Stennes and Josiah worked on 4H exhibit boards for a forum in north Georgia.  They weren't able to attend due to prior commitments, but they sent plenty of information on the displays.

Guess who have matching Christmas pajamas?  Hit the snooze button...

Catching up on some schoolwork; the three older boys went up to the local radio station to record individualized public service announcements; we'll be singing at the Christmas on the Square performance this Thursday; lots of plans going through our minds...

Saturday, December 10, 2011

These Busy Weeks

Anders has been helping Pop with the poultry business.
The older three boys presented essays to Mean Ol' Mama's college class about their project areas.
The kids were asked to perform at one of our family reunions.
We enjoyed the afternoon at Swine Time, an annual festival in a near-by town.

Peter and Paul participated in the chitlin' eating contest.

Branch participated in the hog calling contest.

ChubChub tried his hand at calling hogs, too.
Paul and Peter also gave the corn shucking contest their best shot.

So did Branch
Anders actually won the corn shucking contest for his age group!

The three younger boys had fun in the greased pig chase.
They all painted Christmas mugs for our local hospice.
Josiah shot two quail and dressed them out to eat later.
We had six performances last week, and we're relieved to have all of those finished.

Stennes and Levi donated these small window gardens (and supplies) to our local Senior Center.
The older five children also played their Christmas concert down in Tallahassee.


And we especially enjoyed giving their band director a funny shirt.  Thanks for being such a good sport, Charlie!
We're wrapping up 4H projects for this month; two performances coming up; many different activities still to finish; Christmas dreams to dream...