“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.”
Proverbs 18:22
We are so excited for them and cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for their future family! The wedding will be held on December 23rd in Sarah’s hometown of Alturas, Florida. 🙂
On the first of September, for Labor Day Weekend, our family went on a camping trip.
It’s so wonderful living on 200 acres! You practically have your own national forest! 😀
Helping Daddy set up camp! 🙂
Preparing the tent.
If you are a member of the Discher family, you must bring your instrument!
Heartbreak! <3
Daddy enjoying the songs.
These two are like two peas in a pod.
The happy camper prepares breakfast!
Kitchen help! .
Kitty, her eyes “as blue as the sea on a summer’s day!”
MMM… Sarah and Rose made breakfast!
During the first week of September, Michael’s sister, his brother-in-law , and two brothers visited.
One day, we picnicked at Dawt Mill
Patiently waiting for lunch.
Beautiful flowers at the Mill!
Hello, you fine fellows!
Lovely!
Julia and Brian.
Then we went swimming! 🙂
Wow… What a face!
Emma dug herself a little “cave home”.
Resting.
Matching swim girls!
I love this picture of Grace!
Crawford family dairy on the way home.
Haybales in a neighbouring field.
One night Esther and Rg came out for awhile.:) We are so excited about their little one coming in March!
While Julia was here we had a Girls day out in Branson!
We visited a few shops, ate lunch and had a jolly good time of it!
That’s the truth.
Kitty found her entire Desert Rose Tea Set!
Benches are such obliging things!
Where to next, dears?
The taffy shop, of course!
How much do you want for the whole barrel?
Restocking our candy supplies.
We stopped at little ice cream shop!
On the 15th, Emma Jane turned seven. We had her and Paul’s party that night.
The birthday cuties.
Kitty and Darling Ellie!
Blow!
Wuv…
And finally, on September 21st, 2013, Gracie entered into a courtship with Dylan Underwood.
Grace met Dylan in July at the Soveriegn Grace Youth Camp. They were both counselors, and had many things in common. Since then, we have been seeing much of their family. Dylan is a wonderful man of God and we are very excited to see what the Lord will do through this relationship! 🙂
Of course Rose was peeking out the window, Michael was taking a glance here and there and I was nobly taking pictures for the rest of the family since they weren’t here for the big event 😉
There are two tradtions in our family when a courtship begins. One, the couple has their picture taken in front of the fireplace (notice the lovely necklace – a gift from Dylan). And two, the couple goes milk the cows together at least once! 😉
Some of our Autumn harvest!
Aha! Now you know the reason for the interesting Blog Title! 😀
In all seriousness,though. Please pray for our family as we go through this season of change. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by!
Markie
Hello friends and neighbors!
This year has just flown by! It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost over!
For the Discher family, August consisted mainly of everyday life, but there were a few exciting incidents that I will be highlighting. Hope y’all enjoy!
We were blessed to be able to pick two apple, a pear and two white peach trees!
Emma Janey was toothless most of August!
Our Jersey heifer with a dislocated hip gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl one rainy day!
Rose and Emma with the new calf, Mercy.
One evening after a storm, the entire property was golden! I felt like I was in Narnia! This is the last of the glorious sunset that night.
Daddy’s birthday was the 10th of August. He wanted to go to the creek for a picnic. So that is what we did. 🙂
Daddy with his bunch of fresh picked grapes!
Some ate.
Some swam..
While others threw rocks across the water, seeing how drenched they can get their opponents.
Splash!
Time for revenge!
A truce was called. We really are great friends!
Swim time’s over!
On the way home we surveyed our domains. Oh wait. That’s not ours.
Bible time with Daddy!
On the 17th, our friends, the Paynes, hosted a Law and Liberty tour with Mark Rushdoony, Bojidar Marinov, and Dr. Paul Michael Raymond. Grace and I were blessed to stay at the Paynes, help them prepare for the conference and serve these well known speakers. The conference went really well and I hope many were blessed by it!
On the 25th we went to Ms Mandi’s (our Pastor’s wife) house for her housewarming party.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
Telling stories.
Titus 2 women!
“Hand the clothespin over,Em!”
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”~ Charles Dickens
Emily and I. 🙂
“Left foot, right foot.
Feet, feet, feet.
Oh how many feet you meet.”
And finally, the most exciting event of the month! On August 29th, 2013 Kitty entered into a courtship with a family friend of many years. Benjamin Tombstone! Umm.. I mean Graves! 😀
Back to seriousness.
Ben came to visit in June and asked Daddy’s permission. Daddy said to wait for a couple months, and he did! 🙂
Click the picture to link to his June visit.
I hope y’all enjoyed this blogpost as much as I enjoyed putting it together! How did you spend your Summer? Tell me all about it in your comments! 😀
God bless y’all!
Markie
Here are some pictures from Ben’s visit to us in June. We all had a blast with him while he was here, and are looking forward to his next visit! 🙂
Stopped by Bass Pro since we were already in Springfield.
My dear Sarah.
Bored in the car? Take pictures! Those are some very unique faces.
Singing at the nursing homes.
Homeward bound!
Planting corn.
Ambushing Rose and her tube.
Victorious!
At Farmer’s Market!
Love this picture of Market!
Examining a cactus flower. Notice the gloves. 😉
Ben made us some Fruit Pizza! Delicious!
On Sunday after Church we went to the Cotter Spring.
Emma Janey loves to sit on the shore and throw rocks!
Rosie and Ben skipping rocks.
Daww.
At the Ava Drugstore on the way back to Springfield..
Bye, Ben!
Greetings, friends and family!
Since it is nearing the end of July, I have decided to give y’all an overview of what our month was like. 🙂
Here goes.. Farmer’s Market, processing vegetables, meeting with the Saints on Sunday… I’m just kidding. We did a little more than that. 🙂
There are some pictures to prove it. 😉
We only have a few pictures from the 4th, but here goes!
After singing at our monthly nursing homes, we swung by McDonald’s and got some drinks before heading on to the lake for a picnic and swim. 🙂
Cuties sipping a shake!
All dressed up in our 4th garb!
The lake..
Mama Mia!
Michael enjoying the peace and serenity that is to be found at the water.
Smile!
Lovely!
Enjoying the evening!
Kitty decided she missed Winter..
Our family.. Excluding Peter who was in Florida.
On the 5th of July, Mama, along with Kitty, Grace, Rose and the little ones went to Georgia for the funeral of Mama’s Uncle, who passed away suddenly.
It was such a blessing for those that went to his memorial service. They were inspired by his godly and joyful life. He lived life to the fullest – for His King! Aunt Jeanne (Grandmamma’s sister) is a strong woman of God who has placed all of her trust in her Saviour.
Some of the Harris cousins!
Mama’s Aunt Jeanne and Uncle Biff last year.
The blackberries are always ripe in the month of July! We went down one day and picked! 🙂
Picking blackberries!
Diligent Rosie Posie!
Mmm!! So thankful for delicious berries!
He loves to help!
Acquired by the sweat of the brow and the blood of the hands. 😀
Last week Mama, Grace and I attended the Sovereign Grace Fellowship Youth Camp!
Mama and Gracie were counselors, while I went as a camper:)
Camp is finally here! 😀
Mrs Pokorny was a counselor, too!
Dressed up for Western Theme night!
Dancing!
I was honored to receive the best costume award. 🙂
Grace quickly made friends with other young counselors!
Livy batting at Cabbage Ball!
Hunter takes his turn!
Sliding into base!
Putt Putt Golf.
Mama and I.:)
Dear friends!
Chess,
ping pong,
and conversations were all part of lunch hour!
More friends! 🙂
Archery!
Place your arrows,
and shoot at will!
Group singing..
The Red team! 😀
There were so many wonderful counselors!
It was an honor to meet and sit under the teaching of Pastor Jeff Pollard during the week. His messages were excellent!
It was such an exciting first time at Camp, and I can’t wait ’till next year! 😀
Thanks for stopping by, y’all! 😀
Markie
Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful parents we could ask for! We children are so thankful for a father and mother who honour the Lord with their substance, who trust Him in the hard times and good, and who are diligent in training up their children in the way of the Lord!
July 11th, 1987
Four years, four kids later. 🙂
26 years together. <3
“But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.” Mark 10:6-8
We love y’all, Mama and Daddy!
Love,
Kitty, Sarah, Grace, Peter, Markie Rose, Emma, and Paul
Hello again, my friends! Like I promised, here is chapter two of “And we’re back”! 🙂
We had homemade poundcake and homegrown strawberries for Mother’s Day Dessert Sunday night. (Peter picked the daisies for Mama and Grandmama)
This is about half of what we were getting every day while our strawberries were producing in early May. 🙂
Evelyn Grace Frodge was born on May 11th, 2013! We are so blessed to have another adorable cousin!
♫Raindrops on Roses..♫
Granddaddy milked with me one morning. Sweet times. <3
The day before Granddaddy and Grandmama headed home, the Miller Children came to spend the night! It was so nice to spend time with our cousins, especially since Grandmama and Granddaddy were there! 😀
I love all these people so much!
We had Rose’s 12th birthday ceremony that night.
Rose, Joey, and Rachel’s birthday party!
Spring Art..
Playing Flies and Grounders with the Miller kids and Granddaddy!
My beautiful mother and loving grandparents!
Cuties!
Love this picture of the daisies in the water!
After swimming. 🙂
Beautiful flowers!
~May, 2013~
On Thursday, the 23rd of May, Grandmama and Granddaddy left the beautiful, rolling hills of the Missouri and headed back to Florida. I journeyed with them to visit for a couple weeks. While I was gone, my family picked cherries one day at a friend’s house.
These boys are picking with the thought of hot cherry pie for dessert in their minds!
Mark came out and helped!
Tree monkey one,
Tree monkey two..
Cherries are one of daddy’s favorite fruits!
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Smile, mama!
Mr Pomeroy is happy that all his cherries can be put to good use!
Pitting cherries and watching old movies!
Thankful for more fruit!
Love the hat, Kitty!
Happy with your hamburger, Grace?
Memorial day dinner.
MMM.. That’s good!
Sarah’s so happy that Michael moved here!
Hurry up and take the picture, I’m hungry!
What are you staring at?
Almost 26 years together. <3
“Now the sun is sinking
In the golden west…”
So long, my friends!
May the Lord bless y’all!
Markie
Greetings friends and family!
My apologies for being so neglectful of our poor readers! The tail end of April and entire month of May were excitingly, busy! So much so that I have not had time to post.
For this post, I’ll just give y’all an update of what’s been happening lately. 🙂
The 27th of April had finally come! But what was so special about this day, you ask? It was the day our family had invited friends and acquaintances out to try their test at poetry reading. Unfortunately, like most of our other parties, we were rained out! Well, why let a good party go to waste? A few close friends came out and we had a game night and played music instead! 😀
Samantha and her beautiful baby!
Playing Uno!
Talking of the upcoming film shoot.. 😀
Rosie makes everyone laugh!
The Banjo men.
Music, and friends to share it with. 🙂
Rg was able to join us for the evening! 🙂
Mrs Woods and Haley enjoy the music and fellowship!
Taking a break..
Hey! Being a host is exhausting! 😉
The second week of May was the long awaited CHEF/ Family Economics conference! 😀
Peter was not able to go, due to his work. We missed him, but were thankful that he milked the cows! 🙂
Headed up to St Louis! Neither of them look very enthused, do they?
We stayed with the Saffas this year. Our family was so blessed by their loving hospitality during our stay at their home!
Taking notes..
Mr Swanson is Mama’s favorite speaker.
It was good to get to know the Shultz family better!
We were so excited to see the Buries there!
Rose enjoyed spending time with the Saffa girls.
The boys making ham for Mother’s Day breakfast.
The Landry family. 🙂
Sweet times of fellowship.
We were so happy that quite a few families from our church could come this year. 🙂
We were blessed to have Grandmama and Granddaddy at the conference! 🙂
The Ball..
Brother and sister dancing.
Squares of four.
Dancing with my sister!
It’s so fun to see all the costumes!
The weekend after the CHEF conference was our performance at Silver Dollar City. I apologize for the bad quality of the pictures. They were all taken with an ipod.
On our way to perform in the Silver Dollar City Single Mic Competition!
They’re so cute together!
Peter and Paul in the boat.
Grace and Kitty.
Our friends the Halls entertaining folks with their music.
Sweet..
Having fun!
Oh No! There’s four of them!
I am so blessed to have a brother like Pete!
All pepped up for a ride!
As a child, Kitty was infatuated with cowboys and nutcrackers. She finally found the perfect combination..
Smile!
Watching the blowing of the glass.
“Paul, it’s the end. Say bye!!”
Thanks for stopping by, y’all!
Come back soon for part 2!
God Bless,
Markie
Comments would make me happy! 🙂
This past weekend we took a camping trip as a family out by our creek. It was very relaxing, and fun! 😀 All the pictures were taken with the iPod since the camera was indisposed.
Enjoy!
The campsite
Preparing Dinner.
Mmmm… Food!
Papa enjoys the fire.
Laughing at Grace reading Hank the Cowdog.
It’s morning and we’re going to explore God’s creation!
♫Going hiking, going hiking..♫
Emmy picks flowers
Mother and Daughter
The dogwoods are blooming!
Rose Pose.
Lambie joins the troop.
I’m happy to have my two wandering sisters home again! 😉
Mother
Little wood elf.
Another lovely wood lady.
Compliments of Sarah. 🙂
Well, hello!
Aw!
Dogwoods and guns..
My beautiful eldest sister!
Eight Discher children..and a lamb. 🙂
Resting on a fallen log.
Sweet big brother.
Lovely view from one of the trails!
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.”
Psalms 121:1-2
See y’all next time!
Feel free to comment!
The month of March was definitely interesting weather-wise! We had beautiful sunshine, eight inches of snow, and lovely Spring flowers and blossoms all within a matter of two weeks!
We took advantage of the snow to build snow families, go sledding and take lovely photoshoots! 😀
Mother with her Hot Cocoa enjoying the snow!
Getting ready to sled down the hill!
We created a snow family and their campsite! (If you zoom in you can see one or two of them holding marshmallows.)
And away they go!
Our snowman, Gramps, ended up being over 7 ft tall.
Deciding whether to knock the poor innocent snowbaby down or to leave him standing!
And now we are sucked into the world of fiction. Once you pass the line below, you will encounter characters you may very well know!
The lovely Maid Marian reminisces her times with Robin.
Princess Adelina earnestly beseeching her Lord in prayer.
Flora McDonald rejoices at Charlie’s escape!
Lady Arwen waits patiently for her Aragorn.
“You may kiss my hand.”
Maidens in the snow.
Well, here is Queen Lucy traveling to visit Mr. Tumnus!
And we are thrown back into the present!
It’s two weeks later and we have a Spring photoshoot!
Our lamb, leg-o-lamb. He is convinced Emma is his mother. 🙂
Emma Jane in her pretty Resurrection Sunday dress.
Love this shot of the baby goat!
The chief among many flowers.
I love my sisters!
Sarah’s goat kids, Iris and Orchid. 😀
Apple Blossoms! <3
I hope y’all enjoyed the pictures! Feel free to comment!
Au Revoir!
Markie
Well, we almost made it yesterday. Do you think we should try and make a run for it again today?
Sounds good.
O.K. Then. On the count of three we rush the fence.
One—–two—–thr……
Every year since we have been in Missouri, our family has attended the Man’s Advance in St Louis. While the men are advancing the Kingdom of God through lectures and studying the Word of God, the ladies share fellowship and tea. On Saturday night there was a family dinner and concert afterwards.
We stayed with our good friends the Hamanns while we were there. They are always so hospitable!
It was an incredibly blessed time in St Louis! We were able to spend time with our many friends and also meet new ones!
Since the men of our family do not take pictures, there are not many of the actually Advance, but I hope you enjoy the ones we do have!
Mr Serven and Mr Swanson were the speakers for the Advance this year.
Mrs McDonald gave us ladies a wonderful lecture on Saturday afternoon!
Meeting new friends…
Catching up with old friends! We loved seeing the Thomases again!
Cute little girls all around at the tea!
We were happy the Paynes could make it this year!
It was a pleasure to meet the Huffman ladies!
Beautiful Darby!
Meiling is a doll!
My dear Papa!
Nathan Clark George and his brother sang at the family dinner on Saturday night.
Covenant Family Church Young Men’s Choir prepared a few stirring hymns for the audience!
Rose shot this picture of Cody. He looks surprised!
Michelle and Kitty!
The young men converse about the lectures from the day.
Melanie Thomas, lovely as ever!
Since there was about 8″ of snow on the ground, there had to be a fight! 😀
Papa really enjoyed catching up with Mr England.
My dear friend, Gloria.
Peter shews his silly side..
Gracelynne and Rose are great friends!
Conversation.
Isabella!
Mama talking to Mr Swanson.
Mrs Hamann very expressively using her hands.
It was so nice to see Allison again! 😀
If y’all would like to see more pictures of the Advance itself, please visit Pastor Serven’s blog.
http://covenantfamilychurch.net/pastors-blog/
Thanks for stopping by! Don’t be shy to comment! 😉
Markie
We got a Winter Storm!! 😀
There was some beautiful ice art!
The cows looked hilarious with their long, shaggy, ice covered hair!
Sledding!
These two loved it!
I was warm and cozy! 😀
Kitty’s eyes are so blue in this picture!
This was so much fun!!
Vannah joined us. 😀
Whee!!!!
Cuties!
Lovely Rose leaves coated with ice.
Precious cousins!
And away we go!!!
Markie
This past Saturday our good friends, the Landry’s, invited the Church family out to their house for a Valentine’s Party!
“There was love all around..”
Fellowship
Annie and Kim
Hannah, one of our lovely Hostesses.
“Then there was music and wonderful roses…”
Us girls, and coffee! 😀
There was a fun little game for all the married couples to participate in. It was very amusing to watch!
Mrs Landry, our beautiful hostess!
Fun and laughter!
Mr Landry reads some questions.
A view from upstairs.
Papa and Mama playing the game!
“But Dan, I thought you said..”
Nicole thought something was funny!
The “newlyweds”.
Writing.. “Hmm…Which chore would Mandy rather me do…”
Dishes!
Mr Williams came up from the basement looking like this.
There is a spectacular view from the upstairs! 😀
Sweet Chloe.
Thanks for stopping by, y’all!
Markie
See what I mean? 🙂
Our hairy cows! 🙂
I love freshly plowed farmland!
Rose is Meatball’s best friend!
Precious Mama.<3
Paul enjoys his picnic!
While most of us waded across the creek,
Peter rope swung across,
and Kitty chose to go back to the house and get the 4-wheeler.
Art…..
You just have to have a photo shoot on a beautiful day!
Cuties!
My buddy and I. 😀
Rose decided to bring a boat for Em and Paul to play with. They loved it!
I love this picture!
Shoe man!
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”~Isaiah 43:2
Thanks for coming by, y’all! 😀
Feel free to comment! 🙂
~Markie~