Baby horse!!!

Missy finally had her baby on Monday morning around 9:15. It was a difficult birth, but baby ended up being fine. The mom is a first-timer, and is having some problems allowing the baby to nurse. We would really love if you would pray that the mare would just accept the baby and let it eat! I think it has to do with mom being in pain, but this means that we have to hold the mare every half hour for baby to eat...through the night, too :)

Some pictures.......finally!

It's raining!!!! YAY!!!!! I almost forgot what it was like :) And, the winter grass in our front yard is LOVING the rain. I had to go take some pictures...I love our house ♥

The view we get to enjoy from our front porch!

And here is the mare that is going to have the baby soon. I was really praying she would have it last night so I could go to church today, but apparently God had other plans.

This is how she normally looks when she's not pregnant. She is a National Champion halter mare.

And here she was the other day!!! She is even bigger now...poor thing!

Here are some pictures of things that we have done recently. I need to be better at updating :)

This was after capturing Josiah on his birthday and taking him to McDonalds for ice cream. So much fun :)

Me holding Laney at a different friend's birthday party. I think this is a super neat picture!

 These next pictures are all taken at a piano competition I had a few weeks ago. Since I am 18, this was my last year, and I was really excited because I made the top 8 in the Senior division! God is so good!!! So, these pictures are from the honors recital the next day.

Beautiful Anna!!!

Me - relieved that I am done :)

Jessie ☺♥

The INCREDIBLE 9 foot Steinway that I got to perform on!!!

Me with the other kids who made top 8. Me, and the girl right in front of me and the boy right next to me are all graduating this year, so they called us out and congratulated us. It was very neat!!

 So........the next pictures will hopefully be of this foal!! I can't wait.

Enjoy your Sunday! We have SO MUCH to be grateful for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:11 on 11/11/11

Well, we have all been sitting around this evening desperately hoping that Missy would have her foal on 11:11 on 11/11/11. She disappointed us. No baby, and it's 11:30. However, she is laying down, and has been kicking her belly and biting her sides violently. Maybe she will still go within the next 1/2 hour and make 11/11/11. I think that's the coolest date.

We haven't been up to much lately because of constantly mare-staring. Getting lots of school done and just kind of hanging close to home.

There are about 35 guys out in our Living Room right now doing the church's men's meeting. I thought it would be hilarious if she had the baby during the meeting. I can see the video...we pan up from the birth and the whole stall is surrounded by men and boys. Oh well....she didn't agree with my idea.

The R family has been living at our house for the past week waiting for the baby with us and helping us watch Missy. I can't wait to meet this baby....

Baby horse is coming!!!!!!

Lew Sterrett is out in Buckeye this evening and I am, sadly, at home waiting for a baby horse to come. The mare is Missy and she is pregnant by the stud that we lost, so the foal is really special. We are expecting this baby any time!!!!!

We have been reading a book called Heaven by Randy Alcorn. It is really good and gets one very excited about one's eternal home!!!

More later.....off to the barn :-)

Catch up :)

Our crowded breakfast table at camp ;-)

Me having an "ah-ha" moment with David and the tripod



Adorable Ainsley!!!!!



Mr. C and his ever-present coffee!!!



The boys were sword fighting, and when I told them each to give me a "dramatic pose," this is what I got. I think they did great!!!

Brennan

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David




Alex









I love this picture......








She fell dead asleep on my lap during singing on Friday night. She slept the whole time we were in the cafeteria, and then I carried her back to their cabin and put her in her bed......and she never woke up! So cute!





A very intense game of "Set."




The whole group!!! I love our church so much, and I am so grateful for all the people there. God has blessed us tremendously!!!!!



If you want to see all my Family Camp pictures, I am slowly uploading them all to Photobucket. They are not all up yet, but they are at www.photobucket.com/familycamp11



After we got home, we started working with horses, and got all excited about our herd. So, we made hoodies with our farm name embroidered on them! They turned out beautifully. I used a picture of my mare, Justine, driving and silhouetted it for the shirt. They are so cool........



This is the picture of Justine that the silhouette came from.



We have a show coming up that we are working horses for. I am really excited.

Everything is basically going on as normal here. We are loving the break in the weather, and have been doing tons of outside things. School and piano are going well. I have a piano competition coming up that I am working for. Playing Mozart's Sonata in cm, K457 & a piece called Etincelles by Moszkowski. Both are very fun pieces. Next on my list to learn is Chopin's Revolutionary Etude!!!!! Can't wait!!!! I have always wanted to learn that piece.

We got to see Courageous. What an incredible movie!!! We had a wonderful time going with some friends. The movie is hilariously funny, heartwrenchingly sad, and has an encouraging, Christ-honoring message so seldom seen on the TV screen. 5 out of 5 from me!!!!!

I got to do one of the most amazing things in my life last week. I got to see a human baby born! The wonderful H family was blessed with a new baby girl, and I was so blessed to get to witness her birth. What a miracle! When she finally came, I just got this overwhelming urge to cry...it was so incredible. I will post pictures of her later. They named her Charity and she is a doll. I will never forget that experience.

God has blessed me and my family so tremendously! I am so grateful to Him!!!!

For the King and His Kingdom!!
Lisa