Recent Activities

Things have been busy on the farm for quite some time, so I thought I’d take a few posts to bring ya’ll up to date. Here’s a basic outline of future posts (with pictures, of course) that we’ll offer:

We started the summer out as the Traveling Greenfield’s first to the Grand Rapids, MI area for two same-day-events: a wedding of one of Trisha’s sisters and funeral of Dan’s grandma. A few weeks later found us in Philadelphia, PA for another wedding, Trisha’s brother. It seems like there were some other events to report from our travelogue, so I’ll have to consult with the other Boss.

The older four kids (five, if you include me ) have been going Peniel Bible Camp for their particular age groups. I’m going to try to get each camper to post something about their particular week.

During this entire time – and really since last fall – we’ve been working on putting two bedrooms downstairs. I’ll document this ongoing development in several stages: framing and electrical, drywall, painting, flooring (in process), and doors and trim (yet to occur). This project has got to get completed by the time school starts in one month, as the kids’ schooling (at Greenfield Christian Academy) will begin in their respective “classrooms.”

Of course, there’s been the ongoing work with our church family and working to spread the Word throughout our area.

So, that’s at least a baker’s dozen worth of posts, eh?

Thank you for your continued prayers for our family and the work which God has called us to our here. Keep praying for rapid spread of the gospel (2 Thess 3:1-2) and maturing of Christ’s people (Eph 4:11-16).

Thanksgiving Visit

The day after Thanksgiving the Price clan all came for a visit, with the exception of Uncle Dan and Aunt Krista, who weren’t able to come.

Nana gave Josiah a dollar to spend. He was very careful with it!

We took them to the End of the Commons General Store, in the Amish area of Mesopotamia (folks in the area call it “Mespo” for short).

Josiah and Savannah wanted a buggy ride!

Note that Josiah’s still taking great care of his dollar!

Meagan and Hannah sampling cheese with Aunt Becki

Ashley and Savannah

Thanksgiving

We didn’t go home to Grand Rapids, MI for Thanksgiving this year. Dan preached at Bible Community Church’s Thanksgiving Day service, and we had Thanksgiving dinner with Pastor Spence and his extended family.

There were 17 people (amazingly our family was half of that!) so we sat at a ping-pong table in the basement for the dinner.

Ashley sat at the “teen” table

Lydia has quite an appetite, and she let’s you know it. When she sees food, she says, “num num, num num?” So when Lydia saw John and the other teens, she wanted to be a part of their group! She climbed right up onto the couch and sat next to John to eat, but he was a little protective of his food!

Dan and Lydia fell asleep after the meal. All that turkey sure makes a body tired!

The Great Geauga County Fair

Last week we went to The Great Geauga County Fair, Ohio’s oldest.

We saw plenty of animals of all sorts (the cow, friends, not the boys! )

Ever seen an Alpaca mug for the camera?

Meagan’s favorite part of the fair was the horses–

“Easy on the hand, big fella. I’ve already got the other one in stitches!”

“Man, I wish we could test those cookies!”

Don’t forget the obligatory 850 lb pumpkin!

 

Probably the funniest part of our day was The Chicken Flying Contest. Here’s the scoop: the “contestant” is put in mailbox and then gently coaxed out the other end with (ahem) a plunger to see how far the bird will fly! The kids wait in the arena to try to catch ‘em.

Overall we had a great day! We were very tired though, and someone just couldn’t wait to get to the truck to sack out–

Going…

Going…

Gone!