Juliet vs the Stye

Poor Juliet got her first Stye. It's finally started to drain, but there for a while it looked awful. She didn't start complained about it until after it started draining. She's a trooper. It's looking so much better now.

Father"s Day!

This is what we made for Justin for Father's Day.

The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

 Proverbs 23:24

Things we Love about Dad

I love when dad takes me to work. ~ Josiah, 7 years old

I love about Dad when he buys stuff for my birthday. ~ Jada, 5 years old

I love playing with Dad. ~ Juliet, 3 years old

I love when Dad helps me build brick houses. ~ Josiah 

I love that he is a hard worker. ~ Jada 

I love snuggling with Dad. ~ Juliet

I love doing concrete with Dad. ~ Josiah

I love when he takes us to the zoo. ~J ada

I love that he reads to me. ~ Juliet

I love when Dad plays baseball with me.~ Josiah

I love when Dad gets me baby kittens. ~ Jada

I love when he plays doll house with me. ~ Juliet 

I love when Dad plays football with me. ~ Josiah

I love about Dad when we go somewhere with him. ~ Jada

I love when Dad snuggles with me this many times. (Holds up lots of fingers) ~ Juliet

I love that Dad works hard for me. ~ Josiah

I love when dad held me when I was a baby. ~ Juliet

I love when dad gives me money when I lose a tooth. ~ Josiah

I love when Dad helps me feed animals at the zoo. ~ Juliet

I love when Dad designs houses with me. ~ Josiah

I love Dad. ~ Jameson, 2 years old

 Happy Father’s Day to the BEST Dad!!!

Summer

We have recovered from the flu! We have been enjoying family, friends, trips to the lake, walks, bug catching, a new puppy, and lots of outside time this summer.

Justin's Grandma and her husband came to visit. The kids had a blast with them. The kids were sad to see them go. We've been to the lake a few time. The kids got to go fishing the second time we went. They had a great I've. Hopefully they will be able to catch a fish this year. We also had a wonderful Independance Day. The kids loved the sparklers. Even Jameson loved them. We got together with Justin's parent and had an early dinner. After dinner, we set off some fire works. The kids loved watching them. It was our favorite Fourth of July together since we've been married. 

Now we are enjoying all the rain. 

Niko

Where is Jameson

          Juliet can fish like nobody's business. She is quiet, patient, and doesn't move around.

Everybody VS The Flu

Last Saturday Josiah, Jada, Juliet and I started feeling sick. The next day the four of us were really sick. We had fevers, body aches, cough and congestion. It was miserable. Monday Justin had to go to work. It was a long day. The three older kids had high fevers I was trying to keep down, while taking care of an infant, while feeling absolutely awful myself. Jameson was still feeling ok so I sent him over to Grammy's. By Thursday Justin and Jameson came down with it.

Thursday just so happened to be Josiah's birthday. It did not go as I planned. We were all still feeling yucky. Grammy made his cake for him and cooked tacos for us. Even though he didn't feel good, the night before his birthday he found a specific shirt and pants he wanted to wear. He washed and dried them, and as soon as he woke up the next morning, he put them on. It was so sweet. 

Here we are a whole week later. The kids and I are feeling a lot better. We do have a lingering cough. Justin is still down. Baby Jackson has stayed healthy this whole time. I have to credit that to breastfeeding.

7 Years old!

                                                           Feeling sick, but still smiling

Jada VS The Bookshelf

I was in the laundry room folding clothes when I heard a thunk and some crying. Around here there are a lot of thunks and a lot of crying. It's usually never serious. I wasn't concerned, until I heard, "Jada has blood dripping!" I ran to Jada and found lots of blood coming from her head. I could not find where it was coming from at first. Then I found it. I immediately knew it needed stitches. I do not handle these situations well. I almost called 911 however, I was able to get a hold of Justin and he called his mom, Penny, to come over and take a look. Meanwhile, I got the blood flow stopped, and I made another call to find someone to come watch the kids while I took Jada to the ER. After Penny looked at it, and Pam arrived to watch the kids, we loaded up Jackson and Jada. Penny followed  me to the ER. By the time we got loaded up in the car, Jada had already stopped crying. By the time I was driving down the road,  she was singing. I met Justin at the ER, and we went in with Jada while Penny stayed out in the car with Jackson.
When we got into the ER, it was packed. We had to wait to get a room. After we got a room, they put some topical numbing solution on her wound. Then they cleaned it out. She barely even flinched during the process. A little while later the Dr. came in and put two staples in her head. She didn't even cry. She whimpered and held my hands tight, but she didn't cry. She's one tough girl! We finished up with a trip to get ice cream.

She is doing well and still wild. The two staples in her head haven't slowed her down one bit. She freaks me out with all the crazy things she does.

So what happened? Well, when Jada was making her bed, she went to step off  her bed, lost her balance and fell backwards onto the edge of the bookshelf. She recreated the experience for me when we got home from the ER. I thought she he hit the corner of the bookshelf, but it was one of the shelves on the bookshelf that she hit. I'm so glad she is ok. 

Fickle Weather

The weather has been bright and sunny one day and snowing the next. I'm ready to get my garden in, but I am afraid I might lose it to the cold. So I wait.
Last week it snowed all day one day! The next day was beautiful, so we took advantage and had a picnic.

Beautiful Weather!

Everyone's growing so quickly. Time is just flying by. We have been busy with school and planting flowers. We are getting ready to start our garden in the next few weeks. The kids have been spending tons of time outside. They absolutely love being outside. The weather has been beautiful theses last few days. We have even been able to get some walks in. 

Josiah has started second grade! Jada has started CLE's Learning to Read program. She has already finished a few light units, now we have slowed it down and are only doing half a lesson at a time. It's much easier that way. Juliet and Jameson spend most their time playing and exploring. Jackson is still the quietest baby I have ever met. He just a sweet little thing. 

Some pictures from our zoo trip.

Growing!

Jackson is growing so quickly. It's times like these when I wish life had a pause button. I'm so enjoying being a wife and mom to a bunch of littles. Jackson couldn't be a sweeter baby. He is so content. He rarely cries. He use to get a bit fussy around dinner time, but not anymore. He is sweet and happy. We went to Albuquerque last weekend and he was content almost the entire time. It was a six hour drive there and back, plus all the driving we did around town. He didn't get fussy once in the car. The only time he got fussy was while we were at the zoo, but it was short lived. Never once have we had a baby  that was that quiet on a trip into town. It's incredible. He's content just to lay back and look around. It's such a new experience. I love having a baby in the house and am going to miss this stage in life tremendously.

 

Spring is Here!

We are so happy to have warm weather. The kids love playing outside. We have sundflowers popping up everywhere. The kids have been trying to take care of all the little sunflowers. Jameson likes to pick them, but thankfully we have tons of them.

Last weekend my laundry room finally got finished. I cannot thank everybody, that helped, enough. I love it! I have so much more space and storage. We have been decluttering this past week and it feels so nice.

Josiah helping with laundry in our "new" laundry room.

Lots of storage space.

Uma Thurman's long lost twin.

Our tiny smiley. 

Jameson is still not talking yet, so trying to figure out what he is saying is like playing a really bad game of charades. Finally, after me guessing wrong many times, he went over and pointed to Jackson. Come to find out he wanted to hold him.

Josiah finished up first grade this week. Now that he can read we purchased him his very own Bible and carrying case. He is so excited to have one of his own. We will start second grade on Monday. Jada has already started The Learning to Read program. We have started art and science too.  Jada and Josiah are doing CLE's art curriculum and for science we are doing Apologia Astonomy. The kids all get to participate in astronomy and Dad has been doing the experiments with them. 

We've been busy, but having fun. :)