Our New Addition

 Yesterday morning my mom went to go check on our broody hen (That is when a chicken is sitting on eggs to hatch them) and when she looked at the ground there was a dead chick! Where the mama chicken is sitting it is kind of high so if a chick fell out it wouldn't be able to climb back up. And that is what happened to that little chick. So when my brother Jacob picked it up to throw it away it's wing moved. Then we put it back with the mama hen so that she can get it warm again but the mama hen tried to eat it! So my mom got the chick quickly out of there and now we are raising the chick in the house. Here are some pictures of us playing with the chick.

Car Races

 Last night we went to the "Edmonton" Race Way in Wetaskawin. Isn't that funny, the Edmonton race way in Wetaskawin? But anyway. When we got there, there was a big storm coming.

We couldn't tell if it was going to hit there or not. Well, it did! It lasted around 15 to 30 minutes. There was only a little place for cover so we all huddle in there.

Here is a picture of everyone under cover. I felt like I was on the Titanic.

After the rain stopped it took hour for the races to start. It was suppose to start at 5:30 but it started at 7:30! We still had fun. Our friends came too so we sat with them.

Here is a picture of all us kids sitting together.

Here is a picture of some cars racing.

Faithful Fridays~Ask Him For Help

Faithful Fridays is a day where christians can share there faith, a song, a bible verse, a bible study that you are working thourgh or anything that God has put on your heart to share. You can go to Joy's blog Doodle Bug to get the rules and picture.
I have been spending a lot of time on Pinterest lately and I just love it! I came across this picture that was the most cutest thing ever!

 It means that God is there to help us even when we are in a dilemma like that.

Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:28

Wacky Wednesdays~Some Jokes

Wacky Wednesdays is a day for bloggers to share something funny like jokes, something that someone said, a song or just anything that is funny. If you want to do Wacky Wednesdays you can right click on the picture, click "save picture as" and that way it will be
in your computer. The rules are that you have to comment on a Wacky Wednesdays post and say that you are doing it and put a link to your blog.

Today I am just going to do some jokes that I know.

A. Why was the bride sad at her wedding?
Q. Because she couldn't marry the best man.

1. Knock Knock
2. Who's there?
1. Cat
2. Cat who?
1. Cats don't who, owls who, cats meow

Painted Rocks

 Today we were painting rocks for our county fair because that is something you can enter in. So we were looking on the computer for ideas when Pinterest show up on the screen. I clicked on it even though I don't know how to use Pinterest. It had so many cool ideas for painted rocks. I just had to do these really cute owls that I saw on Pinterest. Here is a picture of the owls that I painted.

Aren't they adorable?

The Davy Crockett Songs

We are now all big fans of the 5 episode Davy Crocketts played by Fess Parker.  The theme song for it "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett" we sing every day! My favourite version of it is when Fess Parker sings it.

There is also a song about his gun that Ben and me love!

I hope you enjoy the songs as much as we do!!!

I Did A Guest Post!

I did a guest post on Stand Out Don't Fit In. Rachel was so kind to let me do a guest post on her blog. Please check it out!

Fashion Photo Challenge

I am entering a photo challenge at Kathryn's blog Chatty Kathy. Here is my picture.

Wacky Wednesdays~Story

Wacky Wednesdays is a day for bloggers to share something funny like jokes, something that someone said, a song or just anything that is funny. If you want to do Wacky Wednesdays you can right click on the picture, click "save picture as" and that way it will be in your computer. The rules are that you have to comment on a Wacky Wednesdays post and say that you are doing it and put a link to your blog.
My mom does Wacky Wednesdays on her blog Country Mom At Home.
3 years ago (2009) Little Joe was born. Well it is a funny story. It was in the morning before church and my dad, Ben, Jacob and me went to the barn to get the eggs. Well we were walking up to the barn when Ben said "What's that?" My dad and I looked and it was a baby donkey! Well I yelled at Ben to go get my mom because she was in the house. Ben was only 5 at the time. Well he ran up to the house and yelled "Jennie layed her baby!". He said "layed" because we have chickens and they lay eggs so that is what he thought you have to say. That was a fun morning.

Busy, Busy Week

 This week has been very busy for us! My grandparents have been here since Sunday the 8th and they left today. So that is why I have not been posting very much. Sorry. But I am back now!!! Here are some pictures of what has been happening this week.

Well I saw this instrument and the 1960's TV series Daniel Boone and I just love the sound of it and the way it looked. On the show they called it a sweet talker. I searched it up on the computer but it didn't know what I was talking about. I told my grandma about it and she sent me some websites that might have it on them. Well the one website had it and they called it a dulcimer. So I searched it up on eBay to see if they have it for sale on there. Well this one was on there and my mom bought it. She already got me books on how to play the dulcimer. 

There is my grandma, Ben, Jacob and me playing Tiddly Winks

Here is a picture of my grandparents and my dad. (They are his parents)

Our church during the summer has pot lucks at peoples houses for supper. We chose to do the first one. It was on the 8th.

Faithful Friday~Home Life

Sorry I haven't been posting very much. My grandparents came here on Sunday and they stay till Tuesday or Wednesday.

 Faithful Fridays is a day where christians can share there faith, a song, a bible verse, a bible study that you are working thourgh or anything that God has put on your heart to share. You can go to Joy's blog Doodle Bug to get the rules and picture.

 My mom and I are going thourgh a bible study called Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale. We are also working through the companion guide by Shelley Noonan and Kimberly Zach. You can listen to Beautiful Girlhood on Books Should Be Free and read it on Timeless Truths.

 Today I learned about home life. I learned about...

• Obeying your father and mother
• Spending more time with your father
• And being a better sibling

Here are some ideas about the stuff above.
Spending time with your father: Well for me my dad changed jobs and he will be hauling grain. And a bunch of the days he is only gone for a couple of hours and sometimes I can go with him. Or if your dad is just going to town ask if you can go with him.
Being a better sibling: Well for me I have 2 little annoying brothers and I get mad at them right away after they did something to annoy me. So I have to learn how to be patient with them. And probably if I am kinder to them, they will be kinder to me.

Here are some bible verses about the 3 things above.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: ³ “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
Ephesians 6:1-3

⁶ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 40:6-8

P.S. My mom and I didn't agree with this whole chapter, so I didn't post all of it.
Home Life
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale, chapter 18

“Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all

A girl and her father should be good comrades. Too often this is not the case, but they live lives entirely apart from each other in interest and enjoyment. This is not always altogether the girl’s fault, but it is a condition she can remedy to a great extent by a little thoughtful kindness. Father very often has been too busy to keep acquainted with his growing daughters, and finds them rather out of his range. They seem as much strangers to him as are their young friends whom he meets in the home. He thinks they do not care to have him about, and takes himself off to his room or chair or on the porch and leaves them to themselves. One girl who found herself thus a stranger to her father formed the habit of going to meet him each evening she could get off. She was either at the corner, or, at least at the door when he came, and when she could she was at his office, so that they might have the whole way home together. It was only a little while until this homecoming was the happiest part of both their days, and many loving confidences were exchanged, which would never have been possible without her first step. Another family had the “father’s hour,” as they called it, the first hour after supper, and both he and the others planned their day to have this hour together. Fathers do like to be counted in. Any girl who will speak disrespectfully either to or of her father is lacking in one of the first principles of real womanhood. She should always remember that Father has the right to direct her life, to say what she shall and shall not do, to forbid her to go anywhere that is not proper. His word to her should be final. His approval to her should mean much.
One of the sweetest places a young girl may have in any home is that of big sister. What a field of happiness and usefulness is open to the girl with little brothers and sisters! They are ready to look up to her as a guide and a pattern in everything. If she manages rightly, she can have unlimited influence with them.
Have you seen her, the ideal big sister? She is ever ready to kiss away the bumps and bruises of little heads and hearts, she knows just how to mend broken dolls and balls, she likes to pop corn and make candy for little people to eat, she knows such wonderful stories to tell or read, she will pick up and put out of sight those evidences of childish neglect that might bring little people into trouble, she understands and is a companion for everyone of them. Yes, many homes have just such older daughters as that.
The girl who is learning day by day to be a good daughter at home and a good sister to the young children, is also learning day by day how to make in time a good wife and a good mother. She is getting ready for the greatest work a woman can do. It was a woman who had given her life for a noble and far-reaching work, and who had never married, who when commended for the much that she had accomplished said, “I would give it all for a pair of baby hands.” There is no work so good for any woman as making a good, true home for somebody. Every truly beautiful character is at its best at home. Let us never neglect the home life.

Wacky Wednesdays~Dad And Son

Wacky Wednesdays is a day for bloggers to share something funny like jokes, something that someone said, a song or just anything that is funny. If you want to do Wacky Wednesdays you can right click on the picture, click "save picture as" and that way it will be in your computer. The rules are that you have to comment on a Wacky Wednesdays post and say that you are doing it and put a link to your blog.
My mom does Wacky Wednesdays on her blog Country Mom At Home.

So today I am just going to do some jokes from a joke book that I have been reading. The book is called Biggest Riddle Book In The World by Joseph Rosenbloom.

A. What did the dad chimney say to his young son chimney?
Q. "You are to young to smoke."

A. What did the dad buffalo say to his son when he left for school?
Q. "Bison!" ( "Bye son!")

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

 Yesterday was my dad's birthday!!! I made him a cake and bought him a coffee mug. Ben bought him chocolate, Jacob bought him gum and my mom bought him socks and a pair of jeans.

Here is the cake that I made and decorated.

And here is the banner that I tried making but my mom made the icing to runny.

 Here is my dad reading the mug I got him. It has the bible verse Psalms 62:2 that says He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.



Faithful Fridays~The Oils Of Life

 Faithful Fridays is a day where christians can share there faith, a song, a bible verse, a bible study that you are working thourgh or anything that God has put on your heart to share. You can go to Joy's blog Doodle Bug to get the rules and picture.

 My mom and I are going thourgh a bible study called Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale. We are also working through the companion guide by Shelley Noonan and Kimberly Zach. You can listen to Beautiful Girlhood on Books Should Be Free and read it on Timeless Truths.

 Today I learned about the 5 "oils" of life to make life run smoothly and reduce friction. They are...

1. Kindness: being nice and kind
2. Politeness: saying please, thank you, excuse me, pardon me and more
3. Patience: waiting, not getting mad right away at something and more
4. Thoughtfulness: helping people, giving to people and more
5. Consideration: it is the same as thoughtfulness

Here are some bible verses on the "oils" of life.

⁵ Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5

³ Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. ⁴ Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
Philippians 2:3-4

The merciful man does good for his own soul,
But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Proverbs 11:17

The Oils of Life

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale, chapter 17

“Mercy and truth preserve the king.”* (Proverbs 20:28)

The great engine upon the track might have every part complete, with fire in the box and steam in the boiler, but it will not go as it should unless it is well oiled. While perfect workmanship and fire and water are all necessary, the oil is needed also.
Just so it is with our lives. We may build high ideals and have lofty aspirations, may do many good deeds and be prepared for usefulness in many ways, but if there is not in our lives the oils that lubricate the machinery of life, we shall be unable to make progress. You have heard the creak and groan of wheels that needed oil, and you may have tried to use a machine whose oil cups had become dry, friction dragging the whole machine. Unoiled lives are just the same, running hard, with much complaining. You can tell them by their lamentations and murmurings, and by the friction they produce.
There is the oil of kindness, which should go down into the heart, and which, working out from there, will make the daily life go smoothly. In fact, this oil is of little use if it does not go down into the heart; for any that is only put on the tongue or over some special act for the time being will soon wear off and leave the machine as creaky as before. But she who gets kindness down into her heart will find it working out in her words and actions until she becomes a constant blessing in the household.
One who has kindness of heart is able to look upon the failings of others with consideration and patience, for she remembers that she herself is not without fault. She who has this precious oil in her life is not saying cutting things and giving way to hard speeches, which wound and hurt her companions.
Another oil very good to put on with kindness is called politeness. Used alone it does not do thorough work, because it does not reach every part. It will help in conduct toward those who are higher or of more apparent consequence, but the tongue and actions will be rough as toward the poor and old and weak. But politeness with kindness makes a very smooth and pleasant combination of oils. Only when politeness is used in this way will it show a genuine character. Little courtesies help along very much in oiling life.
“Thank you,” and, “If you please,” are two short phrases that oil a request and make it smooth and pleasing to the one receiving it. “I beg your pardon,” and, “Please excuse me,” are two more little polite remarks that make good lubricants.
To rise and give your seat to an older person, to show particular courtesy to the aged, to speak respectfully to and about the old and infirm, are little things, but they make glad the hearts of the aged pilgrims through life and cause their faces to shine. It has been said that these little courtesies are like air cushions, nothing in them, yet they still the jars of life immensely. Let us have plenty of them to help us over the bumps of life.
Kind thoughts are also a good oil to place on troubled waters. If one will, by God’s help, always keep his thoughts of those about him kind and forgiving, no matter how trying things may be, then he can go along without friction. Every unkind word and act is the result of some unkind thought. And some of these thoughts bear fruit almost immediately. So long as I can keep a thought of kindness in my heart I can treat my brother well.
Patience is another oil much needed in life’s machinery. There is so much that tends to annoy and fret a girl, that goes crosswise to what she wants it to go, there are so many days that she has to spend doing things she does not care to do, so many disappointments and little vexing things, that if she does not keep well oiled with patience she is liable to become cross and sharp-spoken. When anyone in a home runs low with patience it is keenly felt by all the rest. The expression of the countenance, the tone of the voice, the manner of speaking—all tell instantly that patience has run low. Every girl needs a good supply of this precious lubricant, which not only smooths the rough places but gives to the life a fragrance that is very pleasant. She who is both kind and patient is always desirable.
Thoughtfulness and consideration are two more oils needed in any home. The members of a family live so closely together that when one member is rusty it affects all the rest, more or less. On the other hand, if the daughter of a family can keep always well oiled in tongue and spirit with kindness, thoughtfulness, and patience, her sunny, pleasant smile will drive the shadows away and bring the sunlight into the home.
When I find that I am getting sore and fretted with the annoyance of someone rubbing me the wrong way, I may know that my oil cup is getting low; for when I have plenty of the oils of life I can stand a great deal of rubbing without getting peevish. And again, if I find I am rubbing someone else till he or she is getting all worn, I had better look; it may be that I am rough and need to stop the friction of my own acts with more oil.
The place to go to get fresh supplies of these precious oils is at the throne of God. Every girl who will seek may have of Him all the grace she needs to keep her life running sweet and smooth in her home and in her school, or wherever she may be. Or if she must be with those who are full of friction and strife, she may, in spite of it all, be so covered with the precious, gentle oils that the sweetness and smoothness of her life will have a quieting effect.

Crockett

 Last night we were outside and Jacob and me were just walking when I looked behind us and there was a dog. At first we thought it looked like a coyote but once she dried up (It was really raining yesterday) she looked like some mixed breed of dog. We are going to keep her because Jacob won't let her go. We named her Crockett after Davy Crockett. I know it sounds like a boys name but Crockett is a last name so it can be for a girl or boy.

Here is Jacob and Crockett. Jacob wrapped her in the blanket.

Here is Crockett laying down.

Wacky Wednesdays~States

 These jokes will go good with today because in America it is The 4th Of July. July 1st was Canada Day for us over here and we turned 145. But anyway.

Wacky Wednesdays is a day for bloggers to share something funny like jokes, something that someone said, a song or just anything that is funny. If you want to do Wacky Wednesdays you can right click on the picture, click "save picture as" and that way it will be in your computer. The rules are that you have to comment on a Wacky Wednesdays post and say that you are doing it and put a link to your blog.

 So today I am just going to do some jokes from a joke book that I have been reading. The book is called Biggest Riddle Book In The World by Joseph Rosenbloom.

Q. What did Tennessee?
A. He saw what Arkansas

Q. What state has a friendly greeting?
A. Ohio

Q. What did Delaware?
A. She wore her New Jersey

Rodeo Time!

 Yesterday we went to cowboy church (aka stampede church). They had free pancake breakfast. After we were done eating and just getting up to go to church this man comes up to me and asked if I had rodeo tickets. (It is stampede time in our town) I said no and then he gave me 2 tickets. After talking some about we decided that my mom and I would go. My friend Natasha and her family were going to the rodeo too that afternoon. So Natasha and me sat in the seats that man gave us and my mom sat with her family. It was AWESOME! We got really good seats. Here are some pictures of the rodeo.

The bucking bronco

 This man had a really well trained horse. He would say something and the horse would do it. Like in this picture. The man said to the horse to jump in the back of the truck well it is moving. Well the horse did as it was told.

And here he is after he jumped in the truck.

They had 3 kids on a team and they would have to have this minature horse, 2 of them would hold on to the rope and the other 1 would try to get on the horse. It was really cute!

 They also had mounted shooters competition there too. It was neat. They had to ride a horse and shoot ballons on a stick.

Calf roping

 And then that night they had awesome fireworks because it was Canada Day.