Fall Is In The Air

by Steph // Tuesday, September 22, 2015 // Comments off

The weather here is spectacular!

The beauty in the change of the seasons is never lost on me.

God showed me this beautiful tapestry on my way up the ridge one evening around 7 p.m.

Right now we have cold mornings, cold evenings, and cool days with bright blue skies and sunshine!

The best!

This weekend my brain finally caught up to the fact that fall is in the air.

I had everyone join me in the big clothes switch-a-roo….digging in those totes in the attics for what will be needed and putting away what is not.

It is a BIG job!

But every single time it is such a blessing to find all the nice things that were saved to hand down to the boys!

I washed everything up. We are ready for you fall!

I have a pile of what is no longer needed to take to the consignment shop to sell.

Since I am hardly ever upstairs, I was blessed to see Addie’s new spot.

Addie has taken over Kayla’s desk she left behind (for now!)…..that thing is huge, heavy, and it will be a miracle to get it back down those farm house stairs!

It is such a nice getaway crafting spot!

While we were upstairs in those attics, I used the muscle I had with me to move the legos and lego table to the boys room. The loft will be a nice little spot for the littles to play this winter!

Addie has fall on the brain too, and she filled the kitchen with the aroma of spice cookies!

My camera snapped this photo one second before Eliza sneezed all over that whole tray of cookies!

Life with littles is the best!

Being outside in the afternoons is a must.

Cause I am smart enough to know this perfect weather won’t last forever!

Besides, everyone loves to be out on the farm!

Tate loves the cats and dogs now! And he is very gentle with them!

We are loving this fall air!

And everything that goes with it!!

Happy fall, everyone!!!

Precious Times

by Steph // Monday, September 21, 2015 // Comments off

My heart is so full as our little ones are “settling in” and doing so well!!

What precious, precious times!!

Tate and Eliza had a big time with some new puzzles I snatched up from Good Will over the weekend while Lane worked on his Math with me!

A quick break for some yogurt!

Our sweet, precious little ones!!!

I asked Tate to sit still and smile for me.

I should have counted how many photos I took to get one of him looking at the camera!!

Been a busy weekend, and even busier Monday morning….and now we are off to the dentist!!

Happy Monday, everyone!!!

It’s Friday!

by Steph // Friday, September 18, 2015 // Comments off

Our week this week has been quieter than past weeks!

For that I am very thankful!!

Our out-of-state friends did visit Saturday, and Tate did PERFECTLY!

Eliza had a very hard time while they were here though, and then a harder afternoon. A long nap helped!

I have been digging in my heals for Eliza’s sake. Knowledge is power! That might attribute to the quiet around here, because I have been doing a lot of studying. The Lord also gave me the idea to call our family doctor to see about therapy in that direction (Viroqua) instead of the main hospital where we are on the waiting list. The therapist from Viroqua called me the next day, we had a long chat, and she is checking on our insurance and getting everything set up! Praise the Lord!!

Tate was not happy that I left on Sunday for Kayla’s shower.

We are very happy about that! He is bonding to me more everyday!

I took this photo as Addie and I were about to drive away!

Blake has been busy around here, as we had water coming in the walls during a storm (from the pitch of the roof over the guest room), a wasp nest in the gable outside Addie’s room that filled her room with wasps one evening, a bat flying the halls upstairs during the night one night, and a kitchen faucet that would not shut off.

Life at its best!

Then the brakes went out in the truck again and Blake had some cute helpers when he fixed them Saturday afternoon!

Blake came home early on Wednesday so that I could take the three oldest kiddos to visit all of our dear friends at Family Camp! We weren’t able to attend Family Camp this year like in years past – for obvious reasons – but were so thankful to visit for the evening!