Serving the Lord Together

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Fall 2016

Last fall we went to Steinbach to the Heritage village - this display in the museum was one of the girl's favorites.

The pioneer woman -

Esther and Anna watching a lady make butter -

This was the girls favorite house - when we got home, they noticed that we live underground too!

The monument to the Heppner uncle...

Anna at the petting zoo -

Esther the bunny with the bunny :)

Aaron Joseph -

We went on a wagon ride -

Me on the windmill "deck" -

Everyone in the "public" school -

Another picture of the sod house -

Aaron and Anna in one of the churches -

Aaron Joseph hanging out in a window sill in the church -

We went over and saw the piece of the Berlin Wall -

The kids at the corn maze -

We spent a lot of time last fall hanging out at the "corn box" -

Aaron filled in giving hay rides one afternoon -

Julia in her stroller :)

The girls doing the obstacle course -

In the corn -

We had a family picnic at the maze one day - it was so fun to see all the little girls :)

Aaron and the kids camped out in the yard one night!

Another picture on the bale mountain -

Aaron and Aaron Joseph checking out the equipment -

Going on a hayride -

Esther and Melita taking part in a water balloon toss -

We put an outdoor boiler in last fall - and I really mean we - Aaron had me out there "helping" dig the ditch and pour cement :) We've had some quirks to work out over the winter, but we really enjoy keeping the house warmer without burning propane!

It was one of the last nice days, so we were all enjoying being outside.

It's so hard to get everyone looking at one time -

Julia -

Anna -

Aaron Joseph -

Esther -

We made Columbus boats a.k.a. twice baked potatoes for Columbus Day - the girls enjoyed making the flags.

Another maze picture -

This is at a Norwegian Heritage Village - Aaron got to do a wedding for a couple here!

Esther had a tea party for her birthday - with cousins from both sides :)

She was embarrassed when we sang "Happy Birthday" :)

A few days later, Julia had her first birthday -

She was a baby last summer, but over the fall and winter has learned to walk, eat, say some words, and thinks of herself as one of the big kids!

Aaron and the kids went fishing with Isaac and had a great time :) They still talk about it -

We've been doing a homeschool co-op at church. This is the girls (and I) doing a report for geography club.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Summer 2016 - Post 2

This picture is from the spring - I wanted a picture of Julia wearing the little boots - she outgrew them almost right away...This is funny to look at because now she is taking steps, getting teeth (3), and wants to be where her siblings are :)

Esther and Anna - also in the spring -

The sisters -

Julia looking like she's reading :)

Julia -

Anna, Julia, and Esther on Easter morning -

Aaron Joseph wearing Daddy's apron :)

We had to go to a meeting in April, so we decided to make a day of it and visited Itasca State Park - I had been there before, but not the rest of the family - it was pretty cool out though, so we ate our sandwiches as fast as we could and walked around for a few minutes.

The headwaters of the Mississippi -

We all really enjoyed our little visit -

Esther would have gone off exploring if we'd let her -

Aaron and Aaron crossing the bridge -

Julia has two smiles - a little smirk, and a whole face smile :)

Julia and Grandpa

Aaron and Julia at the park - We met Aaron for a picnic lunch :)

Whenever they see the camera, the girls want a picture too!

Julia -

Esther lost her first tooth! She was pretty excited - and I feel like my baby is growing up...

We had the S. cousins here over Memorial Day and had a tea party -

Aaron Joseph started out the summer walking all over the yard on his tricycle - Now he can pedal it for real :)

Esther and Anna excited about their "new" dresses :)

All the girl cousins having lunch at my parent's church's VBS -

One day the girls had a princess tea party :)

Julia and Samuel playing in the back of the church -

Esther said 10 extra verses :)

It was the castle theme this year, one of our favorites!

Program practice - Anna and Esther are in the middle

We went to a family reunion in Canada and on the way home, we saw a mother bear and two cubs - we watched them try to climb the telephone pole and the tree for a few minutes. The mom walked around slowly, but the cubs were pretty fast!