A little update...

I thought I'd share some funnies from our kids.

I called Kristyn and Owen to breakfast this morning and they both came running with little blankets over their heads. I asked Kristyn to pray for the food and she said,

"Dear Jesus, thank You for the food. Please help me and Joseph to have a safe trip to Bethlehem. Amen."

Then talking to Owen she said,"

"Joseph, I have gone all over town and the only place that we can stay at is Bethlehem, because everywhere else if too full."

Later she told me, "We had to sell our donkey, because he was walking too fast and Baby Jesus kept falling off, so we just sold the donkey."

I heard them talking the other day and Kristyn was trying to convince Owen of something and he said. "Stop arguing...." and then proceded to tell her what he thought about the situation.

It's been a few weeks ago that Kristyn came to me and said, "I went into my Sunday School room and the teacher wasn't in there. My heart wanted me to look into the treasure chest, but (very dramatically) THE ANGEL OF THE LORD came down and said, Kristyn, you better not do that."

I could go on for a few more pages, but lest I bore you, I'll stop. :)

Here's a few pictures I took of Megan yesterday. She is growing SO fast. She's taken a couple of steps several weeks ago, but hasn't been interested in taking any more since then. I'm sure one of these days, she'll take off. :)

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!!

It's beginnin to look a lot like Christmas...

We put our Christmas tree up last night and the kids thought it was the greatest thing. Here's some pictures for you to enjoy!

Can you tell they're excited??

Owen helping Daddy with the Christmas tree tote!

Kristyn got the VERY important job of putting the angel on the top!

Kristyn got a hold of the camera. :)

Owen putting an ornament on.

Owen really liked this little truck ornament. It was Keith's when he was little.

Our Wonderful Weekend...

We had a great weekend! Kyle and Mandy and their girls came up on Wednesday and stayed until Sunday. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and day on Thursday and ate WAY too much (speaking for myself). On Friday, we went to a nearby park and all the kids had a grand time. Jeremy and Tori went with us which was a lot of fun, too.

Here's some pictures of our time at the park.

Abbie, Hailey and Kristyn.

Owen, Tori and Rachel on the tire swing.

Two peas in a pod right here.....this one's for Grandma. :)

I can't remember if Hailey was being held prisoner, or if she was "sick" and Abbie was helping her. They all had SO much fun pretending all weekend. At one time, I heard Rachel and Kristyn talking and their names were "Maude" and "Lola". :)

Our little camo-girl, Hailey.

The only little guy with a house full of girls.

Ava as snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug.

Owen and Tori.

Unfortunately, I didn't have may camera for the last couple of days, but Mandy took lots of pictures, so you can check her blog later this week to see more.

Thank you, Kyle and Mandy, or making the trip up here to be with us. We enjoyed it VERY much.

Happy, Happy Birthday!!!

Today is Keith's Mom's birthday (Momma D as she signs on here). We are ALL blessed to have her as part of our family! She loves us all and treats all of us the same whether we were born into her family, or married in. Most of all, she loves God and wants all of us to go to Heaven.

Her grandkids LOVE for her to read to them and you can usually find her with a kid, or two on her lap and a book in her hand!
Here is her whole gang of grandkids at the park last summer. (Aren't you glad you don't have to raise all these like the old lady in the shoe??)

We hope you have a VERY happy birthday, Mom! We love you LOTS and LOTS!!!

Pictures...

Megan rarely lets anyone rock her to sleep here at home. She likes to be put in her crib, have her pacifier and off to sleep she goes. This week she has been cutting a tooth and not feeling well and wanting to be held. Keith was thrilled to get to rock her to sleep. :) Perfect ending to the day!
Here's Keith giving the details about the entire hunt. Arthur and Jeremy were all ears and smiles. :)

As I posted yesterday was Keith's birthday. I was planning on (cheating) getting him an ice cream cake from the store, but Kristyn was quite distressed when she found that out and said (all teary eyed, as only she can do) that she wanted us to MAKE Daddy a "deer cake". So we got up early that morning and as soon as Daddy was out the door to work, we started in on the cake! After it baked, we visited 5 stores in search of a "deer" to put on his cake. FINALLY, we found a Christmas ornament that would work, paid for it, rushed back home, iced the cake and was able so surprise Daddy! Whew...what a morning! Can you tell Kristyn is just proud as peaches of "her" hard work?

I used some trees from my Christmas village to help it out. Don't you love all the little finger marks on the cake? Definately made with lots of love! (I had a close up of the cake, but for some reason, it's not showing up and I tried to add it again, but haven't been able to, so if you click on the picture you can see it larger.)

These are backwards, but they were licking the spoons after we put the cake in the oven.

Hard at work!

Blog Spot taking a vacation....

Because today is SUCH a special day in this family's life....blog spot must be taking a vacation day, too. :)

Today is Keith's birthday and I haven't been able to get on here and post anything. I still can't post pictures, but hopefully I can tomorrow!

I am married to the most wonderful man God ever created.....heehee, I know I'm a little prejudiced though. ;) I never thought when we were in the 4th grade, or the 8th grade together that I would be married to him. (stop laughing Misty and Lizzy. :) ) Our grandparents grew up together and Keith's grandpa often says, my grandpa would have been so proud to know that his grandaughter married Gene's grandson.

I feel blessed today to be married to Keith and I'm so proud of him and what he stands for and how he is leading our little family.

He is a wonderful Daddy to our kids. They look out the window each day when it's almost time for him to come home. You'd think the president was coming to visit when he walks in the door. There's shouts and screams "Daddy's home! Daddy's home!" Hugs and kisses flying and plenty of love going around.

We love you, Keith. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

A little side note: Keith shot a VERY nice doe yesterday. He was very happy and the kids were beyond excited!! He's out there in the big woods again this afternoon hoping for another one. :) So if any of you would like to hop on over, we could grill up some fresh deer meat. :)



Pictures coming tomorrow, I hope!!