pokagon state park

We went to pokhagon state park and really enjoyed it. The temp was a little cool however the Potawatami Inn was nice and clean. We went fishing at the pond near the inn and caught catfish. We rented a paddle boat on the lake. The picture is of Lake James.

summer ending

The summer is quickly ending. School starts this week for some people. My kids start on August 24th. The summer flew by. This week you can see star showers. Should be neat. I will have to put down more posts.

Baby Chicks

We got 12 chicks last Thursday. 2 roosters and 10 hens. There are 6 yellow chicks and 6 brown/black speckled chicks. The breeds are

Buff Orpington and Silver Laced Wyondotte. There was a mix up though and we might have different breed mixed into that. Will be interesting to see how the chicks grow. So far in 5 days they already have feathers on their wings. We bought a 45 gallon container at WalMart then got a waterer as you can see in the picture along with a feeder. They are growing well. We are keeping them in our dining room.

Where's Obama

I was at church yesterday eating lunch with my 4 year old son on my lap and he asks me out of the blue "Is Obama here?" I told him that he was not and the person sitting next to me got a kick out of that. I wonder what made my 4 year old ask that question.
I pray for Obama that he can have strength in office. I am disappointed though in him taking the Mexico City policy out of effect. That now allows the US to pay for abortions overseas. Clinton did the same thing when he was in office. I am not against Obama just his policies. I will continue to pray for him.

Thanksgiving

We were at my mom's this past Thanksgiving and took some time to play football. I decided to play in the full gear hurting my wife's elbow with the helmet so then I took it off. Thanksgiving is a great time of year. Went to my mom's then the next night to Deana's parents then my nana's on Saturday. Played football a couple times. As I think what I am most thankful for there are many things I am thankful for family, faith, job, healthy, etc. The most important thing I have though is my salvation through Jesus Christ. Someday all the other things will be gone, Jesus though will last forever.

Hummingbird eating from feeder

I was at Turkey Run State Park this year and they had hummingbirds eating from the feeders. Really neat. That inspired my family and I to buy a hummingbird feeder on our way home. We stopped at Lafayette Meijer and bought one for around $8. We have tried this before and never saw one eat from it however this year we have seen a couple. The past week they have really been feeding from it. Here is a picture of a hummingbird eating from it. If anyone has any ideas on how to keep hummingbirds coming back let me know.

Blueberry Festival 5K run, Ply

On Monday, September 1st, Josh, Jonell, and I started the month off with a 5K run in Plymouth, IN at the Blueberry festival. Josh ran the race for his 2nd time and won his age bracket with a time of 21:42 and he got either 41st or 42nd overall and he won a prize. Jonell ran her first race and did a good job with a time of 33:10. I ran the race for my 3rd time. Josh was sick once and could not run with me. I ran it at 27:29. It was good weather. My legs by the end of the day hurt more than the previous races. I am getting older and next year I move into the next age group of 35 to 39. You can check out results at the following link: results.active.com.
Here are some pictures of the race: