Planting Our Garden

Monday, April 21st we planted our veggie garden.  This year it includes - strawberry plants (Abby's selection), tomatoes, basil, bell peppers, jalepenos, zucchini.  The girls were great helpers (Abby especially was very interested in helping right from the start).  Now, let it grow!!

Plants all placed.....now to get them in the ground

First up, Abby's Strawberry plants

She's got it down!!

Zucchini plants going in

Garden girls!!

Team work!

Lots of worms found = excellent soil

Here it is!!!

Memorial of Jesus Death 2014

April 14, 2014 was the Memorial this year.  We are so grateful for the sacrifice Jesus Christ made so we ALL have the opportunity to live forever.  It was nice to consider as a family during the week prior to the Memorial, the Biblical account of what Jesus went through and what he commanded us to do annually.  Look forward to hearing how many around the world gathered that evening.  2013 was over 19 million, so more than that for sure.  189 attended ours at Hickory North.  

Alex & Mikaela

Ab, Sophia, Noa, Megan & Aleah

Abby & Noa

Our girls

Only family picture that night.....Josh was busy
with responsibilities, so this will do!

Fresh Farm Eggs

The owner of Lazy P Ranch (where Sophia takes horse riding lessons) has other animals as well.  One being chickens!  We were excited when he said we could have a dozen or two eggs each time we are there since he has soooo many.  Since I have two scrambled eggs every morning, I jumped at that offer.  They taste GREAT!!!  And are free!

Here are a few pictures of the Ranch lately:

Abby loves the baby goats

And they want to eat her shirt!

Gizmo is Abby's fav

Kona is Sophia's fav

TA-DA......the eggs!!!

Abby's 3rd Field Trip This Year

It has been a fun-filled year for Abby's class.  They have 4 field trips scheduled this year.  This time it was to Dan Nicholas Park.  We did gem mining, learned about snakes & other animals from our area, had a picnic, took a little train ride & played at the park.  We broke up into smaller groups, thus the reason for not having the whole class in a picture.  I say it everytime, I am amazed by the teachers ability to manage all of these children on a daily basis, while teaching them.  Mrs. Lingle does a wonderful job with her 1st grade class!!!

Two Helpers

These two are GREAT helpers!!  Abby is the official van washer & Sophia really enjoys cutting the grass (so do I, we switch off).  We really appreciate their hard work!!

And Max, well he just likes to look cute and be a part of whatever is going on!!

New Spring Do for Sophia

My sweet friend Lissette asked if she could put a few highlights in Sophia's hair.  After noticing Sophia's excitement (she isn't a huge girly-girl), Josh & I thought alright, sure thing.  She beamed the whole time & even got her eyebrows waxed.  First time for waxing & highlights......big day!!!  We loved the outcome.....so pretty!!!

Family Worship

Thursday evening is our Family Worship time.  Every week we do something different.  Now that it is beautiful, we try to be outside.  This week Abby & Josh first worked on The First 3 Plagues on Egypt.  Then we watched a couple videos on JW.org.  We truly appreciate the categories for children & teenagers (Sophia is 12 now).  Lots of valuable training tools & encouraging points for parents.

I also added a picture of the public witnessing Ryan, Melissa, Lynsey & a spanish brother did recently at Walmart.  Nice set up guys!!