Names and Ages!

I think we've just about got a photo of everyone on the blog now but, if your wondering at all, here are all the names and ages of everyone:

Stephen (Dad) Deborah (Mum)

Tom (Thomas) 24, Joe (Joseph) 23, Rhiannon 21, Jacob (JED) 17, Isaac (Ike) 15,

Zachariah (Zac) 14, Charis 13, Jared (JIM) 11,  Liberty 10, Talitha 8,

Nathanael (Nat) 6, Magdalene 5, Berea 3, Aaron (ABE) 1 year old yesterday!

And there you go! That's everyone...so far!

God Bless,
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POSTED BY CHARIS

Hair cut time guys!

6/11/12
(We seem to be getting a little behind with posts at the moment! Sorry about that!)

Hello again, 
Finally the guys decided that their hair was just a little bit too long. They must have looked in the mirror a little bit more closely last time! So they all went to Mum's hair dressers to have it trimmed and sorted out. 
If you noticed in some of the pictures when we were on holiday you can see just how long it really was! 
Joe had the longest out of all the boys but Zac got very close to winning. 

Below: Joe's before photos
Mum and Joe

Below: Joe's after photo
Any better?...

Overall we all think that Mum did a very good job to say that she had never cut hair that long before. 
Here are some photos of all the guys 'after' pictures.

Above: Zac. 

Below: In hair order L-R.  Joe, Ike, Tom, Jed & Zac!!!!!!

God Bless, 
All of us!

POSTED BY CHARIS

Thanksgiving Day...

22/11/12

Hi Y'all!

This year we decided to do something a little different and celebrate Thanksgiving. We never have before so we thought that we'd give it a try and see how it works out. 
Cooking a big roast dinner as you already know, takes quite some time so JED and Rhiannon started preparing the Turkey and some of the basics to the veg the day before so that we'd have a little less work to do on the day. 

Below: JED and Zac preparing the Turkey.

Above: Rhiannon serving.

For dessert we had Fruits of the Forest Cheesecake, along with Mississippi Mud Pie, KeyLime Pie served with plenty of whipped double cream. Yummy! We were all too full to manage the Apple Pie with custard too! 

Below: JED and Tom

Above: JIM and Tom.

Below: Joe, and Zac

Above: Zac won the competition of the most food on one plate.

Yes he did manage to eat it all!

Below: Yup, we did manage to be all sitting at the table together to eat 
and enjoy each others company!

Above: Oh dear! It's such a good job that our Mum loves to clear up!

Then after cleaning up the food, in the afternoon we decided to have a family photo shoot. It took ages to get everyone together and then all smiling looking at the same camera! When the boys turn came round for their picture it was time that Aaron wanted to go to sleep too so that was another challenge.

God bless you all,
Happy Thanksgiving!

The Shepherds
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POSTED BY CHARIS