It's the middle of September!!!

Where did the first half of this month go???

The guys are now officially done with silage for the year. They finished the last of it yesterday!! I think the boys are relieved to know there's no more to be done. While they enjoy it, they were also getting quite exhausted from working on their school work and then having to go to the field and not really having any down time.

Yesterday afternoon the homeschool group met for bowling and pizza. We only had 3 families turn out but man did we have a good time. After pizza the boys and I made a quick run to the mall to find a jacket to go with my outfit for Rachael's wedding tomorrow. I was so glad that I found one in the first store we tried. It's a washable suede fitted jacket. I love it. Hopefully we can get a family picture taken and I'm also hoping to get some pictures of the boys all dressed up too.

Speaking of the wedding....please be in prayer for all of us. It's now been 4 1/2 months since Liz passed away and this wedding is going to be a bit tough. I talked to Rick last night and he told me he's been doing a lot of crying this week. He said he just doesn't know how else to let all the emotions out. Lara had a car accident this week and spent about 3 hours in the hospital getting checked out and Nick was sick one or two days too. I'm sure all of that stress has not been good for Rachael but am praying the wedding goes off without any major glitches.

I've been working on my Sunday school lesson for this week. I guess I should tell you first the study is by John Ortberg and is called, "God is closer than you think". I find it ironic that God felt I was going to need this study this fall. It amazes me how loudly He speaks to me through this study. Between my Sunday school lesson and group of ladies off the internet, I get the feeling God has something big in store for me nearly every day.

I'm loving the fact that fall is here!!! The lows have been in the 40's this week and the highs in the 70's. Now this is my kind of weather. The calves are growing hair like crazy. We're sleeping with the windows open and heavy blankets on. I believe fall and spring are my two favorite seasons. Summer was just too stinking hot this year and our last winter was a bit too icy.

Tonight we have an evangelistic illusionist coming to town. The boys are excited to go to see the show. They had invited a friend, but unfortunately he had other plans. I should have gotten around to inviting Mike's friend David, but since Mike can't be there maybe it's best. I probably wouldn't have felt very comfortable going and meeting another man for the show. LOL. When Mike proposed to me, his sister asked if I was marrying Mike or David or both of them. The entire time Mike and I dated it was the 3 of us and any girl David found at the time. David married his ex-wife a couple of months before Mike and I got married and they had their oldest one month to the day before we got married. David's second son was born a day after Jesse. I feel like God is asking us to reach out to David again and try to get him back into the church scene so he can be fed spiritually. Mike tried in the spring and David backed out at the last minute. Guess it's time to try again.