Josiah

"And Sarah said, 'God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.'"
Genesis 21:6

I just came in from swinging on the hammock (Well, really 10 minutes ago). I was pulling a rope to help "swing" the hammock. Seth and Josiah were enjoying the swing while tackling each other. Suddenly Josiah sits up...

"There's poke coming out of there."

"Poke?" I queried.

"Poke," he said confidently.

"Poke," I asked one more time.

"Yeah, poke."

Suddenly, Seth, seeing that I was confused greatly said...

"He means smoke!" Oh - well thanks for the help! IT was greatly needed!

Side Note: He saw the smoke from our wood-burning furnace that heats the house in the winter and provides hot water for free (except for the hard labor by daddy and sometimes us to provide the wood). That's where the smoke was from - a little chute specially designed to let the smoke out.

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I gave Josiah a bath a couple minutes ago. I wrapped him up "like a hot dog" (a phrase referring to when I wrap him up tightly in his towel and carry him to his room after baths) and proceeded to his room. Laying him on the bed, I go to pick out clothes.

"Okay, hotdog," I say.

"I not a hotdog. I, Josiah David!" he replied in an offended yet funny tone. Oops - sorry for mis-using your name!

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I hope you got a few smiles or laughs out of these stories!

May Jesus bless you,
Kimber

Family Pictures at WBF

Eden: sheep, Seth: horse, Alexis: Cow and Josiah: Pig (too cute!)

Eden on a slide

Josiah "carrying" a bucket to go berry picking with.

Adonai's daughter,

Kimber

Cherry Pics from WBF

Here is a picture of the cherries! Aren't they beautiful! You can see the sky in the reflections!

Josiah helping pick cherries! What a big boy he was even though he had no nap and not much for lunch!

Kimber

W.B.F pictures continued

A goat on the "goat walk" waiting for food.

A cat sleeping in the hot, humid day by some plants.

A white flower by the tiny pond with the koi.

The view of the berry farm from where we ate lunch.

Westmoreland Berry Farm

"All the labor of man is for his mouth..."

Ecclesiastes 6:7a

A sign beneath the "goat walk" at Westmoreland Berry Farm. For more info on the "goat walk" go to www.westmorelandberryfarm.com

The family after a hard days work! :) (missing Lydia :()

I'm going to be posting more pictures today but I couldn't get all the pictures I wanted to upload at once. The verse listed above goes for all the future posts about Westmoreland Berry Farm.

Adonai's daughter,
Kimber

P.S - More information coming up!

Lydia in Jammies

"And Moredecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful."

Esther 2:7

Well Lydia isn't lovely, but cute! Here she is in her jammies!

Adonai's daughter,
Kimber

This Week

I"m going to put a verse that goes along with this post, on my next post (hopefully tonight). I haven't posted in so long because we've been so busy. Tuesday we (Hannah, Alexis and I) went with daddy to work on taking out trees/bushes on a property and then we went and visited with our grandparents, great aunt and cousin once-removed (confusing I know!). We went to the pool and then CiCi's Pizza for dinner. Once we finished dinner we went back to our grandparents house and then left after about 30 minutes.

Of course we have been canning and doing lots of things connected with it (peeling, chopping, dicing etc.). Right now we're just finishing up cherries from Westmoreland Berry Farm. My next post will be about our trip (hopefully with pictures!).

That's an overall view of our week!

Adonai's daughter,
Kimber

More Pictures from July 4th

"'So this shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinace.'"

Exodus 12:14

This is my daddy reading a book: One Nation Under God; America's Lost Dream (or something like that). It is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it the drawings are beautiful and the words even more so. You can find more information at www.mastermedia.org

This is Lydia celebrating her first 4th of July. What a happy little girl!

This is Hannah playing the harp at my Na-naw's house with Cadence (my cousin) helping along! Isn't she so cute??!!

We played dodgeball whiel waiting for the fireworks to go off. We stopped playing when Mason, another cousin, got hit in the head and started crying. The picture is blurry but at least you can see the ball!

This is the majority of everyone before the fireworks. We parked a little ways away from the Diamond so we could see the fireworks. We've actually been at the same spot for about 4 years now (free parking!). More people have found the spot, though. We bring blankets and drop-cloths to put on the ground - we also bring a few light snacks while we're waiting.

Adonai's daughter,
Kimber

4th of July Fireworks Pictures

"O say, can you see by the dawn’s early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,

Whose stripes and bright bars, through the perilous fight

,O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

O say, does that star spangled banner still wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

"The Star Spangled Banner"

by Francis Scott Key

1st verse

Here are some pictures for the 4th of July - fireworks from outside the "Diamond."

Enjoy!

I have lots of good pictures but didn't have enough room. If you want to see all the fireworks pictures let me know!

Adonai's daughter,
Kimber :)

P.S - I used a verse from a hymnal instead of the Bible - I'm going to be posting sometime later today with a Bible verse.