Momma... :)

At 4:30 pm all of the kids meet Momma in the kitchen to get dinner ready. She was making the pizza and I noticed the hat that she had on!!! I loved it...Momma, making dinner for her family and wearing the NRA hat. :) (She had it on when she was working with the horses and didn't take it off when she came in.)
We all love our mom! :)
Christ be with you,
Anna for the Pendletons

Guess who is going to be a big brother in about... 9 months!?

Praise the Lord! We are sooooo excited! Our dear Tina is expecting! She is due sometime in September or October. We love our Bugs so much and are rejoicing at knowing that we will have another one in less than a year!!!

Christ be with you!
Anna for the Pendletons

Pendleton Family Photo 2011

We had a wonderful visit with our brother, Joel and sister-in-law, Virginia, who are expecting their first child in April :), at the end of December 2010. We were blessed to have four full days with them. During that time we went horseback riding, shooting, ice skating and to Bass Pro. Shops! And, we were finally able to get all of the Pendleton family in one picture! Something Momma has wanted for quite some time. :)
We pray for more happy visits with Joel, Virginia and baby when he/she comes! :)
Christ be with you,
Anna for the family

Jake's Graduation and R.N. "Pinning"!!

The Jake Pendleton Family celebrates the fruit of hard work and diligence! Jake graduated from college and received his R.N. degree! Jake has even been promoted to "Charge Nurse" before he graduated! Friends and family attended the graduation ceremony where Jake had the honor and privilege of giving the benediction for the graduation. Jake gave a bold and eloquent prayer glorifying God and in the name of Jesus Christ in which Marty Juve commented "That sure wasn't a secular or politically-correct prayer!" Following the graduation ceremony we had a reception where we heard testimony from Karen O'Brien of how Jake ministered to her Mom before she passed away recently as well as their whole family. We have heard several other testimonies of how God is using Jake for His glory to minister to the hurting as well as their families. We are thankful that God is using Jake and that Jake is seeking to be a servant in God's name.

Dad handing Jake "The Baton" in recognition that Jake is a Christian man who is faithfully running the race! (see photo below) Dad commended Jake for demonstrating Christian manhood in his personal life, his family, and in his vocation and the world.

Jake giving recognition to the two most important women in his life! He gave an honary R.N. pin to Tina for being a wife who continually encouraged him and was a supportive help-meet during the long hours of work and study! He also gave Mom an honary R.N. pin for home-schooling him academically from K through 12 and especially "Character First" training! ;D

A very proud and happy Mom presented Jake with a heart-felt poem she wrote titled "Listening on the Inside." Along with the poem, she presented Jake a very nice stethescope with his name engraved on it.

"The Baton" hanging on the wall in the Jacob Pendleton home. It has the Scripture references of Psalm 128 and 1 COR 9:24

The really cool cake that Emily made!

Narnia Exhibition

My dear, dear friend and cousin Sarah and I both really enjoy C.S. Lewis and one of his most popular series is the Chronicles of Narnia. Sarah and I were both excited when we heard that the exhibition that has allot of the props/costumes from the new movies along with several of C.S. Lewis' things was going to be in Huntsville Al! Our dads were both so sweet and we met at the Space and Rocket Center where the exhibition is right now. Unfortunately, Disney would not allow pix inside the exhibits, but we got a couple outside it. The exhibits were sooooo neat!
Thanks so much Daddy and Uncle Chuck for taking us!
Christ be with you all,
Anna for the Pendletons

Here it comes!!!

Our dear little Jakie Bug has said his official first word! I spent the night at Jake and Tina's last night and when I got up in the morning and as I began getting Jakie ready for church we were "talking" together and I referred to my self as "Tante" (German for Aunt) and he looked up and said..."Tante!". We were all so excited! He has been saying it clear as crystal over and over!
We love our little guy so very much and are so grateful to have him for a grandson and nephew! Any one who has met him will tell you that he is one of the happiest sweetest babies you could ever meat! Jake and Tina shine through him in so many ways! We love our "Bugs" as we love to call them. :)
Ok! Sorry for the little "brag session"...kinda hard not to go on about my family!
Christ be with you all!
For His glory alone,
Tante Anna for the Pendletons

Round Pen!!!

Daddy and the kids made a round pen for horse training a few weeks ago! We are all very excited about it as it will make the training so much easier and safe! Here are a few pictures of the process. :) Oh, and Daddy and Momma made special trip to Lowe's (where else, right?) to get a great latch! :) Mom, Em and I were busy in the house getting things done and making food! :)
Christ be with you!
For His glory alone,
Anna for the Pendletons

"So, you think we should get up?" "Naw, we are doing a pretty good job right here." :)

Measuring
(Don't you love the captions under pictures?! I just realized that most of them just point out the obvious. LOL! But! I guess that is what I do as a blond. ;)

The real reason a ladder was made!!!

The cutie pie (again...obvious!)

Nothing runs like a Deere!

I love this one!

Look! The girls are up. :) They really were a great help handing daddy the screws and such. :)

And there it is! Doesn't it look so "Horse Ranchy?"

There's that great latch. :)

Thanks to Daddy and his little crew for making the pen! It has already been used and I know that it will be continually used for years and years!