Faith Family Farm

Bonjour, mon joli nuage! (Hello, my pretty cloud!)

Beautiful random pics of clouds, the farm, and more clouds ^_^ As you can see, we like clouds. =] Gorgeous.

This one (below) was taken at Grandma Bo's old house. Most of these were taken using my phone. Didn't they turn out beautiful?

Ooo, big cloud. Notice the little black dot. I suppose it's some kind of bird... but it had to get in one of my favorite pictures of clouds. -_-

Walnut and cedar tree with clouds. Did I mention we like clouds? =D

Sari

40th Birthdays in TN

Here in TN we always do something special for special birthdays - like the 40th one for the mother of the 4 wonderful children. We vaccinated our 2 herds of cattle with family and friends. It's always a great time with lots of help.

Here JP is ready to catch one of the cows.

The Grandmommy and a couple grandkids are readying the medicine for this group of cows.

We had a special friend helping give the actual shots, it's harder than it sounds. Everyone has their designated job. Poppy helping give instructions.

The dad of the group and an apprentice and friend just brought some into the head gate area.

Here is AB, our Pastor's son giving the vaccinations. Great guy!

Juju administering the wormer. You put it along their spine.

The b-day mom halfway in the picture putting on the wormer as the dad and AB work with the calves.

We are finished and are taking them back to the pasture. Everyone still has jobs to make sure they get through the gates.

Walking back towards the barn.

Then, when we are finished we gathered for lunch. Everyone was ready to eat after a hard morning's work. Ummmm ummm good, and restful.

Still munching and visiting, this is always fun to draw from everyone else's experiences and stories, some serious and most funny. It's always a great time.

Yep, time for a snooze, albeit a short one.

Then, I received a BIG, beautiful bag from my sis and fam. Thanks guys!!! I cna even carry my graduating Sari in it, maybe.

No, a wee bit too heavy, but certainly big enough.

The Woods & Forests of Simpson-Dake Haven

There are soooo many beautiful pictures, it was very hard to choose, that's why you get to see several this time. Here are a variety of scenes we saw while we were on our walk checking out the tree stand. It was also so nice to be out as a family, walking, talking (quietly so we didn't scare any deer), and simply taking in the fall air and the beauty of God's creation. The hay shed from above.

Breathtaking views.

Cool cup. It's amazing what you find in the outdoors if you look closely.

Green, soft rug, simply beautiful. Ok, overuse of the word. Try to find something different.

WOW!!!

Green, yellow, orange, who else could do something like this, other than a Creator unmatched in all His skills.

The kids call this their umbrella tree. We cannot figure out what it is, still looking, but it is very dense, and in the next pic you'll see how it umbrellas out, hence their name for it.

Look up, you get new perspectives on life.

Sari and Comet, too sweet.

Sitting in the stand as we take the stand to stand the stand up. Redundant? Yeah. OK, won't do that again, even drives me crazy.

The kids are taking French, lo, and behold we came upon a French shroom. How 'bout that? Cute, isn't he?

Tree Stand

"A wise son makes a father glad." Prov. 15:20 Here was a special project just for father and son. This wise son has learned some great skills he always will be able to use. They worked all day building this tree stand for the fall. We have seen deer almost daily behind us, including several 4 points and a 6 point, so that means they will be scarce when they are in the stand. :) Nevertheless, they had a good time working with wood and tools. Here are some pics of the finished product.

All the kids had fun being 12 ft. off the ground. Getting there was a little scary. Sari didn't want to stand up. She must be like her mother who hasn't even braved going all the way up. Yikes!

Sari trying to be brave. At least she's up there. That's more than I can say for myself.

Tree stand full of shoes.

Shoes and faces. =)

A pic from above. The woods were awesome and filled with God's glory and His creation. The colors were unbelievable. Isaiah 5:3 "The whole earth is full of His glory"