JULY

Hello everyone!! 

Hope you all had a great July!! :)

Ours included a 4th of July celebration, a brand new litter of 10 pigs, stocking up on hay for the winter months, a gun safety course we three older ones went through, a chicken butchering day, topped off with Ava Park fun with friends, a trip to Silver Dollar City, and creek fun! 

Shall we begin?

Our enthusiastic grill major for the 4th of July.

I’m not sure about her, but the food was a 5+ rating!

Can’t get more patriotic than this picture *wink*

Whenever friends stop by for a visit and bring a cake, 

there will be no complaints here!….Until everyone gets a sugar high.

In honor of the 4th, I’ll share one of my favorite quotes:

“Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

Thank them both today.”

Ended the night with a bang, like (I’m assuming) everyone else did!

And the very next day,…

10 of ‘em born on the 5th. 

Now we realize it’s probably easier to have all ten at once, but I won’t mention that to Mom. ;)

Everyone got to play a role in this (very) new experience!

Having little people present, wanting to touch all

 the new piglets made things somewhat stressful, but it was good for them to witness the whole process.

Considering Isaiah got this picture, I have to admit, I’m impressed!

This dude and his expressions! *laughs and shakes head*

Hay day!! Time to load up almost 500 bales!!

As a start, we made the mistake of driving on soggy grass after loading about 30 bales

 on the trailer. Ooops.

Peyton always has some kind of object to hide her face!

I’m not sure if that face shows frustration towards the camera or the bail. Or maybe both.

Well, there’s one load down!! How many more again?

We finished our last unloading and stacking at 1:25 AM.

HUGE thanks to everyone who helped!! It would’ve taken so much longer without you all!

Norah found herself a Wilbur in the litter and brought 

it up to the front porch (and even in the house) a few times.

Norah and her baby

Just a couple weeks later: 

They’re growing kinda fast!

Time to unload feed!!

 This time, I decided to take a time lapse of the whole unloading process.

 I should have known it would be filled with people stopping in front of it. Here’s the most classic out of many pictures from the video bombing.

Ashley, Anna, and I were so blessed to be taught how to safely handle a gun in dangerous, real life situations by the man in orange. We couldn’t have asked for a better teacher, and we’re definitely blessed to know him and for get this experience.

Ashley

I’m going to try my hardest not to spam you with too many pictures

 for this part, so I’ll just include the clearest pictures of each person shooting. :)

Anna

Me right before shooting.

Definitely one of my biggest highlights of the month!

And, yes, here we are butchering chickens…….again *wink*

200 more chickens down!

Here we find ourselves at Ava park with the Fords!! 

Spectators for the two on two tennis games 

Butchered for six, played for six, 12 hours of craziness (+ fun thanks to the Fords!)

A visit from a few Springfield friends! 

So good to see you guys!! Come back soon!!

Norah and I had the opportunity to take a day trip to Silver Dollar City with these awesome people!

Thanks again, Langs for taking us along for the ride(s)!

Quick lunch break.

And then an ice cream stop

Get yourself someone who looks at you the way Norah looks at her ice cream. -Izzy Wisdom *wink*

In the amphitheater getting ready to watch Chris Tomlin live!

The whole group :)

While waiting for the show to begin, what else do you do but take wayyyyy too many selfies!?

Best one by far in my opinion! 

Definitely an amazing concert!!

🎶 And I hear the voice of many angels sing 🎶

Worthy is the Lamb

And I hear the cry of every longing heart 

Worthy is the Lamb 

🎶I know Who goes before me, I know Who stands behind 🎶 

The God of Angel armies, is always by my side

Any concert with a grand finale at the end is awesome in my opinion :)

Havi and Joe

Beating the heat at the creek! 

Katherine and Havi

Katherine 

And that’s it!

Thank you so much for stopping by! We hope you all have a blessed August!!

  ~The Coulters 

“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

Romans 8:11