Meals From The Heartland

I found a great opportunity to serve. Meals From The Heartland packages dry food to send to countries like Africa to feed starving families. I was excited to sign myself and the kids up. Jayden told her bible study group and we ended up with a team of 18 people. We invited Jayden's friend Hannah and cousins Jaynie and Rylie. Luke was very sad that he was not old enough to help. We arrived at 5 for a one hour shift. They showed us a quick training video and sent us on our way. We wore gloves and hair nets, had an assembly line at our table, filling bags with dry ingredients, weighing them, sealing, counting, and boxing. It was a great system. Jacob ran the sealing machine and took his job very serious. After about a half an hour we had a good system going and were really moving things along. By the end of our shift, we were smoking fast and nobody wanted to be done. The kids loved it and we all could have stayed longer, however our group had dinner plans. We filled 7 boxes containing 30 bags each. That was 210 meals that feed 6 people prepared in one hour, not too bad. After, our group gathered together at the Golden Coral in Boone for dinner. It was buffet style and I could not help but to feel guilty eating all the enormous amounts of unlimited food. Here in America we gorge ourselves on food, we have such an abundance, there is more food wasted on people's plates than what some countries families get in a day. The dessert bar was layers of cakes, cookies, bars, ice cream, and a fondue chocolate fountain. We are so wasteful and excessive when it comes to food, ugh! Jake was thrilled to get cotton candy, I won't buy it for the kids at carnivals and fairs, but here it was part of the buffet and he was happy.

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Volleyball

Jake went with Karen after school and to the field. My mom, Luke and I went to Jayden’s Volleyball game in Coon Rapids. They played 4 games all losses. They were not having a good serving night and that really hurt them. Still enjoy watching them learn.

Treasures

In the morning we took 3 of our 4 cats to the vet for shots. The 4 th cat decided to wander this morning missing his appointment. On our way out, we passed a rummage sale and stopped. We got some major treasures for next to nothing. The church ladies were so fascinated with Jacob's interest in old radios and televisions. They just adored him and marked the prices way down and gave him some for free. We loaded up on kids books, got some board games, and a few other treasures. Jake ended up with a mini television , an old radio and Polaroid camera. After lunch the boys went straight to the field. My friend Carolyn and her daughter Tabby came to ride horses. What started out to be a chilly day 45, turned out nice and sunny. We had coats on, but it was a great day to ride. We rode through our hay patch and along the waterway near the highway. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Dayton Fun Show

It has been cold and windy for the past week, highs of 45. Today the sun was shinning and it got up to 60. There was one final horse show for the season at the Dayton arena. We took Jayden and Jacob while Luke went with Grammer and Po and was supposed to come later. It was a fun show geared for practice and the kids. Jake did really well on Winnie, he rode in walk and trot, barrels, and poles. He did some loping. Jayden did pleasure, milk can, barrels, poles, and a jumping event. Her horse Tex really jumps high for the jump event. Down in the arena, there was'nt any wind and the sun came out. It made for a nice day.

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