Swim Time

Summer time is for swimming!! The kids have been having fun at swimming lessons. Emily has become quite the swimmer this year no longer requiring a life jacket or floation device in the pool. Cadon does great at lessons but thinks our pool is bigger and doesn't care for it as much. One day he'll do it too. In the meantime we will have fun at lessons!

Harvest

Wheat.  In Randon's family, this is important stuff.  It is not just what makes bread or crackers or cereal, it is what provides income.  It is a business.  Being a city girl most of my life I didn't think much about wheat until I met Randon.  I have learned a lot of things about farm/country life from him.  Like the difference between a cow and a bull and a steer.  They were just all cows to me before.  I love going to the country and the peace it provides.  No hustle bustle of the city.  It is nice.

But back to wheat.  Here in Oklahoma it is typically planted in the fall.  Farmers can put their cattle on it in the winter time to provide a source of feed for them.  If you drive by a really green field in the winter, it is probably wheat.  The golden color we associate with it doesn't occur until just before harvest, sometime in the end of April or May, depending how hot it is.  Harvest usually happens in June and a couple of weeks ago we went to watch it.  This is one of those times I love to sit and watch my husband and his family with our kids.  They are teaching them what has gone on in his family for generations. 

This is on Randon's Uncle's land.  They have a Centennial Farm.  Randon's great great grandfather staked this in the land run and the family still lives on and works it today.  This is so amazing to me!  I just love the history.

   

Randon spent some time cutting wheat and taking our kids around to do it too. 

Cadon was so excited to ride the combine.  He pumped himself up to do it and when he got off he was proud.  He was scared last year.  I can't blame him too much, they are HUGE!

He fits in the tire!

Emily spent most of her time in the tractor that pulls the grain cart.  Cadon got to drive.  What fun!

I had to play with my camera too, so they were subjected to photo ops in the fields.  I took 295 pictures of harvest.  Maybe I went a little overboard.  I did have a lot of fun though.

The one above and this one were some of my favorites.  I have so many that I like.  Maybe over time I can share more.  I can't wait for next year!

Happy Father's Day

Fun and Friends

Last Saturday we went to a friends 5th birthday party.  It was full of lots of friends and lots of fun.  Since I just got my new camera, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to test it out a bit.  Here are just a few pics from the day.

Cowgirl Emily (she loved that horse!)

Friends from birth.  Love this pic! (they were all born within six weeks of each other)

Some sweet girls!

Cadon and Chenna

Perfect Ringer!!!

Family

Randon's grandpa (Papa Ray) watching the train with the kids.  I love seeing Cadon hold his hand!

Randon's grandmother (Sugars) taking the kids for a ride!

Moving Up

Yesterday was another big day in our lives.  Emily moved up to the Kindergarten class at church.  She is  now in the big kid hall, which is crazy to me.  She was so excited anticipating it all week.  She had to pick just the right dress for it and found her good friend to go with.  I felt the apron string get just a bit shorter yesterday.

Cadon started Mrs. McBride's class yesterday too.  I was so proud of him.  It was surreal seeing him sit in a school desk.  I can't believe he is in PreK.  He listened, started learning the 23rd Psalm (that Emily has already been coaching him for) and answered his questions about the story.  I am excited to see him learn so much in her class this year.  

May God continue to shower his blessings on you Emily and Cadon and may you continue to develop a heart like his.  We love you so much! ~Mom and Dad

Under the Rainbow...

A couple of weeks ago, after thunderstorms and tornadoes sent us to our shelter, we walked out in our backyard after it all passed to this beautiful display.  It was a full rainbow and it was bright and gorgeous.  I can't see a rainbow and not think of God and Noah and his promise.  The kids even thought of that too.  What a mighty God we serve!  A thousand years later his still displays his majesty to remind us of his love for us.

And his blessings still fall on us today!  My three are under the rainbow!

For everything there is a time...

May was a month full of smiles and tears, but through it all we have found we serve an amazing God and we are tremendously blessed. 

I said goodbye to two amazing women last month.  Katie left for Texas and Rachael left for Alaska.  This has been my prayer warrior group.  We have met to pray together for almost 2.5 years and I will miss them so much!!!!!  We have been through so much together and I praise God for them and what he did through us and for us.

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   The hardest moment last month was losing a baby.  But through this experience I found the love of God so overwhelming I cannot even explain it.  We were wrapped in love by the women above and our close friends from church.  From our family and each other.  I never wanted to experience that and I never want anyone else to, but God used it for his glory to strengthen our faith and trust in Him.  All things can work for good to those who love him and are called to HIS purpose.

But there were also LOTS of smiles.

We welcomed our friends precious babies.  Brooklyn (above in green) had her little girl and Miranda welcomed her little boy.  Both are the works of God and prayer!!!  We pray both will grow to be servants of God and do amazing things for his kingdom.

And school came to an end.  I LOVE IT!!!  Having my precious ones home is so much fun and I love every minute with them.

Emily graduated from Pre k school and Pre k Bible class on the same day.  She was so excited and did so well with all her memorization at both events.  I was not prepared from Pomp and Circumstance to be played at school.  I think I must soak every second up because the real thing is going to come before I am ready.  We love and respect Mrs. McBride so much for her love for our children and giving them a great foundation for continued Bible knowledge.  Emily can quote the 23rd Psalm and her books of the Bible now!

Cadon also had his last ever day of Sonshine School.  Next school year he will be a Pre K student and this Sunday will be in Mrs. McBride's class.  Here we go!!! 

 

I am excited for this summer, to be with my family and to see how God will continue to reveal himself to us.  Here's to a wonderful time!