November and December recaps...better late than never! Both months held holidays which, for us, were different this year than others, but we were together and we can laugh about it now. =)
The weather was beautiful through the 2 months with unusually warm temperatures. It was excellent for our house building project and a great deal of progress was made.
Caden was here for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Emma, Stephen, and the boys traveled here the day after Christmas and were able to be here through New Year's.
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| November began with a morning of cattle work! |
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| House project: tearing apart the back deck |
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The quality of this picture is not good, but rain was coming,
the wind was strong and we were trying to tarp the open part
of the house. It was a rather scary undertaking, but it was successful
and has left us with a great family memory. |
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| House project: picking up busted bricks... |
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| ... and stacking the bricks. |
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Several of the family enjoying a Saturday night SEC college
football game. |
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In late November, I drove up to Louisville to work on some pro-life
ministry needs and spend some time with my cousin's family which
included meeting their new baby! |
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| House project: shoveling gravel |
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House project: finished cleaning out the garage and the beginnings of
the plumbing begun |
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| House project: footers dug, block laid, and gravel poured |
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| House project: the garage gutting begun |
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| House project: garage gutting finished and the 1st wall up! |
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I began using some Saturday mornings to slip off to the local
coffee shop to work on ministry tasks, write letters, do research,
and enjoy a hot coffee! |
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| House project: concrete pad laid (and dried!) and framing up |
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Mid-December held a pro-life ministry fundraiser for me to help plan.
I am thankful for this niche of ministry to serve and am looking
forward to what 2025 holds in that capacity. |
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We created donation Christmas gift boxes for that family member
"who has everything". |
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House project: roof on, "eyebrow" begun, some of the windows in,
and more of the brick off! |
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| House project: ZIP siding up and ready for windows |
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Every once in a while, our family will have an outing together. In
the past, this has usually been to Ollie's discount store, but we chose
Menards in December. Fun family memories and time spent together. |
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| Christmas 2024 |
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