365 Pictures 11 September - 8 October

Hi,
I'm back.!!!  I think it has been close to three weeks since I was able to post.  It seems the last couple of weekends I have been gone & once I had time the week was half way through.  It has been a great time but didn't get a picture taken everyday.  Here is what I have to show for my time spent.  Looking forward to see what I have missed with the rest of the groups pictures.  Have a great week!!!.

Sunday 11 September 2011

Sunday after church I went on my 2nd mission trip to Joplin, Missouri with my church to help with more clean up.  There was about 18 to 20 people in our group.  Sunday evening we drove around to show damage for team members for time & to see what had been done in restoration for returning team members.

This is the high school.  It was a blessing that the graduation ceremony was being held at a nearby college; if not this is where the graduation ceremony would have been.

These eagles were carved out of damaged trees from the tornado.  The other neat thing is this sign use to say Joplin High School, now with the help of duck tape is says HopE High school.  The high school is being built in a new location.

 Monday 12 September 2011

My group of four ladies spent the morning fixing up the inside of a house.  I learned how to mud sheet rock.  We were located in the middle of the destruction zone & what was really freaky was all 4 tornado sirens went off while we were working.  Just a test but it made us quickly drop what we were doing & look outside.

We stayed at the First Christian Church in Carthage.  Monday evening we went for a walk around town.  This is the courthouse in Carthage, Missouri.

  Tuesday 13 September 2011

The next day we work on helping restore the inside & outside of a house.  Here I'm racking up debris, glass, parts of trees, Christmas ornaments, etc.  We also did weeding on the outside & put up sheet rock inside the entire downstairs of the house in the picture below.

Our mission team after two hard days of work.  Hope to be going back in March for some more clean up.

 Friday 16 September 2011

This is my sweet niece Charleigh Danielle Ford.  Today was here 2nd birthday. This picture was taken yesterday but wanted to posted it on her birthday.

Saturday 17 September 2011

This is my nephew Jared, his wife Sarah & their daughter Charleigh.  They had a big family/friend birthday party tonight to celebrate her 2nd birthday.  Also Charleigh will be getting a brother or sister in February 2012.

Monday 19 September 2011

One from the deer cam.  This buck was so nice to give us a profile shot.  Because the oak trees are dropping acorns - the deer are coming less & less to the corn feeder.

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Getting a nap in before going to Awana tonight.  Hubby took this one of me & Grouchy being cuddle buddies.  Once in awhile she will sleep between our pillows, but very rare will she get up close, she must have been cold.

Thursday 22 September 2011

I took school pictures for the New Hampton Christian School, where I use to work.  This is a very small school 20 students between grade 3rd - 12th, that is on its 6th year of operation.  Here is one of the collages I worked on today for one of the families to order.

Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 September 2011

My two sons & I took a road trip to Arkansas for the 14th annual Edgmon Family reunion.  My husband had to work so he couldn't go with us.  My 3rd great grandfather  William T. Edgmon was born & raised in Tennessee.  At the time of the Civil War he had 12 children ages 20 to about 6 months old.  He & his oldest son James fought & were captured.  William died & James survived.  James came home, packed up his mother & siblings & moved them the Ozark Mountains to a little place call Mossville.  James & half of his siblings stayed in the mountains & still have family there.  The other half of James siblings moved to Oklahoma & Texas, one of them being my 2nd great grand father Daniel Sellers Edgmon.  I'm the first of Dainel's decedents to make it back to the family homestead for the reunion.  It was a lot of fun & we look forward to going next year.

This is the family church built in 1925 in Mossville, Arkansas.  It was built at a circuit rider church & is still a circuit rider church today.  The pastor comes on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month.  Behind the church is the Edgmon family cemetery & my 2nd great grand Uncle James B Edgmon is buried there.

Wild Elk herd in the valley below the family church.  These are all cows (females).  The bull (male ) was close by.  It is mating season, so he was rounding up his herd.

About a mile down the road the cow elk was by herself eating

My son could have stuck his arm out the front passenger window & touched her.

Monday 26 September 2011

This morning our Women on Mission group folder 100 boxes for Samaritan Purse's shoebox collection. Our family fill 4 of these shoe boxes every year.  We had a blast taking our boys shopping for the items.  Last year was my first year not having my boys home to shop with me so I borrowed two kids from a friend at church.  Can't wait to fill the boxes this year.  It is a lot of fun.  If you wonder what I'm talking about message me & I will explain.

Thursday 29 September 2011

It is harvest time.  This is our soy bean field about 1/4 harvested.  When my husband had mornings off, he would go help his dad harvest the crops.  Our beans were done by Saturday.

Our combine with the bean head on it.

Saturday 1 Oct 2011

One more deer shot, another buck

Sunday 2 Oct 2011

This picture was taken 38 years ago when my little sister Jennifer Louise came into our family.  I was 5 1/2 years old.  Happy Birthday Jenny

Wednesday 5 Oct 2011

I use to draw when I was 9 & 10yr olds.  If I have something to look at & it is not a person, I can usually draw it.  I'm have found some time to draw at my morning tutor job, basically while the 4th grader does his work & doesn't need my help.  So I drew this turtle from a nature magazine with a "You Can Draw" section this week & finished it today.  First time I have drawn in 33 years.

Thursday 6 Oct 2011

This was taken a week ago but today is my niece Esther Ruth's 20th b-day.  Tomorrow we are going shopping in the city.

Friday 7 Oct 2011

I was able to draw another picture.  The turtle is being mailed to a little boy we sponsor in India.  This one will be going to a little girl we sponsor in Cambodia.  I'm really enjoying my drawing time

Saturday 8 Oct 2011

Today my husband & I went to the 90th birthday party of his Grand Aunt Kathryn Urton on his mother's side of the family.  She is sitting on the right.  This is a picture of her with her six children.  It was a nice party with a lot of family in attendance.

Well, that is my three weeks.  I'm going to Texas this up coming weekend to see family, so I hope to be able to post on Tuesday when I get back if not see ya in two weeks.

365 Pictures 4-10 September

Another great week.  The weather was very cool, a little early for fall but loved it.  Stayed home most of the week.  The bucks have shed their velvet and we only got one day of pics on the deer cam.  Here is my week.

Sunday 4 September

Coming home from church.  Another beautiful sunset in the country

Monday 5 September

My husband made the bed this morning.  I have some stuff animals on my bed that have special meaning for me, 6 of them to be exact.  My husband took two of them & put them together hugging each other, his way of reminding me every time I walk in the bedroom that he is giving me a hug when he is not around.

Also found this little pillow I made for my husband when he flew for the Air Guard/Air Force.  This is on our bed too.

 Tuesday 6 September

This is me practicing shooting with my bow.  In another week it will be bow deer season.  Yes, we hunt & we only shoot what we eat.  Also the deer corn feeder & salt block on our farm are not near our hunting area on the farm, so no one worries.  Deer is our main source of meat, we process it our selves, so 98% lean & healthy for us, also helps cut down on the food bill, & helps thin the herd since there are so many in our area & may cut down on the car accidents involving deer.

My grouping.  Not bad since I haven't shot my bow for year.

Wednesday 7 September

Awana started tonight.  I'm the Sparks (K-2nd) director.  We had 39 Sparks & 99 kids total for attendance.  This is our largest first night attendance since this church started Awana 8 years ago.  It is going to be a fun year.

Thursday 8 September

If you look closely you will see what looks like something hanging from the buck's antlers.  It is what is left of  the velvet on his antlers.  The bucks have shed their velvet this week, which means buck will start fighting to see who is the boss.  We only had two pictures of this buck & his hanging velvet.  This was the better one.

The next day, maybe the same buck.  All his velvet is gone & he has a new, strong, beautiful rack

Friday 9 September

YEAH!!!! Both my boys are home for the weekend - a complete family.  When they come home they drop their stuff behind my couch, that is what is picture is.  Wood is home because he forgot to take his winter coats with him to school.  Good thing he is 1 1/2 hours away.  Josh came home because he had to collect 50 species of weeds for one of his agriculture classes.  He & his dad will be collecting them tomorrow morning.  Josh's college is 5 hours away.

Saturday 10 September

I'm packing today.  I will be going back to Joplin, MO on my 2nd mission trip to help with more clean up.  We have a group of 15 going from my church & other churches in the area.  We will leave Sunday afternoon & get back Wednesday afternoon/evening.

Both my boys doing college homework.  Reminds me of our days of home schooling except they would be in our school room working instead of the dining room table.  Josh on the right (no shirt) is working on Western Civ. & Wood (no hair) on the left is learning Hebrew.  From the reactions - Josh is enjoying Western Civ. more than Wood is enjoying Hebrew.

Well, that is my week.  Hope all of you had a great week.  God Bless.

365 Pictures 28 August - 3 September

Okay, another week gone & a new month started.  Boy, time is flying by way too fast.  Here is my week.

Sunday 28 August

I didn't take a picture today because I lost the day, not sure where it went but still looking for it.

Monday 29 August

A bunny came to visit our bird feeders this morning.  Haven't seen a bunny in the backyard all summer

A very rare picture.  All three cats sleeping next to each other & not fighting.  They get along but they don't sleep well together.  Motor (grey & white) will usually sleep with Fuzzy (far right) but not with Grouchy (center) - Motor & Grouchy have a sharing problem.

Tuesday 30 August

Lost another day, I think it is hiding with Sunday

Wednesday 31 August

North West Missouri State Fair started tonight.  2nd year for the parade & our church entered an Awana float.  The parade ended at the fair where we had a booth for kids to register for Awana which starts next Wednesday.  I'm in the red shirt.

Thursday 1 September

Deer Cam - A doe eating with the coons.  I picked this one because I like the coons coming down the tree to get breakfast.

Friday 2 September

Today my hubby & I played a board game - Yahtzee.  Something we haven't done if a very long time.  It was fun.  He won.

Saturday 3 September

Didn't take a picture today busy working on a mission trip slide show on the computer.  So I picked this pic from the deer cam file taken yesterday.  The bucks' antlers are started to get hard & they are starting to feel a little ornery toward each other.  Now the antlers are getting harder, we might get some pictures of the velvet shedding & some "Buck" fights around the feeder the next couple of weeks.

Well that is my week.  It went by quickly.  Hope all of you had a great week.

365 Pictures 21 - 27 August

Wow!!!!  Another week just went zooming by and not to many pictures taken.  I hope to remedy this coming week but here is what I have to share.

Sunday 21 August

1st time I went to a church picnic alone.  The boys are at college & Stephen had to work until 10:00pm at his new job.  It was a little strange going by myself but I still had fun.  On the way home from the picnic I decided to take a picture of the sun setting on a wonderful day.

Monday 22 August

Okay, this picture was taken Saturday but it what I did Monday night.  Our church rented the local movie theater for "Free Movie Night" & showed Soul Surfer.  First time I went to the movie alone because Stephen had to work the evening shift again.  It was a great movie & I swung by Wal-mart on the way home to get some groceries & the DVD so my husband could see the movie.  We ended up watching it Saturday night after he got off work with our son Wood.  I highly recommend this movie, great message.

Tuesday 23 August

Okay what is my week without posting a couple of deer cam pictures.  It was very hot this week so the deer hardly came out during the day.  All I have is night pictures.  Here is a nice buck

  

Wednesday 24 August

And two more bucks.

Thursday 25 August

Grouchy & her mice.  She was holding this mouse with both paws until she heard the camera turn on then she immediately stopped holding it.  At least I still got a cute pic.

Friday 26 August

Stephen working the evening shift and I was a little bored plus getting over a 12hr flu from yesterday so I got out the Wii game Price Caspian to play.  Played it when it first came out but got busy with other things & never played it again.  So decided to try it again.

Saturday 27 August

Okay to explain this pic - One my son Wood came home for the weekend to get his bow to shoot at school for a competition.  He also decided to cut his hair.  He had a mishap with the clippers & the result to fix it is on the right.  Every time my son walked by he kept reminding me of someone but who.  Then it dawned on me, my cousin Glenn (who we haven't seen since 2005).  So I made this pic downloading a pic of Glenn (on the left) from facebook & taking Wood's profile while texting.  So..... what do you think?  Are they related?

Have a great week. God bless.

365 Pictures 7-20 August

Okay, this two week posting WILL NOT become a habit.  I missed a week but my boys were home so I was side track with them.  Now they are both back at college & the house is empty & quiet.  NO LIKEY!!  So to play catch here are my pictures for the past two weeks.

Sunday 7 August

Driving home from evening church I had a robin fly into my car & get stuck where the side mirror is attached.  When I got home, I took a picture of it for my younger son to see & notice that I caught the sunset in my windows.  So I took another picture focusing on my windows capturing the sun setting to the east of our driveway.

Monday 8 August

I loved this picture from the deer cam because the fawns are eating head to head making it look like a mirror image.  The fawns are almost as big as their mommas.

Tuesday 9 August

Another deer cam.  I picked this one because the fawn is checking out the buck.  This is not a normal occurrence  despite what the movie "Bambi" shows.  Bucks usually have nothing to do with the fawns & even stay away from them until they are mature to mate with.

Wednesday 10  August

Nice 7pt buck plus a couple of coons.

Thursday 11 August

Today 19 years ago Joshua Caleb Marshall blessed our lives.  Josh was our prayer baby as we almost lost him twice during the pregnancy.  He is a day old in this picture.

Friday 12 August

My husband was trying to have his morning devotion when Motor  (white & grey cat) climb on his legs to cuddle.  That was fine except Grouchy (grey cat) doesn't like anyone sleeping on her daddy's legs but her.  So of course she had to come & push her way in between daddy & brother.  Usually when she does this, Motor will eventually leave but not today . . . .

Motor hung on & won!!!!  Grouchy had to go lay by daddy's feet instead & pout

Saturday 13 August

This is my son Wood & his girlfriend Susan.  Wood was giving his presentation at church on his mission trip to Russia and Susan came to support him.  If things go as they are planning, she will be my future daughter-in-law in the spring of 2013.  They want to finish college before they get married.

Sunday 14 August

Deer Cam saves the day.  Two nice bucks eating at the corn feeder.  Our two older trail cams have bit the dust so we are down to one instead of three.  Kinda of a yeah because now I have something to buy my husband for Christmas.

Monday 15 August

This was the week for buck pics.  The buck have not been coming out from their bedding area because when their racks grow it causes them a lot of pain basically headaches, now they are done growing they are moving around a lot.  We had mostly buck pictures this week, hardly any doe or fawns.

Tuesday 16 August

Motor is not much of a lap cat but after my son Wood packed up his things to move to college, Motor quickly climb into his lap for one last snuggle time.  Really this is a "Please don't leave me with the old folks!!! They are no fun!"

Wednesday 17 August

Today 21 years ago August Wood Marshall II was born.  He is named after his great grandfather & no we did not plan to have him born in August.  Wood is 3 days old in this picture.

Also today we moved Wood into his new college Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He is in the undergraduate program - majoring in Biblical Studies.  This is his new dorm.

 Thursday 18 August

My son Josh went hunting this morning with his Youth Pastor Dan Yates & close friend Greg Bowman.  They came back to my home with one squirrel & 8 frogs.  I'm sparing you the kill pic I took for Josh's scrapbook.  Instead here is a picture of my son frying the squirrel & frog legs for the guys lunch.  Josh did all the cooking & cleaning of my kitchen.  The guys were delighted with their lunch.  I had a sweet potato for my lunch.

Friday 19 August

As Josh started packing to go back to college, I did a 5 min. shadowbox project.  Josh was award the Army ROTC Silver Medal in May.  He is not in the Army ROTC but participate as a volunteer with them in their exercises & physical training.  Also because the unit is small at his college he does get to fill in for some of the ceremonial events.  Josh will be going in to the Marine Corps when he graduates from college.  There is no Marine ROTC at his college so that is why he volunteers for the Army one.  I put his award & medal in a shadowbox for him to hang in his dorm room at college.

Saturday 20 August

No picture today.  I was too busy catching up & forgot to take one.

Have a great week.  Can't wait to see everyone else's picks

365 Pictures 31 July - 6 Aug

Wow, another week has gone by way too quickly.  I almost got a picture every day.  Hoping to get a full week in this coming week.  So here is my week....

Sunday 31 July, 2011

This is my brother-in-law Mark, my husband's younger brother.  Mark turned 40 on the 18th but we couldn't celebrate his birthday until now, with a surprise family party.  The evil look is being given to my sister-in-law Jeaneen who planned the whole thing.

This is my niece Anna who is 15.  I don't get to see my nieces & nephews much, so I decided when I do, I need to get a picture with them.

This is my nephew Elisha (Anna's brother) & his girlfriend Sasha.  It was Sash first time meeting the "Marshall" family as in Aunts, Uncles & cousins.

Monday 1 Aug, 2011

Motor is sooooooooooooo glad Wood is home!

Tuesday 2 Aug, 2011

Barbecue Meatball.  My friend Elshana who had ankle & foot surgery back in May is having some other problems.  After 6 weeks of not being able to be on her feet she was finally allowed to start walking & ended up getting cellulitis in her leg that she had the surgery on. So, she was down for another two weeks, then as she was about to be able to get back on her feet she ended up having emergency surgery for a hernia.  I have been taking her meals along with other friends & tonight was my night.  I fix my boys favorite barbecue meatballs.  Elshana's husband loved them which was great because these were made of deer burger & Randy won't eat deer.  He says now he will eat it as long as I cook it.  I will post the recipe for this on my good eating blog - here is the link http://goodcooking-semperfi.blogspot.com/

Friday 5 Aug, 2011

 Josh came home for the weekend.  First time seeing his brother since he came home from Russia.  Josh wearing the Chinese fur hat Wood got him & Wood wearing his Russian fur hat he bought himself.  Wood did buy both of them knives from Russia but when he crossed into China, the Chinese soldiers detained Wood for at least an hour questioning him on where he bought his knives & then confiscated them.  You can't bring knives in from Russia to China, but you can bring knives in from Cambodia.  The mission team from Cambodia that met with Wood's Russian team got to keep their Cambodian knives

Josh ready to go hunting this fall & winter with his new Chinese winter hat

Saturday 6 Aug, 2011

A picture from November 2005, home school field trip to Steam Boat Arabia in Kansas City.  In the back row my sons Wood (15), Josh (13) ,  brothers & my boys friends 

David (13) & John (14) Dorton.

Now flash forward to today's date

David Dorton was married.  The two sets of brothers & still friends

Wood (20), David (19), John (20) & Josh (18).

I can't believe how fast time has flown by.

Well, that is my week.  Have a semi-busy one coming up.  Have a blessed week.  I love looking at all the pictures even if I don't have time to comment on all of them.

God bless :-)