October at the Ulmers!!

For the past two months the postings have been very irregular here on the Ulmer blogspot, but you can look forward to regular posts in these future months- we have a operating computer at last!! Yay!!

For now I'll try to give you a brief glimpse of how our our past month has gone- October was a full month with birthdays, school, butchering, new horses, two week-end trips, and a host of other activities!!

Enjoy these snapshots from our month!!

Uncle Silas and Paul are best buds!!

Esther, Silas, Tabitha and Phoebe enjoy a buggy ride during a festival in Seneca!

One of our laying hens!

Charity with our new dog- Gypsy!!

Silas requested "awfuls" for his birthday-- and no, they have not gained their nick-name because of their taste!!

Silas loves finger jello!!

And his siblings enjoyed looking through the playmobile catalog!! :)

Silas got two little men for his birthday that he holds especially dear. He takes them with him when he takes his nap. One day Mom checked on him while he was asleep and found him 'eating' his beloved man!!

Haylie and Charity on Ginger!!

We were blessed to spend a afternoon and evening with the Meyer and Strahm families- including horse-back-riding, volleyball and a bon-fire!!! We had a wonderful day together with special fellowship!!

Marcus with his Grandpa!!

Phoebe, Cole and Aubrey!

We didn't get a hard freeze until just this past week and we still have some beautiful snap-dragons!!

After we finished butchering the last of the business birds, Charity helped me wash the many feeders and waters!!

Micah helping clean up a mess in the yard!!

Papa gives Phoebe and Paul a tractor ride!!!

Charity practicing her horse-back-riding.

After a blonde-moment filled day, this seemed rather fitting!! :)

Noah and his filly-Honey-she fell asleep leaning up against him!!

This month has brought some significant changes for our hard-working brother!! This summer he worked for two dairys- a total of about 60 hours a week- and he recently felt that the Lord was directing him to resign from both jobs. His last day at both jobs was Saturday, he was sad to leave his employers- both of whom he enjoyed very much, but he is excited to see where the Lord leads him now!! Please keep him in your prayers as he hears from the Lord for further direction in this chapter in his life!

Tabitha gives Phoebe and Silas a ride in our fantastic Daddy-built cart!

With twelve people in our home, we've collected quite a stack of winter clothing-- a coat per person (or maybe two, if they have outside chores during the winter), snow-pants or coveralls, scarves, gloves, stocking hats, boots- the list goes on!! When you add the fact that we have three hunters in the family, you also add a large pile of extra coveralls, insulated hiking boots and plenty of orange gear. It takes several hours to get the nessesary clothing assigned to each person, then it's finding a place to put it all!!

Charity working studiously on her school work!!

Playing trains!!

Charity made beautiful cupcakes for her birthday!!

Some of the last produce from our garden- Noah grows delicious peppers!

Oh-- we love it when Esther makes granola--mmm!!

Tabitha forking some hay for our hungry horses!