Siblings

Here are a lot of fun pictures of us children:




Sewing:


Helping to clean:


Just having fun:


Me:


Abby:

Sydnee:

Sherrod:

Elly:

(reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" -

what a face!)

Selah:

William:

Wallace:

Shooting bows and arrows:

Elly had a great time helping Daddy dig a hole for the berries!

Selah loves bubbles!

William, ready to come in!

Wallace with his arrow - he doesn't know his own strength!

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New Do's

Last week Mommy and Daddy gave the 3 animals their summer haircuts to help them stay cool. Taluse and Vixey have so much hair, it took a long time for them to do. Hair was everywhere! Here are some before and after photos. I didn't get pictures of Oxy. Her "do" didn't really change, they just thinned it out.

Sydnee and her dog, Vixey

Vixey - before and after

Me with my cat, Taluse

Taluse - before and after

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Independence

"How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Psalm 33:12

I hope everyone had a great Independence Day! We had a nice time relaxing, enjoying the cooler weather, and popping/watching fireworks. Everyone is feeling better, but we didn't go anywhere because the AC went out in our van. Daddy is getting it fixed today.

I thought I would post a picture of these pretty flowers. Daddy brought them home to Mommy just because he thought they were neat.

Daddy has been reading to us some interesting stories from colonial times. On the 4th, he read to us about the signers of the Declaration of Independence. I was amazed at everything they gave up for the sake of freedom. Many of them lost all of their material possessions, their homes, some of them lost their lives, some, the lives of their children. And it wasn't only the signers that gave up all they had for freedom. Many colonists gave their all.

Mommy read to us about John Hancock. He was president of the Continental Congress and the first man to sign his name to the Declaration. While signing in large, bold letters on July 4, 1776, Mr. Hancock reportedly said, "There! John Bull (a nickname for England) can read my name without spectacles and may double his reward on my head!" I also found it interesting that the printed version of the Declaration that was sent to all the colonies to be read had only John Hancock's signature on it. The official document wasn't drawn up and ready for all to sign until August 2. It was because of this that John Hancock's name quickly became a symbol of freedom in the colonies, second only to that of George Washington!

Speaking of George Washington, one of my good friends has an excellent post about "The Bullet Proof George Washington" on her blog. You can view it here: http://thefamilycochran.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

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Birds of the Air

I love taking pictures of birds. They are so beautiful and graceful.



Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Matthew 10:29 - 31



What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of
the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Psalms 8:4 – 9

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