Phoebe: Sweet 17 and Prom

 

Phillip has many projects going on around the house now that spring has sprung. He's finishing up some landscaping around the house. He's a good planner who thinks through a project thoroughly before proceeding, so we have few mistakes to fix. I love the lava rock and planter boxes! I'll be ordering plants soon.

Wallace is so fun. He's rammy and affectionate. He butts his head against you. He doesn't like being picked up like he used to. The black kittens are all a little stunted in growth it seems. Their mom left before they were weaned probably, so they may always be kitten size. 

Phoebe and I shared a birthday cake since our birthdays are within the same week. Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate chips. It didn't last long!

Harrison's birthday present to Phoebe was giving her 15 minutes for her to fix his hair however she wanted. She's been dying to put lots of pomade in it and part it down the middle like a 1920's style.

He doesn't love it, so it was a real sacrifice of love for him. :-) 

Phoebe and some friends went roller skating for her birthday celebration.

They played "Dancing Queen" for her since it was the only song we could think of that had 17 in it.

The place also had bumper cars, so they had a go at it.

We then went to a Thai restaurant that Phoebe and I have been wanting to try. It was good. We had a long wait. We will definitely go back but will order ahead and pick up. 

Gabry treated all of us to yummy ice cream! 

(I got a cold brew coffee flavor, and I will be getting that flavor again!)

We put a candle in Phoebe's ice cream and sang Happy Birthday to her. 

What a fun group of girls. I had a great evening with them.

Katelyn from church invited Phoebe to go to her Prom, so Phoebe had an all-day prom day yesterday. She spent the first half of the day getting ready and then the rest of the day doing prom activities. I never went to prom, but Phillip says prom involves a lot more now than it used to in his day!

She wore one of Lanaya Elizabeth's dresses, and I thought it worked out very well.

She did her own hair and makeup, and she was stunning!

Katelyn's family very kindly bought her corsage.

And there were lots of moms taking pictures, and they are awesome enough to share them! Photo credits go to Christina Sutton, Jolleen Kurz, and Christy Franke Photography and maybe some others I'm not aware of (I wasn't there; I'm grabbing from Facebook).

We have some beautiful places in and around town at which to photograph. 

It was cold!! 

And windy. Poor girls. Phoebe grabbed a scarf she had, but it was pretty thin. At least it was something.

What a handsome bunch!

I'm so appreciative of the friendships around us.

Phoebe had a good time.

Doc has been tortured lately because Abigail is about to have another batch of babies, and she has been making his life miserable in some kind of attempt to protect her babies. We'll see where that goes. It'd be great if these kittens would get used to Doc and play with him. But we'll see.....

New Life Everywhere

 

Spring is truly here and there are signs of new growth everywhere.

We have a bench, so we can sit on the back 'patio' and watch the sunset now.

I've been looking for killdeer nests since we moved here, and I finally found one egg! Near our mailbox. It was kind of glued to the ground, maybe just with mud. I wonder if they raise their babies right there on that spot too? I'll have to keep an eye out for what happens. Although the boys are mowing the lawn today, so it may well not survive. 😬 

Jonathan is training Harrison on lawn mowing. 

He mowed the back and front, and Jonathan is taking care of the ditches. 

Good work, boys!

The farmers are out! 

We watched one field get tilled and planted and sprayed this past week. The wind is blowing, so we're getting lots of dust. But I love that it's warm outside now.

Doc likes corn cobs. 

We had a piece of corn-on-the-cob left over, and he went to town on that thing!

He and the cats will now eat together. 

The cats still hiss at him when he gets near. He barks and whines and kind of cowers and tries to creep near them, but they just won't play. 

They like to lay down on his doghouse though. There was a whole passel of them laying on top of each other this morning, taking a nap on Doc's warm roof.

Harrison had a sty on his eye last week, and it gave him quite the bruised eye look.

My parents were up to St. Jo, MO last week for a friend's funeral, so H and I drove over to spend some time with them at a coffee shop. It was fun! Good coffee and good conversation. We'll be seeing them again when they come for Jonathan's graduation, Lord willing.

Easter breakfast at church.

Jonathan read the opening Scripture and prayed to open up the service. Good sermon and good music! Phillip was the receiver at the end of the service, and a man came forward to be baptized. 

We ate lunch together with Mimi and Papa.

Ahhhh, spring. We are glad to see you.

One of my favorite Resurrection Day poems:

Easter Night by Alice Meynell

All night had shout of men

And cry of woeful women filled his way;

Until that noon of sombre sky

On Friday, clamour and display smote him;

No solitude had He,

No silence, since Gethsemane.

Public was death;

But power, but Might,

But life again, but Victory,

Were hushed within the dead of night,

The shuttered dark, the secrecy.

And all alone, alone, alone,

He rose again behind the stone.