We Honor Our Veterans

To the Veterans in our lives and to those we have never met...

Thank you for your service to this country.

Greater love hath no man than this,

that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

Tom Pollock (Our Dad and Pappa)

~Army~ Sailors of the USS Colhoun

~Navy~Navy~ ~Air Force~ ~Navy~

~Air Force~

~Army~ ~Marines~

~Navy~

~Marines~

Freedom comes with a price,
But can only be gained,
When good men will settle for nothing less,
and be willing to die for it.

On this earth, keeping our freedom will always be a struggle,
But there is one Freedom that we cannot strive for.
That freedom only comes through the shed blood of Jesus Christ,
the victor over sin and death.

For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23

Matt's 6th Birthday Party

Time for.....

PATROL

(Cousin) Matt decided to have a military (patrol) party since that is his
favorite thing to do with Gabriel and the littles.

Cake Lady Liv was chosen to make the cake.

This one was one of her favorites to make.

(The cup and paper on the table inside the barracks, are made out of play dough)

Finished (minus the tank coming up the hill, added later.)

We're Ready...


The were divided into four teams.

The teams had to go to each post where a flag was and do what the instructions commanded.

You had to stay at that post until the mission was completed.

Each member of the team had to complete the task.

This command was....

1. Run to the end of the field.

2. Fill your cup with water.

3. Run back without spilling it.

4. Drink it all without using your hands.

(It was harder than it sounds.)

Liv checking on how the other troops are progressing.

This was the last flag before going to the swampy woods.Here comes headquarters.

After all the commands were accomplished, the troops were to head to the swamp.

Their mission was to find 26 of their POWs and bring them home safe.

(The day before we had hid 26 army men of 4 different colors, one for each team, in the swamp.)

They had an hour to find them all and return home.

The team with the most rescued POW's wins.

This task was not easy!! It took determination and obedience to the voice of each troop's Sargent.

They also needed to be able to keep the whereabouts of the

POW's hidden from the other troops.

I think he's on to something.

The X represents that within 10 feet of the X, is where the Prisoner camp is.

"Must be here, somewhere, but where?!"

(Even with the X, it was difficult.)

Another clue

It's getting dark, so hunting will be much harder.

The yellow flies were attacking on all sides, but at least we only saw one

Cotton Mouth Moccasin.

(The gators stayed in the water.)

Looking high and low.

"Hurry! Time is running out."

The birthday boy at the end of the patrol.

"Good job soldier."

Time is now up and the troops are heading in.

Just plain tuckered out!!

There were two teams that found 22 POW's.

The tiebreaker is.....

First to untie the 8 knots in the rope, wins.

(It was between Gabriel and Liv's team. Liv's team won by a hair (or a knot):)

(Aunt Lee, Haley and Sommer.)

Sam

Sam has discovered the edible trees.
Thanks Matt, Aunt Mary and Uncle Jimbo.

It was a great "Patrol" Party.

Can't wait for the next one.

The Gang

Service With A Smile

It was an honor to serve our Mother and Grandmother on the family workday.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home,

and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

I Tim. 5:4

I'm glad this was only the shed and not the house."Yep, this is gonna be a long WORKday."
Lots of diligent workers for lots of hours.Much needed tools.Making progress.
There's now plenty of firewood for our loooong winter, ha ha.
Cut and drag,
Cut and drag,
Don't stop now,
No time to lag.

Dad has the great idea of pushing all the brush instead of dragging.
(This turned hours into a few minutes.)
Service with a (serious) smile:)

What, no java in hand?!?
"Nope, I exchanged it for a wagon, but have no fear, it's only temporary."
:)
We can always count on the "Secret Garden Gal" to make everything
look spiffy.Still Cutting.
Our special visitor puts on a show for lunch.
Jon cleaning out all the "survivors" in the shed,
while his little friend flies by to see the progress.

Still cutting, but on a much smaller scale.

The littles worked diligently.
Some of these weeds they are pulling are briars.

One of the "Merry Maids".

The wagon needs a refill.

(Before they started, you couldn't even get through here.)

She's really not hiding, but pulling weeds, really.

I don't think this needs a caption, but if need be....here goes.

(Liv Mowing)

We love you Mom and Granny so much.

These verses speak to us about you:

Prov. 31:10-31 (You are a virtuous woman.)

Ephesians 5:2 (A sweetsmelling savor.)

Psalm 1:1-2 (You meditate day and night on God's Word.)

What a Godly example you are to your family.

Thank you.