.: July 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

Amish--Rolling Ridge and Yoder Farm

This was my favorite day. I LOVE Rolling Ridge Farm. It is SO AWESOME. It is basically an African safari that the Amish people own. They give you huge buckets of food and the animals walk right up to you while you sit in a wagon and either eat out of your hand or out of your bucket. There are zebras and ostriches and buffalo and deer and zeedonks and so much more. There is also a petting zoo where you can feed dozens of goats and baby calves carrots.

You had to put your hands up to show the goats that you didn't have food or they would charge you!

My mom's favorite calf.

Amish playground.

A ride in an Amish wagon.

Cute, cute puppies. Ashlyn wanted so badly to take one home.

This was Trevor's favorite dog.

I think it is hilarious that the old Amish man is hiding behind Kaiden. It looks kinda creepy. But he was actually so sweet. He put all of the baby chicks on the kids shoulders and wanted to stay by them so they wouldn't fall...but he also didn't want his picture taken. He is hiding in every picture...Where's Waldo?!

NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ

Monday, July 30, 2012

Amish--Rolling Ridge and Yoder Farm