My Sweet Ashtyn

GOT HER EARS PIERCED! She decided that she was really ready to get them pierced. So on the spur of the moment we went to Claire's and had them done. She is such a beautiful girl on the inside and out!

Ashtyn's Baptism!!! and Our Celebration Lunch: Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Valentines Weekend

The kids stayed up way late on thursday night getting their valentines ready for our Homeschool Valentine Party/Cici's Pizza Field Trip. Ashtyn is my crafty child who would much rather go to Michael's and buy craft supplies to make her own valentines. This is the second year she has hand made them. This year she cut out 4 hearts out of cardstock, punched holes in each one, glued them together to make a flower and then stuck a sucker through the middle. they really turned out cute!
but when we woke up friday morning this is what we found...
poor daddy still had to go to work :( we wanted him to stay home and play with us
we had so much fun playing in the snow again!
special snowy days call for special indoor picnics!

Isaiah's 5th

Isaiah wanted a camo/nerf gun party for his 5th birthday. So Sunday, after church, we invited his boy cousins and a few of the boys at church (and their dads) to come over for an all out nerf war! Ashtyn thought the party would be no fun, since it was all boys, but as you can see she was right out there in the middle of it! They all had a great time, the dads might have had more fun then the kids? After a few minutes outside Isaiah was ready for cake and presents!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...again

SNOW! Such a beautiful thing to wake up to. I woke up about 6:30 am and there was already at least 2 inches on the ground and covering Brent's car. Sorry Brent :( As always, I wished that the roads would be too bad, so that Brent would have to stay home with us. But that was not the case. Snow is just not much fun all by yourself. I couldn't wait for the kids to wake up so that I could see their excitement. One of the perks of homeschooling is that they were able to sleep in and then go out and play in the snow while all our neighbors still had to go to school. We had the best time ever playing in the snow. Usually, Isaiah and Eisley are not happy, but today we all enjoyed it (at least for a little while) and had fun building a snowman.

Decorating for Christmas

It is always so much fun to pull out the Christmas decorations! It has to be my favorite time of the year. I love when the house is decorated for Christmas. It is so festive, yet warm and cozy. Does that make sense? I always get sad when it is time to pack them back up, for me it is a depressing day. This year the kids were excited about it too, and were very big helpers.

Josiah helping his daddy

Isaiah putting the tree together

the many faces of little miss attitude

Isaiah was really upset because he wanted to keep his ornaments to play with and not put them on the tree :(

Taking a break after all that hard work!

Christmas Traditions

My family has a great tradition that we just started in 2008. We have a progressive dinner the first weekend of December. It really started out as a way to get our husbands to finish up the Christmas decorations early (don't tell them), but it also gives us a chance to go to each others homes and see each others decorations. This year everyone came to our soup for soup/appetizers, Chris & Gina's house for the main course and Rob & Brande's house for dessert. The kids of course had a blast! We ended it by singing Christmas carols. It is so nice to have so many musicians in the family. Brent, Chris and Dad on the guitars and Rob on the drums.