My Little Pumpkins

We completely enjoyed visiting the pumpkin patch with our family while we were at Grandma and Poppa's house. It was SO fun!

Well, MOST of us had fun! Emma's face is the best ever!

Pirate Kayla

Kayla the Brave

Melissa the Baker

Our girls LOVE Family Home Evening and look forward to it every week. We take turns with the various "assignments" and the girls anxiously await their turn to make the refreshments. Last week Melissa decided to make a 4 layer cake in her Easy Bake oven. It was SO YUMMY!

 

1st Day of School

Before Ray and I had children, we knew we wanted to teach them at home. It has been challenging, but also very rewarding. We enjoy homeschooling and the freedom it gives us to fill our children's minds with good things and the knowledge they will need to "make it" in the world.

The following picture is what our dining room/school room table looked like for well over a week while I prepared our lessons for this year. Yikes! My family was very patient during this time. :)

 

Kayla made this pencil holder! So cute!

Melissa made her cute pencil holder!

Mommy and Abbie made her super cute pencil/crayon holder.. she no longer has pencils in hers as she keeps trying to eat the erasers...

Abbie on her 1st day of pre-Preschool

Kayla's 1st Day of 1st Grade

Melissa's 1st day of 3rd Grade!

Yep.. me too.. wet hair, no make-up.. typical...



Our "Gift" from the Children's Museum

That oh-so-fun trip we took to the Children's Museum several weeks ago (pictures below) led to the worst "gift" we have ever received... LICE. The Sunday evening after our visit I found lice on Abbie's  head. I started crying immediately and cried for the next 2 weeks as I did everything possible to get rid of them. It was truly a nightmare! Thankfully, Abbie was the ONLY one who had lice but it took forEVER for them to disappear. Seriously, a NIGHTMARE.

 

After her 3rd treatment... it was horrible.

I finally braided her hair so that I could watch for the nasty bugs easier...

 

Her hair after taking the braids out.. she thought it looked "funny"... I did too.

 



Daddy's 40th Birthday

Mommy MAY be a little behind on blogging and decided to use today to play catch up...

Daddy turned 40 this year!

We celebrated with cake on Sunday and cookie cakes on his actual birthday Monday night. Daddy is an amazing man who blesses our lives every day. We love you, Daddy-O!

 The girls decorated his chocolate cake. SO yummy!

Excuse the mess all around Daddy, we were having a family camp out downstairs so everything was everywhere... Those cookie cakes were SO good!

Kayla beats Ehrlichiosis

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Kayla became very ill after a tick bite and eventually ended up in the hospital with Ehrlichoiosis... the video above shows some of the things we experienced while there. So thankful she is feeling better! 

Kayla's 6th Birthday!!

We were blessed to be able to celebrate Kayla's Birthday with some of our favorite people. We are so blessed by her being an amazing part of our family!

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Abbie's 2nd Birthday Party

Grandma and Poppa were sweet enough to let us have Abbie's 2nd birthday party at their house. She decided she wanted to have a Teddy Bear Picnic Brunch... and it was so fun and yummy! Most everyone wore their pj's and we enjoyed spending time with the birthday girl!

Our friend, Audrey, made the cute bears that sat on top of her picnic cake... Daddy made the cupcakes.

 Her little thank-yous.

 Teddy Bear Toast

 We served, scrambled eggs, mini-pancakes, honeycomb cereal, teddy bear toast, mini-donuts, bagels with cream cheese, yogurt parfaits, fruit and yummy bear cookies.

 Sweet Melissa made some Bear Cookies that everyone LOVED.

 The Birthday Girl!

 Playing Ring-around-the-roses

 Playing Teddy Bear Toss

 Wearing her Birthday tiara

 Yumm-0!

 Peek-a-Boo

 Playing with her new toys after oatmeal breakfast in bed.

 Best Day Ever!!



Abbie's 2 Year Photo Shoot

Well, even though I begged her not to get older, Abbie decided to turn 2 this year. We were at Grandma and Poppa's house and enjoyed time with her cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and even the Greats. It was SO much fun!  These are a few of the pictures Daddy and I took of our sweet 2 year old on Birthday Morning. She is such a cutie!

 She was SO finished with cooperating at this point! Ha!

 Yes, I bribed her with chocolate....