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Tag: Jade

  • Big Brothers…

    Big Brothers…

    … are very good for sitting on: And I think they enjoy it.  

  • Old Fashioned Girls

    Old Fashioned Girls

      A couple of weeks ago we went to a harvest party. Lots of the children dress up in old fashioned clothes or like cowboys and indians and such. We never get dressed up (I’m really lame when it comes to costumes). Well apparently there were some extra clothes brought because when I turned around…

  • The Room Fairy

    The Room Fairy

    Brett has been having a tough time lately getting Indigo and Jade to help in their room. Indi and Jade are excellent when it comes to trashing the room, but definitely lacking on the cleanup part. Always resourceful, I saw the three of them working really hard cleaning it up today. Later Jade came to…

  • Enjoying the Jumpy Things

    Enjoying the Jumpy Things

    During August, Jim saw that in honor of “National Family Night Out”, our town was hosting free food and entertainment near the town square at Greenway Park. We never turn down free food, so we finished all our soap work and headed out. We took a pretty good chunk out of their hot dog and…

  • 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…

  • Who Is Scaring Whom?

    Who Is Scaring Whom?

    Jade decided to scare Daddy: Then she decided to be silly: Then she went back to being scary: But you really have to watch the video to see Jim’s reaction: I love watching him play with the children. He’s such a good Daddy.   

  • 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…

  • Once a King and Queen…

    Once a King and Queen…

    Once a King and Queen of Narnia… … Always a King and Queen. I love my children’s imagination.  

  • 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)…

  • Dinner for Ten

    Dinner for Ten

    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.…

  • 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…