We couldn't believe who showed up in our living room all ready to stay for 10 days. Dana, Lisa and Mary---from 5,000 miles away! Only Mom and Dad knew they were coming and they kept their secret well. :)
Dana helping decide which cows should go goodbye
Our adorable niece who most of us have not seen for 2 years. We had so much fun with her!
She loved the kittens!
She's such a little farm girl
"Ew, the cow just licked my hair!"
Micah had to get his deer butchered so Dana jumped into help.
Mr. G., an old friend of ours also came to pick up a bull we were using. He always looks forward to homemade cookies, milk and a chat with Mom and Dad.
Flyin' High
Dana grilled venison tenderloin steaks for dinner and they were soooo yummy.
Mary and Joanna LOVE teaparties and they had plenty of those.
S'moring together! (Thanks for the new "term" Lisa, hehe)
Sunday we spent the day with friends from church which involved volleyball, boating and swimming. (and eating, of course)
Mary had a ball in the water. She played and played for a long time.
All of us girls jumped out to swim and left Kara to defend herself from a boy attack. They won't do too much with that paddle over their heads!
Enjoying the nice warm rocks
Everybody likes to play farm!
Then the dollhouse comes out.
Mary had so much fun with Aunt Jo!
Standing in a safe place watching her aunties and uncles chase cows into the barn to ship.
A sister-in-law is to help you fold the mountains of laundry that come flooding off the lines. Thanks Lisa! :)
Busy little chore girl.
She LOVES being outside and helping with chores. The one day she was crying when she found out that the cows had already been milked that morning.
...so she got to help Aunt Kay that night instead.
Making cherry pies
Dana was awesome. He built us two chicken cages that we had been needing to get built for quite a while.
Nathan was his handy helper with the pinner
As you can see, she is riding the calf. She wanted to ride a cow more than she wanted to ride the horses!
Dana and Lisa, feeding the steers
Going for a ride to the next pasture
Determined Mary, shoveling feed. ;)
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Ah, we miss y'all!
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There will be more pictures to come but this is all for now.
4 comments:
Aww!! What great pictures!!! Can't believe how big Mary is now!!! Is she four or five now? Such a pretty little girl!! ^-^
Awww...looks like a lovely time!!! And a cute niece!!!
Aww... what a great surprise. Looks like you all had a great time together!
And I am loving that picture of Kara with the paddle! :)
I'm not even gonna follow the trend and say "aww", lol.
That is soo awesome that they came, tho! I hardly recognized Mary, she's grown SO much!! I love seeing y'all reunited with your bros when they come home :D
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