Water Kefer and Burgers

This post is a little late in coming, but here it is.

Rachel made almost all of this stuff from scratch... except the Avos and Lettuce etc... God made that.

She's amazing.

The water kefer is a natural type of soda (I call it hippie soda) and I really like it!

Kefer is pronounced kee-furr (read about it) not to be confused with Kiefer.

These burgers were the best too! The stood up almost as well as real ones.

She's 5 Months!

What a great time this is! June is doing great and has hit some big milestones this month, including belly laughs, holding her head up, and rolling over from tummy to back without any help! (We found her as such the other day!) She's building her stomach and back muscles and will probably be sitting without assistance within this next month.

She really enjoys Bible Story time, going on walks, listening to music, watching daddy play the guitar, being outside, standing up, and getting her diaper changed. She's doing a lot more talking and has the sweetest, softest, little angel girl voice.

What a blessed time!

First Attempt to Capture Some Fall

The air turned cool and there wasn't a cloud in the sky!

The Farm Patch had set out their pumpkins and gourds and opened their hay maze.

We decided to walk up there and get some pictures of June at the hay maze and with some pumpkins in the early evening.

Well, the walk was WONDERFUL.

But June fell asleep before we got there, and the maze was closing right when we walked up! (Note to all: even though the FP closes at 7pm, the maze closes at 6:30!)

So we got some pictures anyway :)



Hopefully we'll coincide being at the Farm Patch with June being awake next time! Happy Fall!

What happens when I'm at work?

So, I'm sitting here studying for the FE (fundamentals of engineering exam) and the GRE (graduate school exam), both of which, I'm taking this week, and Rachel says to me "Sherman, I fought a battle today and I won."

I quickly turned off my study music and turned around from my desk when Rachel proceeded to tell me about her escapades...

She was working in the kitchen this morning while June was still asleep (She's a Proverbs 31 girl ;-) when she noticed a big black spot on the ceiling. It was a roach.

Let me begin to paint the picture for you. The only other time I saw Rachel fly off the handle when an insect was involved was when a roach stared her down in the hallway of our house and then retreated to the bathroom... Unwilling to let the roach get away, she darted off after it with her weapon (One of my sandals) in hand raised above her head... She screamed some sort of jibberish and squashed the roach with a vengeance. Think of the scene in The Patriot where Mel Gibson goes totally Apache on the soldiers after they killed his wife (I think)... I laughed hysterically!!!

So, large black roach on the ceiling... I'm at work... She has to get that thing herself.
"I couldn't just hit it off the ceiling because then it would have fallen on me" she said as she planned on what to do to kill the roach.

"I grabbed a rag, and then I thought... Not big enough, so I grabbed a bigger rag

"So, I grabbed the wasp and hornet spray and sprayed it on the rag"... Mind you... She's in the kitchen.

She then proceeded to throw the rag with the pile of wasp and hornet killer foam on it directly vertical up to hit the roach.

Direct hit.

As that toxic foam junk is dripping off the ceiling, the roach falls onto the counter and scurries under the juicer...

I know what you're thinking... he got away...

Not yet.

Then she says...
"I had to move the juicer several times as I screamed in a shrill banshee voice, 'I'm going to get you mamacita!'"

As I'm laughing almost uncontrollably at this point, about to pee my pants, I ask her why she called the roach "mamacita"

She said "I don't know, I think I was speaking in tongues"

Anyhow, the story ends as she finally does what a nuclear fallout could not do.

She killed the roach.

Mamacita was dead.

So, thanks for reading... I might have just needed a study break, but I thought this was hilarious.

Then again...

maybe you had to have been there.

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Pretty Baby

Here are some pictures of my new niece! She's beautiful and has a head full of gorgeous sandy-blonde hair.

Mom and Baby

The family is doing well! We look forward to seeing our two little ones grow up together!

Also, look what June can do!

I thought she couldn't do this! I usually give her tummy time in the early evening, and she fussed and her head laid flat on the ground. I tried it in the morning the other day, and oila!

I couldn't resist!

Baby Emma

My sister had her baby! No pictures yet, but I'm hoping to get some today. She came this morning at around 6:45 and both mom and baby are doing well!

Thanks to all who were praying.

And here are some of my favorite recent pictures of June!:




She's starting to look like her momma!