2018 Fall Sports

This Fall, Caden played flag football for the first time. He was on a team with a friend from church which was nice. Grace and Jackson played soccer and were on the same team. Everyone had a lot of fun playing this season. It seemed like more than half the games, the younger two had games at the same time as Caden's. So Collin and I split up so all the kids had a parent who could watch them play. I ended up watching the younger two the majority of the time and Caden when I could. Here are some pictures from this season.

We have Sheep!!

Back in May, we bought four rams at a livestock auction. Then at the end of August, we bought 10 ewes from a farm about 45 minutes from us. We'll put a ram with our ewes in November and hopefully have Spring lambs! I have always wanted sheep! Lets be honest, I have wanted to own and experience almost every kind of animal. I love that we can now do so at our little farm. The sheep are so much fun to watch!

our boys!

girls stepping out onto our pasture

girls loaded up ready to come home

all the girls!

one of the first time I pet our boys

My sheep make me smile!

Jackson is 3!

Dear Jackson,

Happy 3rd birthday to you!! You are such a fun child to have around. You are determined, strong-willed, and full of big emotions. You love to help, sing, and play outside. You like building train tracks and LOVE playing with your brother and sister.

Your 3rd year check-up went great! You are healthy and very smart. You weigh 37 lbs and are in the 90% for weight. You are 40 inches tall, and in the 95% for height.

Jackson's Favorites:

Food: pasta
Best friends: friends from church
Color: Green
TV show: Beat Bugs
Animal: goats, cows, dogs, and donkeys
Book: Hands are not for Hitting
Song: Jesus Loves Me and My God is so Big!

This year you had a backyard bash birthday party! You and your friends had a great time. We ordered pizza for everyone, got you a Thomas the Train birthday cake, blew up our water slide, and everyone had fun playing.

We love you so much and are so thankful for you!

Love,

Mom

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We got two dogs!

It had been almost 10 years since we gave Mali away and moved to Germany, when we got our next dog, Zucker. A month later, we got her friend, Zimt. They are Great Pyranees. Zimt is considered a colored Great Pyranees. They are the sweetest dogs I have ever had and are very pretty.

Meet Zucker and Zimt. Their names mean Sugar and Cinnamon in German.