Axel got to help the big guys one day last week.
Category Archives: Video
Thursday, April 8 –
Cattle are always up for a little evening treat. Large bags of feed pellets, called “Cake” are full of protein and help supplement lacking pastures in the winter months. This spring, wild rye grass has made its appearance, but these recently calved mothers will still come running for a taste of cake. Aren’t the babies sweet? Many of them have a Charolais sire and are sporting his color or some version of it.
A beautiful new video from the Axe & Anvil Youtube channel.
Saturday, January 30 –
Another breezy day on the south plains seemed to cause a bit of a stir on social media. Weather conditions caused the wind to whip up on the caprock. The top soil, which is vunerable this time of year because of lack of crop cover, was blown all the way to the Dallas area. This caused the people there who don’t often see a sky full of dirt to post pictures of the skies and sunset. Here’s an example taken in Fort Worth.
As sand storms go, Lubbock dwellers have seen much worse, but some people still enjoyed snapping shots and sharing them on the internet. Here’s a few I found on my feed.
The most interesting thing I saw was this video of the storm passing above the texas panhandle and the dust storm pushing through the caprock area into central Texas.
Doing a little research, I found that one of the worst ever sandstorms was in 1935. The day it hit was Sunday, April 14, 1935. It is known as “Black Sunday” because the dirt in the sky was black and the visibility so bad that it was said that a person couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face. The storm started in the midwest and then blew southeast and ended up coming down through Amarillo.
Does this look familiar? No, these gals weren’t trying to avoid a pandemic, just a dust storm.
Thursday, July 4 –
Cim’s family and Laredo’s family came out for some burgers and homemade ice cream. Everyone had to take a turn holding little Magnus.
Callahan enjoyed the new pickup.
Bella prefers the old “cozy coupe”.
Callahan and Axel found a big “tractor” to inspect.
Sunday, June 16 –
Eighty-five years ago today was Granny’s birthday. Twenty-five years ago was Laredo’s birthday. They are exactly 60 years apart.
We all got together at Sunny’s today to celebrate these two birthdays, Courtney’s birthday, which is the 17th, and Father’s Day as well.
The menu included Mexican stack with all the trimmings, Sunny’s famous hot sauce, watermelon, a delicious chocolate cake by Courtney and a yummy lime cheesecake made by Andrea.
Everyone enjoyed playing with all the little ones and new baby, Magnus.
Here’s a little sample of the fun:
Saturday, May 18 –
This morning at the Sunset Church of Christ, graduates of the 2019 class of the Sunset International Bible Institute were presented with their hard-earned diplomas. Laredo had actually finished his classes last December, but returned to officially get his diploma with his class. He’s been preaching at Slaton, Texas at the Hearts Together church of Christ for a year or so.
Following is a short video of the highlights of Laredo’s
graduation.
Callahan checking out the program, scanning for names he might recognize..
Everyone is so proud of Laredo and Andrea.
They had a hard two years with lots of studying but stayed with it to the end.
The Kerux award is so named because Kerux is the Greek word used in the New Testament for a herald or messenger of the Gospel. It is called the Ed Wharton Kerux Award because of Ed’s Bible knowledge and ability to clearly deliver the gospel message. The plaque is awarded every year to the student selected by the faculty as being an exemplary speaker. Laredo is pictured on the left with Ed Wharton and on the right with Andrea’s uncle Brad Buxton of Oklahoma City.
Former Sunset graduate and grandfather of Andrea, Mike Crowley congratulates Laredo.(also the preacher at the Matador church of Christ where the Shannon’s attend)
Granny with Laredo.
Afterwards we celebrated at Fuddrucker’s restaurant. I was so busy eating that I forgot to take pictures, except for a couple of Magnus enjoying time with Andrea’s mom, Rut.
Monday, January 9 –
Laredo began a two-year program at the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock today. Since he’s starting in January, he’s having to jump in with the second semester students that started in August of 2016. We’re so proud of him and know he’ll do well.
September 2017 Update –
Laredo completed his first semester and spent the summer doing an internship at Midland, Texas with the Fairmont Park church of Christ, working with Mike Crowley, Jr., his father-in-law. He’s back at Sunset now and seems to be really enjoying the work but reports that a lot of study time is required. He’s done quite a bit of public speaking among other things since he first started. He’s now preaching on every first Sunday at the Matador church of Christ and doing a great job. Please join us anytime you are in the area and hear him for yourself. If you can’t come in person, you can watch him online by going to the church website and clicking on “watch a sermon online”. www.matadorchurchofchrist.org
The Power of the Cross on Vimeo.
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The Big Yawn
Sunday, October 16 –
I just happened to catch this adorable Bella yawn on video. This is what Grammies live for.
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Must See Speech
While in Tennessee, we were fortunate enough to be able to hear this constitutional lawyer speak. I hope you’ll take the time to watch it and have your kids watch it with you. It’s practically equivalent to an entire government class. You’ll hear things you’ve been longing to hear for a long time with concise recommendations on what we as citizens can do to fix our broken system and return to our constitutional roots and God-given rights.
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If you haven’t seen it, here’s the link to the amazingly romantic video short of the recent “wedding of the century II” put together by videographer, Caleb Phipps.
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The Amish Auction