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  • Luke is Legal

    Good Morning from a stormy Knolltop. It’s been raining all morning and last check of the rain gauge shows nearly 4 inches!

    Luke is officially legal to drive now! He passed his drivers test, we went to the Secretary of State’s office and go this license and now he can drive! I’m not old enough to have two drivers in the family!

    From Sarah’s comment left yesterday they sound like they are having way too much shopping fun without me. Grandma is probably still recovering for all that shopping and will be too exhausted to go today with me! Of course anyone who knows Grandma knows that she can out shop the best of ’em! My sister and I would go shopping with her and by 1 pm, we were dragging through the mall and she was still full of vim and vigor!

    Did I mention we had another set of twins the other day? Both heifers this time. That makes our third set this spring! They are the cutest things!

    Better get going so I can horn in on Sarah’s fun!

  • Another Driver

    Good Morning from a cloudy Knolltop!

    Today I will gain another licensed driver! Luke and I are headed to Adrian for his drivers test and then to the Secretary of State’s office for the other test and then hopefully, he will pass and be legal and everything!

    But before that I’ve got way too much to get done and you know why? Because SARAH refuses to come home and help me out! Instead she and Grandma are flitting about the outlet mall WITHOUT me! Tomorrow all the fun will end, I’m coming to get you Sarah!

    One more thing, I added another blog. Java Girl’s World is a blog written by my BFF Nancy from my childhood. She is one of those friends who you share a lot of memories with and as the years have gone by we still keep in touch. Take a look at her blog!

    Better head out!

  • Kissing Shirts

    Good Morning from an overcast Knolltop.

    I’ve been busting at the seams to share this with you. Yesterday I received a package in the mail from Shady Knoll, a retired farmwife who comments on this blog. Back when I was writing about the milk promotion shirts like “Milk Drinkers are Better lovers” she posted a comment telling me that she had some milk t-shirts that she would send to me.

    Yesterday I received the shirt and a kind note! I immediately told JW to put it on so I could take a picture of it to share here.


    JW decided to pose for the camera….cute huh?

    I took a few pictures, but accidentally deleted a couple of them from the camera, so these are the only two left.

    Isn’t that awesome? Don’t you wish you had one of these shirts? I think I’ll get some made up for the kids to use as show shirts at the summer show! Not that I want them running around kissing people, but I think they are great shirts. THANKS Shady Knoll!

    Last night Grandma came down for Jake’s game and we traveled to Litchfield. They lost. Bummer. Now Sarah went home with Grandma and I’m without one of my helpers! I actually had to do the breakfast dishes this morning! SARAH! COME HOME! 🙂

  • A new project across the road!

    Well, it’s a sunny/cloudy almost afternoon here on the Knolltop!
    I’ve had more phone calls and interruptions this morning that I’m near noon posting on this blog!
    Bobby and I attended our first school board meeting last night: Big Mistake. We thought there was going to controversy about a situation, so we went to show support for the good guys, BUT the bad guys didn’t show up! So needless to say there was no controversy even though at one point I thought I was in the middle of a Jerry Springer show with everyone talking at once. Because the board president wasn’t quick enough on the draw to stop all the passionate conversations that we happening all at once, I yelled out,”Hey, everyone needs to stop talking all at once, I feel like I’m at a Jerry Spring show, one person at a time please!”
    Silence ensued and everyone went back to remembering their manners while Bobby hid his head in embarrassment! Oh well, I just had to say it!
    Now we will move on to another happening, our roofing project!

    See those guys? Way up there?

    There’s a little closer.

    And closer yet. These guys were up there walking around, acting as if they were walking on solid ground! I was amazed!
    This guy was fearless! I couldn’t believe how he just went up and worked without any fear at all.
    And one of the Jerseys enjoyed watching the whole process that was happening on the ground while the roofing project was happening. She stood there like this the whole time while being milked.
    And now we have a new roof!

  • Sunny Monday Morning!

    Good Monday Morning from a very sunny, very beautiful knolltop!
    Luke and Dewey, otherwise known as Lewey, have left to rake hay, they plan on baling this afternoon. Dewey spent the night last night, he’s practically family. At least I put him to work like family!
    JW is out fixing fence, Sarah is doing dishes and Jake just got done folding laundry….yes, the little slaves are working their fingers to the bone!

    Jake’s birthday celebration last week. We had magic candles on the cake…what a hoot!
    The new barn roof is coming along nicely! I can’t wait until it’s all finished. I will take pictures when it’s done.
    Jake worked with his 4-H heifer, LaFonduh Saturday night. I’m not sure about his technique.
    Jake and Sarah learning how to load hay from Gramps!

    Saturday we all went different directions, Luke was mowing hay, JW was selling flowers for FFA, Bobby was home taking care of things here, while I went to my folks to get some hay. Then that evening, JW went to Tera Koebel’s open house, Luke went to a bowling party and Bobby, Jake, Sarah and I went for ice cream…then I collapsed!

    Sunday was much better with a nap in the sun after church.

    Now we’re back running again, full force!

  • Happy Birthday Jake!

    It’s a cloudy kind of rainy morning on the Knolltop!

    And it’s JAKE’S BIRTHDAY!

    Twelve years ago today at 7:45 am, I gave birth to Jacob Warren Hart and it was the best birth ever. Why? It was the only one I had DRUGS for! The other three kids were all natural and after I had Jake I kicked myself for not doing drugs for the first three! It was so easy laying there having contractions and not feeling them. OHHHHH it was so nice!

    Anyway, Jake had his breakfast of choice this morning, French Toast and later today he will have a friend over. We’ll have chocolate cake and ice cream and open presents.

    He also has a game tonight, if it doesn’t get rained out!

    They boys are still working on the hay mower, it’s a good thing it’s going to rain!

  • Heavenly Baseball

    Good Morning from a cloudy and about to rain any minute Knolltop!

    My day is getting away from me! All day yesterday I thought I would post on this blog, but I’ve had computer issues again so I found myself trying to play catch up!

    Last night I had a dairy leaders meeting but they had to go on without their secretary, I had a baseball game to attend!

    And today I’m playing dispatcher again. I’m not very good at it either. I wish I had a better memory, there are things that just go in one ear and out the other…that is not a good thing when you’re a mom! I’m hoping it will get better with age….maybe?

    The boys are busy getting the baler and mower ready to go, it’s slow going, they keep getting interrupted with work requests. But they love tinkering with all that equipment!

    Oh, yes, Jake’s game report. They won! Jake pitched and had a great game batting! They will play the same team tomorrow night.

    I have one Jake story to relate before I end this post. Monday night we had a storm blow through. There were tornado watches out, but not knowing the degree of seriousness, Jake was worried. Playing cards with Sarah and I, Jake got real somber and I asked him what was wrong.

    “I’m afraid the tornado is going to come through and kill us.”

    I replied, “Well, do you know where you’ll go if you die? Heaven or Hell?”

    Jake said, “Yeah, I’m going to heaven.”

    I replied, “Then if you’re sure you’re going to heaven when you die, what are you afraid of? There is no fear when you know you have a relationship with Jesus and you’re headed to heaven.”

    Jake said, “Well…sob..whimper….whimper…….I wanted to play more baseball.”

    With that I reached over and gave him a big hug, trying not to bust out laughing and assured him, “God is building a special place just for you Jake, it even says that in His Word. And he knows exactly what you like and I bet he might even have a baseball diamond in your spot in heaven!”

    Pretty soon the whimpering stopped and we resumed our game of “Spoons.” By the way, I lost.

  • Good Monday Morning!

    Good Morning from a rainy Knolltop!

    Everyone is good here, I’m a little late this morning, haven’t even had breakfast yet. Since we’ve been out of school, I’m not in a rush to get back into the house. So everything is a little late.

    So, since I have to cook I think I’ll post some pictures instead.

    Jake was tormenting the girls on Memorial Day.

    Can you tell what this is?
    A birds nest! The orange color woven throughout the nest is orange twine from the hay bales. Even birds find binder twine useful in their homes!
    JW played a few melodies on his guitar while we sat by the fire on Memorial Day weekend. He didn’t know I was taking this picture, otherwise he wouldn’t have cooperated!


    What’s a holiday without a friendly game of football. JW, Luke and Jake with their friends Zach, the little one and Dewey the other big boy.

    Now that breakfast is over, I’ve got bunches to do!
    Later!

  • Last day of School!

    Good Morning from a sunny Knolltop!

    Bobby and I just got home from the school where they had the elementary awards ceremony. Jake got a presidential award….sounds so impressive doesn’t it?

    The kids have a half day of school today and then they are done for the summer!!!! I think we’ll mow this afternoon and get on some planting tasks. They don’t know that yet!

    Jake has a game tonight and then Luke has basketball practice. What a schedule, it never ends!

  • Baseball games and awards

    I’ve been trying for an hour to write on this blog….but haven’t been too successful, so hopefully I can get it done now!

    Good Morning from a sunny Knolltop. Wait, I’ve got to go make a cup of coffee! There, that’s better, now I can write.

    Yesterday we went up to Jake’s field day, they played games and had a lot of fun, I took a couple of pictures that I will share.

    On Monday night we had the sports banquet where the boys were honored. Luke earned his varsity letter, as a freshman and since JW earned his as a freshman too, this year he received a pin to put on his varsity jacket. Now Luke will have to get a varsity jacket! Jake was the manager of the team and got a certificate too!


    Then last night Jake was supposed to have his first game but the Waldron team didn’t show, so they scrimmaged the Pony League team. Nonetheless I took some pictures of Jake pitching!
    When the scrimmage was over, Dad and son went over every detail because….well….that’s just what those two do!