*shhh...* This is about.... BARBERVILLE!

This past April 25-26th, we went to the Barberville Spring Frolic.
Many thanks to Mrs. Laura for many of the pictures. Since we were performing quite a bit, we didn't have as much time to take pictures.

Now, I make you wait no longer....
*DRUM ROLL, PLEASE*
BARBERVILLE!


Mom and Dad... *sigh* waltzing together :*).

Zach, Peter, Hannah and Rebekah... Peter and Hannah, by the way... are ENGAGED! :) I'm a proud friend who waves poor Hannah's hand around in the air saying, "Look at her ring! She just got engaged!" :) Love you, Hannah!

Joseph, Lane and Gabe.

The Stone Family band during our first performance... Sorry, I don't know what song we were doing here :)

A Bird Without Wings.

Dad and I waltzing.

Olivia and Miss Michelle.

Sweeties!

The Lynn family was gracious enough to host us during our frolicking weekend!
Thank you again, Lynns!
Mrs. Lynn and mom are pictured here... sitting at the dinner table, tired but happy after the first day of the festival!

Dad and Mr. Lynn... also tired :)

Warming up for our Sunday morning performance.

I assume this was us singing "This Little light of Mine" :)

Rock of Ages.

And now I interrupt this Barberville broadcast to say...
The end.
Sorry, y'all, but we just didn't have enough pictures! :)
But, all in all, it was an absolutely splendid weekend! Looking forward to next time!
God bless,
~Emily

Ode To Modesty

This is a video we (Anna, Olivia and myself) made several months ago...

Hope y'all enjoy this even just half as much as we enjoyed making it! :)

God bless!

~Emily

Just Kidding!!

Hello,

I just wanted to tell you of the wondrous thing that happened on Wednesday...
I went out to check on Nellie (our goat) to see if she was in labor or not...
And this is what I found! :D

Blaze & Bruce!

Blaze!
(The first born, a girl)

Bruce!

(The second born, a boy... He was still in the birth sack when I found Nellie)

Nellie, The proud Mother!

Blaze may have been the first born, but Bruce was the first to walk! :D

She may not have been able to walk first but she got to eat first, if you ask me she got the better end of the deal, first to be born, first to eat. :D

Nellie cleaning them off.

Anna's dirty afterbirth hands :P

Bruce sucking on Anna's fingers

Laying down


Ah, so cute! I love the little heart on her nose! :D

Anna had to help Blaze stand for a few minutes.

She is SSSSSOOOOOO CUTE!

Bruce and Anna

Falling down :D

Emily Cleaning Blaze off

The difference between a new born Blaze and a two week old Lois! They sure do grow fast!!! :D

Lois and I

Tying off Bruce's umbilical cord



Tying off Blaze's umbilical cord :D

Blaze and I :D

Blaze relaxing in my arms :D

Dirty iodine-stained hands from tying the umbilical cords.
The iodine used to prevent disease. :D

Last one of Bruce :D

Cleaning the birthing towels :D

Pushing them aside for room for the others. :D

I hope you all enjoyed this post!
God Bless!
Goodbye! :D

~Olivia :D

A Red Envelope: Please Join All of Us in Mailing Ours on March 31st 2009

Hi all,
This is an email we've received from a dear friend that we thought was of great importance to share with y'all. Please consider doing this!
God bless,
~Emily

An excerpt from Nancy Campbell's "Above Rubies":

As I was praying, I believe that God gave me an interesting idea. Out in the garage I have a box of red envelopes. Like the powerful image of the red LIFEtape, an empty red envelope will send a message to Barack Obama that there is moral outrage in this country over this issue. It will be quiet, but clear.
Here is what I would like you to do:
Get a red envelope. (You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores.) In the front, address it to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C.

On the back, write the following message:

This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.

Put it in the mail, and send it.

In another email that was forwarded another lady answered the questions that were being sent out such as: "Well, when do we send them?"

Here is her response:

Hi, a date has been set to send the red envelopes. There's a red envelope group on facebook that just started and has almost 100,000 members. The date they are asking everyone to mail their envelopes is March 31. Let's pray they are absolutely flooded with these envelopes! Spread the word.

PLEASE! Spread the word!

Lois and Eunice

We thought about Priscilla and Aquila, but... "Nah, no good."
We thought about Half&Half and French Vanilla... "No."
Finally, we decided on Lois and Eunice.

"What on earth is she talking about?!" You may be wondering.

This morning as Olivia was going about her daily chores, she found a pleasant surprise outside...

"They're both girls!!" she called elatedly as she entered the house holding 2 BABY GOATS!

So, we named them Lois and Eunice after much MUCH debate :D

And here's little Lois! Isn't she a cutie? She would have been Aquila or French Vanilla :D

Baby Eunice! Another adorable goat! She would have been Priscilla or Half&Half... can you guess why? :D

Anna clamping the navels of the babies. This makes them less susceptible to infection.

A shot of us girls together with the babies. Oh! And Don Juan in my lap. He's a little baby we had a few weeks back. I meant to blog about it, but I just lost track of time... sorry, y'all :)


Eunice and Don Juan cuddling :)

A hind view :D

Official goat birth uniforms... Olivia and I didn't get the memo :)


Don't be grossed out by this next picture... :)
The placenta. Note the intricacy of the veins and the oxygen-rich blood packets. Now, can anyone reading this tell me now that this "thing" just evolved by happenstance? That this life source for a goat "just happened"?

Don Juan. I know this post isn't about him, but I just wanted to let y'all see a close up of this cutie!

Mrs. Morrison holding Eunice... I love this picture!

LOL! What can I say about this one?! Well, first off, goats aren't supposed to lay like that!... :D

:D Or like this in fact!

Many thanks to Jean Marie for allowing us to keep these pictures she took while here!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Emily