I have photo albums for each of the children. I simply do not have time to scrapbook, so I just bought 9 albums and started printing copies of photos to put in each child’s album. (The extra album is for me and Jim). That means if there is a good family photo, I have 9 […]
While Jim and the boys were at the Gift and Hobby Show, the boys spent a lot of time visiting the other vendors and entertainers. Apparently one of their favorite places was the balloon people. The boys said they were the most impressive balloon people ever. Beyond flowers and swords and basic stuff like that. […]
I’ve been very sleep deprived lately because I don’t sleep well when Jim is away from home. Since it was a Sunday morning (and I didn’t have to ship internet orders), I decided to sleep in. At some point Indigo came in and said (in a whisper voice), “Mommy, can we play with play doh?” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Once a King and Queen of Narnia… … Always a King and Queen. I love my children’s imagination.
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) […]
We do a lot of festivals. At these festivals we meet all kinds of crafters. At one show, set up behind us was a guy who carved wood with a chainsaw. It was very noisy and smelly cool. Hewitt was fascinated: Of course he didn’t have a clue who Humpty Dumpty was. So we had […]
I love our family dinners. In the last six months, especially, the conversations are so much fun and we have a great time. The children always say something funny that makes us all laugh. And it’s the kind of laughter where we’re laughing with each other and not at each other. Last night was classic. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
We have a friend who flew the KC-10 for the Air Force. So we decided to go and check it out. First, we all crammed into the cockpit: Then we each got to be the pilot: The children are all now talking about becoming pilots. I told them they were going to have to […]