Dwell in Possibilities - Long time , no blog!

Jul. 8, 2007

Long time , no blog!

Well hello again. It has been a while since I've been able to blog. We've mainly just been living life, and being so blessed to experience it. We have had so much going on lately. About 4 weeks ago, we had the chicken slaughter 2007. It was great. I said I would post some pictures when I had them, so here goes.

Here is Amy and Jennifer working with their chickens. Look how seriously they are taking their work. I am impressed. I love how Jennifer's chickens feet are just kinda sticking up.

Here is a picture of my son Eli. He wasn't overly impressed with the whole chicken thing. I think next time he will be a little more excited maybe. He is standing in front of some chickens getting ready to be slaughtered. What kind of word is slaughter anyway?

This is me holding and washing off one of the birds.

Here is Poshred with one of the chickens. It kinda looks like it's flying here. She worked so hard that day. Instead of plucking, we pulled the feathers and skin off all together. Amy wins the award for the best female skinner. Good job Amy. I feel so inadequate at chicken skinning. Maybe next time. I just cut off necks, legs wings, and cleaned them out. That was enough for me for one day.

Here is Jennifer working on the trimmings. It really was an awesome experience. It was nice being able to be with friends. It took the hesitation out for me. We made it as fun as that type of thing can be. It was hard work though. Think, clean chicken that has not been gassed or dipped in a bleach solution. I am so excited to be more involved with knowing where our meat comes from. I feel truly blessed to have learned how to do this.

On another note, can you guess who this is singing? It's Rebecca St. James . We were blessed to have tickets given to us to go and see her, right here in our own town. Some friends of ours (thanks Brandon and Tracy) so generously gave our family as well as 3 others tickets to get in the concert. It was scheduled to be in an outdoor arena, but torrential down pours and lightning kept us from it. The stage was nestled in the beautiful mountains here. It rained and rained until we thought the concert would be cancelled, then they announced that we would move to the very small space indoors. Me, my sweetheart and Ms. Amy sat in the floor with our children. A few of our children were able to sit in chairs, but we were in the floor without an inch to move. We ended up about 4 feet away from the stage. It was great . The Lord was given glory. Amy had some funny moments with someone touching her foot. You'll have to ask her about it. We laughed really hard. Our friends Jennifer and Eddie, and Dee and Jerry were with us as well.

My children had such a wonderful time. She took her time to take a picture with them. They were so pleased to see someone minister this way. Eli really liked her because she told him she liked his hair. Speaking of hair. Before we came to the concert, Eli was trying to fix his hair, and work on his style when this happened.

Eli had came out with this look when my youngest Gabriel disappeared for a few minutes. When he returned he looked like this. We belly laughed. Eli was irate and said that Gaby was stealing his style, and that we musn't allow that to happen. It was so cute, my sweetheart made these 2 peas in a pod pose. Gabriel was happy to obey. We tried to explain to E boy that immitation is a way to show that you admire someone. He would rather not be admired I think.

One more post. Eli loves to have his picture made, and he comes up with all kinds of poses. This is one of my favorites. Isn't he handsome?

What a little man. That is all for now, or I won't be able to get up in the morning. Please over look any mispelled words or run on sentences. I am so tired, but wanted to update my blog. I hope everyone is finding His Truth in the everyday moments.

In Christ,

Geanine

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Jul. 8, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TNMOMTOMANYBLESSINGS

I was up late updating as well.
Love your pictures.. not those chickens though.. what a chore but I am sure you are excited to have such fine meat to eat.

Blessings,
Maria