Sniff, Sniff....

Life has slowed down some around here, for which we are thankful. Last week we had IHC here at our church and the services were very good. We enjoyed the messages and songs very much.

This week has been sniff, sniff, blowing noses, coughing, cleaning up tummy upsets, washing sheets, changing dirty diapers, suctioning little noses, (ewwwww) forcing Vitamin C down little throats, giving baths, warm snuggly jammies...need I go on?

Yesterday Owen sneezes and pretty much emptied the entire contents of his sinus cavities. I told Keith, I didn't realize your sinuses reached clear down to your toe nails. So he has been doing much better and I think as a whole, the family, or kids, I should say, are on the road to recovery!!

Keith has been hunting, but the only deer he's seen, has been too small to shoot. So he's still on the look out for a nice one to bring home. :)

That about sums up our life lately. I haven't even taken a picture in the last week. Not so good for a picture blog, huh? I'm sure I'll take plenty next week.

Have a great afternoon!

Megan's Dedication...

We tried to "kill as many birds with one stone" as we could while we were in Kansas/Oklahoma. Since we don't make it down there very often and since all of our family couldn't come up here, we decided to have Megan's dedication while we were there.

Keith's grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary that weekend (that's the reason we were down there) and it was a beautiful tribute to their life together.

Grandma and Grandpa with almost all of their great-grandchildren. We took a family picture, too, but I didn't get one on our camera, so I'll have to bribe one off of someone.

Our little family at Megan's dedication. Again, we got extended family pictures, but none on our camera. :( Hint, hint, please send me one if you got one... :)

My dad preached, Keith's dad prayed the decication prayer, Keith and I sang a dedication song and Kristyn and Owen sang "Jesus Loves Me". I thought it was a precious service for Megan and we appreciate all of you that took the time to come and help us dedicate our "baby" to God.

Kristyn and Owen singing their song----you couldn't really hear Owen---I wonder why??

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After the service we had a wonderful dinner. Thank you to ALL of you that brought in the yummy food and to both of our mothers for working so hard in making extra food and helping Megan's day special.

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We had a wonderful weekend and exjoyed being with our family. Of course, it's never long enough and it seems like when we try to do so many things in such a short time, we kind of have "sensory overload" and sometimes feel like we're just "floating" from one thing to another, but it's always a nice time. :)

Megan's Birthday...

These pictures are backwards, but I've tried to fix it and have spent way too much time with it, so I'm just leaving them. :)

Megan's birthday was Friday. I can't believe she's one year old already! She is growing SO fast and is such a joy to have in our family. We were in Kansas for her birthday. Tori and Megan almost have the same birthday, so we had one big party for both of them.

This was after it was all over and she was nice and cleaned up! :)

Squeaky clean!!!

Can you tell she hasn't had very much sugar in her short little life? She looks a little spaced out!

All of her cousins were there except for the one's in FL. :( It was so nice to be with everyone!

The big cake (actually it was cupcakes).

Megan's own little cake.

Yummm.....

There are SO many more pictures I could put on here, but for the sake of time (and your time), I'll stop.

Thank you to everyone for all of her beautiful gifts and for making an effort to be there. We enjoyed being with all of you!

Catching up....

This was a beautiful sunset we saw the other evening. What a wonderful God we serve!!

The kids had fun playing in the leaves last week. It's a good thing, because it's freezing cold now and the leaves are all wet and yucky!

Kristyn and Owen helped me make bread last week. They really thought they were big stuff. We made 4 loaves.

Yes, their hands were clean. :) Kristyn told Grandma on the phone, "Owen and I punched and punched the bread down."

Happy (Late) Birthday, Tori!

It slipped my mind yesterday when I was posting to wish our precious niece, Tori, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I thought of it later but wasn't able to get back on the computer. :(


We love you, Tori, and hope you had a very fun day yesterday. We'll see you in a few days!!!

Tis the Season...

This is a beautiful tree in our front yard. It's windy today, so I don't know how long the leaves will stay on, but it sure is beautiful!
Owen had his turn with helping in the kitchen and I thought he looked so cute. He insisted on wearing Kristyn's apron.....I bought him some tractor fabric to make him a "boy" apron. :)

Keith is SO excited that it's almost deer season. Last Saturday, the whole family was involved in making the deer blind. One of Keith's friend's helped, too.

I hope all of you got out and voted today. We stood in line for 1 1/2 hours this morning to get in. :) The kids did great, but we did get several "looks" with a double stroller and a baby in the sling. :) Several people complimented on how well behaved the kids were, though, so that made me happy. Towards the end (when I was actually filling out the ballot) Owen kept asking to go outside, but overall, they did great.