My Mom

My Mom had a cow when she found out that I had not posted the picture of her and I. So here it is.

I love you Mom!!!!!
Love,
Lexie

Church picnic and more

On Saturday, a man and his son came over with a horse and left the horse in our pasture to wean her baby off. On Sunday morning, the horse got out and started down the road. Dad got on the 4-wheeler and chased down the horse and brought it home. After it was put back in the pasture, Dad watched it get out again to find the hole. Dad got on the 4-wheeler again, brought the horse back, and tied her up. Knowing where the hole was in the fence, my Dad stayed home from church and fixed it.
Mom, Mike, Zach and I went to church. After church, I went to a friends house instead of going home. (My Mom and I had made cheesecake and broccoli salad on Saturday for the picnic.) Mom and the boys went home to get Dad for the picnic. The church picnic was a lot of fun! I got to spend a lot of time with all my friends. Sorry, no pictures.
Love,
Lexie

Silver Dollar City

Well on Thursday, we went to Silver Dollar City (an amusement park) with some friends. They got us in free. (Thank you so much, Mr. Chris and Mrs. Rhonda!) We left at around 10 am and we got home around 9:30 pm or something like that. We went on a lot of rides.

Levi, Zach, Lacy,Me, Ezra and Mike.

Us on a big chair.

My Mom and Mrs. Rhonda on a big chair.
It was the best day I had in a long time!
Love,
Lexie

Birthday party

On Sunday, we went to our friend, CJ's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. There was a cool picture booth thing. I had all my friends take a pic with me. It was so much fun!

This is a pic of my friend, Rio and I.

Mike, Mom, me and Zach.

Mike, me and Zach.
Happy Birthday, CJ! I love you!
Love,
Lexie

Shooting with Dad

Just to let everyone know, this is not Laurie, this is Lexie. My mom does not post enough and I'm always telling her that. She told me to go ahead and post, so I am. Well today, Dad, the boys, and I took some guns to the second pasture for training in gun usage and safety. It was mostly for the boys, because he had already taught me this stuff. We were shooting at a bucket and a toy tricycle. We were about 50 ft from the target. I collected the shells. I ended up finding about 60 of them and we shot about 100 total. Dad did most of the shooting. I wish I had brought the camera! Well, I will post some more some time.
Love,
Lexie

Ike

It started raining on Saturday. The wind picked up that evening. Our electricity went out at about 2:30 in the morning. We woke up to a tree uprooted leaning against another tree that was starting to uproot and had pushed one end of our propane tank off its base. Both trees were resting against a walnut tree.

Thankful, they hadn't fallen and hit the house, power line, or the gas line. Andrew climbed the walnut tree and cut the other trees down before they fell. Our neighbor, Bev, let us borrow a generator. A couple times a day, we would plug in the freezer, refrigerator, and water pump. We have a gas stove, so all I had to do is light it with a match. We used hurricane lamps and flashlights for light. Our electricity came back on last night at 8:00. We were without power for 65 1/2 hours. The only thing we really missed during our "pioneering time" was the computer. The cleanup in our county continues. There was massive tree damage. I have never seen so many trees pulled up by their roots. The power company said that all customers would have power by today.

Kids' Pictures

Professional pictures of my wonderful children.

My beautiful daughter, Lexie

My handsome son, Michael

My other handsome son, Zachary

Zach's Scar

This is what Zachary's leg looks like after 6 weeks of healing.

It's a really cool scar!