We Get Our Strength From Him

Isaiah 40:31 - But
they that wait upon
the LORD shall
renew their strength;

                                                                        
                          They shall mount up as wings of eagles, they shall run, and not be weary; and they
                               shall walk, and not
                                   faint.  
                                                                                       

                    

My Family

I'd like to introduce you to my family! 
Nate and Ollyce came over yesterday afternoon, Mom decided to get a last minute family picture.

Mom, Dad, Me, Nate, Ollyce and Heather

Nate and Ollyce

Ollyce, Heather and I

Don't you love the background?

Squirt

This is Squirt, our tiny kitten.

She's really 6 weeks old...and should be about twice the size of what she is now.

Her eyes are huge and so adorable!  She loves to play, but also loves to be held...over all she loves drinking from the kitten bottle. :)

Sammy - Her Happy and Not So Happy Days

Do you remember when I wrote how Sammy is usually quite grouchy but sometimes she has her good moments?

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This is Sammy...when she's happy

Earlier this spring/summer when I'd walk up the driveway to get the mail she would follow me.  Once I got the mail out of the mail box and turn around to go back she would come up to me.  She knew I would pick her up so she would kind of jump into my arms and pull herself onto my shoulders.  Then I'd walk down the driveway with her on my shoulders.  

We did this nearly everyday.

Then she would get pregnant and grouchy yet again.  You really didn't want to be around her when close to the time when she would have the kittens.  She had her babies (6) in the end of August.  For some unknown reason she would not feed them, and she had them in all sorts of places (2 in a closet, 3 in a basket that we provided and 1 under the porch during the night).  She totally rejected them, hissing whenever she got near them.  These kittens would have died if it hadn't been for Molly.  She had just had 3 kittens a week earlier so we gave Sammy's kittens to her and she took care of them.  However Molly had an armful of kittens to care for now (6 + 3 = 9), and not all that much milk.  So we bought some kitten formula and the most adorable kitten bottle...

 ...and fed them ourselves.  

They loved it!

Because we  bottle fed them for a majority of their meals they are especially gentle and love to be held.   

Also, because they were malnourished this little one especially is quite small.  Actually even though this one is a month old it is not much bigger now than in the picture.

Cat Moments

:: Mila ::

Flowers In Fall

I love these Daliahs, they are so pretty and their orange color is so perfect for this time of year. We have them in a bright/deep blue vase and they look so pretty!  I couldn't help but take some pictures of them.

Which do you like better?  The first of second or third?

The other day I went walking out to the field to see if the trees on the edges had a lot of color, but they did not.  So I wandered into the woods and couldn't help but notice all the leaves covering the ground.

Yes, it is a rather boring pictures, but I love leaves that cover the ground.

And this tree...well, I never really knew it had such a beautiful color of leaves until yesterday when I just happened to look up.  It's nearly perfect, don't you think?

Football!!!!!!

Who loves football?

Me?  Well...I enjoy watching a game.  I love the action, the excitement, and trying to figure out what's going on.  But that's the problem.  I really don't know too much of what's going on.  Somehow I still enjoy watching it, and we just happen to know someone who plays.

Not only that, but Mom got a new lens.  It's huge and heavy...and pretty nice.  So I got to take plenty of pictures this past week when we went to watch the game.

Actually, I'm posting this for you Em,

for anyone else who knows Paul and 

to show off what this new lens can do.  

Oh...I must admit, though, I did quite a bit of cropping on a few of these pictures, so what you see isn't quite how far the lens will go.

Anyway...

:: Here they are ::

Paul is #85 so you can figure out which one of those red guys is he. 

To make your search a little easier...I'll give you a hint. 

*He's not in these first two pictures.* :)

In case you can't see the number he's the farthest to the right.

Getting tackled - that's just doesn't sound like fun to me.

Oh well.

(He's the one with the ball)

Each game I go to I seem to understand a little bit more.  

I really do think I love it!  

Do you?

Apples

I usually only post those pictures that I take, but this time these are pictures that Mom took.  A couple weeks ago we went to Stovers to pick apples - well Dad and I picked, while Mom took pictures. :) 

Mmmm - don't they look so delicious?