A week on a farm

Wow, I really can't believe it's been over a month since I've written. I had to quick post this month so I could have a least one post for the month of July in my archives! :)


As most of you probably know, I went to Bern, Kansas a week after I got back from Mexico to stay with my cousin, Jill & Larry and their 4 kids. It was a very enjoyable week, and I just loved watching Jill react to her 100% country kids. :)


Jill & I

We worked a lot in the 6 days I was there, but one thing we never stopped doing was talking! We never ran out of things to talk about, either. I loved it! :)

Their darling family.

Heidi & Luke & Katie came out for the weekend for a wedding. It was so fun to have them there!

Me and the 4 kiddos. Kyle-11, Trenton-9, Brenna-6 & Kayla-3
(I hope I got those ages right?)

One of the things we did was snip beans. A LOT of beans. As we were snipping on the picnic table outside, I took this picture. It turned out pretty good with the tractor, so I used it for 4-H and I got a Superior on it! Yay for easy/cool still life photos. :)

Jill & Kayla, working on our 16 quarts of beans for the day.

Making the chocolate chip cookie batch we managed to eat in just a few days!

Kayla Rose

One afternoon, as I was cleaning up the dishes from lunch, I saw from the window,Trenton pulling his calf across the lawn. It was so cute!

Then Kyle brought his calf too (after trampling over the lilies in the picture). They were training them for 4-H, and here they are washing them up, with the girls "helping" them. It was very entertaining!

Kayla, ready to go swimming, and looking pretty stylish. ;)

Brenna & Kayla

The pool was a bit green, but hey, the kids had fun.

We also got to do applesauce while I was there. They do it in the garage though, which was super nice to not have the mess in the house!

Larry pressing cherries and making juice.

The weekend guests(H&L and Katie) arrived late Friday night. Saturday morning, we took Katie into the little town of Bern so she could go sightseeing. :)

While we were playing around on their huge playground(seriously! It's their pride and joy in that town), a tractor cruise came thru town. It was so cute!

Saturday afternoon, the boys were working on their calves again. They're a bit stubborn.

Saturday night was a singing, and then we went to Bern's fireworks. They were super impressive for such a little town! We stayed up pretty late, hanging out, eating, & talking.

On Sunday, we went to the wedding reception right after church, but headed home pretty much right away. It was just Heidi & Luke and I.... very nice and quiet. :)

It was a fun week, and I just love the gravel roads and the hills of Kansas.

Thanks, Jill & Larry, for having me and dealing with me all week! :)

I'm Off!

Well, tomorrow morning I begin part 1 of my summer traveling. :)

I'm spending a week in Wisconsin with some of the Pfaff family. It's always so relaxing and fun, full of: Fishing, water skiing/wakeboarding, long walks, food, shopping, sun, etc. etc.
I just love to fish... I sure hope it's better than it was last year.


Then, Micah & I come home a day early by ourselves, and we leave for Mexico the next day at 4:30am. It's been a little crazy trying to be packed for both trips before I leave. I'm very excited but maybe a tad bit nervous about MX. :) But, I know it will be an aamaazing trip and I can't wait to experience it! I've been down there before, but just to stay with U. Bill & A. Joan... it wasn't a work team. The dorms will be different/interesting for me! :)

So, no blogging for a couple weeks. I'm kind of looking forward to two weeks without a computer/internet. I could have it in Wisconsin if I wanted to, but I really do enjoy the time away from it! It's good for me.

I'm sure I'll have pictures to show and stories to tell when I get back! Check back in a couple weeks! :)

Lynette's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Lynette! Her birthday was Wednesday.

(sorry, this picture is a little blury, but it was fun... I had to post it! :)

Love your kiddos, Lenny... but I also love being with YOU, too. :-)

Hope you had a good day, and sorry you had to deal with our computer on your birthday!

Mr. Wyatt

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to "Wyatt Levi Leman!"

Hope you had a fun 3rd birthday!






Wyatt(along with Wade-o) is such a joy to babysit. Even though he's a bit ornery, he is still waay too cute and sweet. :)

Love you, little buddy!

Yep, I'm happy. :)

Right now I'm babysitting Wyatt and Wade. In case you were wondering, they're down for their naps at the moment. :) But it was so cute at lunch today:

Wade: "Wendi, Happy!"
Wyatt: "Yeah! Because you're following JESUS!"

Soo cute. And True. :)


Tuesday night I gave my heart to the Lord and started repenting. It was certainly not an easy thing to do, but wow, I feel so peaceful and joyful about it now. :)
I'm so excited to see what happens in my journey with Him, but I know it won't always be easy.

Thanks to everyone for all your prayers and also the LOVE you've showed to me.
It really means a lot to me.

Love to all,
Wendi

Catastrophe @ Work

My boss Emily, who is also my cousin, left for Japan for two weeks and left me in charge.(For those who don't know, I do my cousins book work for their 5 farms)

The first day without her there I did fine. But yesterday I went to work and the computer would not turn on. We do everything on Quick Books, so the computer is verry important. Anyways, we tried everything and we couldn't get it to work.

So..My aunt took it in this morning and we found out it was struck my lightning. GREAT! This would have to happen while Emily's gone!! :S
The guy helped her pick out a new computer(I hope Emily's satisfied...) and it's on its way and should be here by Tuesday. We just have to put the old hardware thing in somehow(I don't know how it all works..) so we still have all the info.


It doesn't seem like a big deal, but it really is... especially when I'm still trying to learn how to do everything! And I'm in charge! I usually have no clue what I'm doing. :)

I feel bad for Emily. She's gonna have a lot of work to do when she gets back! Hopefully I can get it all straightened out though and get the bills paid and payroll worked out before then! :) Wish me luck!!!

Ahhh... Summer at last!

Well, I've been done with school for a week now. I can't believe how few blog posts I've done this semester! I need to catch up on my birthday blogs and everything else that's been going on before I go on my trips. :)

My last final was last Tuesday, and I'm so glad I successfully completed my first semester at ICC. My fall semester won't be so overwhelming now that I've had a little experience with just a couple classes. I'm still dreading next semester because I know school will pretty much be my life. Oh well, I'll enjoy the summer and then deal with it. :)

Last weekend was my Graduation Open House. I thought it was going to be a slim turnout, but there a was a lot of people that came! Our house was definitely a full house. I'll post pictures after I get them uploaded. But thanks so much to everyone who came!! I soo appreciate it.
Well, I guess I've officially graduated now. Do I now call myself a Freshman? Time to start at a new beginning again... :)

I bought a new camera with my graduation money, and I am LOVING it!! Be prepared for lots of pictures. :) I took 25 with my mom's camera at my graduation, but around 60 for Jenna's graduation with my new camera. :)

Well, that's all for now...I'm not really sure what else to write about. I'll write about the rest in pictures.

Have a great day and enjoy the sunshine!

Happy 50th, Mom!

Oh, goodness this is really late. :\ But better late than never! (btw, I have a ton of birthday blogs to catch up on, so be prepared!:)

HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY to MOM!!!! To celebrate we went out for lunch with some friends, and then that evening we went to Monical's for dinner. I tried to make it special, so I hope she enjoyed the day. :)

Love you LOTS, Mom!!!! <3