Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Last Post
I don't know how that last post moved. It was from the beginning of July...and now it is at the end.
Life At Home
Painting sticks and stones.
Full of mischief.
Trying to stay out of the heat by getting up at 6:15
and playing outside early rather than in the steamy heat.
Stray momma cat and her two kittens moved in this summer.
Gabe likes to show Asher "how to play."
last night Grace got Asher to belly laugh.
So precious.
Caught this pic on camera, but of course he stopped laughing when I pulled out the video cam.
Summer Celebrations
So, this summer we thought would be slow with a new baby in the house, but it turns out a new baby does not really slow things down that much at all. With our back to school shopping done and curriculum ordered for the fall we know that summer will be gone before we know it.
During July we got to spend some special time with family. Grandpa and Grandma T. came up the middle of July to celebrate Grace and Gabe's birthdays. Jesse, Grace, Dassah, and Gabe got to go camping with them. Asher and I joined for the campfire and the beach, but missed out on most of the mosquitoes and the tenting. I made a s'more with fresh raspberries in it and it was awesome! We spent all day Saturday in the lake and it was wonderful! Alas, I forgot my camera.
Just this past weekend we were treated to the water park in Otsego by my parents to celebrate all of the summer birthdays...which is about 1/2 of us. The kids had a blast and the adults did, too. I am still a fish with my little fishes following my lead:) So fun to watch the littles enjoy the water and just hang out. We had a supper feast in Mom and Dad's hotel room which included potato salad which I was so craving. A perfect summer salad. I was either holding Asher or in the water, so once again weak on the photos. I am waiting for Alicia to return from Haiti to snag some of her pics.
This past 2 weeks have been filled with swim lessons and then reading Misty of Chincoteague in the afternoons before naps. We finished the book today! The boys are sleeping now and the girls are reading. I should be cleaning, but here I am typing. Hopefully it will be cool enough to take the littles to Jesse's softball game tonight. His team made it to tournament play. We gave Gabe a glove and ball for his birthday and he can't wait to "play" tonight while he watches Daddy. He also got a tractor/trailer from G n G and a skid loader (with tracks...which is very important to this 3 year old) from Papa and Nana. I add this because he is all boy and every morning he wakes up and wants to dig in the dirt or run around bases. He picks out every skid loader and tractor as we drive to church or to swim. His eyes are always scanning for a ball field or some giant piece of equipment...can you tell I am enjoying my son and I am learning more about such things than I ever thought I would.
Oh, and as long as I am rambling...Jesse is in the progress of building a sandbox for the kids. Just need to add sand. He put rock around the rest of our house this weekend. He is also working on another repairable. And our garden is growing. I think every sunflower seed we planted grew and then some leftovers from last year. The squash bugs did get to our zucchini plants. So disappointed. But not before I made up a yummy zucchini lasagna, which I cannot get enough of. Hoping to save the acorn squash. And the green peppers are coming in like crazy. My best year ever. I always struggle with those.. Enjoyed the wonderful bulk fruit Nana picked up for us this year. And was able to get some of it in the freezer before we ate it all. Lost a couple of laying hens. Bought 12 more which could be layers or eaters depending on what we choose. Grace made a bird feeder and the kids have enjoyed watching for birds...me, too.
Asher is beginning to stir...so I must sign off.
During July we got to spend some special time with family. Grandpa and Grandma T. came up the middle of July to celebrate Grace and Gabe's birthdays. Jesse, Grace, Dassah, and Gabe got to go camping with them. Asher and I joined for the campfire and the beach, but missed out on most of the mosquitoes and the tenting. I made a s'more with fresh raspberries in it and it was awesome! We spent all day Saturday in the lake and it was wonderful! Alas, I forgot my camera.
Just this past weekend we were treated to the water park in Otsego by my parents to celebrate all of the summer birthdays...which is about 1/2 of us. The kids had a blast and the adults did, too. I am still a fish with my little fishes following my lead:) So fun to watch the littles enjoy the water and just hang out. We had a supper feast in Mom and Dad's hotel room which included potato salad which I was so craving. A perfect summer salad. I was either holding Asher or in the water, so once again weak on the photos. I am waiting for Alicia to return from Haiti to snag some of her pics.
This past 2 weeks have been filled with swim lessons and then reading Misty of Chincoteague in the afternoons before naps. We finished the book today! The boys are sleeping now and the girls are reading. I should be cleaning, but here I am typing. Hopefully it will be cool enough to take the littles to Jesse's softball game tonight. His team made it to tournament play. We gave Gabe a glove and ball for his birthday and he can't wait to "play" tonight while he watches Daddy. He also got a tractor/trailer from G n G and a skid loader (with tracks...which is very important to this 3 year old) from Papa and Nana. I add this because he is all boy and every morning he wakes up and wants to dig in the dirt or run around bases. He picks out every skid loader and tractor as we drive to church or to swim. His eyes are always scanning for a ball field or some giant piece of equipment...can you tell I am enjoying my son and I am learning more about such things than I ever thought I would.
Oh, and as long as I am rambling...Jesse is in the progress of building a sandbox for the kids. Just need to add sand. He put rock around the rest of our house this weekend. He is also working on another repairable. And our garden is growing. I think every sunflower seed we planted grew and then some leftovers from last year. The squash bugs did get to our zucchini plants. So disappointed. But not before I made up a yummy zucchini lasagna, which I cannot get enough of. Hoping to save the acorn squash. And the green peppers are coming in like crazy. My best year ever. I always struggle with those.. Enjoyed the wonderful bulk fruit Nana picked up for us this year. And was able to get some of it in the freezer before we ate it all. Lost a couple of laying hens. Bought 12 more which could be layers or eaters depending on what we choose. Grace made a bird feeder and the kids have enjoyed watching for birds...me, too.
Asher is beginning to stir...so I must sign off.
July 30, 2012
Happy 3rd Birthday to our Gabriel.
All day yesterday he was beyond excited to be turning 3.
He wanted a cake with a tractor he could drive in it.
So, I made zucchini brownies
and added some plants to the "field" per Grace's suggestion
and let him drive his tractor in his birthday cake.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Life Together
What a handsome little boy.
4 months old
16 pounds 2 ounces
25 inches long
Trying out the jumperoo.
Brothers
Gabe adores Asher
So precious
What a honey!
Four At Four Months
Here are my littles at 4 months of age.
Everyone keeps trying to guess who Asher most resembles of his siblings
so I thought I would post pictures of each of them at the same age.
What do you think?
Grace Olivia
Hadassah Lynne
Gabriel Benaiah
Asher Obadiah
Friday, July 13, 2012
:)
The link below made me smile.
I am pretty sure Jesse would have a quite similiar answer.
Lord, thank you for grace.
Please draw me to yourself.
May I be a devoted wife and mother
who seeks You first each day.
A Kind Wife
I am pretty sure Jesse would have a quite similiar answer.
Lord, thank you for grace.
Please draw me to yourself.
May I be a devoted wife and mother
who seeks You first each day.
A Kind Wife
Thursday, July 12, 2012
A Quiet Week At Home
A week of potty training!
Lot's of laughs in the sun and sprinkler.
His brother and sisters like to give him this monkey.
He likes to try to eat it.
It's Bumbo time!
They were all so excited to see him sitting in the seat.
He is not tired. He is staring at that toy.
A momma who had a nap this week.
A little boy taking a nap.
Jesse at Work
A few photos from the house Jesse has been building for my parents.
So excited for my dad and mom as they begin to see their plans take shape.
So proud of my husband for his hard work and craftsmanship.
So thankful to the Lord for the gifts and talents that He has given to Jesse to be able to build.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Grace Turns 7
July 5, 2012
Can't believe how quickly the years go by.
Parfait birthday cones with coconut cake, ice cream, and fruit layers.
Trying out some new projects from Papa and Nana.
(And Gabe trying to sneak a peach. See his little hand?)
A cake from Nana for the birthday girl.
Grace is 7 years old.
We had a beautiful day celebrating Grace's birthday!
A video from Daddy since he was working today.
Reading with Mom.
We spent the afternoon at the pool with friends
(oops I forgot to take pictures).
So much fun!
Special pancake dinner per her request.
With lots of fresh fruit!
Oh what a day!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Independence Day is the birthday of the United States
of America and is celebrated on the Fourth of July each
year. Independence Day is the anniversary of the day
on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted
by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
John Adams, one of the founders of our new nation, said, "I am apt
to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations
as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated
as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion
to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and
parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires,
and illuminations, from one end of this continent to
the other, from this time forward for evermore." Independence
Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776.
In 1941, Congress declared July 4 a legal public holiday.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
June
Where did the month of June go?
Seems like I blinked and it was gone.
Finally got some pics from the last month posted on here.
JUNE...
running in the sprinkler
a visit to G and G Taubert
watching Daddy play softball each week
Foley Fun Days Parade
naming the stray momma cat and kittens that moved in(oops I need to post a pic of them)
raised our own chickens and ate our first one for dinner, always tastes better home grown
sunflowers blooming(we planted a bunch this year, the birds love them and so do we)
hikes to the park and orchard
kiddie pool
homemade rootbeer float popsicles
painting the chicken coop with the help of the littles
sweet fellowship with a friend and her littles
catching butterflies
playing ball in the yard
lots of homemade lemonade
reading in the shade with Asher wiggling around beside and Grace begging for just one more chapter
Happy Birthday to Papa and Daddy in June
picking raspberries and cherry tomatoes from the garden
playing in the dirt pile(can't wait for Jesse to build the bigger sandbox)
visiting the house Daddy is building for Nana and Papa(need to post pics of his handiwork here, too)
Fairhaven Settlers Day parade and 5 cent ice cream cones
Seems like I blinked and it was gone.
Finally got some pics from the last month posted on here.
JUNE...
running in the sprinkler
a visit to G and G Taubert
watching Daddy play softball each week
Foley Fun Days Parade
naming the stray momma cat and kittens that moved in(oops I need to post a pic of them)
raised our own chickens and ate our first one for dinner, always tastes better home grown
sunflowers blooming(we planted a bunch this year, the birds love them and so do we)
hikes to the park and orchard
kiddie pool
homemade rootbeer float popsicles
painting the chicken coop with the help of the littles
sweet fellowship with a friend and her littles
catching butterflies
playing ball in the yard
lots of homemade lemonade
reading in the shade with Asher wiggling around beside and Grace begging for just one more chapter
Happy Birthday to Papa and Daddy in June
picking raspberries and cherry tomatoes from the garden
playing in the dirt pile(can't wait for Jesse to build the bigger sandbox)
visiting the house Daddy is building for Nana and Papa(need to post pics of his handiwork here, too)
Fairhaven Settlers Day parade and 5 cent ice cream cones
Baby in Motion
Working on his moves.
Wow! I just rolled over!
What's this?
I just rolled over, again!
Isn't this fun?
Getting tired.
Sweet dreams...Mommy loves you.
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