Saturday, May 11, 2013
Damming up the Stream
I love that my kids can go outside and think of things to do and play and make and explore. WE have this little stream that goes across the very back corner of our land, nothing big, but the kids have spent hours playing in it. Brookie and Brady used their creative juices to figure out how to dam up this stream. They used a tarp, a dish like stone rain catcher thingy and voila!!! They covered up the culvert as best they could and waited for the magic to happen. It was so fun watching them go and check on it every couple of hours to see how much water had backed up. They got the camera and even recorded when they let the dam up. The water "gushed" out, (not really) but it was pretty fun for them and I love that they are able to do things like this out here. Some days I feel overwhelmed at all the work there is to do, but this is the reason we decided to move out here. Along with learning how to work hopefully our kids will also learn how to play together, explore and love the earth that we have been given.
The Orchard
I am always amazed at the beauty of the earth. What a blessing Heavenly Father has given us to remind us of His love for us.
WE go from this.....
to this.....
We have loved watching our orchard bud, then bloom and now the leaves are coming on, life truly is a miracle!! I can almost taste those sweet peaches already!
The Many faces of Carson
Oh how I love this little guy. He is so much fun! He has contagious smile and a cute little giggle. He is pulling himself up on furniture, crawls everywhere and loves to suck on rocks! His favorite place to play in the house is in the dishwasher, he bear crawls on grass so his knees won't touch it, he is now sporting 25 lbs. and is the life of the party around here! We love you Carson!
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Brooklyn or Emree?

Just thought you all might like to see how much Brooklyn and Emree look alike, its kind of scary actually! Especially that Emree wears all the clothes that Brooklyn used to wear, I better make sure I get the right name to the right picture in the scrapbooks...well photo albums anyway. This is Brooklyn when she was 10 months old!
First day of School!

My Pride and Joy!

Next to my kids this is my pride and joy, I love working in the garden! Chas likes it too, he doesn't have to weed! Actually he always takes care of the kids while I spend time there. It's so nice!
Funny Story 1
Well I haveto share this funny story about Brooklyn. There is a little girl in our primary who got her appendix out shortly after she was baptized and showed Brooklyn her scar, so here is Brooklyn's conversation with me the other day.
Brooklyn: "Mom I don't think I want to get baptized."
Me: "Why not?"
Brook: "It's too scary."
And I'm thinking she loves the water, what is the problem?
Me: "Whats scary about it?"
Brook: "I don't want to go to the hospital and be cut open after I am baptized."
I started laughing!!! "You think everyone has to be cut open after they get baptized?"
Brook: yes, Jenny did and she even showed me her scar.
So I had to explain to her that that was not part of getting baptized, it just happened that it was close to the same time with Jenny. I thought it was so hilarious, you never know what your kids are actually thinking!!
What a handsome boy!

Achoo!

Emree right before a sneeze~
Something"s funny!
