First Snow!!!

Tribute to Reagan

No More Leaves!

That means winter is closer!

Our Chickens

Chickens scratching around in the compost.

Sorry it's blurring. =(

When we got the thirteen chicks, Daddy came up with these names :

Anabelle

Beatrice

Camille

Daisy

Ethyl

Frieda

Gertie

Henrietta

Imogene

Jane

Kittie

Laverne

Maggie

Well, when they were still small, I couldn't tell which chicken was which so most of them didn't get a definite name. But there was one a little lighter and fatter than the others, so I named her Gertie.

It turned out the Gertie is a boy, so I shortened it to the German boy name Gerd.

This is the other rooster and since Gerd is a German name, I call him Hans. (It's not exactly a chicken name, but oh well!=)

Yesterday, I had my first candy cane of the year...

...And it tasted just like Christmas!

It's Gettin' Closer!

Day with the Murphys

Peter Bernard - 1 year old as of yesterday!

Leaves in the front yard.

Hannah, Rebekah, and Peter posing with one of the scare crows on front street.

Enjoying chocolate shakes!

Peter Pumpkin =)

Daniel watching us play "dead man".

Playing "dead man." Someone lays in the middle while everyone creeps around him, then the dead man jumps up and tried to catch someone. (We got the game from "Stepping Heavenward."=)

Little brothers

More Love to Thee

More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee!

Hear Thou the prayer I make on bended knee.

This is my earnest plea:

More love, O Christ, to Thee;

More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest;

Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best.

This all my prayer shall be:

More love, O Christ to Thee;

More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Let sorrow do its work, come grief or pain;

Sweet are Thy messengers, sweet their refrain,

When they can sing with me:

More love, O Christ, to Thee;

More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Then shall my latest breath whisper Thy praise;

This be the parting cry my heart shall raise;

This still its prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;

More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

-Elizabeth Prentiss