Playoffs? Playoffs!??

Vik is really enjoying the Vikings vs Cowboys game, so far. I really need to get that handsome kid a Vikings jersey.

Our History

I brought over the posts from my old blog that I cared to save. Read further to go back in time with my Lambies. From here on out, all posts will be new. :)

The Colestead Line

Have I told you about my favorite herbal products yet? My friend, Mother Of Blessings, makes her products with all-natural and organic ingredients and they are just great! I have used her Immune Booster for several years. Along with a healthy diet, I credit it with keeping us cold and flu free for a LONG time!

I have also personally used the Boo-Boo Cream. I use it almost daily, truthfully. It goes on any scrapes, bug bites, rashes and dry spots, that happen so frequently around here.

Go visit The Colestead on Etsy and try a product. You won't be sorry!

Timothy at Reece's Rainbow

Oh. my. I know I shouldn't do it! I spent some time on Reece's Rainbow last night....and fell in love with Timothy. After a quick inquiry, I found that we don't meet the income guidelines, so unless the Lord works a MIRACLE, we will not be the parents of this gorgeous boy.

However, we (and you!) can help him find his forever family. We can donate to his adoption fund here and pray, pray, pray that he is adopted soon. Children with Down Syndrome are routinely institutionalized at age 4 or 5 and generally don't live very long after that, depending on the facility. It's a terrible thing to have a disability in these countries.

Let's be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world and take advantage of this life-changing opportunity on Timothy's behalf!

A New Fuzzy Friend

I was perusing "Farm and Garden" over at Craig's List yesterday, looking for chicken related items. I came upon an ad for an angora-lop bunny for sale, inexpensively, with a cage, food and water bottle included. I showed the picture to the Lambies, who, of course, fell in love. With Daddy's permission, I called the owner. He was so delighted to have a family adopting the bunny, he didn't even charge us the price he had listed!



Her given name is Cocoa, but my husband is pondering a clever, funny name.
ETA: Her new name is Snickerdoodle. I love it!



Yeah for another organic-manure-maker at our little homestead!

Christmas!

We had a terrific Christmas. I love being with my family and seeing the happiness of the children as they receive gifts in celebration of our Lord's birth.





They enjoy my happiness, too!

My Honey took me up to the Sequoias. I took this picture from the roadway where we were parked. It's hard to imagine the size of the rocks up there without a person for scale. See where the river narrows and flows into a little waterfall? We walked across that submerged rock and then quite far up the river. There was no shore on the left side.

We had the river to ourselves and were able to fish quietly, enjoying the land, the birds, the beautiful river and being with each other.

He taught me the roll cast and the forward cast, since this was my first time fly-fishing. It's quite different than bass fishing. It's fun,, but I will need more practice before being as comfortable tossing a fly as I am slinging a lure.

I sure do enjoy the mountains. I believe that the restored earth will be covered in forest, since it is the perfect expression of the grandeur of God.

Loving the Crew

I have been enjoying blogging at my other blog, Feeding the Crew, so I thought I'd start a family blog so I could talk about Loving the Crew. I have another blog, Distinctly Different, but have been having so much trouble blogging there, I am going to start over. I will be pulling some entries from there, so sorry if some pictures are less than current.

Let me introduce my crew:

I'm Momma
My handsome husband is My Honey
Our eldest daughter, EmBlem is 13.
Next comes GirlofGod, 12.
Then our eldest son, Vik, 11.
Next is Trixie, 10.
Let's not forget Polly, 8.
Or twins Missy and Jack, 7
And finally, the youngest, Troubles, who is already 4.

October 2009

What a month! We were busy with school,of course. I really should take some pictures of the Lambies at work, shouldn't I?

We harvested the remainder of the tomatoes and tore them out. Our friend Tammy blessed us with plenty of her pet llamas manure to enrich the soil for our winter garden. We plan to have carrots, lots of varieties of greens, garlic and maybe some peas.

GirlofGod and Trixie went camping with Daddy and Grandpa. Sadly, Daddy forgot to take any pictures.

Trixie broke her arm (you can go to her blog for more about that; she'll blog soon).

Getting costumes ready for Halloween took the rest of the month.

I'm hoping November will allow more time at home. I love the Thanksgiving season!!

ETA: This is an old post I moved over here. November did turn out to be restful until the end. Polly (the bride on the right in the above photo) was hospitalized Thanksgiving evening in the Childrens Hospital, ending up in surgery and staying there a week. It was a LONG week! Praise the Lord for healing and family & friends.

To The Forest!

(originally posted on my other blog 9-23-09)

I love day-trips! Very little planning and preparation and a wonderful day ensues. We are blessed only have to drive less than an hour to get to this glorious place, full of new spots to explore every time we go.

Do you see what we saw?

Look at those studious Jr. Rangers.

Wading about was fun!

Why does he always look like BigFoot?

Daddy and Troubles during an apple break.

I hope to get up for another trip or two before the snow starts falling up there.