Wednesday, July 30, 2008

July in Our Home.

The past few weeks have been extremely busy for our family as Dad and Seth's summer work schedules hit full swing and the garden produce starts pouring in and keeping us all busy on the home front!! And in the midst of it all, we all miss Noah terribly, and treasure our conversations with him!!
When Scott and Lydia were up, we spent one morning butchering chickens. Ellie, Lydia and Joe came to help, which was a huge help!!

We were thrilled to have Scott manning the plucker once again--- not to mention laughing over his ever-ready jokes!! :)

Esther and Lydia.

Joe helped the boys catch and hang the birds!

Reading Books.
Silas LOVES corn on the cob!!

"Take a picture of me!!!"

"I think Aunt Phoebe's sunglasses look better on me!!"

"I love Papa and Nana's house-- I get icecream!!"

We also went blueberry picking while the Ansons were visiting Paul stayed home with Daddy while Mommy, Marcus and a host of Uncles and Aunts went picking!! We came back with several pounds-- in our buckets and in our tummies (right, Ellie??)!!!

"Look at all these blueberries!!"

Aunt Tabitha and Marcus!!

After blueberry picking, we stopped by friends' house to pick corn they had generously offered us (thank-you!!)!! Micah's bag broke, so he found a creative way to carry all he picked out of the patch! :)

Onions from our garden!!

Esther and Ellie snapping beans.
Lydia made blueberry pancakes for the birthday girl!!

Phoebe had a birthday water party/tea party this year, since Noah wasn't here to celebrate their birthday together (their birthdays are on the same day). A handful of young ladies in our area came to make her day so special!

Water balloon toss!

A fun water game!

Tasty Tea-Party Treats!
Friends!
Ladies enjoying tea together!
The birthday girl and guests!!
And July being birthday month, we celebrated five birthdays in one week!! :)

Seth's birthday meal!
Esther's birthday meal (and no, she didn't have just peppers, she had shrimp too!!)!

It's Tabitha's birthday!!

Grandma brought banana splits for the birthday girl!!

Keep Watching for more pictures and updates!!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Praise the Lord!
We have been awaiting a new up-date! (smile) I am sure that Noah as well will enjoy these new pics!
We are so blessed by you all!
May God bless as you are serving Him in so many ways.By the way...where is Dad & Mom?...um?
Thank you for the up-date...smile
Blessings to you all,
The Mayo family

Anonymous said...

Yea!!!! Lots and lots of pictures! Thank you so much Elizabeth! So, you finally managed to get back onto the computer after someone so rudely kicked you off??!! :)

I miss you all so badly, and hope to visit sometime soon!

Anonymous said...

All your smiles are so contagious. You all smile so joyfully. I can tell you are all happy, God-fearing children, and a testimony to your parents, and your Saviour.
God Bless.

Anonymous said...

P.S. Mr.Mayo is looking and wonders where did you get the huge write on / wipe off board? Great!
Looks wonderful!
Also, he'd like to join in Seth's dinner! Yum! smile-the rest will take the Bananna splits!
Blessings,
Mayo's

Anonymous said...

WONDERFUL post Elizabeth.....as always!=) I loved all the pictures... but I must say that Micah's effective way of hauling his corn out of the patch was my absolutly favorite picture! That is WAYYY funny! All the pictures with the Stangls, and Scott, and Lydia were fun too! Looks like you had a wonderful time! That's good! It's always makes the chores (especially not so pleasant ones!=) go faster when there's friends to do it with! I though for one am anxiously awaiting that promise of more pictures and updates! One can never grow tired of Ulmer Family blogging/fun!! We all miss you WAYYY Bad! Thanks for the terrific, and fun post! Me, and my older sibling were SO.... happy to see a post so quickly! It helps with the "homesickness" just slightly!=) Can't wait for more posts!

Love----Your Adopted Sis'

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness!!!! Paul and Marcus are growing soooo fast!!!! Especialy Marcus he looks so different. Thanks for all the pictures.. I LOVE them. I will try to get a post together soon... LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Bud..

Mrs. Hurzeler said...

Its amazing how many of your guys' birthdays are all in one month.

Anonymous said...

Great post, Elizabeth! The birthday dinners all looked great! It looks like Phoebe had a great party! Please hurry and post some more! I love your pictures! Hopefully I'll see you tonight at the swap!
Always with love,
Kourtney

Anonymous said...

Blueberries are awesome!!
And you've gotta give me credit for not wasting them and throwing them at people...Micah!

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