Harvesting grapes

Each year, we watch the deer eat our neighbors grapes.  They never use them, but the deer sure enjoy them!  This year, I thought we should harvest the grapes and use them ourselves.  So, one evening when Mom and Dad were out and it was warm and sunny, I gathered everyone together and we set out on our job.  We had no idea what we were doing, but in the end, we were covered in sticky, sweet, grape, and have 4 five pound bags of grapes.  We froze them and will enjoy them in smoothies!

Thank you Lydia for all your help and for taking the pictures!

And thank you Grant for killing all the spiders! :-)

Mock Bible Bee

Although this was several months ago, I had this post all ready, and thought I might as well post it!  Next summer, if you have the time and would like to do in-depth Bible study, the Bible Bee is definitely worth it!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Last week, we had the opportunity to go to a Mock Bible Bee.  Although we did the BB last year, we thought it would be good practice for Lydia and Grant before the actual competition on August 27th.  So, we packed up all our camping gear and set out for the Mock Bible Bee.  We stayed in our tent, visited some friends, and had a wonderful time.

Lots of studying pays off!  There was a written test, and an oral round, just like the regular competition.

Who knows how many chapters are in 1st Peter?

Ps. 199:10-12

How'd you do?

Merry Christmas!

It's hard to believe, but Christmas is approaching! We are planning a special program this year--Fedewa Family Christmas. If you would like to have us come to your venue during November or December, we would love to join you!  Full of dancing, instruments, Christmas Carols, and Christ as the Reason for the season!

These dates are already taken:

November 17th

December 10th

December 15th

Contact Haley at fedewa4001@comcast.net, or call DeAnna at (517)393-8051 to schedule us for an event!

**Because of our computer failing, in order to get winter-ish pictures, I had to go way back in the archives.  These were before Lydia did all the photography, or I was interested in everything macro.  :~)

Cross Country

This summer is our first year to compete on a cross country team!  I was so excited when I heard that my friend's dad was going to start a team, but never thought that we would be able to be on it since we are so busy.  So far we have competed in three races and have had a wonderful time at each and every one!

Isaiah 40:31 - "But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint."

Hebrews 12:1 - "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us."

Hope Landing {performance}

Last Thursday, we had the opportunity to perform for a very delightful audience at Hope Landing assisted living.  It was wonderfully fun to see the smiles on the resident's faces and get to know more people!  Thanks for inviting us Hope Landing staff!

"For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens." ~ Psalm 96:4-5

New Blog Address

Hello to all our blog readers!  We wanted to let you know we are in the process of changing the address of our blog. 

The knew address will be FedewaFamily.com.

Thank you for all your prayers and support!

Bruce, DeAnna, Haley, Lydia, Grant, Vince, Lance, Noela, and Mirae'

Did you know...

You're unique. (Just like everyone else!)

Sunny Day Performance!

 We had a lovely day to perform at Faith Community Church.

 Mirae thought it was lovely to crawl around outside.

 And Lydia thought it lovely to take pictures.....

 We had a lot of fun with the worship before we performed.

 Daddy preached.

After we finished, Pastor Jeff exhorted all of us children to make sure to thank our parents for passing on their values to us. 

Thank you, Mom and Dad!  We really appreciate all the work you do!  We know it isn't easy...

After the service there was a wonderful potluck.  There was so much delicious food!  And a salad bar...and soda....and dessert!  They even had cheesecake (my favorite!). 

This performance was special in that we got to see Maggie too.  She is our friend from TeenPact, and we don't see each other very much because she lives so far away.

 We passed around babies, but Mirae objected.  (Only when she was hungry.  Everyone else got to eat!)

 Little Thomas let me hold him for a while though.  Doesn't he have the cutest eyelashes?

Thank You Lord, for working through us!  Thank you for the wonderful weather, a wonderful meal, and a fun performance!

Summer...

Is warm!  We don't have air, and therefore, love our pool.  Who wouldn't?

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.   He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.  Psalm 23:1-1

P.S.  Stay tuned for a performance post!

Noah: One Year Old

Noah is our little cousin.

He's a cutie, isn't he?

We got to celebrate his first birthday recently, and it was a blast!  He wasn't sure what was going on, but he loved the attention!

He loved the water too!  You couldn't keep him away from it!

Owen on the other hand, preferred his daddy to be there.  We get to celebrate his birthday this month!

Then came the cake.

He really liked that!

He had it all over him before he was done!

Owen was a little more conservative.  One bite at a time!

Happy Birthday little guy!  We love you!  God bless you with many more!