New Header\ 4th July weekend

As you can probably tell, I changed my background, and header. I think I like the way it turned out. I actually took the picture of the flower at Tryon Palace, which we went to for the 4th of July. It was fun. I dressed up sort of colonial, with a bonnet and everything! (I know totally not me, right?) (Just kidding)

Those pics. are of Tryon Palace.

I know I'm a little late for this, but, what did you and your family do for fourth of July?

Tori L.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Josh(and me) Happy birthday to Josh(and me!) Happy


birthday dear Joshie!!!!!(me too) !

Happy Birthday toooooooo youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! (and me of course!)



Josh's and I birthdays were this week. We had a great time! I'll blog and post pics. Later hopefully!

In the mean time please wish Josh a happy birthday, by leaving a comment!

Tori L.

Off to the beach!

We had a very fun time at the beach over memorial day weekend! Here, Josh is enjoying his root beer from Carrabba's!

Daddy really enjoyed his soup!

Isn't this a pretty picture? I'm not very good with cameras,(or electronics in general), but I thought this turned out well.

We had a great time with some of our good friends..... The Barts! We ended up staying in the same hotel as them too!(although we didn't know it, until we saw them in the pool, at the hotel!)

DR. Pepper anyone?

I absolutely LOVE that picture of Micah! He is so sweet!

Also, thank you for the cookies mrs. Jen! They Were heavenly!

We really had a great time at the beach, and had fun deeping our relationship with the Barts!

Thanks for being our friends, guys! We love you!

Tori L.

Aargg, ye treasure hunter

I am always proud to say that there is always an adventure going on at the Wagner Homestead. Today, I found that to be true!

It was beautiful outside, and I was weeding the back garden. Josh ran by me and said,"I'm going to dig for Spanish Dooblins,(whatever that is) and treasure."

I said logically, "What is a Spanish Dooblin?"

"I don't know. Maybe some kind of Spanish money, or something."

I replied, "We don't have any Spanish money in our yard,"

He said, "Then I'll find treasure!" And he ran around the bushes. I shook my head and continued weeding.

A few minutes later he says, "Ooh, I found a rock!"

"Wow!" I said not to enthusiastically. "Keep looking.

About a minute passed and he said, "Wow! Sis, come here. Really,"

I mumbled,"this better be good," And sure enough, it was!

He actually found..................

(drum roll please!)

A Canadian dollar coin in our yard. I was dumbfounded. He was very excited.

You can look at the picture above to see the coin.

Josh thought maybe it was from the pilgrims, or Indians. At least, he thought that until I pointed out that the coin said 1989, on it.

He was so happy that, when he dug for treasure, he actually found it. I'll leave it up to you to imagine his delight.

Maybe next, it will be gold in our creek!!! :)

Around The Homestead

Here are some pics. to keep you updated with our life on the homestead!


Here is daddy mulching our grass for the compost pit.

Here is our dog Mena, enjoying the warm weather!

We have a big garden this year! This is a picture of some garlic daddy and I planted!

the compost pile

We are ready to get our bees! This is their house. It's where they will bring the pollen back to, and produce the honey!!

This is just a little plant I felt like taking a picture of! :-)

So what kind of things are you doing around your house to get ready for spring? Leave a comment to let me know, please!!!

Shalom,

Tori L.

Here's this weeks prayer requests!!

1. There are so many marriages that Satin is attacking, with divorce become the end result, we need to pray for strength against Satin's attack and that marriages would stay strong in God's power.
2. The church bible drill is this Wednesday! (eeek) Please pray for the participants to have courage, and not be frightened.
3. My grandparents are coming to town. Pray they will have a safe drive.

Praise

1. We had an awesome time on vacation!

Shalom,

Tori L.

Here are the requests I got for this weeks prayer list.

please pray for

1. Kayden Beasley(Callie and Katie's brother) who's in China waiting for his family.
2. Upcoming Bible drills. The Church Drill is on March 25, at Coats Baptist Church. The associational drill is April 4Th, and the State Drill is April 25Th.
3. For our men & woman that serve in all branches of the military and for their families. Also pray for those families that have lost loved ones during the war on terror, that God would grant them peace for their loss.
4. The Wilkie's baby, (baby Wilkie). Pray that everything will go smoothly in the delivery.
5. We'll be safe on our Vacation!

Praise

1. Mr. and Mrs. Beasley have gotten appointments to be finger printed for the adoption!!
2. Mr. Anthony Beasley(Callie's daddy), and Mr. Parrish(Callie's Grandpa) both have birthdays in March! They are on the 24Th and 13 respectively. (I bet Mr Anthony hates it h ow I just told all my readers about his birthday!! Be sure next time you see him to sing happy B-day to him!!! :] )

Please include these in your prayer list for this week!

Please also get your requests in for next week's prayer\praise list!

Email them to me at anchoredinElShaddai@yahoo.com !

Thank you!

Shalom,

Tori L.