May

Some of the happenings of May.

Andrew and Matthew ran a 10K.

Coming up to the finish line...

On a hot day, a water fight isn't a bad way to cool off.

 

 

 

 Burning the a stump redneck style (with a leaf-blower)

 

 Sitting around the fire stump.

 

 Gorgeous Illinois Sunsets

 

 Andrew has been working on riding Little Dude

Farm Update

Our 'farm' now consists of 2 steers, a hive of bees, and 1 dog. 

 Little Dude doing the fist bump with Matthew

 Big Guy is to the right and Little Dude to the left.

Lydia recently got her bees she has patiently been waiting for. (They couldn't come until it had warmed up a bit)

 Placing the bees in their hive after bringing them home.

Tessy is doing well...

...and has found that dandelions actually taste pretty good... at least when someone it tossing them to you...

Early Spring

School work still continues

Our church had a fine and practical arts fair in which Lydia and Andrew performed.

Easter Sunday family picture

We did some traveling to visit some relatives. While we were visiting we went into this quaint salvage shop.

 *Can you guess what these rings were made of?

 A mantle

Beautiful sunrises

Signs of spring...

Helping with the Pregnancy Resource Center's annual Walk for Life

Beautiful Sunsets...

 

With all the rain we have gotten recently, the grass is just shooting up... which means it's time to mow the lawn. (Need your grass mowed?? Hire this lawn service!)

Double rainbows

*ANSWER: they were made out of old silverware

Haiti 2014

Dad, Alyssa, and Matthew recently got back from a missions trip to Haiti they had the opportunity to go on.

Packing and weighing things to make sure they didn't exceed the weight limit

Ready to leave bright dark and early in the morning

In flight and on their way!

Over Port-Au-Prince

Sunday morning with lots of little friends

Visiting a village house after church

Visiting with a farmer

Seeing patients

Working in the pharmacy

More little friends

Haitian mountains

Assembling cistern gutters

Matthew with a little friend

EMS transport

EMT Matthew in his ambulance

Inside a mission hospital

Mercy village

Caravaning

A school girl receiving some hair bows

Twins brought to the clinic by their mother in this bowl carried on her head.

Alyssa got her hair styled while she was there