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What We've Been Doing

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:41:00 -0600

We have been very busy. School is going full force and we are on schedule for my goal at the end of the year.

Princess and I went to an Above Rubies ladies retreat in Arkansas last month. One of Nancy's daughters offered to braid Princess's hair. It was so cute. But when she walked outside she decide it was cold on her head.

We had a nice Thanksgiving with Shane's parents grandparents and a family that has no family nearby, so they joined us. Shane smoked turkey. Princess made 2 pumpkin pies, Bubba made Grandma Rose's Sweetheart Salad and Little Bit made the Green Bean Casserole. I also made Sweet Potato casserole, cheesy corn casserole and Stove Top stuffing. We had Nadine's noodles, and butterhorn rolls, and mashed potatoes, and Janet's Pecan pie. Since we had a mid-afternon meal, we also made "twirlies" cream cheese chopped black olives, and green onions rolled in tortillas and sliced. And had a relish tray, and friendship bread to hold us over. I forgot to take a picture of the dessert table-- drats.

A few weeks ago we painted the great room. The back wall is a deep red, and the other walls are kind of a chocolate milk color. We also ordered a Scripture verse for our walls from Fruitful Vine Creations It is a version of Deut. 4:6 Shane and I hung it today. Well, mainly Shane because I was gasping too much when the vinyl was coming off too soon. It is too big for a picture. But it says

"Hear O Israel the Lord our God is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and might" on the first line, under that it continues:

"you shall teach your children you sit, walk, lie down and when you rise."

It is over the doorway into the dining room. And we LOVE it!

We are having a 4-H cookie exchange Wednesday. So we made cookies today. My Grandma's Peanut Butter cookies and Spritz cookies. AND I'm so excited... I remembered the press in the cabinet and we used it.

So we made star, diamonds, butterflies, doggies, and camels among other things. Tomorrow or Monday we will make my other's Grandma's Easy Toffee Bars. YUM! I think I'll make a double batch... they go fast at our house.

Here's sweet cheeks helping... Okay, she's really just sitting cute in her high chair --it's the only place that we know she'll stay confined :) And yes, she helped us eat cookie dough and cookies too... She has new glasses too-- her prescription is 1/2 of what it was nearly 2 years ago, but she still doesn't like to keep them on for very long, so we're working our way up... I'll post a pic soon of her new glasses.

Sorry about the sideways pictures... remember I'm on dial up and have been trying off and on for several hours to get these to upload at all :)

4-H Awards

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:57:00 -0500

Mom here, we went by the 4-H fair today and found out what color ribbons the children received.

Princess received a blue ribbon (good) on her ladybug cake. She was very pleased and was excited about the feedback she got.

Bubba received a red ribbon (fair) on his castle cake. He is disappointed, he was really hoping for better.

We are thrilled with their efforts and their awards...

4-h cakes

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:07:00 -0500

if you are making a castle cake with fondant and royal icing...think twice. Fondant is the HARDEST icing in the word. Royal icing hardens fast. I hate the rules because you have to use these items to make the cakes. Here's a picture of the finished products:

What We've Been Doin

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:57:00 -0500

We've been really busy lately. Little Bit had cleft palate clinic, he's doing fine. It's time to start the orthodontic work so his jaws can be built. But first we have to jump the hoops of the almighty medicaid for approval to have an "early ortho eval" Good grief... the child has a bilateral cleft palate... he's GONNA qualify

We have a new Uncle, Joshua Daniel. His adoption was final on April 4th.

The other day I got a new Dyson vacuum. I took it out of the box and Bubba says "Wow Mom looks high tech" It is high tech. Love it.

We've been studying the Tabernacle for our family worship time complete with a model to put together. Last night we put together the ark of the Covenant and the mercy seat. Including Aaron's staff, the stone tablets and the manna. It's very interesting how these things give us a glimpse of Christ. The most interesting thing from last night I found was that, the yearly scapegoat that carried the Jew's sins out of the city gates is in many, many ways like Christ.

Little Bit has been doing his schoolwork with very little problems. He is ready very well and is almost done with his 1st grade math.

Princess is taller than me now... yikes how did that happen.

Last night I told Bubba to take off his socks (he's been wearing them for 4 days he says). After I told them how gross they had to be after wearing them outside in the dirt that many days. He says "cool!" Oh the joys of having boys.

Sweet cheeks had a runny nose a few weeks ago, finally gave in and took her to the dr. He gave her this potent antibiotic that gave her nasty diapers for nearly 3 weeks now. And there's apparently nothing to do but give her accidopholis and yogurt. A couple of days ago I increase the accidopholis to 2 a day and we're finally getting back to normal. We went through enough diapers and wipes to normally last for more than a month in about 2 weeks.

I made some delicious wheat bread the other day... 4 loaves. It's wonderful.

Gotta go it's breakfast time... whole wheat coffee cake... yum.

Lost Hamsters and Barn Owls

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:16:00 -0600

This is Bubba on my first blog entry. (with MOm's help)We had a fun day a couple of weeks ago. After church we home to find my hamster, Laura, was missing. I was really upset and I started to cry. My Mom said she’d look on Craigslist for a new one. Someone replied, she had several baby hamsters. So we decided to go get one. When we got there, I picked out a cute little girl and named her Jane. Then she said we could have another one if we wanted. My Mom said yes. So we picked out Mandy. When we got home, lo and behold we found Laura. So now I have 3 hamsters. But we’re going to give one away to my newest Uncle to be, Tyler. Today we found out that Jane was none other than a boy, so now his name is James. I’m hoping Mandy is pregnant. This is Bubba on my first blog entry. We had a fun day a couple of weeks ago. After church we home to find my hamster, Laura, was missing. I was really upset and I started to cry. My Mom said she’d look on Craigslist for a new one. Someone replied, she had several baby hamsters. So we decided to go get one. When we got there, I picked out a cute little girl and named her Jane. Then she said we could have another one if we wanted. My Mom said yes. So we picked out Mandy. When we got home, lo and behold we found Laura. So now I have 3 hamsters. But we’re going to give one away to my newest Uncle to be, Tyler. Today we found out that Jane was none other than a boy, so now his name is James. I’m hoping Mandy is pregnant.

Then, Dad was putting the chickens to bed and heard them all in a fit and went out to see what the problem was. Look what he found.

Sweet Cheeks New Glasses

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:32:00 -0500

Here's a couple of pics of Sweet Cheeks in her new glasses. She does like to take them off when we're not looking-- usually in the car. Amazing how much better her walking is when she's wearing them. She's talking more and more too. Says "uh-oh" so cute and "cheese, please" and "drink, please" and others. Can't believe how big she's gotten over the last few months.

that's a 2 drawer file cabinet behind her to give you an idea of how tall she is now.

Here's one of us at the State Fair with a giraffe at the the "Exotic Petting Zoo"

One More Pic From 4th of July

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:32:00 -0500

Some New Pics

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:59:00 -0500

Finally! I have been unable to log into this account for several days.

Here are some pictures:

My friend Kellie and I (the ones from CA that are moving here

All the children -- aren't the cute?

And the babies

Pictures of Precious Sweet Cheeks

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:15:00 -0500

Some people on my email list has been unable to see or open the pictures I sent a few days ago. So, I'm going to post them and maybe more here. BTW, the foreign adoption has not been recognized yet. The court date is May 22nd. It is already final. This just makes things easier. Like her citizenship/social security card, etc.

You can see how tall she is getting in this one.

This one above is one of the african outfits that Shane brought back for her. It almost fits now. It was so huge on her when she came home, that she couldn't wear the skirt.

This one is just too cute.

A Great Weekend

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:32:00 -0500

Today I'll tell you about our stay at Chateau on the Lake in Branson. We left on Friday morning before Easter and spent one night there. Dad was offered the gift certificate from work on Tuesday and it had to be used that next weekend, so we decided to be spontaneous and off we went.

We went to the IMAX theater and saw "Roving Mars." The screen was 10 times bigger than a normal movie screen. Afterward we went and checked into the hotel. They asked if we wanted milk and cookies at bedtime and of course, we said yes. We rode the glass elevator to the 10th floor before going to our room. I was a little dizzy the first time, but by the time we left, I wasn't dizzy anymore. After getting settled in, we went swimming in the indoor pool and had a great time. Even little sis had a good time. We met a really nice family there too. We went to a buffet dinner at "The Plantation" when we returned to the hotel room to find our milk and cookies waiting on the coffee table for us. It was deeeeeeelicious!

Saturday morning, we fed the goldfish at the hotel and then we checked out of the hotel and saw "Celebrate America" before we left Branson It is a play about our country's history. On the way home, we stopped in Springfield to visit 2 great used bookstores, yahoo! We found some really neat books. Ate dinner at a chinese buffet and got home in time to go to bed and get up for church Sunday morning.

Here's the joke for today:

What goes peck, bang, peck, bang?

A bunch of chickens in a field full of balloons.

That's not really funny is it? Shall we try another one?

Two farmers meet on a dusty country road. One of them is carrying a big bag labeled "chickens." "Chickens, huh?" says one farmer. "How about this, if I guess how many chickens you've got, will you give me one of them?"

"If you guess right, I'll give you both of them"

The other scratches his head and guesses," ummm, 4"

Goodbye for now.

This is dictated to Mom because Princess had typed an entire entry and it got lost before it was posted.