Okay kids, big and little this is for all of us to keep in touch with the little bits of life that we all miss because we are:
a) accross the nation,
b) playing with soil,
c) busy moms with little sense
d) busy Grandmas with so much in and out that we don't know where we are or who.
How this works: This is going to be a very one sided conversation if you don't post comments so PLEASE comment. You email me, Heather, your update and I will get it posted. Pictures are also nice to have. I am sorry if I don't have your email- shot me one and then I will have yours :)
Also, it would be really nice to hear from EVERYONE! Yep, that means you, oh and you. Believe it or not, that even means you...did I miss anyone. NOT LIKELY! :)
ALL SUGGESTIONS are welcome though they may not be well received ;)
Well Hi Family! We're doing well, miss you all tons though.
Work has been going alright- it has its ups and downs. We've been out here exactly 4 weeks last night. One fourth the way done with our time away already.
On our second week out here we went and bought a little tomato plant, two strawberry plants & a pack of pea seeds. They all belong in the same little pot & they're our "babies". the tomato plant has two or three little green tomatoes on it and they keep getting bigger every day-so exciting! We've harvested at least 6 strawberries & Sam keeps wanting to pick the lass rip ones (were as I'm more patient of course, ha ha,)our little pea sprouts are finally coming up and we're really looking forward to those. :)
It's so flat out here. For the first few days it was hard to keep oriented because there are no mountains! Thank fully the freeways mostly run North/South & East/West so as long as you know where the major freeways are- you can do alright. Well that and we have our GPS :)
The weather is strange here- it can be raining on one side of town, and not on the other- but its not like there's any sort of mountain or hill to dictate what gets the rain or not. It rains SO MUCH too!~ we kept looking for sprinkler systems in the fields but it turns out most of everything grown here is done by "dry" farming- and yet there are huge puddles and ponds just scattered throughout the fields. Its so strange. Definitely farm land- the soil is so rich and dark! Apparently they grow large amounts of corn and soybeans around here- the corn was an obvious guess- but I never would have thought soybeans.
Anyway!
I'm rambling now,
We love and miss you all so much!
Oh and congrats Anna on your graduation! Thanks tons for the announcement, hopefully you'll be getting our postcard soon :) we thought about you lots on Thursday.
Sending our love and prayers for you all!
~Sam & LeAndra.
Hello family I hope you are all doing well. I miss you all very much and will be happy when we all be in the same state together again. I don't have pictures this week but I will try to get some for next week. The most exciting things going on in our house are my babies started walking this week and they are having so much fun doing it. Mason started taking stops first but Carson was the first to go a long distance but as soon as Mason could see his brother was getting all the attention he got right up and started walking just as much as Carson, they are such a joy to our family. We have so much fun with our five boys and they have so much fun together and being as close as they are. We are also putting a fence in our front yard so our kids will stay in the back. No more chasing them out of the road, YES! We love ya tons and we will see you all soon.
Love Virginia and Family.
Mauras leg is BROKE! Did you all hear that? poor girl walked all over Nauvoo and beyond on that broken leg. Great fully it was a clean brake and healing well. -Mama Marion
Well, Ezra gave us a nice scare after church, he ran up the hill to the tractor, near the canal. It was a good fifteen minutes before we found him. And the race is on... We went camping over the weekend and woke to an inch of snow! I think its safe to say that We are tired of global warming, we welcome global cooling! :) Stephen is home and we are grateful for that and FINALLY Mathoni and Joseph started riding their bikes, so of coarse we had to get them new ones. Eliza is not walking but she is taking steps, four and counting. We hope and pray you are all doing well. Love Stephen and Family.
