Life Lately

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Time to fill up a couple pages of our scrapbook!

Life lately has been about a lot of normal things.

We had such beautiful, warm, summer-like days over the weekend and at the beginning of the week.

The kiddos have been enjoying the horses!

We put the horses fly masks on because we had just enough summer-like days to bring out the flies.

We always enjoy being outside!

The warmer weather meant popsicles and iced tea!

We had a great week of school with some kiddos who had such happy hearts!

There has been rain. A LOT of rain.

And storms. A LOT of storms.

Even so, the Lord still blessed us with views like this –

There has been good food!

Because I have a daughter named Addie Mae!

There were some fun rainy afternoons just BEING together.

My favorite part of this week!

We also enjoyed a library visit!

These kiddos look at books ALL the day long!

They might have gotten their love for books from their Mama.

It is cccooolllddd today.

And raining. Again.

Love when the kiddos wake in the morning and plop right in front of the fire!

I have been spending time on these rainy days researching.

There is always, always something new I need to learn!

This week has been all about Eliza’s upcoming surgery.

I cannot let this appointment at the end of June sneak up on us!

We need to be informed and ready to ask good questions as we schedule her surgery.

We do not know the exact reality of what will be happening to Eliza, but she will be having an open reduction of both of her hips – we just do not know which type of reduction the surgeon will recommend.

She will also be placed in spica cast for for up to 3 months.

This is a body cast that will keep her hips in the position they need to be in while her bones heal.

There are many obstacles we will be facing with this surgery – but honestly, none of them have us on our knees more than our desperate prayers that we will keep Eliza’s heart.

We are also hopeful that we can wait to do surgery until summer is over.

For the obvious reasons of that huge cast.

Maybe I should have stuck to my photography research instead, huh?

My heart is thinking so too.

At least its FRIDAY!

Which means my grocery crew is out making memories and filling that van with food!

We are going to whip this house into shape and get ready for a very fun-filled weekend!

There is also a cute little Chinese cherub who doesn’t know it yet – but he is going on a date tonight with his Daddy and Mama!

I CANT WAIT!

Happy weekend, everyone!!!

A Blessed Mother’s Day

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Every Mother’s Day (and also on my birthday each year) the kiddos ask me to tell them something special that I would like.

My answer is always the same!!

To have everyone together on the farm.

So that is what they planned for Mother’s Day – and it was JUST PERFECT!

We also had a fish taco bar and a dairy-free chocolate raspberry cheesecake for dessert.

That was all JUST PERFECT too!

And SO yummy!

I mean, seriously!

Just look at this cheesecake!

As if that all was not enough, there were cards that were filled with the nicest words and gifts to open.

Have I mentioned that we have so. many. broken. and. worn. out. things. here?

Well, it’s true, it’s true.

Two of the gifts I received replaced two things that are broken!

I opened a new four piece toaster and also received a new swing for our big ole willow tree!

The fellowship filled my heart to overflowing!

Hannah and Bekah were here for most of the day, even though I do not have a photo!

Auntie Gail was able to join us for the day too!

I would say we were all VERY happy about that!

Especially this sweet baby!

This photo just makes my heart sing!

I had put in a request that my Mother’s Day gift be having the pool set up and filled.

Well – they did that too!!

I am SO spoiled!!

We enjoyed a beautiful day on the south side of the farm while the pool was being set up and the swing was being put together!

The kiddos had popsicles and played in the sand that was spread out for underneath the pool.

Check out this cutie who is eighteen months old going on twenty-two!

Thanks, Chad, for assembling the swing!

Pretty soon the walls of the pool were going up!

And then it was time to play in the FREEZING cold water while the pool filled!

Crazy, yes, but it’s a tradition!

They had a blast!

One more photo!

We are ready and waiting anxiously for that sweet Baby K to arrive!

Isn’t Kay beautiful?!

I thought I might have to title every post “The Best Day Ever” – because that is how the days feel right now!

One, after another, after another!!

I certainly had a very blessed Mother’s Day!

I hope that all you Mama’s out there had a blessed day too!

A Day On The Farm

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It feels like summer here!

Warmer weather means it is time to get the farm in shape.

Yesterday was a BIG work day on the farm.

There are normal things to do like mowing and trimming and weeding and transplanting plants.

Grant blessed me by transplanting the raspberries off of this hill and up into the garden!

There are bee hives that need to be gotten rid of too.

But we also had a huge project to start yesterday, because the wall of our milk house is caving in!

The boys dug out the outside, then helped Blake build a temporary wall on the inside.

Then they knocked the wall down!

Now they are ready to rebuild it. It will just take time!

The littles had a BLAST being outside all day on such a nice day!

I enjoyed being outside too!!

And taking photos!!

Those specks out there are Hannah and her sister Bekah!

They bring me so much JOY!

We all worked hard yesterday and it was a blessed day on the farm!

Here’s to another beautiful day today!

My favorite people will be here this afternoon after church – and I am very excited about that!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there!!

It’s All About The Eye

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One of my goals for this summer is to learn about photography.

It seems like a daunting thing to achieve, because I literally do not have one moment of time that I feel I can devote to this goal!

But, I am going to try.

When I told Addie Mae my desire to learn about photography, she said, “Mom, it’s all about the eye.”

I have been chewing on that statement for a couple of days, and today I decided to walk around and look at things with a whole new “eye.”

With my camera in hand, of course!

It certainly helps that it is a beautiful, blue, sunny, warm day!

I have been noticing that our poplar trees are filling out from the top down.

If they did that in years past, I certainly don’t remember it!

As I held my camera up, I paid close attention to what my eye was seeing in the WHOLE lens.

Then I moved my camera a little this way and a little that way and ended up with these photos.

All about the eye!

Since I was out on the farm with the camera, I started to walk around.

So much I never want to forget!

I looked at everything I wanted a photo of from many different angles – but ended up with these photos.

Of course I had to take photos of my darling kiddos too!

Whatever I did to the settings for this one backfired!

But it was too cute to leave out – blurry or not!

It is really pretty easy with a good camera, a beautiful farm, and a bright sunny day to get good photos.

It is the other times that I am needing to learn more about!

The dark school room.

Constantly moving children.

How to make food look beautiful in a photo.

Those are the things that a photography class is made for!

Here’s hoping I can keep working toward this goal and you all will be seeing a better quality of photos soon!

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