A Lakeside PJ Fondue thank you!

At Lakeside Farms while all the chickens were fast asleep,

Nana and Grandpa had a pajama party with the kids on New Year's Eve. I think this is the cookies and milk after storytime. Then some fell aslep and some watched a movie while us bigger kids played games over a little fondue. It was fun to bring inthe new year with family even though many of us were tired. Cami slept through the whole thing and Hyrum's family didn't make it- I'm sure that they have spent plenty of the new year's nights awake.

Then, of course, Mom and Dad (the same people as the aforementioned Nana and Grandpa) let everyone drive home and they stay up even later cleaning up. Thank You to two very wonderful people who love us and ours and are continually showing us!

A very happy new year to all!

A very blustery Day

It was a very blustery day outside. I could hear the wind whistling through the trees and pulling at the windows trying to get in. The ground was saturated from all of the rain. The worry of trees careening down on top of the house filled my mind. It is still gusting now and again but the only mischief was a few trees (not by the house) and the trampoline getting thrown on top of the saw horses.

New Years Thaw

The great snow of 2008 led to the new years thaw. With water rising by the hour, Darian and Wade worried about their animals in the barn. What would the flood waters do if they reached the barn? In the early hours of the morning Darian and Wade joined in prayer to ask that the floods would go down and keep the farm safe. Darian worried about letting the goats out of the barn in case they got too close to the flood and were swept away. Their prayers were answered and the floods did go down.

Christmas Without Power?

Our power went out two days before Christmas. We thought we would have. Apparently Santa noticed and fixed the power at midnight Christmas Eve. It was a nice present.  A Video is at http://sherwinworld.blogspot.com/  Julie made lots of candy to deliver.  We also got a lot of snow.  Elowyn got to touch it.

I am Grateful!

I am so grateful for these two people! Family is very important to me. I have a wonderful family. These cuties pictured as well as nearly countless others. To you I say thank you for being family to me. I know we had a choice in it all and I am grateful. My heart goes out to those who are missing loved ones for whatever reason this CHRISTmas season.