Thursday, June 23, 2011

Last week in Lemmon

We spent three weeks in Lemmon this month doing a variety of things. Here's a few things of what we did....Andrew and I one night while planting flowers in the yard.
One day we went and visited my college friend, Raelyn. She just had a baby so we got to be one of the first visitors!
Picking rhubarb--- me, Hannah, Madelyn, and Blake
We had a wedding reception at Lemmon for the people that couldn't attend the wedding...
A group of us at the reception---- myself, Rebecca, Andrew, Jodi, Hannah and her baby Ayden
One of those 'sittin-around-outside' days
We went fishing...we didn't catch any fish, but it made for good memories....
The two fishermen!



And, we bought a tractor while we were out there.
Hannah and I

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

One Month Of Bliss!

Well it has been a month of pure joyness and I thought I would tell a little bit about what caused it.
Although we had planned a very simple wedding, we did end up doing many things for it.
This is my brother Phil and I, hes only a year older, so we grew up being very close.
Rebecca is so beautiful all of the time, but her dress made her glow even more.
This is the first time I have ever worn a hat in church, but it was just this once.

The other adult groomsman is Dan Nagy from michigan. He is a member of the CLC Lutheran church also and a great friend. Ethan Dummann is the younger groomsman and is a nephew to Rebecca.




This is mere moments after the ceremony and I am the happiest man in the world. Pastor George Dummann, Rebeccas brother, gave the sermon and Pastor Andrew Schaller did the rest.
Here we are with Rebeccas side of the family.
This is my side of the family.


Friday, June 10, 2011

A day of Ranching

On Wednesday we took a few cull cows to the sale barn in Lemmon, always fun to go to town as long as it isn't too often.
The cows were very willing to get into the trailor thankfully.
There weren't too many people at the sale that day or not yet when we were there early. But it was enjoyable to see other cattle and people.
We ate breakfast at the cafe that is in the sale barn, very good hearty food.
We also couldn't help but to pick up a free puppy that was one of five that someone had brought to find good ranch homes for. He is a border collie like the others we have had in the past. The are very good cow dogs and can make herding cattle much easier, also they are very good friends to have.
Sox sleeps a lot, as long as he knows that he is by me or someone, but he is getting better at night, not being afraid of being by himself on the porch.
After lunch that day, we had the vet come out to test the bulls to see if they would be able to impregnate cows. All seven turned out good.
After that we were busy too, but i can't remember what all we did, and it is hard sometimes to take pictures when you are busy working. But Rebecca does do a good job with the camera so we can look back on them in the years to come and have real good memories.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Lemmon Ladies Luncheon

This past Saturday, the church in Lemmon had a gathering for the ladies. It was entitled "Praising God Through Music." The luncheon was open to all ladies in the churches in our conference area. The pastor had four sessions and then we had a lunch. One of the sessions was writing a hymn. We were put into two groups and given a part of the Bible to use to write a hymn with 2 verses. We sang one of the two hymns yesterday at church. There was also a craft session and at the end there was a chance for people to play special music that they had prepared. Andrew's grandma (Gertrude) came for part of it.
They had an hour where we could go around to 5 "stations" and make crafts. A member from the Lemmon church was at each "station" instructing on the craft.
The whole crew--- about 40 of us were there.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Flowers

Last weekend, my niece (Kayla) and I decided to go pick some flowers for a bouquet on the dinner table. They are in full bloom so we had a nice center-piece. Me picking the flowers
Kayla cutting hers
Our flower bouquets