Ponchos, Mustachios, and Hammers

Post number Two!

The question was, how many people can fit in a poncho, the answer, four, if three are really little and willing to squish together really tight :D I love all the little feet, wish you could hear the giggles!

Yes, I know we've done this before, but it was better this time, and we ALL got one!

I think Trav's looks better than mine, I'm so glad we girls don't really have these...

Beka's

Kay Leigh kept trying to eat the marker!

No explanation can explain..

I'm just glad her nose was clean :D

Here's a problem, I put the same picture in twice, you know, while we're on the subject, I'm not impressed with whole post method, you can't move pictures around to change their order once they're in here, nor can you delete ones you decide against apparently. PROBLEM!!! For people like me anyway. So I guess just enjoy this one again, I don't want to start over :D

Greg was out hitting rocks with a hammer the other day, trying to break pieces off them. Travis was thoughtful enough to give him some safety glasses, he was awfully cute in them :D And he loved hitting rocks!!

Monkeys, Crafts, Food

Hello! Another post, actually I'm doing two tonight :D Catch up time. I discovered something, I changed the way my camera takes pictures, so now the memory card only holds about 25 pics. Well, then, I get along hoarding pics and then I see something cute, grab the camera, and "aww man, the camera's full". Next comes frantic viewing of the pics to see what can be deleted to make way for the cute thing going on, and then ready, but, oh, well, the picture opportunity is GONE!!!! So then disgusted, I go download the pics, and might as well write a post while I'm at it :D It works for now!!!

We got the kids each their own aluminum water bottles, you know that plastic is bad, especially when any water in their water bottle tastes like plastic when left in the car overnight. Can't be good for them, anyway, this is Carolyn's. She loves monkeys, must feel a kinship.....

This is the way our table looks at various times of the day, this looks like breakfast, I can see a bag of carrots, half eaten apple, and lots and lots of markers :D

Beka and Greg are now co-artists, he's started drawing more, and she loves having someone to draw with. True he doesn't yet show her aptitude in that area, but he can build really cool spaceships with Lego's, so I'm not too worried about him!

Ever seen that movie "Groundhog Day", where Bill Murray says, "No thanks, I've seen Larry eat." and then stuffs his hand in his mouth and says, "arrgghgh". Well this picture reminded me of that. She does love her food, especially craisins and pretzel sticks.

So this was Greg's idea, he wanted to make a carrot pencil :P So here it is, 3 baby carrots, some sour cream (not sure what that was for) and toothpicks. I sharpened the end for him, he showed it off for a picture, then ate it. Kids come up with some strange ideas...but they're fun. Keeps life interesting...

Boxes, Presents, and Tape

I don't have a lot of Christmas pictures, I think I totally forgot my camera at one point :P I know, I'm hopeless. But I did get a few pics....

How many cute little girls can you fit in collapsible cube? TWO!!

Visitors be warned, this is what we do if you get out of hand or just too loud! Not really, the kids actually came up with this idea and they and their friends had lots of fun. Me and my friend tried putting some on, to see if it would pull out those annoying lip hairs, and discovered, no, it doesn't, but it sure hurts to pull it off :D

Only Beka looks like she's ready to open presents! The other two were still a little sleepy...

Who tied this package up anyway?? You pull that way, and I'll pull that way...

What's in here?

The kid's great-grandma in Arizona gave us some money for each of the kids, and we got them each a new scooter, they loved the one they had, but it was used when we got it, and it was just falling apart, so now they each have one, and they were thrilled with them!

Beka can jump with hers and get both wheels off the ground, she's a little more coordinated than I was, she can even hula-hoop. Hey, so can I finally!

I didn't actually have a picture of Greg with his scooter, I'm sure I'll get more this summer. So, that's all folks! I'll be posting again soon I'm sure!

Slippers, Babies, and Bogeys

Here we are, we have had a fun and busy holiday season, which is why there have been no posts for a while. Travis finished his last final on the 17th of December, and did very well I might add. One more semester down, only 3 to go!!! Anyway, once he's off school, we don't aspire to get a whole lot done, just enjoy Daddy being around more. Blogging definitely takes a back seat!!!

My mom sent all the kids these fun animal slippers, the kids love them. Even Kay Leigh got a pair but she wasn't thrilled about putting them on, so she's not in the picture! Beka got horses, of course, Greg got T-rex, and Carolyn got monkeys, she's kind of monkey lover. Don't think she'll ever have a real one though :D

Greg picking up baby sister, she looks really comfortable doesn't she? Beka carries her around much better, and Kay has learned to just hold still and hang in there till the trip's over :D

She's over 20 pounds now, so she's no easy package to carry around!

So Kay Leigh LOVES Bogey and anytime she can goes over and hugs him, as you'll kind of see in the next picture. But here he's chewing on the camera case ( he got in trouble after the picture was taken) and she's just laying around with him. He's so good with her too, he really watches out for her and is very careful not to hurt her, usually. Now if you throw his ball and she happens to be in the way....she's gotten run over a few times. But he lets her maul him and play with his ears and grab his loose skin and just gives her a little kiss now and then. We're mostly happy with him, except for the occasional mischief he gets into :D

I know this one is all blurry, but it just looked so funny, the DOOOOGGG ATTAAACCK! They were actually just playing, and my camera doesn't handle the constant movment well. I'll bet there's a way around that, but I haven't been motivated enough to look it up in the manual :P

Beka doing her favorite thing EVER, coloring a horse picture. Those are her crayons, by the way, and no one is allowed to touch them :D Greg wants a set now, he's starting to color a whole lot more.

And lastly, a size comparison. I've been surprised at some of the pictures I've taken of Bogey, it seems really hard to show size in a picture, unless there is something very familiar close by to compare to. So here's a tennis ball, and Bogey being still, which is a rare moment indeed. I'll be posting more pictures, as soon as I find them. Bye for now!

Baby Wipes, Deerskin Coats, Models, Big Snow

Hello to all! December is upon us, and I finally have some pictures again. I was sick last week and busy with Thanksgiving the week before....so pictures kind of took the back burner. And I still have tons of projects that I've thought of doing for Christmas :D I'm still thinking about them :D Still :D Ok, moving on.

Kay found the wet wipes and was gleefully ripping them out of the box, and very very pleased with herself. It brought to mind her sister Beka doing the same things at about this age, with a box of tissue. This once it was cute, next time won't be :)

Look, Mom, they came from here! Want to try? Oh and by the way, she is crawling all over the place, once she figured it out, she was off like a shot!

Awwww, how sweet, little sister with arm around big brother, who is helping her play a computer game. She's pretty good at it, but there are some things she just can't do. This is a rare moment, by the way, she and Greg don't always get along this well :P

It's the wild (but slightly updated) mountain man of Idaho. Argh!

I don't think I'll have to worry about Gap picking them up as child models. Note the socks on Beka :D

Bogey and Beka contemplating the snow, before they both went bananas and started running crazily around the yard! The cry came up early this morning, "It's snowy outside!" It was all I could do to hold them down to breakfast, they couldn't wait.

Greg, rolling around, of course.

My little snow bunny....

She's so cute!

Ending on a silly note.

That's all for now folks! Hope you are staying healthy and happy!

Oh, and the best news I almost forgot, Beka made a profession of salvation yesterday, she's been bugging us for a few months. We'd answer her questions, but mostly put her off, and she'd forget all about it. Lately thought, she became more worried about it, and yesterday, we just decided to let her get saved. She answered all the questions right, and prayed her own prayer, and seemed genuinely relieved! We're very happy!

Praise the Lord for allowing our kids to grow up in a Christian home, just pray that we do a decent job of raising them.

Hello all! A new set of pictures, although, I realized there aren't any of Beka or Carolyn in this batch. But there is a bonus, one of ME!!!! Aren't you excited! Ok, well, anyway.....

Kay is getting mobile, she's not quite crawling, but she rocks forward and sort of inches up toward her goal. Hmm, it's just started hailing outside. Fun. Back to Kay. So she's of course starting the new phase of getting into everything within reach. She's also learned how to sit up herself from her tummy, I'd forgotten how cute that was. She's so much happier too, she was getting so frustrated with just sitting there, while everyone else ran around and played!

She was exploring the dog kennel here, she could totally fit inside, and was partially inside before I took this picture. Of course as soon as I got the camera out, this was as far as she would go :P The other day, Beka squished herself in the dog kennel to hide from the other kids, I was amazed she could fold herself up enough to get in there.

Dressup night at Master Club, and I forgot that day, until Greg said something about an hour before time to go! So Travis and I scrambled, Greg had already agreed on Moses before, so that made it easier. Baseball pants, sandals, Daddy's t-shirt, rope belt, quickly improvised hat out of old sheet, and of course, a marker beard and enhanced eyebrows. Oh, and don't forget the ten commandments. Ta Da! He was happy with it, except he kept getting confused and saying he was Joseph :D

Ok, I know this is gross, but it was just one of those things, you have to get the picture first. Kay had found a rawhide chewie, and started gnawing on it (which to me isn't as gross as the dried up worm we found Greg chewing on when he was a baby) and then Bogey came along and started sharing.

They were both fine with it! The dog actually is really good with Kay, even when she grabs a handful of his loose puppy skin, he just sits there, I think he can tell she's just a baby, he's very sweet to her.

Sleeping babies are the cutest, they just are so innocent and sweet, and cuddly, and their chubby cheeks get all squished up....and they are quiet!

Greg fell asleep on the couch...after insiting he wasn't tired!

He and Bogey both...aren't they cute!!!!

Well, that's all I have for today! Hope you have a great day and week, Travis and I are looking forward to a week off, for Thanksgiving! Yipee! You may not hear from me for a little while! :D

Pancakes and Snow

So, another week, and another post, it takes me a little while to gather enough pictures for a posting :D It was a good week, though, had an outing to a friends house for some fun fellowship and playtime for the kids, and got back into a semblance of routine for school. Carolyn is down sick now though, Kay Leigh too, but not too badly, just a mild cold.

Chocolate pancakes. I hate the idea of the kids eating syrup, and I don't need to be eating it, so I try different things to help pancakes be yummy without corn syrup and preservative infused artificially flavored syrup. Ok, so this is barely better, but sometimes we sprinkle them with raw cane sugar, or my favorite, yogurt and chopped nuts. once in a while I make fruit sauce with frozen fruit, some cane sugar, water and corn starch. Love that one! And the chips were chopped up and sprinkled on top, so there's not as much chocolate in these as it looks like!

I promise :D

She has top teeth now, but the way she smiles, you can't tell!

Kay loves her big brother! Can't say I blame her :)

Two things here, first, SNOW!!!! Just enough to be exciting, it was gone by the end of the day. Second, notice anything missing in Beka's smile? Yup, another tooth, a front one, I pulled it out last Sunday for her, it was barely hanging there, just grabbed it with a napkin and out it came!

What a poser!

Did I mention that she knows how to swing herself? She does eventually get both legs on!

This boy loves his dog, and the dog likes him. It's a mutual affection :D

The tiny fashion plate. Not. Generally she has the glasses on upside down, she does LOVE her monkey pj's though, she would wear them all day every day if allowed!