Paulson Night's

 At night  after the little kid's go to bed we normally play speed scrabble.  It is really fun! sometimes we play two games and sometimes we play five, But no matter how many games we play we always have lots of fun!!!

School!

Well fall has come again! And with it comes school. It's funny how much you have to review after taking a whole summer off! but after about a week you start getting into full swing! Sorry it has been so  long since i posted!

Hot Rod!

Since it is supercharged it is REALLY powerful

Recently Trevor got a new car! It is a Pontiac Boniville. At first when he got it he wanted to take it EVERYWHERE! It is a really cool car!

"It's gonna be a bumpy ride!"

 It has been raining a lot at the Paulson Farm and that water needed a place to go. So what our neighbors said was an old well would be a good place right? Here's the story: we were doing our thing, Minding our own business when Dad came home and said: "We got a problem!" I (Tucker) was sick so I did not get to see it first hand but Mom rushed out with her camera and got pics. of it. Then,(being careful of the hole of course :]) Dad backed out of the driveway,hooked up the trailer, and went to the to the "Gravel Place" as we call it and picked up some gravel and filled up the hole. (We were glad no one hurt them selves by tripping over it.)

Teddy

Today we have seen a miracle.  As background, for weeks feeding Teddy has been the same.  Feed two ounces, he burps and about a second later spits up approximately the same amount he ate. Repeat two more times 2 ounces each with the same results, including 4-6 burp cloths and a change of clothes for Teddy and the feeder.  Then for the next 2.5 hours or so until the next feeding, he would retch off and on, sometimes spitting up and sometimes getting it back down.

At his last Drs. appt, the pediatrician said, “I’m jeopardizing my career by not having him in the hospital already.”  Because we had found a new source of goat’s milk (the only thing he seems to tolerate…we are borrowing and milking a goat) and his intake was increasing, we talked him into giving us one more week to see if he would gain weight.  Last night we weighed him and he was down again after taking in a record 40 ounces for the day.  We were discouraged and afraid.  We had dedicated him to God, so my prayer was, “God, you know his future.  Perhaps you intend to spare him from something awful here on earth.  But if there’s any way possible that we can keep him, please heal him!  Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done.”  Sheryll’s was pretty much the same.  The thought of Teddy dying was very real.  We were at the point of desperation.

This morning Sheryll called the Dr’s office and told them (with many tears) that we’re ready to head towards the specialists in Denver and admit him to the hospital here in the mean-time if that was what the Dr. recommended.

During chores this morning it occurred to me that we should anoint Teddy with oil and pray for him. (James 5:14-15)  He had been anointed and prayed for before but I felt we should do it again before he went to the hospital.  Last week a friend had called and asked me to share my testimony at a Christian business men’s lunch this week.  After chores this morning I called him to tell him I would not be able to do that, and told him about Teddy.  He shared a similar story of his daughter and said that they got to a similar point and out of desperation anointed her with oil and prayed and God healed her.  I took this as confirmation and called everyone into the living room and we anointed Teddy and prayed a tearful, fervent prayer for him.  He had already had his first feeding and it was typical.

During his next feeding, though, his spitting up was noticeably less.  The one following that there was no spitting up.  (Lord I believe, help my unbelief!  Mark 29:4) Sometime after when Sheryll picked him up from lying down he did spit up, but not a lot.  (Lord, increase my faith!  Luke 17:5)  I took the next feeding because I wanted to see the difference for myself.  He did not spit up AT ALL, and has not spat up since!  No retching between feedings, either.

There were many people praying for Teddy today.  I’m not sure which prayer the Lord heard, and it doesn’t matter.  This one thing I know…my son who was a puker pukes no more, and I will proclaim God’s goodness and healing power to anyone who will listen.  Thank you Lord for sparing my son!  And thank you for building the faith of my family, who have now all seen first-hand the healing hand of God.

Banister!!!!

 It is very beat up! from boys hitting the side of it,putting wet drinks on it, and just from being used!

  Dad has recently replaced the board on the banister.

 This is the whole board before it is replaced.

 This is after Dad took the old board off.

The finished product!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Goats!

 The kids are twins!!!

 

 Teddy is not doing so well. we ask that you would pray for him. we hope that God will heal him soon. we tried several different things but finnaly landed back on goats milk. How does the goat tie in? well after we landed back on goats milk we used it. and when you use it, you...well...start to run out. and since the people we usualy get it from live about an hour from here we asked our freinds if they had some,  they offerd to let us keep the goat at our house instead!...so now we have a goat  that we will be milking!   The goats name is Lucy.

 

 This is where we will be milking the goat.



 Dad is trying to coax the goat on to the platform that is in the picture above. 

So cute right?!

We've got a new bathroom!!(Acually it is just remodled)

Dad bought new cabinents for the bathroom. Mom calls them "Cadillac drawers and doors" because they shut like the trunk of a Cadillac car. Cadillac trunks shut normally untill about half a foot from the bottom.  Then it slowly shuts and latches without making much noise! That is what our drawers do. This is Dad is working on  the wall so that the tall cabinent will fit well.

 The tile is new

This is the new sink Dad put in. It works really well!

 So This is the finished product!!!

The bathroom is coming along!

The bathroom project is coming along good. Down below there is a picture of where Dad took out the toilet. Right beside the big pipe,(to the left.) you see a square divided in half. that square is where Dad told me that if he stepped there he would have fallen through! That is because of the shower. Water would  run down the side of the shower,(which is on the far left of the picture,) and after a few years would soak in to the wood.

We were very glad that none of us  had stepped there before!

 This  is four layers of floor!!!

This is when Dad was tearing out the floor.

Dad put in plywood on the floor.

Dad took the old sink out so he could put the new one in.

Dad started,(and pretty much finished) painting the bathroom!

Dad finished painting the bathroom today. There is a little touch-up left to do but it is not that much. This evening Dad came in to the living room and said:"All right, I'm ready to quit for tonight!" It looks really nice!

 The white is the part that is  not painted.

The green in this picture is the wall all painted

 This picture is a little blurry but you can see that this is the when  Dad started painting

Trip to Minneapolis.

 this is us waiting at Mcdonalds.

On the 11th . and the 12th we went to Minneapolis Minnisota for a doctor oppointment for Teddy. It took us about 9 hours to get there. We managed to get there around 5:15, then we went to our hotel just so we could know where it was. None of us even got out of the van.After that we went to the Mall of America! It was HUGE!!!! Dad and I had gone there once on the way to a junior bible quiz with our freinds the hoversons.  Anyway, we got there and ate panda express,(that is a chinese resturant) at the food court. Then we walked around the mall. (By the way, we did not buy anything :D ) then we went and checked in to our hotel room and got settled in. After that we went to the swimming pool. We stayed there till about 9:45 and then went to bed. The next morning Mom and Dad went to the hospital with Teddy for his appointment. While they were gone us kids watched TV. After the parents and Teddy came back they said the appointment went well, then we packed up and left. We were planning on getting home pretty late. When we were in the suburbs of Minneapolis, the van engine started missfiring, so we stoped at a town called Maple Grove.  By that time we had gotten there it was lunch time so we went in to McDonalds while Dad took the van to a Firstone that was across the street. ... so we ended up staying in McDonalds for about 3 hours.  It was a long wait but we played a game called 20 questions a lot.  A lady came up to Mom and said that she was from a family of 6 boys and 3 girls, just like us.  She said she didn't think they were as quiet.  (This was before the ice cream cones)  They were very nice, and invited us to stay with them if the van didn't get fixed!  So after it was almost finished Dad and Trevor ran out to the Firstone and soon Mom got a call from Dad and he said that all went well and they were taking it for a test drive.  Pretty soon we saw them pull up in the parking lot.  We ended up getting home at 12:30 PM!!!

 Tim looks pretty bored.

Sooooo cute!!!!

This is Callie doing "I'm a little teapot'. we call it 'her song'. Our family has known this song for a long time but we did not know SHE knew it!

Bottle calves.

A few months ago we got 22 Jersey bottle calves! over the weeks they were getting sick and dying! so now we have ended with 4!!!! this is one of them. they are doing well exept one of them is a little weak. I bought one,Courtney bought one, and Dad bought two. One of Dad's is a bull and the other is a heiffer. Courtney's is a heiffer, and mine,(Tucker) is a heiffer.

 this one is mine.(Tucker) it is pretty healthy.

 this is Dad's bull. he is the most healthy.

Chicken killer!!!!!!!

 She is a pretty dog is'nt she?!

Recently this dog got into the chicken coop.(Mainly because I forgot to close the coop door. ) It killed 28 of our chickens!!! That is most of our flock. I found 2 runing around that were not injured, And 2 that  were. We are not sure who her,(Courtney found out that it is a girl) Owners are. we are going to take her to the humane society. At first some the kids wanted to keep her UNTIL, She chewed through: A half-inch lead rope,  The rope that is tied to her in the picture,  AND, her OWN COLLAR! Beside from that she managed to get out of a dog run!.... uh-hu, After that, We pretty much decided that nobody in our family wanted it! If someone comes to say that it is their dog we are going to charge them for the chickens she killed!

Dad started the bathroom remodling!!!

 This is the new lights dad put in. Under that is where the old medicine cabinet was.

Dad started the remodling the bathroom. It is going great!

 There was some water damage above the furnace chimney.

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 Now he has started muding over the damage so he can paint over it.