Awesome Cub Scout Auction Cake

Such Precious Innocence

Katie "Does God like bad guys?"
Me "He loves them, he does not like when they act bad though."
Katie "I don't love them. They're bad."
Me "Do you ever do anything bad?"
Katie "No."
Me "Didn't you just hit your sister?"
Katie "Ummm, yes."
Me "God still loves you even though you weren't nice to your sister. When we do things that are not ok with God it's called sin. We all sin sometimes. God is holy so he can't be around our sin. That's why we need Jesus. He saves us from being away from God, he saves us from our sin."
Katie "Oh yes! I have Jesus! I can feel him inside me!"
Me "Oh? What does it feel like?"

Katie " He's in my tummy. He's tickling me."

Few Words Wednesday

Yum...

....there is nothing more to say.

Oh So Cute!!!

Christmas 2009The cousins...
Ali, Caleb, Riley
Rian, Emmie, Katie, Grace
(we are missing Leah, she was a bit too fussy to put up with the photo session)

Look at those adorable kiddos of mine!!
Leave it to Katie to spice it up a bit:)

My mom got Emmie to not suck her thumb by telling her to pray! How cute is that!?

Psalm 45: 10-11

¹⁰ Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear:
Forget your people and your father's house.

¹¹ The king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.

Fieldtrip

Today there was too much to do.
I needed to get my snow tires on before the mad rush at the tire store once the snow flies.
There will be no getting up our hill without them I'm sure.
We needed to do school.
Ali had a doctor's appointment.
And we had homegroup.

Soooo.....

We took an outing.
To Les Schwab.
In the spirit of an educational field trip.
You know, Jason did contribute to the DNA of those kiddos so there is a good chance that they will need to familiarize themselves with said store.
Anyhow,
we just packed up school and went to town.
Reason # 218 "Why I Love Homeschooling"... portability.
We had to wait for about an hour so that gave the kids time to get some serious work done.
Katie colored.
Emmie ate "copcorn".
I know, Taylor, very, very dangerous.
But I was watching her closely, promise.

And we were educated about the proper installation of snow tires.
It was a good day.

Glasses, Headwounds and The Kitty

Riley got glasses!Isn't he handsome?

He was too excited to hold still and look studious for my photos.So he's looking a little... well, goofy, but still handsome.
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You know I have been without a camera for a few days, this is less than ideal.
A photo happy mama sharing one camera with her realtor husband who needs to take pictures of listings is truly not a good fit.
I think I know what I need for Christmas:)

So, I am making up for lost time...
I just think this picture is cute of all my little love munchkins and it shows off my lovely red couch.
I thought I would try this slipcover out for Christmas.
Ooohhh festive!
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This little pumpkin fell off of the chair at grandma's this morning and cut the back of her head pretty badly.
Poor thing!
Good thing I wasn't there.
I don't handle that kind of thing very well.
Mom said the whole back of her head and hair all the way to the ends was saturated with blood.
Mom can handle those types of things, she used to be a nurse.
Katie is doing fine.
She is so tough.
But still, poor thing.
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And on another note...
It is sooooo unfair that my wonderful, lovely, handsome, kind, giving, hardworking and sometimes fair husband won't let us get a cat.
My girls need a cat.

This adorable cat showed up on our porch the other night.
I cannot express the excitement.
"Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty."

And the tears and pounding on the door when the kitty left:(
How can any man in his right mind not be moved by that?
Those girls needs a cat.