Hidden Hollows

Monday, May 8, 2017

What do you do...

when you wake up to a flat tire on the Yukon and you have an appointment in town that afternoon?

1. Praise the Lord that your husband is still at home and can take it off!

2. Thank the Lord that you have a second vehicle and can still make it to the appointment!

What do you do when you are halfway through Laundry Day and your dryer quits working(the husband has left the house)?

1. Praise the Lord that it's not the middle of winter!

2. Praise the Lord that we all have extra clothes to wear!

3. Praise the Lord for the extra long laundry line that the amazing husband put up a couple of years ago!

4. Praise the Lord that the sun is shining!

5. Praise the Lord for little ones that think hanging laundry is fun!!!

Happy Monday from Hidden Hollows!

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Planting trees!!!

This is an annual event around here. Each year it seems to get easier and faster. Part of it is having children that are old enough to help and part of it is having more machinery that prepares the ground. We are thankful for all of the above. This was Samuel's 1st year to help!

We came out of the "bush" and headed towards to water to wash our hands. Samuel saw "a boy" coming out from another direction and didn't recognize him:). It was Caleb! Funny how you don't always recognize someone when they come from unexpected places.

Caleb would fill his hat with water and then dump it on his head to cool off. It was 31 C out there!

The hard working brothers and then some of the trees that Scott planted when we first moved here.

He's growing up quickly, but looks so small when he walks across the fields:). So thankful for the opportunity to watch our children growing up on the farm.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Ranch Helpers!

Last Saturday, we woke up at the crack of dawn, literally! The chores were done and we were heading down the road at 6:15 a.m. We were very thankful to have Big Red back from the autobody shop and headed towards Alberta. The younger kids went back to sleep for a bit and the rest of us listened to sermons by Bro. Dan Knickerbocker. Car trips have been some of the most wonderful times for talking, listening, and discussing sermons and/or Lamplighter stories. Those times are occasionally interrupted by a fussy little one, who isn't super fond of road trips. We arrived at the Tateson Ranch a little after 10am. Just in time to help feed the calves!!!

Thank you "Auntie Karyn" for the Muck boots! They were a wonderful surprise!!!

Then it was time to start making some cookies! Good thing we brought our baker...

Then there was some coloring, while others were making lunch!

and a nap for the wee one...

Right before lunch the girls rode over to see some new baby calves! Auntie Karyn took the boys over in the gator!

Elyssia and Garrison kept visiting the horses every 10 minutes or so:)