Where have I been?

Well, aside from teaching, homemaking, and caring for a 1 year-old

who was very sick for a week, I've been...

...... saving my sons life more then a few times a day.

I have never had such a climber before!

...... playing tennis a lot.

......celebrating our sweet baby turning 1!!!!

(Pictures of the 8 year-olds birthday to come)

......enjoying time with friends we regularly see

.......and enjoying time with friends we don't see often enough

(had to share the back of this cutie's head.

How beautiful is that full head of hair!!!)

.......going to see my sporty kids have a great time at their track meet

(Walter,thank you sooo much for the great pictures!!!!!)

.....enjoying time with my goofy kids

....spending time staring at my baby at night, wondering how he is already 1 :o(

Quote of the day

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Charles Spurgeon

Pictures from the past few days

3 little kids in 1 little car

Just a cute shot

Field trip to a fire station

He is keeping me on my toes!

Football Fun

We're excited to start another little season of flag football.

Here are some pictures from our day

Look for the boy in a white shirt with the #8

Here is what the others were doing while he played

Narnia and Ladybugs

I am so excited to be starting the "Chronicles of Narnia" book series with my eldest. I have never read it, nor have I seen the Narnia movie. I never was asked to read it as a child, and it never made it to my list as grew older. When the Narnia movie came out a few years back, it peeked my interest. After some thought, I decided to wait a few years and so that I can enjoy delving into the books with my eldest. I am so glad that I waited. It is so much fun reading it for the first time together with my daughter. We are almost done with the "Magicians Nephew". Great book. We are so enjoying it! We stop at the end of each chapter and discuss what happened and talk about different Biblical truths we see in the story. The story is so entertaining and so deep!

Our next book is The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. We can't wait to read that one. :o) Then, I will finally see Narnia!

Pictures from the past week

Siblings watching their Big Sis play tennis

Look who got found the hose while I was working outside

The boys played football after church this past Sunday. Our church has an awesome field as part of the property. A few weeks back, a few guys started playing a game of football after service. We joined in this week.

This brought back so many memories from our years at Grace Church. Back then, it was common for us to stay after service on Wednesday nights for basketball or kickball. We even had a ladies walking group for a time. Such great memories!!!!!

We bought some Ladybugs for our garden!

They are super for natural pest control. Seriously, they have a big appetite! They can eat 50-60 aphids(common garden pest) per day.

I was so excited to find them at a local store. It was a surprise find.

When I asked for the ladybugs, I was very shocked to see him take them out of the refrigerator. That was just so strange to me. Apparently, this is a good place to store them.

I am learning so much :o)

Our little princess loved to pick them up and put them on a plant.

Fun at a park

Ice-cream date at Coldstone Creamery

Growing too fast!!!

We now have some cushion around the bottom of this slide. He is climbing on everything, including this slide.

Christmas and New Beginnings

A glimpse of our Christmas

The Guys and the Gals on Christmas Eve

The yearly Grandchildren picture

Our beloved Nanna

She'll be 94 this month!

Family Picture

My parents, 3 siblings, and their families

For some unknown reason, I don't have any pictures of my Hubby's side of the family with whom we saw on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

We can't believe that our #3 is now going to P.E.

I told him a few weeks back that he would be starting, and boy was he excited! He got a Cars lunch box for Christmas that he could not wait to fill. :o) He fit right in! He loved palying the games, followed instructions pretty well, and even got in a bit of wrestling with a new friend.

So sad

So sweet

So exciting!

Group shot after 3 hours of fun :o)

Random shot with his class

Loved watching him jump hurdles!

They are practicing for the annual Track Meet that will be in February. He was so cute trying to get over the hurdles.