I don’t have a lot of words today. It’s been a long week and we are all tapped out around here. I thought instead I would share with you some of the things that made me smile this week.

Sixteen Candles      Asher turned sixteen this week.  I can hardly believe it. Guess I say that every birthday. My mind rushes back to Dayton, Ohio. It was a long painful labor and I would physically completely break down for the next two years. But this was one sweet baby. Through it all he was my reason to keep trying to get better. Now he is thoughtful young man, devoted to his music and literature. He still has this happy-go-lucky nature and makes everyone around him smile. His name means ‘happy and blessed’ and we feel we have been both since the day we got him! Happy birthday sweetie!

My Left Foot  This is one of those silly pics that moms out there have to be able to appreciate. Kieran came running in wanting his shoes on so he could catch up to everyone. He asked if he had them set up right and I said, no, you have the wrong feet. You need to switch the feet. So…… he did <g>

The Grass Really IS Greener over the Septic Tank hence we are taking the goats over to feast for a little bit everyday.  You can see how big the doe kids are getting.

Three Little Kittens

This pic is blurry because the kittens wouldn’t hold still and I can’t tell you how much THAT makes me smile this week. They are transitioning well to the goat’s milk and cat food.  Or so we thought. One morning this week we awakened to find the little guy on the right barely moving nor able to even hold his head up. We figured he was not long for this world. We filled him up with the eye dropper and then had to go fix the fence because the neighbor’s horse had jumped it. by the time we finished and got back to him he was alert and walking if wobbly. He seems fine now after a day of dropper feeding.  Apparently they aren’t quite able to sustain themselves from the bowl just yet.

Nature Notebk  the girls were observant enough to notice this tiny gopher in his hole.  I wasn’t sure if the camera would catch him, but here he is.  These little buggers dot the Colorado countryside in summertime. Frankly we don’t always find them adorable – like when they are burrowing through the pasture.  I couldn’t resist that little face though. Something about little live things that always get to me.

Enough Said …some pictures say it all. Water. It’s a wonderful thing. We don’t have all the kinks worked out yet but for now it’s on. What a blessing. We are so abundantly blessed in this age we often don’t even stop to realize it until something we take for granted is no longer there. However, running water is something Our Lord and most of His children have done without for most of time.  We are so fortunate!

Smile …a ‘just because I am a camera happy mom’ picture.  This shot of Kieran in the grass just makes smile. A lot. <g>  Hope you all had a great week!  God bless : )