Fun With Our Cousins

We had our little cousins over one day last week. Deborah and I took them for a walk down the road to see our neighbor's mule and miniature horses.

The mule is tame enough to eat out of our hands.

Throwing rocks into the creek

Noelle loves computers. :)

Will is such a good helper! Here he is making lunch.

We love our cousins!

Planting our Fields

Preparing the soil

Melissa and Amanda working in the herb bed

Deborah planting tomatoes

More tomato plants

Our strawberry field

Some of the radishes we planted last month

Anna covering seeds

Emily planting corn

Jonathan and David spreading fertilizer

Melissa watering her flower garden

I miss you, Steven....

Pictures from Steven's Visit

We've had a lot of requests for more pictures, so here they are!

Jamming

Talking - what Steven and Anna have spent most of their time doing. :)

This is where Steven proposed to Anna.

David and Steven playing basketball

Mama Flo invited us over for dinner on Friday night.

Anna showing her ring to Mama Flo

Mama Flo and Steven

Visiting after dinner

They (and all of us!) haven't stopped smiling!!!

Sunday afternoon at Mama Flo's, looking at old pictures

At Papa's house

The 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh

On Saturday we went to Shiloh Battlefield for the annual reenactment.

David and Jonathan

We liked this Dixie outfit!

Anna and Steven :)

The 52nd Regiment String Band

Watching the musicians

A little Drummer boy

Announcing the Engagement of Anna and Steven

Steven Corbett proposed to Anna yesterday!!! She said, "Yes!" :)

We are all so excited for them!

He Is Risen, As He Said!

How deep the Father's love for us,

How vast beyond all measure,

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure.

How great the pain of searing loss,

The Father turns His face away,

As wounds which mar the chosen One

Bring many sons to glory.

Behold the Man upon a cross,

My sin upon His shoulders;

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice

Call out among the scoffers.

It was my sin that held Him there

Until it was accomplished;

His dying breath has brought me life

I know that it is finished.

I will not boast in anything,

No gifts, no power, no wisdom;

But I will boast in Jesus Christ,

His death and resurrection.

Why should I gain from His reward?

I cannot give an answer,

But this I know with all my heart,

His wounds have paid my ransom.

~Words by Stuart Townend