it's all fun and games: November 2018

yums!

our monthly YUMS arrived last night, ,and tonight we opened it. so FUN! this month it was from holland, and we enjoyed the treats!

our fav?! the "chio Pinchacha" chips. oh, my word. SOOOO good! we ALL loved it! this yum box is the best, we really look forward to it!

then i put joey to bed. i came back to check on her and found this....i guess crocs really are tiresome to read. haha

and this is my last blog until the first-ist of dec! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 7:30 PM

life happenings

we got more snow last fri!
and i found this little one in my suitcase trying to show me that she can go with me in my luggage

see!

then she tried on all my shoes and played "shopping"

sat we hit up the land for a family work day. first we had to plow the drive way with that good old trusty back hoe!

my crew waited with me

the wood stove is in stalled. we didnt use it on sat because the inspectio has not been done yet/no insurance. we hope to have that done on thurs this week

i got my mask on and went to work, muddying/taping/scraping and cleaning

joey swept

and kept busy playing all day long!

such a funny little girl

the focus!

sat night i found this cutie in my bed. how is it even comfortable to sleep like this????

sun night i went to put ellie to bed and she found joey in her bed. haha

when i went to check on them, i found them like this. poor ellie....i put joey back into her own bed. ha

and thats a quick peek into my week. i wanted to do a quick blog before i take off for a bit. ill be way on vacation for a few wks! catch you on the flip side and ENJOY THE SNOW AND COLD!!! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 1:52 PM

last week

i was working away in the school room last fri night after i put the kids to bed. i could hear something, i spun the chair around and found this....

ellie snuck into the chair to play the math game. ha i sent her back to bed.
fri night nate i spent time watching some tv, man, it is HARD to find age prop shows for preteens!

sat am, bright and early, in the snow and ice we headed to the cabin for a family work day

the 2nd coats of mud is done!

joey checking out the break room. ha

working away

i spent the day taping the windows and covering them with plastic to prep the window boxes and painting

chris dry-walled. poor dude!

the girls played

joey chilled

after the long day chris took the kids to shoot the bb gun and hit targets. JOEY hit her targets!!

safety first!

and go!

all the kids took turns

even joey

while i put up my sore feet and sat in the silence...and almost had a panic attack with the amount of work still left/the pressure of financing this cabin! but its good. it will all work out

joey fell a part on the drive home. she was a hot mess! but i got her in the tub, fed and into bed....

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Posted by mel at 2:16 PM

sunday!

the girls playing their fav game "cups" sunday morning joey and i went to church. chris was BEYOND exhausted so he stayed home with the older 2 and rested. when i got home, we surprised the kids with this

we took them to the pool

so fun having daddy there and in the water with them

daddy and his girls

lots of water slides were done

even joey went a few times

when we went to pay the 20.00 to swim the guy at the desk waved us through and let us swim for FREE! so we took the 20 we saved and got pizza and ice cream, a great way to end a fun family day! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 2:15 PM

mon, tues

found this little cutie like this. ha
ellie and nate were both at their friends house playing, so i went up to the school room to do some work. i looked over and saw this

love her!

joey is out little creative artist. she is always cutting, gluing, coloring and making stuff. i love watching her work

the girls spend a fair amount of time this week making stories/books/drawing and coloring. good for me!

thurs night my friend and i went to dinner. we used these bad boys and got the appy, i got to pick and i picked something new ive never had before! spinach and artichoke dip. SOOOOO good. we really enjoyed our evening, after dinner we went to our small group

tues was storytime. the girls went in again with out me!

my friend lisa had to stay inside with her kids....i told her next week you can come hang with me. ha

we also had our first dusting of snow on tues

we had a visitor thurs night, we taught this kid and his sister yrs ago in our kids ministry, hes HUGE now almost to the top of my molding! we had a great time catching up with chris changed his mom's tired from summer to winter