Well, it is a say late, but Happy New Year to everybody!! I hope all is well and blessings abound in the new year.
We celebrated rather quietly. We stayed home, ate cheese dip, and watched a movie. (I picked up the movie, Dunston Checks In from the $5 bin at Wally World - it is REALLY cute!!). After the movie, Rachel crashed, but every one else toasted in the new year with a glass of Sparkling Grape Juice. Then we all headed to bed...
Yesterday Grandpa and Del and Joanne and Samantha joined us for a dinner of Black-eyed peas, fried cabbage, and ham. It was good food and even better company. It was a great way to start the new year.
Today Roscoe had to work. Rachel and I are going to go eat lunch with him. Then i just plan on working on getting the house back in order and working on laundry. The weekend is the end of Noah's Christmas break, so we need to get back into the swing of things. We have a birthday party to go to tomorrow, and then we will try to just hang out and have a bit of family time. Sunday will be busy with the usual church activities.
Something I REALLY want to concentrate on in 2009 is recognizing my blessings rather than whining about my percieved problems. So, for as long as I can, I am going to try to post at least one blessing a day.
Today's blessing:
My savior- without God's love and the saving grace of our Lord, my life would be totally hopeless and pointless. But because of the gift Jesus has made available to me, I have hope, purpose, adn peace in my life. I pray that all those I love will have/find that same peace in the new year!!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008
updated pictures of the munchkins!!
Well, I finally took the time to get the kids in the studio and take a few updated pictures. They actually cooperated and I got some great images!! Here are a few of my favorites:
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Ho Ho Who?
It has been a VERY busy and hectic week. I hope to have time to update the blog this weekend. I just had to share a couple of quick pictures!! Tonight was Noah's program at the school. It was a Christmas program - so guess who made an appearance!? Rachel was thrilled to see the jolly ol' man!! Too bad Roscoe "missed" seeing the man in red...
Does he look at all familiar?
Does he look at all familiar?
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Where has 2008 gone?!
WoW!! Can you believe it? Christmas is in 22 days and 2009 begins in less than a month. I just don't quite know where the time has gone. Lots has happened since I last updated the blog. Rachel no longer attends HeadStart. We have put her in Speech through the early education program. She goes up to Noah's school twice a week and works with Ms. C. In the last few weeks since we changed, we can already see a lot of improvement and we are very pleased with her progress. Rachel is missing being with other kids her age, so I think after the holidays we are going to put her in a Mother's Day Out one or two days a week.
Noah is doing great! He got new glasses a few weeks ago. His eyes had gotten considerably worse over the last year. They had to put a prism in his right lens. He is doing much better about keeping up with them and wearing them like he is suppose to. He is now in the Gifted/Talented Program at school and is doing really well. He seems to enjoy the extra challenge. Right now they are working on reports about wild animals. I thnk his choice of animal was the lion. So I am sure we will all be laerning everything there is to know about lions soon!!
Roscoe is still working to get the engine change in his pickup complete. Hopefully it will be done soon!! I am ready to have my husband home on Saturdays for a change. He is getting excited about finishing it up!! My husband's favorite toys are his vehicles!! :0)
We had a nice Thanksgiving. It was a fairly quiet day. There is so much to be thankful and grateful for!! We also ate lots of turkey and dressing and pumpkin pie!!YUM!!
We are now gearing up for the holidays!! We bought our tree Sunday evening. It is not decorated yet... That will probably happen this evening. The whole downstairs smells so good!! That is the best part of a "REAL" tree!! I am also going to try to get new Christmas pics of the kids today or tomorrow. I will post those as soon as I have them ready!!
I hope all are well!! I will try to do better about updating the blog! Pics will be posted soon!!
Have a great holiday season!! Have fun, and remember the Reason for the Season!!
Noah is doing great! He got new glasses a few weeks ago. His eyes had gotten considerably worse over the last year. They had to put a prism in his right lens. He is doing much better about keeping up with them and wearing them like he is suppose to. He is now in the Gifted/Talented Program at school and is doing really well. He seems to enjoy the extra challenge. Right now they are working on reports about wild animals. I thnk his choice of animal was the lion. So I am sure we will all be laerning everything there is to know about lions soon!!
Roscoe is still working to get the engine change in his pickup complete. Hopefully it will be done soon!! I am ready to have my husband home on Saturdays for a change. He is getting excited about finishing it up!! My husband's favorite toys are his vehicles!! :0)
We had a nice Thanksgiving. It was a fairly quiet day. There is so much to be thankful and grateful for!! We also ate lots of turkey and dressing and pumpkin pie!!YUM!!
We are now gearing up for the holidays!! We bought our tree Sunday evening. It is not decorated yet... That will probably happen this evening. The whole downstairs smells so good!! That is the best part of a "REAL" tree!! I am also going to try to get new Christmas pics of the kids today or tomorrow. I will post those as soon as I have them ready!!
I hope all are well!! I will try to do better about updating the blog! Pics will be posted soon!!
Have a great holiday season!! Have fun, and remember the Reason for the Season!!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Fall is nearly here!!
The weather the last several days has been gorgeous! Today was really nice and cool! I love this time of year. I can't wait for the leaves to start changing.
We have had a busy several days! Roscoe is still working on his pickup on the weekends. i hope it is ready soon! This past weekend I got to shoot a wedding. The bride was so calm and it was a lot of fun to shoot! Watch the photography blog for a sneak peek soon. This week we are getting ready for the Fall Carnival at Kate Haynes. Then, next week, we have a Fall Festival at the church. The kids are really looking forward to them. We are ready for all the fall festivities! Last night we harvested seven pumpkins from our garden. After loading them in the wagon for a few pictures, we picked the ones we wanted to keep. Then we loaded the rest in the car and delivered them to friends - Alissa, Paige, J.R., and Abby!! (I'll post pictures tomorrow!!)
Well, I finally have a home studio!! I am excited and hope this will get me motivated to really get on the ball with the photography business!! If you want to have family pictures done for the holidays - NOW is the time!! Give me a call to book a session!!
That is about all that is going on right now!! It is late and I am headed to bed!! I will try to add pictures tomorrow! Good night!!
We have had a busy several days! Roscoe is still working on his pickup on the weekends. i hope it is ready soon! This past weekend I got to shoot a wedding. The bride was so calm and it was a lot of fun to shoot! Watch the photography blog for a sneak peek soon. This week we are getting ready for the Fall Carnival at Kate Haynes. Then, next week, we have a Fall Festival at the church. The kids are really looking forward to them. We are ready for all the fall festivities! Last night we harvested seven pumpkins from our garden. After loading them in the wagon for a few pictures, we picked the ones we wanted to keep. Then we loaded the rest in the car and delivered them to friends - Alissa, Paige, J.R., and Abby!! (I'll post pictures tomorrow!!)
Well, I finally have a home studio!! I am excited and hope this will get me motivated to really get on the ball with the photography business!! If you want to have family pictures done for the holidays - NOW is the time!! Give me a call to book a session!!
That is about all that is going on right now!! It is late and I am headed to bed!! I will try to add pictures tomorrow! Good night!!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Catching up!!
Wow!! Where has the time gone? I can't hardly believe it is already nearly the middle of October! Time just seems to fly by lately.
The kids are settling into their new classes. Noah has an awesome teacher this year and he really seems to be enjoying school. We recieved his progress report yesterday. As of right now, he has two 96s, a 99, and a 100. I am really proud of him!! He is reading up a storm and making steady progress in the AR program.
Rachel is learning and growing so quickly! I don't know what I am going to do with her... She is really trying to stretch her wings and testing the limits on a regular basis!! LOL! Right before school started she decided she wanted her hair cut short. I cut it one night and we all just love it. It helped make her hair look much thicker and healthier. It is also just a lot easier to take care of!
Life has been busy and hectic, but over all it has been good. Roscoe has started on changing the engine in his pickup. He is excited about that and has been working hard on getting it completed. We have also been busy at the church. We recently started a children's d.t. reograms called P.A.W.s (Princesses and Warriors) Seek and Learn. I am responsible for it. We are concentrating on teaching the kids that because they are Princesses and Warriors in Christ they must have a higher code and expecctation of behavior. We are also spending a great deal of time learning basic and age approriate Bible skills. We are working through a book, How to Study Your Bible for Kids. It is a great book. Noah is enjoying it very much. More importantly, he is learning alot about how to study the Bible. He is also hiding God's word in his heart. The memory verses are pretty meaty adn he is conqueroring them like a champ! In the last few weeks he has memorized 2Timothy 3:16-17, Titus 3:1, Luke 15:7, and 1John 3:10.
I have spent quite a bit of time lately working on the house! Tremendous gratitude and thank yous go to my friends Tiana and Sandi for all their help!! Today we cleared out what used to be the downstairs playroom. It will soon be transformed into my home studio!! I am SO excited! If you are thinking about having pictures done, please give me a call! The studio will be up and running very soon!
We are looking forward to a family get together here in a few weeks. Then it will be full fledged holiday season. I am starting to think about the holidays and making a few plans. We are doing a Christmas mini-musical at Church. I am sure there will be many activities that will fill our calender in the months to come!
It is getting late and tomorrow will be busy as usual. I am heading to bed. I will close with some updated pictures of my two most favorite subjects!!!
Here a few of the kids from a recent session:
Here are a couple of pictures of Rachel and Noah:
The kids are settling into their new classes. Noah has an awesome teacher this year and he really seems to be enjoying school. We recieved his progress report yesterday. As of right now, he has two 96s, a 99, and a 100. I am really proud of him!! He is reading up a storm and making steady progress in the AR program.
Rachel is learning and growing so quickly! I don't know what I am going to do with her... She is really trying to stretch her wings and testing the limits on a regular basis!! LOL! Right before school started she decided she wanted her hair cut short. I cut it one night and we all just love it. It helped make her hair look much thicker and healthier. It is also just a lot easier to take care of!
Life has been busy and hectic, but over all it has been good. Roscoe has started on changing the engine in his pickup. He is excited about that and has been working hard on getting it completed. We have also been busy at the church. We recently started a children's d.t. reograms called P.A.W.s (Princesses and Warriors) Seek and Learn. I am responsible for it. We are concentrating on teaching the kids that because they are Princesses and Warriors in Christ they must have a higher code and expecctation of behavior. We are also spending a great deal of time learning basic and age approriate Bible skills. We are working through a book, How to Study Your Bible for Kids. It is a great book. Noah is enjoying it very much. More importantly, he is learning alot about how to study the Bible. He is also hiding God's word in his heart. The memory verses are pretty meaty adn he is conqueroring them like a champ! In the last few weeks he has memorized 2Timothy 3:16-17, Titus 3:1, Luke 15:7, and 1John 3:10.
I have spent quite a bit of time lately working on the house! Tremendous gratitude and thank yous go to my friends Tiana and Sandi for all their help!! Today we cleared out what used to be the downstairs playroom. It will soon be transformed into my home studio!! I am SO excited! If you are thinking about having pictures done, please give me a call! The studio will be up and running very soon!
We are looking forward to a family get together here in a few weeks. Then it will be full fledged holiday season. I am starting to think about the holidays and making a few plans. We are doing a Christmas mini-musical at Church. I am sure there will be many activities that will fill our calender in the months to come!
It is getting late and tomorrow will be busy as usual. I am heading to bed. I will close with some updated pictures of my two most favorite subjects!!!
Here a few of the kids from a recent session:
Here are a couple of pictures of Rachel and Noah:
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