Cider pressing.

"I will BITE you like this!"

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"Restore us, O LORD God Almighty;
make your face shine upon us,
that we may be saved."
-Psalms 80:19 (NIV)

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Pumpkin Babe

We picked Pumpkins today and I thought it would be fun to pile them up and take John's picture with them; John thought NOT! I bribed him with a Popsicle and he posed relatively well thought the last one is my favorite!









This is what he did when I said he was done and could eat his Popsicle!

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Blessed

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Pouring Cement

With the existing piece of foundation replaced, and the new one dug, the cement guy came and we poured the foundation. Many thanks to Mike Silveira who came over and helped wheel it in.


Heavy stuff...


I don't know what was so funny up the chute, but they were all grinning like a chicken had just come out or something!


Michael pulls the age old 'push the new guy into the trees' trick!


Benjamin learns that wet cement is FUN!

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An evening at the Hipps

After loading up the beef last night we hung around out side and John tried his hand at the bull whips.


Pretty good for a such a small fellow!


Michael gives his "Mini Me" lessons in cracking his whip

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Then we moved on to how one might stand on their head...



Here Leah gives us a demonstration. Gotta love the "Pain is weakness leaving the Body" Shirt she won for her record pull-up hang.



Now a demonstration from the senior head stander in the family...Tada...Dad!

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This brings to where the little kids go to bed, Michael and Emily take a walk, and us Girls go out and try to take some 'Princess' pictures. We failed miserably at the princess theme, but we got some decent pictures.


Trina*



Me*

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And don't forget those not at home....




* pictures taken by hers amazingly, Leah.

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Dad's Photoshoot

It has been a while since Dad had a 'good' picture of him taken so this afternoon we went outside and shot a few. Any favorites????

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Offutt Air Show

We went to the Air show today, and it was pretty cool! (that is about 3 up from 'cool')


Here is a somethingerether black thing that was really neat!





This is from the top...


John got the hang of when to cover his ears pretty quick and even fell asleep while the bombers were ripping the sky with their unbelievable noise.




Leah Broke the Marine booth record for the longest any female has ever hung in flexed pull up position; 95 seconds! They gave her a shirt AND a water bottle...

I hung for 61 seconds when I lost my grip and fell off :-( I still got a water bottle :-)

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Thunder by the River

A few of us went on Friday night to Thunder By the River, the biggest tractor pull in the Midwest..yeehaw (or does that go with rodeos?):-)




It was 'cool' in my opinion...



This was the most interesting part of the whole thing.... Michael's twin sitting right behind us.



No, I don't usually mug pictures of random guys at farm events, but I had to take it since you rarely run into someone who bears such a striking resemblance to Michael!

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Hmmmmm

I thought this was really funny...

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Marriage

"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences" -Dave Meurer





I found that quote interesting...

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Timothy

Happy 10th Birthday Timo! (one day late)

Timo's birthday was yesterday, but I was in Columbus with mom so we celebrated it today. Happy birthday ,Timo, you are a smile in my day that can't be lived without. I love you!

Timo's Birthday verse was: 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins"

Happy Birthday!


Pardon the water on the shirt; water is a necessity to wash sand out of your hair...:-)

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Well...

Mom told me my blog was getting boring of late, so I thought I would make a quick post to show you what I've been doing with my faithful little helper...

Great faces, Great places!

Elizabeth: This is for you... I've gotten quite a bit better with vegetable trays since that time with Sam, haven't I?! :-)

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