Meet the Rest of the Gang!

As if our lives aren't busy enough raising three boys, add a few animals into the equation that depend on us for food, water, shelter, and protection, and WaLa you've got "Old McDonald's Farm." Life gets pretty hectic around the Rau home sometimes.

Meet "Champ" aka "Lazy Bones" who never barks when strangers drive up

Meet "Patches" our sweet gray calico

Meet the guineas or better known as the "loud mouths"

Meet our latest hatch of "loud mouths"

Meet the hens; no more store bought eggs for us

Meet some of the herd

Meet the peeps

Nate's Baptism!

July 18, 2010 we baptized Nate Brandon at Zion Luthern Church at 9:00A.M. We invited just the immediate family and some close friends to help us celebrate this special time in Nate's life. Jamie and Buck Odom and Steven and Adrienne Siemsglusz are Nate's sponsors. These are four wonderful people that we know will look out for Nate and help guide him in the direction as he continues to grow and mature. The church ceremony was great; it happen to fall on "Country Western" Sunday, and the choir had an awesome assortment of some good ole country gospel songs to sing. After church, we had a reception and lunch in honor of Nate at the Carmine Lions Club. We had fried chicken and all the fixings. Congratulations Nate on becoming a child of God

All Sports Summer Camp!

Kade attended an "All Sports" camp this summer for one week. Throughout the week they met at different parks, the pool, and the "Boys and Girls Club" to work on various sports such as baseball, tennis, basketball, swimming, football, etc. He really enjoyed it. At the end of the week, the coaches had handed out awards and gave the kids a pizza party with homemade cupcakes. Before the party, they were all split into teams and all participated in different relay races. Kade's team won the frisbee toss and they all got a medal. Kade also won the award for "rodeo tag." Good job buddy!