Happy 16th Birthday Catherine Therese!!

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Although you'll never read this my sweet Catherine, I love you. 16 years ago you changed our life forever. All of your siblings have done this in their own way but you have done so in a very special way. You have made me more empathetic, compassionate, and much more prayerful. Your smile lights up the world around you and we are all blessed by it.  It's not easy living with a saint. You remind me of my weakness and limited time on this earth. You challenge me to go deeper within myself and find what the Lord is trying to teach me...usually patience. You are made in His image and likeness but He uses you so that I can see my own beauty, goodness, and shortcomings.  You struggle mightily against me with every bath, diaper change, and wardrobe change. I struggle mightily with Him against all the changes He wills in my life. You depend on me and your mom for even the simplest of things. You teach me to depend on Him for everything and not rely on my on strength. You teach me that I
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Fall is here

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Just some pictures from around the Hahn ranch.

Our favorite cowboy (notice the boots on the wrong feet).

Cooking up some of the sunflower seeds before roasting.

The colors are starting to appear on the hills.

The boys harvesting green beans for seed next year.

Christopher and William discovered Sumac berries. They came around the corner of the chicken coop claiming they'd been shot....


Pumpkin carving time. The boys grew these pumpkins themselves this summer.



The little pumpkins the cat is smelling will be used for a pumpkin porter next week.

Nicole and Catherine supervising the pumpkin carving.

The chickens are happy to finally be allowed in the garden.

A sure sign of fall.

A moth in the grass.

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