Rocks for my anniversary!! Nope not diamonds!

Van and I bought some rocks on our 22 anniversary. The rocks actually came from the north shore which is the northern part of Lake Superior and a local artist did her handy work on them, aren't they beautiful!! Thanks Quentin for taking the pictures!!

Who's birthday??

By this picture can you guess who's picture?? Probably NOT LOL It is Aaron's 9th birthday cake. Seleen and JoyAnn made it! It was quite an amazing cake. It told of two Bible accounts, one Jonah and the Fish and the other about the time when money was needed and Jesus said catch a fish and there will be money in it. Ok that is paraphrased., but I am sure you might remember it. In the cake was a hidden lego guy that they made sure that Aaron received and then there was candy to represent a coin. All this children enjoyed this special cake. I gave Aaron a shave yesterday morning to make his head not looks so bad. You can see the picture of what he did in a few post back. Happy Birthday my Aj!!!!

Mag's broken arm

Who knew that you could get this hurt at church!! Seriously tho, one just never know how you are going to get hurt. Magdalyn fell on her arm playing a game at church Wednesday night!!

What a WEEK!

This has been an interesting week! On Tuesday my hubby went out of town for a job and came back on Wednesday night right before he headed out for Men's Bible Study. When the AWANA crew gets home Magdalyn tells me that she hurt her arm playing games. I really don't think to much of it as she is not complaining much. Thursday morning she is still really favoring her arms so we decided we best go get it checked on. Sure enough, she broke her arm. It is small but needs to be stabilized for 6 weeks. Doc said she can bag it for when we go to the waterpark next week. Monday night.. late.. SuZenn informs me that her ear hurts. She doesn't complain much so when she says that in passing I have a red flag fly up and have to tell myself to call the doctor in the morning. So, Tuesday morning I bring SuZenn to the doctor she has a earache. Once again thank God for medication. I had Van pick up a new to us washer and dryer today that I bought from someone with out even seeing a picture, got to love super duper small towns! We told the social worker that we have decided not to go forward with the adoption that we were being considered for. Very hard to do as there are so many children that need homes. We just did not have the peace that passes understanding with going forward so they must not be meant to be "our" children so now I add those children on my prayer list. I haven't heard any updates on how Nathan's MRI went, but I will let you know when I do hear. The man that was flying up here to meet his dad for hunting was found dead in his plane, please pray for his wife and parents. I am still working on painting the breakfast room and at this rate I will have start painting it all over again cuz it will be so old LOL Seriously, it is looking nice. Tomorrow is Aj's birthday. Van and boys were burning down by the river side tonight. The grass get so long and mosquitoes get thick so that should be done each year. I did get some pictures so maybe tomorrow I will get some up.. till then. God Bless

Prayer needed!!

A dear friend of ours is in need of prayer.  His name is Nathan and he is going in Monday for an MRI.  Right now I don't know much other then he is having lots of difficulty.

Please pray for him and for his wife and their 5 children!

Thanks!!

Karron again

Ok she has a snotty nose and a dirty shirt and missing her dress but she sure is a cutey!

Karron

Cheeseeeee!!

Aaron

so what happens when you use the mustache shaver on your head???

If You Give a Mom a Muffin

 

 

If You Give a Mom a Muffin

If you give a mom a muffin,
She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.
So she'll pour herself some.
The coffee will get spilled by her three year old.
She'll wipe it up.

Wiping the floor, she will find some dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do some laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over some snow boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan supper for tonight.

She will get out a pound of hamburger.
She'll look for her cookbook. (101 Things To Make With a Pound of
Hamburger.)
The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.
She will see the phone bill which is due tomorrow.
She will look for the checkbook.

The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two year old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the two year old.
While she is changing the two year old the phone will ring. (Of course!)
Her five year old will answer it and hang up.

She remembers that she wants to phone a friend to come over for coffee on
Friday.
Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.
She will pour herself some.
And chances are,
If she has a cup of coffee,
Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.

having fun!

It is kind of hard to see that the kids are all balancing on each other.. took a bit of time and a lot of laughs but they did it.  In this pictures is JoyAnn, Quentin, Tristan, and their cousin Kate.  Good job!

Candy Candy

Thanks Teresa for the candy.. they all LOVED it!!!  You made me a good mom giving candy before bed LOL

Jesse James got away

On our way home from Texas we stopped in at Devils Glutch in South Dakota and found this amazing place where Jesse James jumped across this 30 foot jump (where the foot bridge is) to get away from the law.  Crazy for sure!  It was crazy walking over the bridge!

Ready for the banquet

Ok just one more of my oldest girl.  At Summit they had a banquet were they all had to be all dressed up.  I found the skirt at a thrift store and then Joy and I found the shirt at another thrift store who knew you could be so elegant for a few buck!?

Ruth and JoyAnn

Here is a pictures of JoyAnn had her good friend Ruth.

Thanks for the picture Ruth!!

Cowgal Joy

Joy's friend Ruth took this pictures of JoyAnn while they were at Summit, isn't it cute!!  The girls dressed up for the Wrangler Breakfast.