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| Always fun learnin' stuff with our Poppy! |
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| So nice how everyone obeys at tea time here:) |
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| "Large Family Logistics" in full swing |
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| Singing together at the Christian Heritage Conference... a highlight of the "Wheels on the Bus 3 Day Tour" |
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| Seems like we're always having our own family conference? |
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| Sweet friends Hannah and Audrey King from Montana |
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| Heavy competition at the shooting range |
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| Don't know where Charlie is, but this is his lovely "Mayflower", due in early August. |
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| Popsicles with some of the King brothers and Crosby, who thinks she's one of them. |
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| Another one of Carver's captives....later returned to its mother. |
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| Shot by Charlie, caught by Lina and hung up to dry by Cass. |
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| Bami and Poppy After all these years, they still love each other and they even MATCH! |
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Only a boy named Crockett would climb this high?
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| In search of the cucumber tea sandwiches. |
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| The world famous lollipop girl, who tossed one just like this over a balcony and managed to land it in an unsuspecting Mama' s hair. (!) |
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| Dr. Peter Hammond of South Africa told us his amazing stories of smuggling Bibles into Communist countries, being captured, imprisoned and beaten. A true hero, who also taught us how to drink a proper cup of tea. |
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| Toilet paper is just so FUN! |
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| Official meeting of the men on their way to feed Hoot and Holler...our baby goats. |
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| Feeding Hoot! |
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In honor of Campbell's 4th birthday: A Candy Land tournament.
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| Birthday flowers for Carolina. How can she be 18?!! |
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| Celebrating with favorite friends and family, and dear Abigail and Madison. |
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| It's always a happy day with Daddy. |
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| Aunt Kali came all the way from Florida for hugs and kisses. |
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| Writing class, poetry tips, an intro to couponing, fantastic finds at Savers, hot tea, fresh garlic, grilled everything and new exciting guitar chords for Cassidy! |
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| More goat feeding. Can you tell this farm livin' is a novelty to us? |
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| Planning and zoning for the latest fort |
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| The Lord provided very last minute tickets to Virginia to attend memorial services for Doug Phillips' father, Howard. He was a longtime friend of my Dad, Don McAlvany. |
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| These are a few of my favorite girls: Mary, Liberty and Jubilee... |
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...and Beall, who is one amazing, gracious and devoted Mama.
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| Bill's Berry Farm in Sunnyside, WA. Blueberries are the perfect height for littles to pick. It is quite possible Crosby ate an acre or so. |
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| Last minute insanity: Threw everything into the van and headed out July 5-7 for Berry Daze to fellowship with sweet homeschooling families and help where we could. Had a wonderful time filling our buckets while big kids directed traffic, helped with rides and lunch, and weighed berries. Big ones and Curtis camped in the tent; the less adventurous stayed at the Grapevine Inn. |
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| Mr. Placzek and Curtis with the BEST BLUEBERRY DONUTS . |
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| Another adorable play area...Oh, how I long to be outdoorsy and creative!! |
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| Highlight of whole thing: The Animal Train.
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