Update

Ok well the end of Feb. is almost here. We have had a busy month. We started off with Tim and Lex's birthdays. It was fun. We decided to do Knight and Princess party. (They wanted separate one's at first, but I am not ready for that just yet... so we sold them on this idea). It came out cute. We had a castle cake, dragon pinata, and the kids all got knight and princess stuff to take home. It was a good time!

Then after that we once again took advantage of the nice weather and spent some time out doors. I managed to get some good shots of the kids!(I will be sending hard copies of  these in the mail this weekend) :)

Valentine's day was fun. We had a party with our homeschool group. The kids made holders and then exchanged Valentine's. Shesh, my hand hurt after we made all ours, but they sure came out cute!

Erika is doing well... LOL. I had to post this one with her hair... She is the only one of my kids that has hair that sticks straight up first thing in the morning. It's pretty funny!

She is a complete busy body these days... into everything. She is also somewhat of a daredevil as she loves to climb and jump and be flipped around. Shesh. She is talking now a little. We took her to the zoo for the first time in awhile and she got all excited and was making all the animal sounds.It was cute to see her get so excited.

Plus she is so friendly that I don't think she stopped waving the whole time we were on the train. LOL.

My in laws got the kids a table for their birthday.

Erika was so upset about being in her high chair and threw a fit until I let her sit down at the new table with the other two. She certainly has a mind of her own these days!

Well, I guess that is all for now, but we have a busy weekend, and then we have picture day for our homeschool yearbook. I will try and get them posted as soon as I get them. We also have several outings for March planned... plus with the weather getting to be so nice I am sure we will be out and about so I should have lots to blog about next month.

Please take care and thanks for stopping by!

P.S. I could not resist posting this one... because "It is good to be queen!" (Even if it is only in my mind!)

Updates

Wow, not sure how I got so far behind... and it's only the middle of January... I am in trouble. Anyway let me back up to where the last blog left off.
We had a wonderful Christmas. It was full of fun, family and friends. The kids all got lots of stuff. I am finding, however as they are getting older it is getting harder for me to actually go shopping for them. With their birthdays right around the corner I am finding myself in that predicament once again. But I digress... LOL

Erika certainly made things interesting this year, as she was mobile. We actually braved getting a 6 foot tree. We started out with ornaments all over the tree, but they slowly migrated as she would take them off the tree and hand them to us. We would then put them back on the tree in a higher spot. LOL Amazingly enough, she did really well not getting into to much, and it was actually Lex who knocked over the tree, by accident.

The girls both loved being able to dress up and we got some cute shots of them all dressed up. Tim not so much. He did dress up, but I missed it and by the time I was ready to take pics he had the tie off and the shirt untucked. LOL. Oh well there is always Easter.

We also made lots of cookies. That was our gift to most people was goodie baskets of homemade cookies and bread. The kids did a great job decorating them. Their cousins joined us as well as the kids grandma. It was lots of fun.

After Christmas we had several gift certificates to redeem. The kids love to get books and were thrilled to know they could use the gift certificates to get some new ones. Lex of course wanted anything princess (After all she does think it's a hard job to be a princess.) Tim got another dinosaur book. This one is really cool, with lots of pop ups and pictures that show their actual sizes. Pretty neat.
 
We spent New years with my folks, It was lots of fun. Erika was the only one of the kids that stayed up til midnight with the adults. LOL. There were rides in the back of Gramp's truck, a trip to the park, and then we all got dressed up for Church. The pictures of Alexa were taken at the park. She was moody (it shows) but I do love how dramatic she can be when she take pictures. Heh

Homeschooling is going well. The kids are learning lots. :) We have park days on Fridays with a wonderful group of families. The weather here has finally started to get a little chilly and the leaves are changing. The kids love to make huge leaf piles and take turns jumping into them.

Actually up until this past week the weather has been beautiful. Then all of the sudden we were hit with 3 inches of rain in 2 days and tornado warnings, and all sorts of stuff like like that. But by Saturday it was back in the upper 60's and partly cloudy. We took advantage of it and spent the afternoon out.

Now... that gets you caught up to the blog right before this one. Heh.

Now that we are back in routine, I will start posting a little more regularly again. We have several things coming up in Feb. It's looking to be a busy month. What, with our homeschool Valentine's party, the kids birthdays, and other birthdays scattered in there as well. Lots of picture opportunities.

Thanks so much for stopping by and take care!

Sorry for the delay

Sorry for the delay in posting... it's been on my list... I promise I will have an updated blog up by tomorrow evening... LOL. This should hold you all for now until I can get it updated. We spent some time out and about Saturday and here are the pics.

 

So we are eating lunch and Erika is having mac and cheese and of course she is all messy. Mike looks over and her and says "Now THAT is one cheesy smile." We all cracked up laughing. She is such a ham!

Anyway, make sure to check back sometime tomorrow evening, as I will have a long over due update up. Thanks for stopping by... see you tomorrow :)

Sorry

I will get to posting soon.... things are moving at light speed here... more to come soon I promise.

Update

Sorry for the delay in posting. Things seem to be moving at light speed here these days. Christmas is almost upon us, so that makes for some crazy times.

The weather here is so beautiful it's hard for us to stay inside some days. Now that Erika is mobile things have gotten a lot harder though. She likes to take off after her brother and sister. She has no fear, she likes to go where they go... including up into the big play areas. Shesh! Park days just got a lot more complicated. :P

Alexa has been enjoying dressing up in the last few months. In fact she had a hard time for Halloween, before settling on the princess costume. But she has now informed me that she will be dressing up for Christmas and New Years as various Disney princesses. LOL

We have also decided on a theme for the kids birthdays that should satisfy both kids... We are going for a medieval theme of knights and princesses. Kinda smart huh?... This way we stave off having to have two separate parties for at least one more year. LOL

We have also been busy decorating for Christmas. We made snowflakes one day with Tim and Lex... that was fun. Erika loves the tree. She gets so excited. Although we are finding that the ornaments are slowly migrating to the top of the tree. Every time she takes one off we put it up a little higher. LOL Opening presets will be interesting this year for sure.

Well I will leave it at that for now... we are having our homeschool Christmas party tomorrow and making cookies on Saturday, so I should have more to post by Monday. Then I likely will not post again until after the first of the year...

Although I may try and sneak some Christmas shots up... we'll see if I have time.

So for now I hope you enjoy these and make sure to check back early next week.

Things I am Thankful for...

Here is my list of the 10 things I am most thankful for:
1: A God who is merciful and gracious... even when I am not.
2: A husband who loves me, even in my most unlovable moments.
3: Happy children that are growing and learning every day.
4: A supportive and loving extended family who never ceases to amaze me that they have been so accepting all these years.
5:Wonderful friends who are there when you need them. (Even when you don't realize how much you need them.)
6: Being able to stay at home and homeschool my children.
7: Mike's job.
8: Modern medicine (anyone who has read this blog for the last year knows we have been struggling with a LOT of sickness in our house... so this one makes sense. LOL)
9: Modern technology (aka my computer and blackberry). This has allowed me to find and stay in touch with family and friends I would have lost contact with otherwise.
10: A God who is merciful and gracious. (Seems appropriate to begin and end with this one.)

There is much to be thankful for today and everyday. I hope everyone has a blessed and wonderful day of thankfulness, rest and turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!

Sigh

(Sigh) This has been our house this past week... LOL

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Well everyone seems to be feeling better today, so we may still get to celebrate Thanksgiving with extended family after all.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy Thanksgiving. I will be posting more tomorrow so make sure to check back and see the the things I am most thankful for this past year. Should be an interesting list. LOL

Fall

We have been decorating our house for fall. I thought I'd share some of the pics.

We also had our Thanksgiving party with our Homeschool group. It was fun. They had turkey bowling and a game where you had to be the first one to eat the doughnut off the string. Both kids had a really good time.