Boys and noise...

Mom and I stayed home this evening to do the milking so the guys could go have some fun... Once a year, the Monster Trucks come to Mandan and our fellas wanted to go see them run, jump, make noise, and whatever else it is that they do. They are still gone and, when Mother called to see when they'd be home, Dad could hardly hear her as it was so loud there, but he said they'd probably be back around midnight! I'm glad they're able to have this time together to just have fun.

It was so cold all day that it felt like *whispers* Fall. I decided to put a jacket on before hopping on the 4-wheeler to go get Sally in from the farthest corner of the pasture at milking time. What an unusual year this has been. We had almost half an inch of rain last night. August is usually so dry and hot....

Tonight, I'd like to point you in the direction of my friend, Carra's most recent post, as it really blessed me and I hope it will do the same for you. Visit "Life in the Wilderness" HERE.


We sang the lovely hymn, "God will take care of you" during our home fellowship time today and I just realized how perfectly this hymn goes along with the message that we are not to fear, but rather to rely on God, for He will indeed take care of us. :)






1. Be not dismayed whate'er betide,
God will take care of you;
beneath his wings of love abide,
God will take care of you.

Refrain:
God will take care of you,
through every day, o'er all the way;
he will take care of you,
God will take care of you.

2. Through days of toil when heart doth fail,
God will take care of you;
when dangers fierce your path assail,
God will take care of you.
(Refrain)

3. No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you;
lean, weary one, upon his breast,
God will take care of you.
(Refrain)

Praying for all you who read this to have a wonderful, fearless week ahead of you,
~Cora

Graduation day...

We attended my cousin, Dylan's graduation from high school today. I took a few pictures and thought I'd post them here before I crawl into bed. I didn't take any at the open house, so these will all be from the ceremony.


Dylan is in the front row here, 3rd from the left.

Here Mother is just coming back from getting the rose Dylan gave to her across the railing...

And here's a picture of Dylan with his older brother, Cody. In case you can't tell from the picture, Dylan is VERY tall! (When I congratulated him, I was reminded again of this fact.)

Oh, when I was looking at the pictures I took, I found this one which I got of Andrew at Uncle Duard & Aunt Sharel's (Dylan's parents) house. I had forgotten I took this one... Boys and noise really seem to go well together!

You may be wondering what the other reason was that Andrew wanted to go to Eureka for... Well, to save on words, I'll just show you a picture...

He had bought this bike on-line from a man in Fargo, so our Uncle Ronald (who's from Fargo) brought it to my Bornemann grandparents' house in Eureka today for Andrew. I guess you could say Andrew's happy! He took it for a drive around town before we came home and then also used it to get the milk cows in from pasture. He said that the cows noticed that it was a different bike than what he usually uses and didn't let him get very close to them! I have a feeling that this green giant won't sit around long enough to collect dust--at least until Winter comes. During chores, Andrew told me that he knows one thing for sure. When I asked him what that one thing was, he said, "You won't want to drive my dirt-bike!" The bike is REALLY tall and I was scared the one time I drove Dad's shorter bike, so I'm sure he's right. :)

While we were at Grandpa and Grandma's, we visited a little bit with my cousin's wife, Amanda and their 2 little girls, who had just gotten there a little before us. Jason and Amanda had just recently gotten a puppy and they had him along, so their little girl, Cierra was having fun walking the dog. Actually, we weren't entirely sure who was walking who, as the puppy was about as strong as Cierra was!

Well, that was about all of the excitement of the day for our family.

Happy new week to everyone and to all a good night!