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Sleepover with the BFFs

October 31, 2011 By 1 Comment

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have 8 children ages 8, almost-7, 6, 5, 4, 4, 2, and 2?

I’ll tell you. It’s a little crazy. And oh-so-fun.

This is what the table looks like at meal time:

(from August 2011)

Recently, we were blessed to have the Perry kiddos join us for an overnighter so that their parents could have a little time alone to celebrate their anniversary. (Go, Craig and Kathy! Thirteen years! Woo-hoo!) We had a splendid time!

Five sleeping girlies

Snuggled up tight

Zachy sleeping in the boys' room

Megan and Ava playing dress-up

Karisa and Grace playing dress-up

Jaden and Zach coloring in the school room

Jaden and Zachy at the piano, taking after their parents' love of music

The big kids playing a rousing game of the Angelina Ballerina memory game

We are so thankful for fun friends!

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I’m thankful…

October 13, 2011 By 6 Comments

Today, I’m thankful for…

Our annual trip to the orchard, even if it was freezing.



Four sweet little helpers in aprons…

This little contraption that makes apple prep SO MUCH EASIER!!!

A tiny part of our bountiful harvest…

Hot chai latte in a new mug…

Beautiful fall flowers on my table…

What are YOU thankful for today?

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These Leaves are Made for Jumping

October 11, 2011 By 6 Comments

It has been brilliantly beautiful here this week. I am thoroughly enjoying this grand fall weather. In fact, I think fall might be winning in the “My Favorite Season” contest.

How could I not LOVE looking out into my backyard and seeing this?

God’s creative handiwork!

So, anyway, the kids got all excited to rake the yard. (FYI – We have about 1 acre of actual yard…it would take FOREVER to rake all the leaves. This was just raking “for fun.”) They got out the new lawn rakes that Luke bought, and stayed outside for a looooooong time.

This was their self-imposed reward:

We had fun.

I’m so glad they did all that work.

These are the moments I love to remember.



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A New Commandment

October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Two-year-old Jaden has been having a hard time keeping his speech pure lately, saying words like “st*pid,” which we don’t allow our kids to say.

So, today he said the word again, and our little discipline session went something like this…

Mommy: “Jaden, you said a naughty word.”

Jaden: “Yeah.”

Mommy: “What does God’s Word say about that?”

Jaden: “Do not spank me.”

Mommy: “What?!”

Jaden (straight-faced): “Do not spank me.”

Mommy was not straight-faced for long.

(Our older kids know the verse, “Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only that which is helpful for building others up.” Jaden doesn’t, but I asked anyway, because he’s going to learn it. Someday, he WILL learn it!)

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My Little Blessings

September 13, 2011 By 5 Comments

My beautiful, amazing friend Dana took some pictures of our family this past Sunday. (Thanks again, Dana!) One of them you’ll see amongst your Christmas cards this year. Another one we’re going to use for the header on this here bloggity-blog. So, we’ll save those for later.

But can I show you a couple of pictures of our sweet babies?

It almost scares me how grown up Grace is becoming! She’ll be SEVEN in a couple of months!

And she got Caleb to smile…can I get a HALLELUJAH!? Oh, and if you’re wondering, this is Jaden’s “I just thought of something naughty I can do” face.

You might notice that Ava’s absent. She made it into the family shots you’ll see later…but then started giving the camera the evil eye. So I’ll spare you. :-)

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