Veggie Tales LIVE!!

Marc and I took the kids to a very special event.  Those of you who know us well, know that the only things my children watch is Christian based educational or character building programs (if I can help it!)  Veggie Tales is one of those programs.  I have to give credit to Aunt Amy as she was the one who reeled us in to the Veggies!  Thanks, Aunt Amy!  They had a blast!  Evan was excited to see Bob and Larry and Ella was mesmerized! We only stayed until intermission.  It was at 7 pm and lasted 2 hours.  Evan just HAD to have a Larry Boy hat and Ella was excited about the  Bob hat.  They look super silly!  Good times, good times!

Field Trip!!

I have joined a homeschooling organization called Paideia here in Aledo.  It consists of mainly preschoolers.  I am very excited about starting this journey of homeschooling!  We had our first field trip to Henrietta's Apple Orchard.  There, Evan and Ella learned about how to cultivate cotton and apples.  They also learned about honey bees and the good and bad bugs when growing produce.  They both got to pick apples and learned how the farm cleans them.  It was about 2 hours of learning, which was pushing the limits, especially for Ella!  They both had a fantastic time, though!  You can see in some of the pics that Evan wanted to be right in there when the farm employee was teaching something!

40 Days for Life Campaign!!

I am so excited!  For those of you who don't know what 40 Days for Life is, go to www.40daysforlife.com.  In short, "40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America."  I have been tracking this campaign for the past 2 years and have been doing the prayer vigil at home.  It is now in Fort Worth and I am able to actively be involved!  We had the kick off on Wed evening on Henderson street in front of the Planned Parenthood. The brown building in the background is the clinic.  Abby Johnson was the speaker.  She was the executive director of a Planned Parenthood in Texas.  If God can open her eyes via prayer from her community, just think what mountains He can move if we all band together!  I will be praying on the sidewalk for a couple of hours on Saturdays and Sundays.  The clinic does abortions on Wed, Fri and Sat.  These precious women who are lost and confused need our constant prayer for hope and revelation!  It is not just the women, though, it's also the men (expectant fathers, etc) that also need prayer.  It is an absolute pleasure to give up my time and comfort to potentially save the life of a precious baby.  Also, to pray for open eyes and open hearts for these employees and men and women who go thru those clinic doors, so they can see the light that God is shining on them and feel the love, grace and forgiveness he has for all His children! Oh, and what a more wonderful way to show us His presence than to display a rainbow! 

Hangin Out

Marc has been gone for a couple of days for business.  We have been doing a great deal of things to pass the time.  Here, Evan decided that the floor was much more comfortable than the bed.  Check out my little Erin!  I know I am cheesy, but isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen?  Oh, she has been teething (and probably will be for the next year)  loads of drool and she can stick both hands in her mouth at once.  Talented, huh?  We have hit another milestone with her, besides smiling, laughing, and talking, she is now rolling over from her back to her belly.  She can roll from belly to her back only in the crib in which she uses the side for leverage.  Yipee! and Ahhh :( at the same time.  My children are growing up way too fast!  I just had Erin the other day, didn't I?

Play date!

I definitely give God all the glory for these women who have come into my life.  What a true blessing it is to have such wonderful friends!  These are pictures of our play date on Friday.  We were ALL finally able to get together!  We have a grand total of 11 now in our play group!  What fun and chaos! I just love Colin's hair!  Talk about stylin!  Oh, Jen, this pic does not come close to getting even with you, but it will have to work!! :)  Love you guys! 

Fun, Fun, Fun!

This post is just for misc pictures, mostly.  Evan started Karate.  He loves it.  I know he will do well!  Erin is starting to sit with us at the table.  She is now sturdy enough to sit in a Bumbo.  Time is going by too fast!  I just love when the kids try to help me with my chores!  Although, more times than not it creates more work, but we are having fun!  I really need to get Evan's haircut, because he is getting creative with his hairstyles!  I just love being home with my children!  I don't think there is ever a dull moment!  Praise you, God for this time that I am able to spend with them!  Thank you, Marc for working so hard to allow me to stay home and for providing for us!

Whoops!

I did find some pics from our lake house weekend!  They were on Marc's camera.  Here is the way cool mushroom Ella found.  She was very proud of it!  Then, there is a pic of Ella being Ella.  Evan is taking ofter daddy's footstep's.  He is becoming quite the fisherman!

Labor Day Weekend

Can you believe (since I didn't write anything down), I can't remember anything we did in the last week? Let's see. Well, the week before we had a play date with our friends Carly and little Kate. We had a great time (as usual) over there! We can't wait to see the rest of our group! Exciting times, we have had 3 new additions to our group. Grant was born 4 weeks after Erin and Colin was born about 9 weeks after Erin. So, we have been missing each other since each one of us has taken time off.  I went to a Tales & Tea at the birthing center that my midwife works in.  It was an enjoyable time where the mom's got to tell their birth stories and shared some other moments about their babies.

Sarah was my midwife and she was awesome!!  The kids and I went to Mya's 6th birthday party on Sat. Heather had a great set up to where the kids made their own pizza's. Can you tell Evan loved the cake??  It was GUUD! Labor day weekend was loads of fun! We meet our good friends, the Wilkins, at the lake house. My camera battery went dead at Mya's party, so I did not get any pics of the kids at the lake house. I am sure Dan and Rachael did though and you can peruse their smugmug sites for those. It is at http://danwilkins.smugmug.com/. The kids did a great deal of fishing, riding the golf cart, playing outside and Ella found an awesome mushroom! Well, that is pretty much it.... I think! If I remember anything else, I will let y'all know!

Especially for Nana

This post is especially for Nana Taylor.  The dresses Ella has on is Nana's dresses when she was 2 years of age.  It is a priviledge to have Ella wear them!  Thanks, Nana!  We love you!