The irises in the yard are beginning to bloom! He has made everything beautiful in His time. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:11

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God will stand forever. ~ Isaiah 40:8

We were surprised to see new furry friends in our neighbor’s yard yesterday! They are some of the shiniest cows and look so soft.

right at the fence

meet number 7, 8 , 9 and 10 (those will have to be their names for now!)

looking pretty

number 9

As the deer panteth after the water brooks, (and hungers after every green and flowering thing in our yard!) so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. Psalm 42:1

We saw this beautiful buck out the dining room window this morning. It made us think of the verse above- how we are to thirst and long for Christ and seek to be satisfied by Him alone.

This past Saturday, our family drove out near Hondo for John and Lynette’s Sunday School class picnic. We enjoyed fun fellowship with other families, croquet, horseshoes, shooting tin cans and clay pigeons, a hayride, and s’mores!

the whole family, ready for the hayride!

Pastor Si giving instructions

John and Joe

Josh is taking aim!

watch out for these women gunslingers – Lynette, Kay, and Pam

Pam the sharpshooter!

Our Sunday School teacher Joe with Lynette

the newlyweds ~ Bob and Charity

hayride

with Steve – the adopted member of our family for the night

sticky fingers, but oh, so good

yummy s’mores to end the day with!

...it was a very fun afternoon. So grateful for Christian fellowship!

This week, the farmer up the road came to give our field one last cut before fall makes its way down south.

freshly cut hay bales

hard at work

a pretty sight!

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven… He hath made every thing beautiful in His time. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11