Growing in Him

Hoof Trimming

2012-02-03T18:50:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Ben came in from doing chores and said that the goats hooves REALLY needed trimming. So, we headed out. Now goats aren't like horses where they just stand still while you lift their foot and trim. At least ours isn't. So... being the professionals we are... ;) ... we wrestle her on her side and one person holds her down while the other trims.

After struggling to get a four legged, stubborn creature on her side.... it isn't too bad of job... well, Ben's part anyway.... ;D

It can even be a good time to catch a cat nap! Cat included! :)

It's so nice to have harmony between farm animals.

I found this CUTE Valentine's hair do and tried it on Mae this week. If you'd like to see how to do it I posted how on my hair blog www.simplycurlydos.blogspot.com .

Ya'll have a great weekend!

So True...

2012-01-21T11:13:00.001-08:00

Source: christdaily.tumblr.com via Laura on Pinterest

First Snow

2012-01-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

Well, last weekend we had our first snow this year! I can't believe we didn't get any til the middle of January! This winter has been sooooo weird! One day it will be in the 50's then the next below freezing! But we did enjoy the snow, we got about 2-3 in., and even got to go sledding one afternoon!

I don't think our other animals really found the snow that thrilling but this was our summer kittens first time to see snow. Emily seems to be enjoying it...

The other animals where busy trying not to think about it. ;)

Here's Adalaide, our milk cow. (Not too fun milking in this cold.)

And here's our two steers. The brown one is Ronald and the black one is... Guess...

Ben got some pics. at night too and I thought this one looked kinda cool.

And on Sat. we took care of some friends while their parents went out to dinner so I had a tea party for the girls. What a blessing Christian friends are.

God bless! Hope ya'll have a great day! :)

Roller Blading...

2012-01-07T10:04:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a beautiful 60 degrees out, in Jan.! So we went to one of our local parks and roller bladed for a while. It was really fun to get out and not be shivering the whole time! Though we have had a really weird winter so far, one day it's warm and the next it's freezing!

Here is our funny James...

Mom enjoying watching us and enjoying the quiet of nature...

We saw some deer on the way home. Adric really enjoyed seeing them.

And today the Lord provided us with some more wood for the wood stove. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Hello!!!

2012-01-03T12:35:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Happy New Year!

We are VERY sorry for not being consistent in blog posts! We had one camera problem after another but Jordan got a new one for Christmas! So we are going to try to do our best to post more. ;) We don't have a lot of exciting things going on but we'll post what we can.

For those of you who have been to our house before Mom built a new addition in our kitchen! She built an island to have more storage! Didn't she do a great job?! (Don't tell anyone but it is made out of pallets! ;D ) We also painted the rest of the kitchen burgundy!

Well, that's all for now! Have a great day! :D

The TRUE Meaning of Christmas Proclaimed In A Mall!

2011-12-22T17:51:00.001-08:00

More NH Pics.

2011-11-10T15:41:00.000-08:00

Here are some more NH pics....

We got to stay in a cabin off of a lake! It was AWESOME! There was a kayak there, a rowboat, and a paddle boat for us kids to enjoy. The very first morning as soon as we were up we all ran out and explored the lake. This was our view from our dining room and kitchen window!

After breakfast Brittany, Jenny, and I went for a hike around the lake to see what we could find!

There are mushrooms everywhere in the forests up there! All shapes, sizes, and colors!

This was a Stingray Corvette that was for sale in a grocery store parking lot and if you know me well you know I had to get a pic.! ;)

Next we went to a u-pick apple orchard! Their apples where delicious!

While there we saw this sweet car and license plate and I had to get a pic. next to it! ;D

It was an awesome adventure with awesome friends.

There's still more pics.! So keep checking back!

Jordan's NH Trip...

2011-11-02T11:42:00.000-07:00

Hello all! I (Jordan) was invited to go on a 2 week trip to NH with the Com. family and I had a blast! It is BEAUTIFUL country up there! I was able to see mountains for the first time ever and even had the experience of climbing one!!!! Not only where there gorgeous mountain views but there are breath taking water falls everywhere! Which was so cool for me because I LOVE water! Here are some pics. to start out with but I hope to post more with more details soon. Hope you enjoy! :)

Yay!!!

2011-09-06T08:37:00.001-07:00

Yay!!! We finally got a new camera! So prepare yourself for more posts!!! :D

Prayer Request For Our Grandpa...

2011-08-30T21:48:00.000-07:00

Hey there! Could you all please be praying for my Grandpa this week? He is needing to have his gallbladder removed. So if you could just pray for a safe and uncomplicated surgery and healing we would really appreciate it. :)

Mom and James are there with him so if you could pray for Ben, Caleb, & I back home since we'll probably be in charge of the Maze by ourselves that would help too. ;)

Thanks!

Happy Birthday Benjamin!

2011-08-06T05:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Ben!

Ben is growing to be such a Godly young man.

He keeps his focus on the Lord trying to please Him in all he does.

He is extremely responsible, obedient, and hard working.

He does a wonderful job of honoring Mom and encouraging others.

He has recently taken over a Nursing Home ministry at our church and is doing a wonderful job with that.

A note of interest is that his Birthday is the same date the Atomic Bomb was dropped!

Though he is very charactered he is still one of the biggest 'character's' in our house. Always trying to keep us all laughing.

(Though he usually doesn't show this silly side to many others outside the family. ;)

Happy Birthday Ben. We hope you have a wonderful year!

Arial Photo of the Maze!!!!

2011-07-16T15:44:00.000-07:00

Here it is at last!!! The Arial Photo of the 2011 Lincoln Corn Maze!

We hope all of you can pay a visit if you're in the area this year!

We are opening August 19-October 30.

Check out our website http://www.lincolncornmaze.com/ for more info.

The Maze Is Cut!!!!

2011-06-18T08:33:00.000-07:00

Praise the Lord the Corn Maze is cut!!!! :D

It took two days and a couple break downs but it is finally done!

The way we cut the maze, for those of you who are interested is....

Caleb downloads the picture of the maze we have drawn on graph paper to our Farm Works GPS.

Then he, connected to the battery in our little John Deer lawn mower, slowly walks ahead and shows where the lines, curves, etc... need to go.

Mrs. Mc., who drove the little lawn mower this year, follows close behind and makes a path for me, who is on the big John Deer tractor with a tiller behind, tills the paths.

Below is a pic. of us doing that from the Concession Cabin roof.

We had fun.... most of the time. It did get a little stressful at times.

Here is a pic. of part of the maze. Any guesses of what it is?

Now I'm sure you all are wanting to know what the picture is this year aren't you?!

Well.... you all will just have to be patient til we get the aerial photo! ;)

(Actually, we are anxious to know what we made too!) :D

Thank you all for you're prayers!

Cutting the maze

2011-06-16T11:22:00.000-07:00

Hey all please pray for us since we will be cutting the maze today.

Long Post Update...

2011-06-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Here is a Loooong post update of our life here. We've been so bad this winter about posting I don't know if anyone really looks very often now! :P

But for those of you that do here is an update... :)

The baby chicks are getting big...

and here's the big chickens

We got Joanna & Rose, the sheep (the two to the left) sheared early this week. They were VERY grateful.

And Betty & Wilda, the goats, are growing and are as ornery as ever.

We are REALLY enjoying having cows!!! It is sooooo much fun milking...

and the milk is GREAT!

The Corn Maze Work season has officially started so we have been VERY busy around here.

Praise the Lord for strawberries! We are getting an abundance this year...

and the raspberries are coming too.

I FINALLY got the garden in, very late... I'm so embarrassed!

We are trying raised beds. We didn't get the raised part done but maybe next year.

And this was an unexpected blessing! (At least that's what Mom and Caleb call it, the rest of us aren't sure what to call it yet. Maybe a lumber yard?! ;) There was a foreclosure or something on a factory near our church and Caleb got these for free! We are going to use some of them on animal pens down at the Corn Maze and the rest well.... if any of you have some good ideas on what to use pallets for let us know!

Well, that's all for now! Hope you enjoyed this little peek into the Peck's life!

Pray you all have a wonderful Sunday!

God bless!

SMITE & Cows...

2011-06-07T20:23:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Well, we made it back from S.M.I.T.E camp safe and sound!

It was a fun and profitable week! The Lord really worked!

There were 447 kids that received Christ as there Saviour this week and almost 2,000 that heard the salvation message! Praise the Lord!

Caleb graduated from S.M.I.T.E this year which was exciting. And James went for the first time and loved it! Jordan taught a short class which she enjoyed and Ben passed the hardest level with flying colors!

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OH!!!!

We all LOVED all the suggestions for the cows! They were so fun! Thank you!

We ended up naming the mama cow Adalaide , which means 'Noble, kind'.

And the baby; Guess. That way when a certain 'event' happens and someone asks, "What's for dinner?" we can say, "Guess!" ;D

Happy Birthday

2011-05-27T09:24:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Caleb!

We Appreciate the HUGE part you add to our family

Can you guess how old he is?

He is 3 1/2 years younger than Jordan.

He is 3 1/2 years older than Benjamin.

He is 6 3/4 years older than James.

Still wondering?

Please leave a comment to say Happy Birthday and Guess his age.

Cows... What Should We Call Them?

2011-05-16T07:16:00.000-07:00

Wow! The Lord is just REALLY blessing us in new add ons to our farm!

This weekend we purchased a milk cow and calf! They should arrive on Thurs.

We are trying to figure out what to name them so we decided to ask you!

What do you think we should name them? (The calf is a little boy and will someday be, dinner. ;)

The Mom is a Holstein and the baby is part Angus.

Here Are The First Three!

2011-05-09T08:00:00.000-07:00

Here are the first three! And their names from left to right are Pepper, Poppy Seed, & Lemon Pepper. (We decided to name them all spices this time. ;)

And I hear another one peeping from an egg right now so we will soon have a fourth to show you!

Here's The First One!

2011-05-07T09:42:00.000-07:00

Here's the first little arrival! He/she just came out! I know it's not very cute yet but once it's dried off it will be! Check back for more updates! and a name! ;)

New Arrivals Hatching!

2011-05-06T21:40:00.000-07:00

Hello all! We are sorry we haven't been posting much! We need a new camera because ours is going out! Hopefully when we do we will do a better job of posting!

But as I speak I faintly hear a little cheap from the incubator next to me announcing that a new little life is starting to break forth!!! :D

We have been incubating about 12 chicken eggs in hopes of enlarging our herd and the first arrival is on it's way! A little early I might add! So hopefully we will have some pics. of some cute little chicks in a day or two! So stay tuned! ;)

(James is hoping for some more Turkens!) ;D

Answer To Prayer

2011-04-25T12:30:00.001-07:00

Don't know any details but heard that Clayton was found in the jungle and he is "ok".

Thank you for your prayers! If I hear any details I will let you all know!

Urgent Prayer Request!

2011-04-13T11:33:00.001-07:00

Hi! We just heard of a very urgent prayer request that I hope you will keep in your prayers!

A little 10 year old boy named Clayton, son of some missionaries in Pariguay (sp?), was just kidnapped! This is a place where they sell children so PLEASE be in prayer for Clayton and his family!

Our New Arrivals!

2011-04-04T17:10:00.000-07:00

Here are our new arrivals!!!

Two shelties! :)

These are two females about 2-3 years old that Caleb, Mom, and James got them for breeding puppies! They are really sweet! We have had this type of dog since before I was born. They are GREAT house dogs! They love to please and are wonderful with kids and other animals.

The black one, or Tri, colored one is Caleb's and her name is Maggie. She's very quiet, laid back sort of personality.

The brown one, or Sabel, is Mom and James' and she is more your bubbly, energetic type. :)

Sorry, these pics. aren't very good, we need to get a new camera and they like to move around a lot.

Coming Soon!!!

2011-03-31T20:44:00.000-07:00

New arrivals in the Peck house hold!!!!

Who??? you ask?

Check back for pictures!

Our Creator

2011-03-26T20:22:00.000-07:00

Turn up your volume!

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalms 8:3-4

Our Mighty Fortress...

2011-03-19T20:04:00.000-07:00

Enjoy worshipping our King today! :)

Maelee Saying Bible Verses

2011-03-09T11:14:00.000-08:00

We have started to teach Maelee Bible verses! And she is remembering them VERY well!

On James' 12th Birthday....

2011-02-27T11:28:00.000-08:00

Well, today is James' 12th Birthday...

and for his Birthday he found out he needed glasses, he started growing facial hair...

He found out he would only grow to be 3 ft. tall...

AND he got a brand new car, (with extended petals for his short legs) that he can't drive for another 4 years!

Just kidding! :D

On a serious note James is a VERY charactered young man. He is hard working, cares for others, is diligent, obedient, content, & respectful.

And he also has a good dose of fun! ;)

Happy Birthday James! We love you and are so blessed that the Lord chose you to be in our family!

Can You Guess

2011-02-23T06:49:00.000-08:00

Can you guess what today is.

It has to do with this girl.
A very dilligent girl.

A very talented girl.

A very well what can you say kinda girl.

A very down to earth girl that loves to be outside.

WELL

We love you.

Ben

Daycare Joys

2011-02-21T20:48:00.000-08:00

Here are some cute pics. of our sweet Daycare joys...

Maelee... silly girl!

Adric, such a little tease! ;)

Kaelyn

Such a sweet baby!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T05:51:00.001-08:00

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 13:14-15

It is difficult to read these glowing words- northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward - without being reminded of "the length, and breadth, and depth, and height, of the love of Christ, that passeth knowledge." Much of the land of Canaan was hidden behind the ramparts of the hills; but enough was seen to ravish that faithful spirit. Similarly, we may not be able to comprehend the love of God in Christ, but the higher we climb the more we behold. The upper cliffs of the separated life command the fullest view of that measureless expanse.

In some parts of Scotland's Western Highlands, the traveler's eye is delighted by the clear and sunlight waters of a loch- an arm of the sea, running far up into the hills. But as he climbs over the heathery slopes, and catches sight of the waters of the Atlantic, bathed in the light of the setting sun, he almost forgets the fair vision which had just arrested him. Thus do growing elevation and separation of character unfold even richer conceptions of Christ's infinite love and character.
God's promises are ever on the ascending scale. One leads up to another, fuller and more blessed than itself. In Mesopotamia God said, "I will show thee the land"; at Bethel, "This is the land"; here, "I will give all the land, and children innumerable as the grains of sand." And we shall find even these eclipsed. It is thus that God allures us to saintliness. Not giving anything til we have dared to act- that He may test us. Not giving everything at first- that He may not overwhelm us. And always keeping in hand an infinite reserve of blessing. Oh, the unexplored remainders of God! Whoever saw His last star?

-F.B. Meyer, Abraham

May you delight in His love today!

All In A Days Work???

2011-02-08T17:04:00.000-08:00

Maelee is back!

And her baby sister Kaelyn!

Chopping wood to keep the fire burning.

We never thought sweeping could be so fun!
(This is what kids have to do when they don't have free hockey rinks! ;)

Photo Contest!

2011-02-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

Hello! I'm hosting a Photo Contest over at my blog til Wed. of this week.

And I just wanted to encourage you to take a peek and vote if you want! :)

http://girls-justforfun.blogspot.com/p/february-2011-photo-contest.html

This & That, A VERY Overdue Post

2011-02-04T07:34:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Yes, the Peck's are still alive! Sorry this post is long overdue!

We had a very LARGE amount of snow for us this week! About 12 in. but that is only in places where there is no drifting! We have a drift outside our door that is about 3-4ft! You can imagine us kids are having a blast in all this! And we are supposed to get more on Sun.! :)

Some of us are ready for spring but white is much prettier to look at than brown.

And praise the Lord our Internet was the only thing down for us.

Doesn't this look like fun?!

This is the orphaned kitten I found and raised this summer, Joy.

She enjoys watching from the warmth of the house. :)

And helping James build his legos! (wink, wink)

And Ben just lays around the house all day...

No, just kidding! He s VERY busy right now with school, Bible memory for our youth program, and the up coming Student Convention at our church! He is in a skit that he is writing with some others and more Bible memory and some musical things too I think so he is more than busy!

And James is.... well, James!

We have also started planning for the Corn Maze for the design and entertainment. So if you could keep us in your prayers for wisdom we would appreciate it!

Stay tuned for "Chicken Pox and a Beard Part 2"!

Chicken Pox and a Beard...

2011-01-15T07:29:00.000-08:00

Well, Ben over the last week has been suffering from a mild case of the chicken pox! None of us kids have had them before because we all got the shot when we where younger. (Mom says she probably wouldn't have done it now, but she did and that's that.) It was one of those RARE things that he did get it! So while he was quarantined at home he decided to see how much of a beard he could grow! Caleb has a nice one going and a friend of Ben's has been wanting to see how much Ben could grow! So here it is! He had a youth rally to go to today so he had to shave it off last night (youth group policy). So here you go Josh! This is one weeks growth...

He enjoyed it. :)

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T07:48:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

We hope that each one of you enjoys a wonderful Christmas!
May the Lord bless you all and may you have a great day spending with family and friends.

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

God Bless!

The Peck Family

New Poll!

2010-12-17T07:54:00.001-08:00

<---- New poll to the left!

Random Pics.

2010-12-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

The other night we got to have Maelee and her family over for dinner! It was sooooooo good getting to see her and her new baby sister Kaylen!

So tiny!

She looks a lot like Maelee did when she was a baby! We all enjoyed getting to hold her.

And here's a pic. of Adric, our only Day Care kid right now. He is sooooooo cute and brings us all a lot of joy.

Our First Snow!

2010-12-01T20:25:00.000-08:00

...and that's about all we got! :>

Painting the Living Room & Christmas Decorations...

2010-11-29T16:10:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Sorry it's been so long since we've written!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

This last Sat. us kids painted the living room for mom. It looks great and we are all REALLY enjoying it.

For those of you who don't know it used to be white but now it is a Mocha brown! :)

We also decorated for Christmas! :D

Have a wonderful evening!

The End Of The Corn Maze!

2010-11-03T07:40:00.000-07:00

Well today the farmer is cutting down the maze. >sigh< It was a fun first year. A little stressful at times but fun. We had a TON of good fun fellowship during the season. I'm late in getting these pics. up...

A weekend ago we had two very good friends up from MO, where we used to live. The Bommels came and helped us all week and the Schultes came for a way too short visit on Sun. Unfortunately I only got pics. of the Bommels, I left my camera at the house when the Schultes where there. :(

Waiting for costumers at the concession cabin...

Here's Rebekah B. and Abby C.

Hi Rebekah! Cutie!

Getting bored Abby? ;D

The boys hanging out.

Hey guys! Is the sun a little bright?

Here's Lydia B.

"Please let me in! I'll work for my bread!"

We had such a fun time having them here. The girls where such a joy to have around.

The boys played a lot of air soft while they were here and I even joined in on Sat.! My first time playing and I really liked it!

James and Benny B.

Thanks to ALL of you who helped with the maze this year physically and those of you who kept us in your prayers as well! We couldn't have done it without you!

Can't wait til next year!

God bless!

More Great Pumpkin Patch Pics...

2010-10-22T11:31:00.000-07:00

They had an old school building that they moved there and so Mom and the boys played school. :)

They had a lot of different mazes there and they were all fun to try.

Here is the straw maze...

Here is a grass maze that was kinda cool...

Adric had a blast going through them all.

("What is this creature?!")

This is the broom corn maze...

And the sunflower maze...

Their landscaping was BEAUTIFUL!

Twas fun!

The Great Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-18T19:04:00.000-07:00

Last week we surprised Mom and took her to the Great Pumpkin Patch in Arthur!

We all had been wanting to go there for a while. So she was really excited and we all had a blast spending time as a family.

they do a FANTASTIC job at landscaping and decorating the the unique ideas they use to display their hundreds of pumpkins and gourds is sooooo neat! Well, you'll ee what I mean...

To be continued...

Happy Birthday Mom!

2010-10-11T20:55:00.000-07:00

Sunday was our Mom's B-day so we want to brag on her a little if ya'll don't mind...

Our Mom is such a HUGE blessing to our family and those that she comes in contact with. She has such a servants spirit and is always thinking of others before herself. Her walk with the Lord is an excellent example to us and others. Mom has such a strong work ethic and she has shown us her love for us as she has had to get along as a single mom. Still home-schooling the boys while also working numerous small jobs to help make ends meet. Also ALL the work she has put into the Corn Maze to help us to have a home business that the whole family can work together. And we could go on and on!

Thanks Mom for being such a Godly example of what a Mom should be! We love you sooooooooooooo MUCH!

Announcment!!!!

2010-10-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

Hello all! This is Jordan. As some of you may already know I am starting a new blog for girls on Monday. It's something the Lord just laid on my heart to do so I'm taking a step of faith because it's going to take a lot of keeping up with. So if you want to take a peek the address is http://girls-justforfun.blogspot.com/ . And those of you that are girls I hope you enjoy it and send something in!

New Poll!

2010-10-02T08:24:00.000-07:00

Wow! That was a fun poll! Thanks to all of you that voted! I've been trying to think of a different one for the next poll and I think I found an interesting one. So cast in your vote on the side bar! ------>

Random Fall Pics.

2010-09-23T06:17:00.000-07:00

Another Poll!

2010-09-15T19:54:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Looked like red leaves are our winner! Put another poll, actually two... What is your favorite month? and Why?

Adric

2010-09-13T16:13:00.000-07:00

Well this may be a little more interesting than the hair cut below. This is our new day care child Adric! He is about 1 1/2 and is a bundle of joy! He doesn't talk a lot yet so he points to things he wants or is talking about and it's REALLY cute!

Haircut!!!!

2010-09-13T15:54:00.000-07:00

Hello all! I know this isn't very exciting but it's something other than maze! ;D

I got my hair cut, about a week ago, shorter than I ever have before. It was getting so thin that I decided to just do it short. So here it is!

One of my friends straightened it for church on Wed. night so this is a pic. of it straight. Sorry I don't have a pic. of it wavy like it usually is.

Sorry, this probably is pretty boring to most of you but mom said I should post it for those of my friends that live out of state and would be interested. ;)

Answer To Prayer

2010-09-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for your paryers!!! We had over 100 at the maze on Sat.!!! Praise the Lord! Isn't it so neat to have an avenue to help or encourage someone far away when we are knealing on our own home! What an awsome thing it is to have a God who is always there, always listening, and always wanting to answer our prayers.

Hope you all have a blessed Sun.!

New Poll

2010-09-03T20:45:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Wow is it feeling like Fall quick! Some of the farmers around here are staring to combine already!!! Thanks for the apple ideas so far! They sound GREAT! We'd love to hear more if anyone hasn't shared yet! Thanks for all the votes on the last poll! Cooler weather rules out!

There's a new poll to the right... What is your favorite Fall leaf color?...

We have a prayer request as well... Would you all be praying that the Lord will bring more people to the Corn Maze? We REALLY could do with some more customers.

Hope you all have a blessed Labor Day weekend! God's blessings!

Apple Recipes Anyone?

2010-08-31T14:47:00.001-07:00

We have just been blessed with a lot of apples and we need some recipes to use them up. So... we were wondering if any of you have any really good apple recipes that we could try?

Pics. At Last!

2010-08-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics. from a friend of ours. This is of when we had our church out.

2010-08-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys our camera is broken so there's no pics. for right now! We'll try to find a way to get some. The corn maze is going well. We are hopeing that with Fall coming more people will want to come. Our good friends in MN are opening their Corn Maze this weekend so if you could keep them in your prayers for a good first weekend turn out!

Oh! And there's a new poll to the right 'What is your favorite thing about Fall?'

Pray you all have a great weekend!

Chicks

2010-08-12T08:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a movie from when our chicks where little! So for those of you who have never had the experience of loud, messy chicks in your house, here's a little of what it's like! :)

And there's a new poll to the right! (Jenny I took your advice.)

And hello Danny! I will try to get some pics. up for you as soon as I can! Our camera is acting funny right now so I'll see if I can get it working.

Here's Pics. At Last!

2010-07-27T16:50:00.000-07:00

Well, this was about the fullest our parking lot got this first open weekend. But our freinds in MN said that their first weekend was slow too so that encouraged us. It was a lot of fun though!!!

We barely got everything done! Here is the kids straw maze. The kids seem to REALLY enjoy it!

Here is the water balloon sling shot area.

Here's our porta potty! Isn't it cute!!! ;D

Here we are hurrying to finish the concession stand. We had SOOOOO many AWSOME friends that have helped us through this whole thing!

The Mikesels, McCannes, Comstocks, Lucas, McCormicks, Whitesides, Gills, Rogers, and many more. Thanks everyone! We couldn't have done it without ya'll!!!

And the roof goes on!!!!! :D

There's a great veiw from way up there!

Mr. Mikesell let us borrow his tractor! It was sooooooo much fun to drive!

Here's a movie of how the rope maze works in case any of you are wondering! Enjoy your evening! Thanks for your prayers!

Our First Days

2010-07-24T18:57:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Thanks for your prayers! We had a slow weekend but that was ok, God knows what He's doing. We had a video production guy out at the maze on Fri. and he created a REALLY neat video while a family went through the maze!

Here's the link to the video! Hope you enjoy!

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x522014793/Maze-in-a-field-of-maize-near-Lincoln

Opening Day!

2010-07-23T06:58:00.000-07:00

Well today is opening day for the maze!

We had our church over last night to kinda get us ready for today and things went great!

Please keep us in your prayers though if you think about us!

We still have a lot of last minute things before 4:00 today!

Hopefully will post LOTS of pics. later!

Thanks for all your prayers and support!

More Corn Maze Stuff...

2010-07-14T11:46:00.000-07:00

Well, we've made good progress so far this week!

Here we have most of the animal pens done.

And this morning we finished setting up the rope maze!!!

I think this will be a big attraction. We haven't been able to try it out yet (we are so busy building fun things for others that we don't have time to enjoy them ourselves! :D ) but it looks like a lot of fun!!!!

Ben thinks it looks a little complicated! ;D

Ben took this pic. from the top of the concession stand, which is almost completed, and you can see the layout of things. The entrance to the corn maze, the rope maze, then the craft area and water balloon slingshot, after that the little kids hay maze (not done with it yet), and last the animals.

Caleb and Ben in between the outside stuff have been painting signs.

Hope we are not totally boring you all out!

Drum Roll Please........

2010-07-12T17:26:00.000-07:00

Well... here is the pic. of the maze from the air!

We are so excited and pleasantly surprised at how it turned out!

Hope you all can come to it!

We open July 23rd.

What We've Been Up To....

2010-07-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted lately! The corn maze opens in two weeks and we are swamped so this won't be a wordy post just mainly a quick over view of what we've been up to...

The maze is totally cut and the paths are GREAT! Us kids are having a blst going through.

Here is the concession stand which has been taking up most of our time and energy the last two weeks.

We are almost done and hope to finish this weekend!

We are all getting a good work education.

We have so many AWSOME friends that have given of their time and energy to help us. Thanks guys!

This is our road side signs that arrived yesterday.

We are going to have a sort of petting zoo at the maze so we brought my sheep down from my grandpa's. Sarah and Jenny came over to help me shear them.

We have also purchased some chicks...

and some piglets!

Ok, for pigs, I think they are pretty cute. Their names are Sausage and Floyd.

Earlier this week Caleb, Jenny and I got to go up in an air plane to take the arial photo! It was so fun and the maze looks just like it's supposed to!!!! YEA!!!!

Jenny took the pis. cause she has a nice camera. ;)

This is a pic. I took so it's not the nicest, we'll probably post the edited one later on.

This is how flat IL really is!!!

Please keep us in your prayers!

Watermelons & Pamplets...

2010-06-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

Here is a corn maze update with pics.! (I know.. finally!) ;)

Last week we passed out pamphlets about the corn maze at our county wide Rt. 66 garage sale! The pamphlet also has a $1 off coupon in it so hopefully a lot of people will come and use them!!!!

Here mom and the boys are folding them.

And last night at 8:00 we went out and planted watermelons in the you pick sweet corn, watermelon, pumpkin patch!

It was pretty fun though, out in the middle of a corn field at dusk planting watermelons. Not something you see everyday! ;)

Mom dug the hole.

Ben stuck in the plant.

I covered it with dirt.

And James watered. ;D

Oh! And for those of you who so sacrificially gave of your time and energy to help plant those 3,000 pumpkin seeds the other day... they are coming up and looking great! Thanks for your help!

Corn Maze Update

2010-06-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for your prayers. It did rain but they did get a little over half the paths cut! We are going to try to cut the rest this Sat. so please keep us in your prayers. We are such a needy people aren't we?! Isn't so nice to know that we have a God that is always listening and that is powerful enough to answer our requests?! hope to get more pics. soon!

Urgent Prayer Request!!!!

2010-06-12T10:16:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Today we are cutting the corn maze!!!!!! Caleb is helping with 5-Day Clubs with Uncle Jerry down south for the month and he was able to fly here just for today in order to cut the maze so it is VERY important that they get it all cut today. So the reason we need you all to pray, is one... that the cutting will go smoothly and two.... we have a 30% chance of thunderstorms at 1:00 this afternoon and they are still working! So if you all could send up a prayer that the Lord would hold off the rain til they are done that would be a huge blessing!

I have a lot of pics. on the things we have done on the maze but we are having technical difficulties with the computer that has all the pics. on it. So I will post them as soon as I can!

Hope you all have a blessed weekend! Thank you for your prayers!

S.M.I.T.E Camp!

2010-06-09T08:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry all for not posting last week! Caleb, Ben, & I were at S.M.I.T.E camp down in balmy Louisiana all last week! We had a GREAT time! S.M.I.T.E camp, for those of you who don't know, is a camp were "fun goes to die" as the director, Uncle Jerry, says. :) It's a place were they train you to lead 5 Day Bible Clubs and to lead kids to the Lord! A 5 Day Bible Club is like a 1 hour VBS in someones backyard or at a town park. We do songs, a memory verse, and Bible lesson and a missionary story. Plus a game or two here or there.

S.M.I.T.E stands for Summer Missionary Institute for Training and Evangelism. It has four levels that you pass by taking tests at the end of the week. The 1st level teaches how to use the wordless book to lead someone to the Lord. Level 2 is how to tell the Missionary story, level 3 on how to tell the Bible lesson and to write your own outlines, and level 4 is on teaching in general. After you pass level 4 you "graduate" from SMITE, which I (Jordan) did this year! Caleb passed level 3 and Ben passed level 2.

So the schedule (just so you can see what it's like) is... you get up at 6:00, eat breakfast, then you go to your classes til lunch. After lunch you have a study hour to get ready for your club then everyone goes out to there assigned club and practices what they have been learning. After that everyone gets back, gets ready for evening services and goes to dinner. After dinner the service starts at about 6:30, with a 1/2 hour sing time, and doesn't get out til the Holy Spirit lets us! :) Which this week was about 11:30 each night! It is so cool because there is such a sense of revival in that place that is just awesome!

This year there were over 1,000 kids enrolled in the clubs and over 400 saved!!!! This is a camp to definitely look in to! Hope I didn't bore you all! Now to the pics...

On the way down we stopped at Lamberts!!!!

We had a little wait so we bumped a volleyball on the grass to get all our energy out from driving.

On Sun. after church we went to the Bass Pro Shop down there!!! COOL place!!!!

(Love this truck!)
Here's Britt and Jenny in one of the services.

Here's Ashley! She's so cute!

And Natalea, she's so fun! And there's our guys in the background.

This was one of the preachers.

And some of you may know this one! "I love my pastor!!!" :D

This is a movie of one of the songs we sing down there. The song time is just incredible!!!!!

Please keep us in your prayer this summer as we do Bible clubs around our area! For safety and the Holy Spirit to convict and change lives!

Staking Out Parking

2010-05-21T12:12:00.000-07:00

(Sorry, these pics. were taken last month so this is a little out of order of how things happened but still thought I'd post them anyway.)

This is the field were, Lord willing, in a few months there will be a corn maze!

Here's Mom and Caleb measuring the parking area and placing flags so that they could tell were to plant the grass seed.

Oh! We also have a web site! It gives the info. about the in's and out's of the corn maze!

It's http://www.lincolncornmaze.com/

Hope you give it a visit and tell us what you think! If it's clear, not clear, or needs something that we didn't mention! We'd appreciate the comments!

Planting the Corn

2010-05-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

Here are the pics. of the farmer planting the corn in the maze area!

Most of the plants are coming up and are about an inch tall! We are sooo excited!

(Hope this isn't boring you all!)

The tractors are so fun to watch work! We never really appreciated them till we moved up here.

Have a great day!

Scripture Sunday

2010-05-16T06:44:00.000-07:00

"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."

Proverbs 16:3

Maelee

2010-05-13T09:06:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics. of Maelee that Ben took. She is really growing up! And she is soon to be a big sister! We love taking care of her. Her bright spirit brings joy to our day.

She is such a good helper! She loves to help me with the laundry, especially when we hang it outside, and has even learned to fold the wash clothes!

Ben took some really cute ones of her outside.

"Enough pictures!"

She is soooooo smart! She knows her alphabet, well most of it, can count to 11, and can recognize letters!

We're Back!

2010-05-12T07:46:00.000-07:00

Wow! Thank you all for the great responses! and for reading our blog! It's nice to meet those of you who we don't know! It's an encouragement to me to try to update more often!

While we've been gone we had a fun and relaxing trip down to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. (But unfortunately I forgot to take any pics.!!!! :( But you can take a look on the blogs of the two families we went with! their blogs are on our blog list on the side bar, greenpasturesfarm, and cool-com-collected. They're good at taking LOTS of pics. ;)

If any of you have never been there I really encourage you to go! It's an historical theme park with fun rides for all ages and also old time crafts like blacksmithing, glass blowing, knife making, and candy making! (Just to name a few.) It's a great place to take your family and just enjoy having fun together! And what's even better is it has a great christian element! :D

Well, things are still REALLY crazy around here but we are going to try to keep you up to date on the Corn Maze happenings! And if any of you have any questions along the way feel free to ask! (And we'll do our best to answer! ;)

For those of you who are wondering what in the world a corn maze is anyway... it's a field of corn that has a design or pic. cut in it. The lines being paths for people to walk on, there being a start and finish!

Our maze, Lord willing, will be a pic. of Abraham Lincoln christening the town of Lincoln with water melon juice with a background of a hot air balloon!

Below are pics. of Caleb, and a farmer down the street from us, planting grass in the parking section!

And Ben just came in and told me the grass is starting to come up!

Please keep us in your prayers!

We'd Like To Hear From YOU! :)

2010-04-24T16:23:00.001-07:00

Hello all!

While we are on a break we'd like to see who all looks at our blog on a weekly basis!

So, whether you know us personally or not if you would leave a comment on our blog and sign your first name, or last name (not much detail needed) or even if you want to sign it the state you live in we'd love to see who checks out our blog!

All you have to do is click on comment at the bottom of this post, write a comment in the box (It doesn't have to be lengthy, just a simple Hi will do!), sign it, then select "anonymous" and click on post comment! (Oh! For me sometimes it won't let me leave a comment the first time I try it, so then I just click post comment again and it usually goes through!)

Looking forward to hearing from you! Praying you all have a blessed week! Keep us in your prayers!

Thanks for looking!

The Peck Family

Exciting Announcement & A Blog Break

2010-04-14T14:51:00.000-07:00

We have an exciting announcement to make!

Our family is starting a Corn Maze this fall!

And we'd love it if each one of you would be able to come! We are still working on details... like... when we will open, what all we will offer, etc... We will fill you all in as soon as we know ourselves. ;D In the meantime if you would keep us all in your prayers for wisdom and the Lord's blessing and guidance. There are A LOT of things to finalize in a very short time so because of this we are going on a blog break for a week or two. (I know, not that we've been posting a lot lately anyway. ;) Pray you all have a GREAT week!

The Peck Family

Some Fun!

2010-04-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

And then there were some just plain fun ones...

This video and the next post (probably tomorrows) are just that. :D

(Hope they bring a smile!

Bell Choir

2010-03-31T08:22:00.000-07:00

Below are movies of a church that has a teen bell choir and they do an OUTSTANDING job.

Hope you all enjoy!

(Sorry, James took it in several segments cause he didn't think the camera could take it all on one.)

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2010 Student Convention

2010-03-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

Well, this week was our church'e Student Convention. It went VERY well. This year was Ben's first year doing it and he did an excellent job. He won first place in preaching (with 3 others), black and white picture story, his black and white still life, and his scripture recitation! There were A LOT of really awsome songs and plays performed and we were able to get quite a few videos. So through the next week we will be posting them for your enjoyment.

For those of you who don't know we have youth groups from churchs all around who come in and the youth compete in music, skits, crafts, photograpgy, ect... Something they started a few years ago is they take all the young people that come and have them sing in a HUGE youth choir and it sounds AWSOME!!!! Here is this years selection...

Ben's Scripture Recitation

2010-03-20T10:19:00.000-07:00

Ben is participating in our church's Student Convention this year and is doing a great job in all the things he has signed up for. This is a little clip from the scripture recitation he is doing. He has memorized Acts 16:9-40. Today he was trying it out on us a did an excellent job.

Please Pray

2010-03-13T11:34:00.000-08:00

Please be in prayer for our family this week.

We have some BIG decisions to make and we need God's wisdom and direction.

Hope you all have a blessed Sunday!

Caleb's Coming!

2010-03-09T10:39:00.000-08:00

Caleb is coming back home!

He is on the train right now and should, if everything goes according to plan, arrive here at 8:00 tonight. Please pray he has a safe and uncomplicated trip.

Thank you K. family for taking such good care of him!

Collages

2010-03-08T13:21:00.000-08:00

Here's some collages I made of our family.

Caleb...

Ben...

James...

and me.

Spring is Coming! Slowly But Surely

2010-03-05T07:25:00.000-08:00

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God."

Psalm 42:11

Happy Birthday James!

2010-02-26T11:04:00.000-08:00

Febuary 27, 1999

James Peter Peck

James brings so much joy into our lives. He is so sweet and kind and loving. We are so glad the Lord allowed him to be in our family.

Here are some fun things about him...

Favorite Food: Taco Salad

Loves lemons and lemon desserts. (And makes pretty good homemade lemonade too!)

Favorite Thing to Do: Play Legos alone or with Ben and friends

He's learning to play the cello.

Hears and sings parts very well.

Is EXTREMELY good with numbers and can remember peoples ages.

Favorite Veggie: Okra

He is growing up to be a very generous and Godly young man and we are excited to see what the Lord will do with his life.

Happy 11th Birthday James!

We love you!

Love Jordan & Family

Maelee And The Trumpet!

2010-02-25T09:32:00.000-08:00

Here's cute Maelee playing the bugle!!!!!!! She keeps us smiling! She is sooooo fun to have around! Hope you all enjoy!

Happy Birthday Jordan

2010-02-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

Jordan happens to be my favorate sister and we all appreciate her personality and joyful spirit.

Here are some facts about Jordan that you might not know.

Favorite food: Anything salty

Favorite insect: Definately a spider

She blesses us when she plays the piano and violin.

She is adopted and I'm very glad God put her in our lives.

Favorite car: a Plymoth Prowler

She loves most all reptiles and bugs.

Some of her favorite things to do are to go four wheeling, creek walking, and climbing trees.

Favorite sport: soccer

One of her favorite games Mennonite Madness.

Well Jordan Happy 22nd Birthday. God bless you. We are all encouraged to see how much you are growing in the Lord.
We love you.
Ben and family

Funny Friday!!!

2010-02-19T17:53:00.000-08:00

Ben is our "house comedian". He always keeps us laughing with his random humor. Whenever any of us are down he's the one that always tries to make us smile. Hope you enjoy this peek into his randomness! ;)

Wedding Pics.!

2010-02-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

Well, wedding pics. at last! Here are some of the pics. we got at the wedding we went to in MN.

This is Rebekah K. playing the flute with me on the piano for the prelude.

Here's the ring bearer and flower girl! Aren't they cute!

Here's Daniel! Rebekah's little boy.

Aaron and Naomi...

The kiss everyone's been waiting for!

Naomi made her own wedding cake! Isn't it beautiful! I love the lights cascading down the side!

This was really neat... in Canada they have programs at there weddings, so since they are so close to there they had one at their wedding! It was fun hearing the stories that some of the siblings told. This is Amos, Rebekah's husband and Naomi's brother, telling some humorous stories about Naomi.

Here is the whole K. family! Two children married, five more to go. (Although I think the consensus in their house is to wait a little before the next one, Lord willing. ;)

Beny's Hidden Talent! ;D

2010-02-01T10:32:00.000-08:00

Volleyball

2010-01-30T13:48:00.000-08:00

Don't worry I'm still going to post the wedding pics. I just need to make time and sort through them. But in the mean time... I played on a team against our girls volleyball team last night and our team won! But both teams played well. It was a lot of fun.

Have a great Sun.!

Hockey

2010-01-23T21:04:00.000-08:00

Probably our favorite thing we did while up there was going ice skating and playing hockey! They have FREE ice skating rinks up there! Not fair! And they are ALL REALLY good at hockey! Even the little kids! The K. family said that hockey is a god up there and so people start their kids out young skating. Everyone is soooooo fast that it's hard to get good pics. that aren't blurry.

It was REALLY fun but very tiring.

It's a little intimidating at first but they are so good at just letting you play no matter how bad you are. :)

More MN

2010-01-22T12:03:00.000-08:00

One morning Ben and James went ice fishing with some of the other guys. This was their second time. They had a good time!

(this is Mr. Mc. & Mr. K.)

So they are out on a HUGE lake called Lake of the Woods where the ice is about 3 ft. thick! No worries about them falling in! They even drive the cars out there! Pretty cool huh?!

They drill a hole in the ice with a drill that looks like a post hole digger.

Then bait the hook, drop in the line, and wait for a bite!

In all they were out for about 6 hours and caught 10 fish.

Ice fishing is a big thing up there so all around are fishing houses with people fishing! It's kinda cool to see little huts dotting the horizon!

Ben wanted to get some scenic pics. while out there and I think he did a good job!

He said you could see through the ice clearly in some places the day they went out and said it was really pretty! He said you couldn't see all the way down but you could see a little down.

These are cracks in the ice, but don't worry, they aren't very deep.

Cool!

This was taken from inside the tent where they fished.

Here's a quick video clip to show you how large the lake is!

the to be continued...

2010-01-20T15:29:00.000-08:00

... So we finally made it to Amos and Rebekah's! (At around 5 as I have been corrected by our travelling companions.) ;>

For those of you who don't know Rebekah is a good friend of mine who married Amos I think about 2 years ago and moved up to MN. She is the Mc. oldest child. and she now has been blessed with two cute little boys, Daniel 1 and David 3 months.

We stayed at their house for the first 3 days then moved over to the main K. family on Sun.

So we had a good time bumming around, talking, eating, and holding little ones!

This is Daniel, he's holding the extra chess pieces for Daddy and Uncle Nathan.

And here's David! He is such a snuggler! I LOVED getting to hold him for hours the whole week!

This is Daniel's new look.

(The wedding happened next but we took those pics. on another camera and still have to download them and sort through so we will post those pics. last for the grand finalli (?). It was a WONDERFUL wedding!)

One of the many fun things we did while up there was go sledding on the BIGGEST sledding hill I'm sure in the whole country! (remember we're from IL where it's flat so anything looks huge!) But this really was a big one! The drive there was BEAUTIFUL! Right through a state forest!

We didn't get too many good pics. while there but we got a few movies and we thought this would be the best way to show how far down it was. It was LOADS of fun!

(This is Silas K. going down.)

(stay tuned!...)

Our Trip to MN.....

2010-01-19T14:47:00.000-08:00

And we're back. Thank you all who kept us in your prayers while we where gone! As you will see we really needed them!

We had a WONDERFUL time, we always do, even though our start was a bit rough...

We left our house at around 5 Wed. night. Everything was going fine, we had a few hours of snow but the Lord protected us and it soon let off. But then around 5 a.m we started hearing something that sounded like bumps on the road. THEN something happened on the back end and we started swerving like we had a flat tire. <:O But it wasn't a flat, it was worse than that... (no rhyme intended.) The bolts to the tire broke off!!! But praise the Lord He allowed us to stop before the wheel completely came off! He is so good! We were travelling with the Mc. family so they were there to haul us all to a nearby gas station where we stayed til noon that day.

So, start your imaginations going and picture both our families stuck in a gas station from 5 in the morning til noon that day. Yeah. Not a pretty sight.

We started off the morning with a game on Mennonite Madness.

But that interested us only for a while and since I had not slept all night I quickly fell asleep... for 2 hours... on a table.

And soon Ben joined me.

But not everybody else!!!! Oh no! They were stronger than that! ;)

Ok, the mom's had been up ALL night driving so when I woke up at 8 they were acting, shall we say, a little giggly? (It was kinda scary!!)

So the Lord took pity on us and impressed upon the owners of the gas station, which were also the owners of the hotel next door, to give us a room for free! So the mom's got to take a nap so they were refreshed to drive the 3 hours left to go.

Needless to say we arrived at around 3 that afternoon safe and sound.

(to be continued...)

Keep Us in Your Prayers!

2010-01-06T12:51:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Sorry we haven't written in a while but we had lost our battery charger to the camera. And now we are headed up to MN to see our dear friends the K. family. Naomi is getting married this Fri. and we are excited to be able to be there. So there will not be anymore posts until we get back. But if you are wanting to see what we are up to there will probably be some pics. on the Krahn's blog. Please keep us in yours prayers though as you think of us today. We are leaving with the Mc. family tonight at 6 and there is snow in the forecast so please be praying for our safety and for alertness during the 15 hour drive. Thanks! Praying each of you has a very blessed and warm week! ;)

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T10:02:00.000-08:00

HAPPY

NEW YEAR!

Praying that The Lord blesses each one of you in amzing ways this new year! May you continue to grow in the Lord and find your joy in Him.

Love each one of you!

The Peck Family