Coming soon...pictures of the house!

We recently got a house about 1/2 a mile from us, so the last month or so we've been up there working on it. Another thing is, it has about 2 acres of wooded land in the back...so everyone has their plans for that...I think so far we've got plans for a treehouse, a bunch of ziplines (these are so fun), airsoft warfare area, some hideouts, a smokehouse, and best of all I get to get my donkey finally! We might raise some steers, too!

I don't have any recent pics at the moment so heres some random ones from '06

I think Bandy looks so handsome here

Colly and her angel she made

look at bryce's face...

Thats Byron in the water, it's crazy how much bigger he is now...

cute little Benji



Here's a recent one of Benji, I've been teaching him some softball (though I'm terrible at it myself :)

Don't overload yourself!

so long, Jo

I'm not sure what to say. I've been having a tough time this past little while and I'm not even sure why. And I'm alot of times too proud to ask for any help. But, you know, God is always seeing me through, even when I don't know it. And He wants to keep bringing me along, more than I could ever want Him to.

It kind of reminds me of this goat we had. We didn't have a fence, so I had to keep her staked out. Seems like I spent most my time moving her, getting her water, feeding her, untangling her--she'd get wrapped up around the stake so bad--always there was something. She'd get mad at me for untangling her, or leaving her too long, but she always perked up when she saw me. She knew I'd take good care of her. Sometimes I think thats how God is with me. Maybe it just helps me understand a little...

I'm really only writing this for me, so I hope you don't mind :-)
His lil' sure-shot, Jo

Pride comes before a fall...

"He thought he had attained to some power...never knowing that all the while his life was hanging in the balance."

A tale of two chickens...

This is a story involving some interesting characters both innocent, not so innocent, and just downright guilty.

There is a certain character, who you'd be likely to see--in fact he's kind of tough to miss--prancing around, strutting his stuff, ruffling his feathers, and crowing for all he's worth.

Frank the Magnificent

There's another very different character,who stays where he belongs, with his group of followers. He's not the most showy bird you ever seen, but there's no doubt he's the general himself...

Meet Zeb

Zeb gets onto Frank for crowing too much, so Frank just gets up on the gate and crows up there, or goes around outside the pen. I guess it gives him an important air, after all Zeb can hardly even get over the fence like he can!

And if Frank thinks anyone is infringing on his territory (what he actually has I don't know), he ruffles out his feathers and prepares for the challenge. That guy has some major ego issues! I guess he thinks he has to show off to prove himself a good rooster. After his new stunt of chasing people around and pecking at them, I don't think he'll be around much longer.

You have to admit, he's got a NICE crow, too bad he won't be around to use it.

As for Zeb...I think he's content with his little band of hens.

Yes, Jesus Loves me...

The Bible tells me so!

On the sidebar you may notice I added some music...

check out these two new sites

Kayleen has a new site she is doing to give insight for common health problems. She's found some very helpful research on alot of different things. She should be adding more soon. Go to: www.kayslittleroses.blogspot.com
Byron just started a blog, you can check it out here (and I'm sure he'd love some comments!) : www.templardbwaltman.blogspot.com

It's me, its me, it's me, O Lord...

...standin' in the need of prayer!

Prayer is a powerful thing, deepening our walk with God, enabling us to really know Him, giving us a power in our lives that comes only from Him, tearing down strongholds, and our prayers for others outlive even us. Please remember to pray for me!

If you can't read the card,double click, it should pull it up big. Just in case, heres my prayer requests again:
-that the power and Spirit of God would be in me!
-to learn to fear the Lord, and cast out all other fears (1 Sam. 12:24)
-that I would learn to trust God, not only to work in my own life, but in the lives of those I pray for (phil. 1:6).
-that God would put in me a love for Him and others like never before, teaching me to love others instead of protecting my own pride (Matt. 22:37-40).

Thank you all!