Scrabble and School

Hannah played her first Scrabble game with Daddy!  

Sarah's been studying dinosaurs in school and had fun building this model
Tri-Sarah-Tops with Daddy.  (It even walks and roars!) 

We all made a dinosaur panorama together.

Making clay starfish......

and sea urchins!

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Our sweet Sarah girl is 5 years old!  She is such a sunny, happy little
spot in our home. Sarah loves to read books, play games and have fun with
her sister and brothers!  

We had a couple of little girls over for Sarah's party -  it was a lot of fun! 

Sarah got her first watch!

Sarah's been hoping for a sewing kit! 

Having fun with balloons! 

Dress up Night!

Every year there is a night at Awana when everyone dresses up like a Bible character.
The kids had so much fun getting ready for this. 

"Miriam with Baby Moses" 

"Queen Esther" 

"David the Shepherd Boy" 

Just Some Pictures.....

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart! 

Daniel reminds me of my Dad in a lot of ways. He likes to get up early and he
looks quite a lot like my dad.  I also remember Dad calling mom from the barn
to tell Mom to look out at the sunrise.  Well, Daniel will always tell me,
"Look, Mom, the sky is pretty!"  :) 

One of Joshua's favorite places to be. :) 

Everyone's just being silly! 

The very first snow flakes of the winter!  Daniel is
pretty pleased with his new snowsuit! 

Joshua really likes to feed himself, and he does a pretty
good (though messy) job of it! 

Having fun with Meows' fall kittens. 

by Hannah and Sarah :) 

Sarah is so good at making Joshua laugh! 

Is there anything cuter than this? :) 

When it's really cold outside, sometimes we bring the snow inside to enjoy it where
it's warm!  Joshua had a great time too, as you can see! 

My helpers..... Sarah is learning how to iron......

and Hannah's cleaning the fridge! 

All bundled up for a quick run outside with Daddy! 

These three were very pleased one day, when I let them all sit together for lunch.
(They usually sit a bit farther away from each other than this, for reasons that
I'm sure you can imagine!  :) 

And this is another one of Joshua's favorite places! 

One day I heard some noise out in the pantry. When
I went to investigate, I found Joshua filling canning jars
with little potatoes. :)  Very cute! 

Shoebox "Shopping"

Rather than taking everyone to the store to go shopping for shoeboxes this year, I ordered a bunch of things online and then set up a little "store" in the living room for the kids to pick out what they wanted to put in their boxes. They really had a lot of fun, and Hannah even said that it was better than going to the store. :) 

Hi Joshua!