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Tag: Emery

  • Autumn on the River

    Autumn on the River

    One of the first festivals we ever sold soap at was Autumn on the River in Bethlehem, Indiana. It’s this little town right on the river filled with very friendly people. It’s our last outdoor show of the season, so sometimes the weather is nice and sometimes it’s not so nice. Fortunately, we had a…

  • Barrel Racing

    Barrel Racing

    We have several rain barrels that we use to… collect rain, of course. The only problem has been that we haven’t had any rain in two months and the barrels were just sitting there empty. So the boys decided to put them to another use:                    …

  • Football Fans

    Football Fans

    We love watching NFL football games on television. The children know most of the rules to playing football from watching these games. But they’ve never been to a live game to watch it in person. Since Charlestown High School was in the sectional tournament at home, and we didn’t have a soap show scheduled, we…

  • Rugged Terrain Ahead

    Rugged Terrain Ahead

    When we were done playing (and showing off) on the playground, we decided to take a hike. We usually do the 1.5 mile, easy trail. But we had been wanting to take the 2.3 mile, rugged trail that overlooked the Ohio River. Since it was a good day for showing off, we headed for the…

  • YOU’RE Not Allowed…

    YOU’RE Not Allowed…

    The older children are allowed to use our Flip video camera to record memories. For example, Emery, on his own decided to take this video: And somebody else decided to take this one of Jade and Ginger: Indigo, unfortunately, is not old enough to use the Flip camera. She did not seem to remember that…

  • Apple Picking

    Apple Picking

    One of the best parts of Fall is going apple picking.  Our favorite apples are Fujis because they taste the best and store in our root cellar really well. It was a gorgeous day and everybody had fun hanging out waiting for the tractor ride to the Fuji apples.   Hewitt and Indigo had fun…

  • Tiger Cubs

    Tiger Cubs

    Have I ever mentioned that Colter wants to be a zoo keeper some day? He’s really excited about it. The Louisville zoo has a program, but he’s not old enough yet to participate. We also have a neighbor (scary, I know) on the next street over that has a sort of wildlife preserve where he…

  • Giddy-up!

    Giddy-up!

    I never get over how kind people are to us.  Here’s a perfect example. The guy that we get our wood from has horses. My children adore horses and never get a chance to ride. The other day he and his wife showed up at our place on horseback (they live about five miles away)…

  • Good-bye Topsail Island

    Good-bye Topsail Island

    It was so sad the last day, saying good-bye to the ocean: No. I mean it. It was sad: We got all the cousins together for a last picture: And then just my kids for a last picture with the ocean: In case you’ve ever wondered what was involved in getting that many children to…

  • Last Night at Topsail Island

    Last Night at Topsail Island

    Our last night of vacation we decided to celebrate Fletcher’s birthday. Even though it was a couple of days early, the whole family was there, so it seemed like a good idea. Fletcher certainly thought so: I think what he liked best was the Carvel ice cream cakes that we got for him: The sugar…

  • Pirates

    Pirates

    My sister-in-law planned a huge thing for all the children while we were at Topsail Island. She made a treasure map, stuffed it into a bottle, and planted it in the sand for Colter to find. (He was SO geeked out by it. LOL)     It directed them to different clues:   It was…

  • Blowing Bubbles

    I never finished blogging all of our vacation photos, and the children have been asking for them, so I’m going to try to get them up. My mom had gotten all of the children bubble wands and we broke them out on a windy evening. They had so much fun with them.      …

  • Where’s Emery Going to Sleep?

    Where’s Emery Going to Sleep?

    In general, I love almost all aspects of having a large family. There is one aspect that I intensely dislike, however. And that is the semi-annual clothes changeover. Managing clothes for 8 children is never easy, but when it’s time to switch from summer to winter clothes (or winter to summer) – ugh, what a…

  • Odds n Ends

    I have a few random photos leftover from the air show, so I thought I’d post them all here. Hewitt and me admiring the corvettes: Greyden all scrunched into the stroller and watching the airplanes: Emery getting a video: Colter: Indigo and Grandma: Grandma watching the planes: Me and my baby brother: Hewitt resting in…

  • Prayer Time

    Prayer Time

    During the air show, one of my nephews got upset about something (I think it was a quarrel over the soccer ball). He decided to walk off. I sent Greyden after him to go check on him. A little while later Emery joined them and I stopped paying attention. When I looked back over there…