ummm! a wood burning fire

I took this on September 25th. The reason I know that is because I was sitting on the back porch, it was the first night the weather turned towards Fall and I told Chip that I have never, never, never, never, never been cold on Sept 25th.

Since then we have had some cooler days and some warmer days, but Fall is definitely HERE!

exact representations

gonna be sweet and cooperative

gonna do my own thing
gonna make you laugh

a six year old

Really? Am I that old? Has it been that long since my little 7lb-er came into this world? The calendar says it is so and so does Streed. He is so happy to be SIX! With moving and Chip being out of town the whole week before Streed's birthday we did not have an actual party. That turned out to be a good thing because on Oct 1 Ella and Nate woke up at 4am with a stomach virus. It has since lingered. That is why I am sitting in my bed with hours upon hours with not much to do but blog. I woke up this morning feeling not quite right. Too much movement and the stomach starts to cramp so I figure I will just stay put.

Back to Streed. He got some neat toys from his friends up here. He also had some money sent to him and enjoyed getting to pick out 2 presents. He bought one the day before his birthday and played with it all day on his actual birthday (since we could not go and infect the nursery at church). The weather was fabulous. We spent a lot of the day on the back porch in the fresh air. Look at his little mind working on his Iron Man lego set.



That night we had cupcakes and sang to our little man. He loved it. And then to top it off, he and Chip camped in the back yard. It got down to 41 that night but they borrowed some real deal camping equipment from a neighbor and went out for a little adventure. They made it all night. I am pretty sure Streed slept better than Chip did.


Besides the stomach bug, we had another surprise visitor that weekend too--Clara Mae was feeling the need for some good country comfort and headed our way.

math time is fun time

The kids absolutely love doing Math during homeschool. I went with Saxon after much debate. I am happy with it because it tells me exactly what to say and do. However, we are trucking right through the Kindergarten level and will probably buy the 1st grade book next semester. Ella loves school time. She is quick to tell Nate he has to go take his nap so they can "do school". She is working on her letters using a dry erase workbook most days. She is kind of in and out a lot of the time but when it is time for Math, she is all in there.

may have a cowboy on my hands

Nate is a funny little boy. He is all boy, despite occasionally having a nail or two painted and/or wearing pink boots. He just goes with the flow. I tell people that he really and truly may grow up to be a cowboy. He loves all things relating to horses. He has had limited exposure to those types of things, that is until his daddy moved us to the country! Now he is obsessed. I was amazed by him at the petting zoo portion of the pumpkin patch. He was all into the animals, talking to the helpers about the hay, asking to feed the animals etc. As we were trying to leave he has to say one last goodbye. I look over and cannot believe how he and this goat are entranced. He's my little animal whisperer I guess.

visitors welcome

Our first weekend in the house we had visitors. Chip had to go out of town and so did Casey. Casey had to come in our direction so Jill made the trip with him and then an extra 2+ hour trip to see us for a short overnight visit. We packed the time full with playing, eating at Moe's, chatting till late at night, decorating my den and hitting a pumpkin patch. Here are some fun shots of our weekend.

Is baby Jonathan not a doll!!!

on the hay ride

new porch, new photo ops

The afternoon sun off the back porch is just lovely. There is still major construction going on all around us so I was not sure I could get any really good shots. So, in testing out the lighting etc this is what I got.

Then I got the little "Ham-bone" joining in. His 2 main goals in life are: 1)to get his way and 2)to make people laugh.

boyhood dream

Chip recently aquired his CDL (commercial drivers license). One day this was the view coming down our street. He was using a truck for an aerial training class for a few days and had to wash it. Which obviously meant he had to bring it by the house.

no words

When we were moving in the house I had to make due with what i had. Therefore, in an attempt to entertain the troops I brought my lap top and a few movies. I remember watching Bambi as a child, possibly at the theater, and CRYING! I still don't particularly care to watch it. Bambi 2 makes it a little bit easier because the daddy steps in and takes on the role of parenting. Apparently all children do not have a problem with a little fawn losing his mother. Some may even want to be in on the action.

unplugged

i have literally been offline for a brief moment on monday for about 2 weeks. it has really not been bad. the worst part was checking my email today and not being able to upload pictures. but we are back in action as of this afternoon.