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Well now, time for a much needed update.

Jed can always make you smile!!

We went up the the Nactigals for a visit in middle July. It was a lot of fun to see them and the Scultz clan again. There was lots of fellowship and volleyball. ;)Here we are singing for the church service on Sunday.

They let us play a few songs as well.

"Jesus is the Rock"

"Nothing but the Blood"

We went on a hay ride that night. Left to right: Paula (my cousin) Tricia, Julie, me, and Sarah.

Now to our county fair. It was a busy but fun week. After a sleep over, here me Caylee and Laura are pretending to hitch hike for the camera.

This year we had a lot of good bands come in to perform. My lovely sisters and me, waiting for a concert.

My cousins came to visit, and for the concert. Jacob, Malachi, me, and Micah.

Josh Turner. It was a very good concert.

SheDaisy. Was good, but very wet. ;)

Now state fair. After showing goats for 4-H on the 25th, my brother, Jacob, called and asked who sang 'Dream Big'. I won our county amature contest singing this song, and was going to perform it again on August 27th for the state contest. Anyway, it turned out that Ryan Shupe, and the Rubberband (the song writers) were there at the fair!!! We made it to the 4 o' clock show. My dad bought a cd for me and we had them autograph it. Next thing I know, my dad's telling them how I won the talent contest singing their song and I was going to sing it again in two days. I was a little embarrassed, but in that way that only your parents can embarrass you.

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Me and the band!

I ended up singing 'Dream Big' to them!! I was so flustered, but I'm glad my dad did it to me. ;) It was a once in a lifetime experience.

I stayed up at the state fair for 2 weeks as a state 4-H ambassador again this year.

Here I am, at the state talent contest. There was a 1st and 2nd place award, but I didn't place. It was fun though. My Grandparents, Aunt, Cousin, Mom and Sister were all their to watch me and cheer me on. Of course, they all thought my performance was flawless, but I knew better. I was very glad to go home. I missed my family so much. One of the best things was when I got home, Jed remembered me (he sometimes forgets me when I'm gone for a long time) and walked into my arms. I love them so much!!! So, I am home and well. Yahweh bless.

State fair!

I need to update really bad, and I apologise for that. I check my friends blogs all the time and complain when they don't update, and here I sit. ;) Well, I am at the MN state fair!! I will be here until Labor Day weekend, representing 4-H as a state ambassador. This will be my last year as an state ambie. :( Up here we help out where we are needed, and work at shows, and in the 4-H building. It's a lot of work,and we don't get much sleep, but it is so worth it. I'm going to show my goat up here on Friday, and get judged on my performing arts project later this week. I have a scrap book on all the places I've performed, and I will be playing a song I wrote as part of the project. I also won our county amature contest, and will be in the state wide contest singing 'Dream Big' on the 27th. I can't think of anything else right now. I love posting pictures but I can't do it on this computer because I don't have any pictures on here. Thanks for reading, and Yahweh bless.

4th of July

Well, it's been a while. Today's the 4th of July. Our annual parade was cancled last night due to weather. There's fireworks tonight.
Not much has happened. I'm keeping busy with 4-H, as always. The boys have been big on fishing lately. They went fishing on fathers day, and we found out what a patient fisherman Seth is. He sat there for hours, reeling his line in, then throwing it out. Unfortunately, he didn't catch anything that day. But they have been fishing three times since then, and he's caught quite a few. Such a patient little man. A good trait to have.

Luke helping Seth fish.

There was a competition for who catches the heaviest fish. Derek, our cousin, let Seth weigh one of his.

Adeline, Elizabeth, Seth, and Jedidiah.

Jedidiah. I'm going to take this picture to the fair.

Jed and Betsy, I'm taking this one to the fair too.

We had a family reunion this year. It was amazing how many people I'm related to in some way, and do not know. We played volley ball and ate lots of good food.

Above: My whole family. Some big news that we have is that Emily is expecting baby # 2!
Below: My grandparents and all my aunts, uncles, and cousins.

This is at my graduation party. It was the day after the family reunion. 3 of my cousins, my brother Jacob, and a friend of my cousins who came up with from South Dakota, all rode home with me from the reunion in my car. We were packed, and I had 5 backseat drivers all the way home.

These are a couple more pictures my mom took. She's pretty good.

Now we have our dog invitational this Saturday, state 4-H ambassador training the 8th through the 11th, then my cousin is coming down for a visit. There's a dog show the next weekend, and then our county fair is the first week in August. We have Josh Turner playing at our fair this year! (My cousin and maybe some friends are coming up from South Dakota for it.) Then there's the state fair the last week in August through the first week in September. Busy summer planned! Yahweh bless.

Memorial weekend

We had our annual Memorial weekend gathering this last weekend. Medal of Honor played in the morning, followed by a sermon from my dad, and then fellowship.

Here Doug is playing guitar for "This is my Fathers World".

Doug and Emily bought a sound system, and here, my brother Jacob is working on it.

My sister Emily on the mandolin

Doug on the fiddle.

My dad holding my youngest brother, Jedidiah.

Betsy on the tambourine.

Seth and Betsy singing "Jesus is the Rock".

My dad. His sermon was on Gods truth.

To keep Jed occupied, I would latch my hair clip in his hair. He thought it was hilarious.

Here, it's on his foot.

Tiffany E. and my Nephew, Christian.

The Ellingson girls and their dad singing acapella, by acapella.

My Cousin Louie and I.

My brother Seth with Hannah S. in the background.

Hannah S. with Elsa E.

Sarah S. playing violin. The Shultz clan privileged us with their musical talent.

Zach and Matthew S. The look alikes.

A picture my brother Luke took of me.

My dear friend Ashely E.

Jacob

Sarah.

Dave T. and Ethan E. performing.

Tired babies. Christian and Jed.

All the children from our gathering.

There always has to be a goofy one.

Our fire. My dad told me once how fire reminded him of Yah. Consuming, beautiful, frightful, ever moving.

Daniel S. holding Christian.

Mr. Dave T. holding a licorice container. My mom loves licorice, so she bought some special stuff, made in Holland. She failed to see that it was an extra salt package! It's really gross. So as a joke we handed out salty licorice at our gathering. Dave licked his piece with the tip of his tongue, and that was enough for him. During our push-up contest he said if someone put one of those licorice under his nose, he'd do a hundred. Well, three were placed under his nose while he was doing his push-ups. He said later that the three had sapped his strength. ;) Jacob won the push-up contest at 60 something. Yahweh bless.