Back to School

Today we started back to school. Haili is the third grade this year, Malachi started kindergarten, and Alanna is in Pre-K. They were all pretty excited to get started.

Haili, Malachi, and Alanna



Haili doing a great job with her writing.




Malachi putting a lot of concentration into his Math coloring sheet.



Alanna stopped working on her coloring page to cheese for her Mommy.



I meant to put these next three pictures at the top of this post with the picture of Haili, Malachi, and Alanna......but I forgot that I had some pictures of them doing there school work that needed to go on also.

Haili



Malachi




Alanna

Don't be fooled! They aren't this sweet to each other ALL the time.

All of the kids (with the exception of Ethan) got together so I could snap a picture of them.

Ethan was also very busy today. While Haili, Malachi, and Alanna sat at the table doing their school work - Ethan pulled himself up on the chair for the first time.

Ethan is fascinated with my camera. He's probably wondering why it is always flashing in his face. I always tell him he's so tinkin' tute!

OUCH!!!!!

This is Joseph. He is such a sweet spirited little boy and a blessing to our family and everyone that knows him. This is what Joseph normally looks like, but yesterday evening he got bit by a mosquito underneath his right eye. He has an allergic reaction to mosquitos and has to take Hydroxyzine when he gets bit. He had the worst reaction yet when he got bit last night although it was not swollen until just this morning when he woke up.





I took him to the ER just to make sure everything was fine. They told me that his eye was swollen because his cheek was swollen. They said just to keep giving him the Hydroxyzine for the swelling and itching and to give him Tylenol/Motrin for pain. I will also follow up with his pediatrician. Although it looks pretty bad he is doing great. Hardly anything could slow this little guy down.

Haili and Joseph stopping to pose for Momma while playing with the Play Dough set Haili bought with her bus bucks today at Bus Ministry.

This is the first time that Joseph has really gotten to play with Play Dough.

Alanna and Isaac are having a great time too!

I took these next two pictures after I took Joseph out of the bathtub. You can see just how swollen it is.

I'm Back

WOW!!! It has been a long time since I have put a new post on my blog. So much has happened since my last post. We had a new baby, put Malachi in T-ball, and finished up the school year. God has really blessed our home lately. But hopefully I am going to start blogging a lot more than I have been.
Below I have posted a few pictures to let you see some of the blessings we have been experiencing lately.

Ethan Matthew

Ethan Matthew was born February 10th at 2:45 a.m. He weighed 7'11 and was 21 inches long. This picture of Ethan was taken in the hospital right after they gave him his very first bath.


Uncle John came to pick up Haili, Malachi, Alanna, Isaac, and Joseph the night we came home from the hospital. The next day we went to pick them up.

This picture of Ethan was taken on Valentine's Day. He was only four days old.


Ethan in one of his favorite places (other than Momma's arms) - his swing.

I love this picture! Ethan is listening so intently to what his Daddy is saying.

Big sister, Haili, is feeding Ethan his bottle while his Momma gets ready for church.

This picture was taken of Ethan just last week after his bath. He is soooo cute!!!

Some More Pictures

Alanna, Isaac, and Haili stopping for a quick pose before devotions.


Joseph, Malachi, and Isaac
a.k.a. - The Three Stooges


Joseph hiking up the trail to find his sisters and brothers on the pier.


Haili has got her worm and she's ready to get started.


Malachi always makes a goofy face when I try to get a picture of him.


The kids decided they wanted to have their lunch outside on this particular day. Hot dogs and Cheetos......Yum!


This is a silly picture of Alanna when we went swimming at Pam's house the other day.


Look at that diaper! I never knew Pampers held that much.


Malachi's first T-ball practice. They played in the rain. Malachi is the kid in the front of the line.



This is all of the kids that play on Malachi's team. The look like they are paying close attention to what their coach is saying don't they?

Our Homeschool Co-op

Justin Morrow did a great job leading the music.


Mrs. Tammy and Cheyenne sang a special song for us.


And then Brother R.J. preached to the kids for a little while in chapel.


Haili was really excited about getting started on her clay pinch-pot.


Malachi is ready to get crackin'.


Alanna is just happy that she gets to make a clay pot too.


Forget the clay pot, I'm squeezin' this stuff.


Joseph is enjoying a little snack of Cinnamon Teddy Grahams while watching the big kids play with clay.


Mrs. Samantha Romero is getting Ginger ready to be brushed by the kids.


Isaac is first up to brush Ginger.


Deborah and Laurel brushing Ginger while everyone else waits for their turn.


Isaac was also first to ride on Ginger. Mrs. Samantha said, "Who's first?" and before anyone else could say anything he darted out into the ring.


Alanna got to ride next. She was a little more timid than Isaac.


And then Malachi. You should have seen him riding around the ring: he thought he was a cowboy or something. But that's just Malachi.


Finally, Haili got her turn and she was ready to go, since she looked forward to riding a horse all day long.


This is one of the horses when you first walk into the stables. I didn't see his/her name though.


This is Max: I think he was the biggest horse there and he was huge.


Here's a better picture of Max. Isn't he beautiful? Mrs. Samantha showed us some of the really neat things that Max can do. She has trained him extremely well: he did exactly what she wanted him to without any resistance. The older kids got to ride Max after the little kids were done riding Ginger.


Isaac wanted to get up on the saddle, so I could take his picture. He said he wants his Daddy to buy him a horse.
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All of the homeschooling families at our church get together once a month down at the Fellowship Hall for a Co-op. We have pledges, singing, special presentations, chapel, and lunch. And then we have art class and a special activity for the day. I didn't get to go last month, but I am so glad that we could make it today. For our special activity today we went on a fieldtrip to Mrs. Samantha Romero's horse ranch. She told us all about horses, grooming horses, training horses, and everything that she does there at her ranch. It is so nice to have people in the church like Mrs. Romero. It was so sweet of her to allow us all to come down to her ranch and let them see what goes on there. Thank you so much Mrs. Samantha !