Nothing's better...

Than the Beacon

On Your Birthday!

Russell's Granny wanted a "Chili-Cheese-A-Plenty" for her Birthday this year, she didn't count on the giant Banana Split they brought to her when they sang!

Papa was pretty excited about his Ham-a-plenty too!

By the way, at the beacon, an a plenty, means PLENTY of fries and onion rings-the best onion rings on the planet!!

BUGZ-The end of a great year :)

Kindergarten Graduation

Birthday Present

I may just be the luckiest girl in the world :)

My birthday falls in the middle of all the end of school craziness, but my sweet family took me to the lake to rest, relax, eat, and enjoy ourselves. We had tons of fun AND of course there was CAKE and PRESENTS! I'm like a kid when it comes to birthdays-I LOVE birthdays!! My plan for my birthday money was to save and have enough to buy a used DSLR camera---so I was very excited when I opened that very thing from my parents and husband!!!

And---

what better place to be than the lake to try it out!!

Isn't it awful that I don't have anyone to take pictures of ???

Dacie

I thought you might want to-

Meet

Dacie

She made her appearance in January when I was still on a blogging hiatus(still not sure abt that)

Her cousin Isaac really wanted her to be a boy(he prayed for her to have boy parts that they just missed)doesn't he look like he wants her to be a boy(NOT!!) Sweet Cousins The 1st girl in our family in 11 years :) My first niece :) My brother's first child :) Isaac's first "girl cousin" :)

Welcome to the World!

Ever have those days that you know you'll remember all the parts of-not just what happened-but the smells, the sights, the emotions??

Today was one of those days.

After years of prayers Lana welcomed baby Lydia to their family today-

she is a beautiful blessing.

Mackaylan became a big sister-

I think everyone involved could say that their

"heart(s) grew three sizes that day".

Lana was tired-but glowing

her eyes were weak-but full of the spark that new life and love create

Mickey was exhausted-nervous and proud-

and Mackaylan of course-all grins when she left

even cousin Eli, couldn't get enough snuggling with the perfect birthday girl

and Lydia-

with her sweet chunky legs, perfectly round head, rosy cheeks, and precious feet-

was the picture of love-of answered prayers, and God's most precious gift of life.

And so-

I came home...

with a full heart,

a renewed sense of God's love, His creation & His timing,

and a reminder of how special each of God's precious gifts are...

Happy Birth-day Lydia!

What we've been up to...

A little of this...

A little of that....

And lots of things in between!

The theme at our house has been "Eat, Sleep, and Play"!

It's Fall!! Well as least in my house it is! Pumpkins & leaves are all arounnd & the fall candles are lit -& even better-gasp-my house is clean-woohoo for fall

The Big K5

Well-we made it through the first week of K5 without too many tears-I promise I've tried to be a big girl!!

Fishing-It's what we do!

The Bait

The Merry Fishermen

The Reminder for Mom-"shhhhh"

The Victim

Insanity

What can I say?
I am a girl smack dab in the middle of a boys world!

Between my "boys club" of a class @ school and my boys @ home---some days it's INSANE!

What-??

You don't believe me?

No--Really, it's INSANE--

I have proof. . .

Seeeeeeeeeee-

Told ya-

Totally Insane!

Oh-I see-

you thought this was what we usually looked like--

Sorry-that's one of those optical illusions!