Hog Hunting!

Sam and Collin had the chance to go hog hunting one night with Kelly Peeler, and hunt they did! Using infrared equipment and other special things, they had a successful time!
(These pictures were taken with a cell phone in the dark, hence the poor quality).

The Garden

We tried again for another garden, moving it back into more shade this year.
It was so exciting to see things grow!

Sam and Collin installed an electric fence to keep all the deer out.



But it didn't keep out all the rabbits and they destroyed everything. We will try again next year!

The Flood

The above picture is the final result of hours of labor from 35 church family members for one of our church family members.

The highest flood in 100 years was predicted to hit in the next few weeks, so we helped Pro and Metts try and safeguard their home. I can not remember how many hundreds of sandbags we filled!

Below, the muscle boys: Collin, Austin, Noah and Christopher!


Even little Kaebrie could help!
Tiff filled lots of bags!
Kaitlynn tied hundreds of them and did a great job.


A good job for Kaebrie was opening the bags for everyone.

In the end, the glass still broke and water did get into their home, but not near as much as would have if we had not placed the sandbags around to help. Our church family is incredible, if there is a need, they will help. A true showing of love.

Kindergarten Graduation

Little Bo Peep, I mean, Kaebrie graduated from Kindergarten! She was the lead in their adorable graduation play and her best buddy, Benjamin absolutely stole the show. Click on the pictures to see nice and big and CLEAR.
Getting her diploma...
Kaebrie and Mrs. Dixon, the BEST Kindergarten teacher EVER!
With her Beek, also known as Bekah.
It's official! She is a FIRST GRADER now!
Daddy wanted a picture with her, but Yazzi wanted a hug too.
Finally a nice one with a crazy dog!
Kaebrie had a really great year. She LOVES school, is a great reader and is begging to learn cursive writing. We do a lot of work at home in the afternoons using old first and second grade workbooks and she eats it up. The girl is a sponge!

We are proud of you Kaebrie! We love your enthusiasm and your hard work! WE LOVE YOU!

The Dominator !

We are a STORM CHASER watching family. Well, except for the little two, they are to young right now, but the rest of us never miss an episode. And that was BEFORE the Dominator was here is Yazoo City and ended up getting of giant tornado and its aftermath on film. Reed Timmer, the star of the show, came and spoke at a neighboring church for a city wide remembrance a year after the tornado and we got to meet him and take pictures with one of the coolest automobiles ever!

Reed, Chris and Joel with the 4 Smith fans!

Collin LOVED this, but thought it was funny that they had a giant container of Cheetos in the back seat.



It was an unexpected thing to happen on a Sunday afternoon. We will keep watching Storm Chasers, but we hope they don't ever need to come and film in our neighborhood again.