Deacon's Baptism

The big kids are supposed to be big, and do big things.  For some reason it hurts my heart that this one is growing up and doing big things too.  We will let him do them anyway.

Concert and Tree!

No flash photography was allowed at the concert.  I followed the rules.  But the kids had fun peeking in on the practice.  And this is our crooked tree.  We like them crooked! 

The Tree Hunt

Isn't my husband cute in his bibs and beard? 

Virtual School

Here she is.  She is dressed as a cat.... and one can do that when they stay home for school.  Its called Connections Academy.  Its our first year.  So far its great.  We have no idea what we will be doing next year.  She is our oldest child and we conduct all of our parenting experiments on her.  Poor thing!

Thankful for Cousins

I always bring my camera, then forget to take pictures.  But I took a few of the fun at the Sellers.  Forgot to take pictures of fun at the Foulger's.  Next year!  My kids love this stuff!

pie

Cutest little Thanksgiving pie makers in the WORLD!

Messes! Hate them!

Every mom knows those moments when the house is quiet and its quiet still... so we go searching for the little ones who should be making more noise.  I found her!!!  With a monster mess all over my toilet and her doll.  UGH!  So I take a picture, we seriously are not teaching our children anything by doing this!

Halloweenish!

We like to party!  Had all the cousins over to the house for Chili and Trick or Treating!  Good times and GREAT Memories.  Preslee went Trick or Treating with friends... alone.  She is 12 now!  The rest of us stayed together.  Deacon likes to be a bat!  Good thing I keep all of our costumes!

My cute boy!

Thank goodness for Diary of a Wimpy kid, or my kid would never crack open a book!

A Pretzel Birthday!

The girl turned 12 in October.  What?  I'm a busy mother of four!  Yes, I throw great parties, yes we had a marshmallow stuffing contest, and italian sodas, pizza, and sorbet in fruit cups.  Red Lemon was our theme... We painted lemons RED!  We tie died shirts and danced.  Then Dustin presented Pretzel with her homemade Sonic Screw Driver.  If you don't know what that is... shame on you! 
Who could ask for a better time??? 

Feeling Scottish?

Its a very sad story... Grant had a solo in the third grade performance. He brought home the sheet music to practice.  As he practiced he would get teary and say, "its a beautiful love song."  He truly has the sweetest heart.  Two days before the performance he got sick.  He had a high fever and cough..... and he lost his voice.  Because he was so excited to wear a kilt, we let him at least attend the performance.  His best friend, Fox, was his backup.  After Fox sang his part Grant gave him the biggest hug.  It was the sweetest thing a Mother could ever watch.  My son is a performer, and if you ask nicely, he will sing the scottish love ballad for you.