More Pictures

Here's some pictures from last week. Hannah is about to crawl! She gets up and her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. Most of the time she scoots around backwards, but she can get wherever she wants by scooting and rolling. I'm not ready for her to be mobile!

Here's all three of them. I can't remember which one I was specifically trying to get, but the rest jumped in there saying cheese!
My sweet girls:
My handsome little man:
Still wearing his space helmet!

Snow Day

On Sunday we woke up to snow! The kids had a blast playing in it, well Austin and Kendal did. Jacob didn't like his hands being cold and Hannah just really wasn't sure about it all. It was really cold with the wind blowing. I did realize that we are not well eqipped for snowy weather, so we had to do a lot of layering. They had fun throwing snow balls, building a snow man, and making a snow angel. Austin went and played with a neighbor sliding down their steep front lawn. He was soaked! After awhile of that he was done for the day. It was sad when the sun came out that afternoon and started melting it all away. Here's some pics from our day:

Milk Jugs and Space Travelers

My day started pretty good. I got to sleep in until 6:30! Hannah slept through the night and woke up happy and entertained herself in her crib. We had breakfast with Daddy then after a quick clean up, everyone got dressed and started our day. After our regular math and handwriting lessons, we put to use the empty milk jugs I've been collecting. We made space helmets! My little space explorers colored them, put them on and jumped into their space rockets. They had a blast! I was a little upset that my camera battery died when we started this project, but they loved them so much that when the camera had some juice in it they were still playing with their space gear. Here's some shots of my space explorers:

It really amazes me how these kids can fit themselves into things

These two have been hilarious with their pretending

Excited to see daddy!

Laughing at everyone

In their space rockets

Space Princess

Space Bad Guy

He has been wearing it ALL day, during dinner, and wanted to take a bath in it

I found this picture on the camera that I forgot about and thought it was hilarious!

So that was our day. I am currently potty training Jacob. He is doing pretty good with it. He just doesn't ever run to the potty on his own; I have to remind him and take him. Baby steps...

Well, Hannah is done eating and asleep, the kids are bathed and we are about to play a game for Family Fun Night!

There's A Party In My Tummy

Did I mention before how creative God is on blessing us? We have had a gallon of Dreamland BBQ sauce sitting in our fridge left over from a luncheon at church. I've been looking at it trying to figure out how we are going to use it, not wanting to throw it out. But a GALLON! That's a lot. Last week I got an email asking if anyone would be interested in free chicken. Someone knows someone who has a restaurant chain and over bought and can't use it in time. There were several boxes of chicken and I was blessed with one. TWENTY POUNDS of frozen chicken breasts already sliced into strips. Can you guess how I am using that BBQ sauce now? We had some hamburger buns left over that I had froze. They have since been defrosted and consumed in the form of chicken BBQ sandwiches. Meals now are revolving around that chicken. I had some frozen broccoli, some penne pasta noodles, all I needed was a jar of alfredo sauce, add some of the chicken and voila, dinner is served for about $2. We also have chicken quesadillas and chicken salad on the menu. 

Anyone have any EASY recipes for chicken they would like to share?

Chicken. Yeah!

In my tummy.

Party, party. Yeah.

In my tummy.

Yeah. There's a party in my tummy.

So yummy. So yummy!

Tornado in a Bottle

Today the kids made a Tornado in a bottle. We had to do this since we actually had soda bottles handy. I remember doing this when I was little, but with 2 attached together. Here Austin and Kendal are surveying our supplies:

3 bottles, dish soap, tiny aluminum foil balls, water, blue food coloring dye

One cute baby

One handsome little man

Equals lots of swirling fun!

She also made a tornado dance up...

Hmm... his teeth look awfully blue. Caught ya!

My sweet girls

One proud dude

We never did get them working the way I thought they would, but we had fun. We learned that tornados swirl clockwise, and things that are on the bottom (the ground) will lift up and swirl around. We kept it simple.

25 Random Things About Me

This is going around on Facebook, so I thought I would post it on here, too.

1. I was born in California and lived there until I was 15. I prefer the South.

2. I married my high school sweetheart, Barry, who is the best husband ever!

3. We were engaged for 4 days.

4. When I make a sandwich, I don't like the mustard to touch the cheese.

5. I have a fear of fresh water sharks.

6. I was high school valedictorian and didn't make my first B until I took Physics my sophomore year in college.

7. I went to 3 major universities and never earned a degree. I couldn't ever decide what I wanted to be. I suppose its because I just wanted to be a mommy.

8. I have always wanted a big family, like the Duggars big.

9. I have been pregnant or nursing for almost 7 straight years.

10. I had my last baby sans drugs. Not sure if I would opt for that one again.

11. I really like thunderstorms. It's relaxing in a way.

12. I cut my own hair.

13. I enjoy 'strategic shopping.' It can be really addicting to walk out of CVS with $60 worth of stuff and pay like $1 out of pocket. 

14. I get nervous talking to people I don't know.

15. I do not like to be cold.

16. I do not own a pair of shorts.

17. I do not like anyone to do my dishes. I have a system. I like to wash them before I put them in the dishwasher, and there are designated spots for each type of dish.

18. I am not a very good cook. So, if I ever bring you a meal, be glad it's a frozen lasagna. You don't want something I made.

19. I am a sucker for any type of historic film. If they are dressed old fashioned and speaking in accents, I'll watch it.

20. Any type of accent I try to make always ends up sounding like a pirate. Arrrg! (Can you tell I'm running out of things... Barry is laughing at that one.)

21. I would love to live on a farm and be self-sufficient.

22. I can water ski. My parents had me in skis when I was 4.

23. I can't stand the smell of sunscreen.

24. I am a procrastinator and am usually late for things.

25. Instead of a lemonade stand when I was little, I had a golf ball stand. I would find all the golf balls that were hit in the bushes and stream, clean them up, and resell them.

So, join in the fun and make a list if you haven't yet!

Sweet Hannah Reese

I cannot believe she is 6 months old today! Time has flown by, and I still have not figured out life with 4 little ones. Hopefully by the time she is 1 I will. I was playing with the camera yesterday so I could be ready for a photo shoot today, but it just didn't happen today. Glad I took some yesterday. I thought this one was cute. She really loves those beads.