Baptism

Today our daughter was showered with blessings by our friends and family that gathered around her to witness her testament to following Jesus all the days of her life. It was a great "service" put on my Pastor Steve Bishop (also known as grandpa). Danissa picked out the songs Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) and Here I Am to Worship. Some family took the moment to stand and speak blessings and scripture upon Danissa and she then spoke her commitment to follow Jesus- followed by her actual baptism, family fun, BBQ, swimming, and some yummy treats. It was such a special and fantastic day. God was with us. Thank you to all our friends and family that shared in the day and took the time to lift up our daughter. She is so blessed and loved by you all!

The Family Circus Farm

To add to our crazy list of Things Gone Wild around here, we not only have 1 dog, 10 (now dead) chickens (in the freezer... does that still count in the head count of animals since they technically no longer have heads but were in fact living here?) 1 rabbit, 1 cat which just multiplied into 6 cats (kittens!) AND the kids just caught the 3rd wild bird THIS YEAR (still squawking!) This one was the second adult with an assumed broken wing. Once again, we set it lose to meet it's doom with some roaming kitty- I'm sure, but I just think it's crazy to know the kids have caught THREE birds this year. Too weird.

Kittens

Our cat had her kittens yesterday. Amazingly, none of us even knew it! She hid under Danissas bed and gave birth to 5 babies. When I tried to get her, to put her in her "bed" I made for her (trying to get her used to it for having her litter), I couldn't reach her and sat trying to "call" her out. After about 4 minutes, I noticed a little movement on the other side of her. I thought she might be moving her paw around, and then up popped a little tiny tail. Oh my goodness! I was so surprised to find that she had already had her litter. We had to remove the mattress and bedding to get to them, and as I moved the kittens to a blanket lined basket, she kept jumping in, grabbing them by the neck, and dragging them back out. Finally I beat her and got all 5 into the basket AND her, so she would calm down and moved them all to the downstairs bathroom. She's already such a good mommy. I can't help but marvel and how nature kicks in and they just know what to do. It's amazing!

Summer

So far, our summer has been B.U.S.Y.! Not with anything in particular, but busy, none-the-less! Random appointments, summer classes (preschool gymnastics and diving class), visits to the park, cleaning the house, sleepovers, Forth of July at a friends house, and lots of weekend weddings! I also took the kids to Westport again this year solo because Mike was needing to work and just too many other things take up his PTO.