Snow

There is a lot to this story that really is very funny, except I think it ends up being one of those "you really had to be there" moments.

After one of our major snowstorms recently, Brice was standing in the open doorway leading to the deck looking at the huge snowdrift that had piled up by the door. Mikayla, being the loving sister she is, walked up behind him and gave him a huge shove, sending him flying head first into snowdrift.

Well, Mikayla was pretty proud of her achievement and proceeded to brag about it to her father. Buff, being the loving father that he is (now you know where Mikayla gets it), asked her to show him exactly what she had done. She fell for it. She went and opened the door to illustrate her genius - Buff grabbed her, picked her up and threw her into the snowdrift.

So, now Brice decides to go out into the snowdrift voluntarily because it seems to draw laughs. He puts on a few more layers and goes out and just lays there basking in the whiteness.

Once again, it was an opportunity that had to be taken. I grabbed the camera and Buff grabbed the snow shovel and headed to the bedroom window above where he could push the snow off of the roof onto the target below.

It worked beautifully. Brice never saw it coming.







This kind of stuff is funny when they are young. I am sure we'll be in trouble in a few years when they can actually outsmart us - and get us back.

Oh, well, we'll enjoy what we can in the meantime!

The face

Carra comes out of the bathroom and declares to me,

"Hey, Mom, the toilet was making a face at me. He was going like this:

Suddenly the bathroom has taken on a whole new perspective. Kind of freaky, if you ask me.

(P.S. Yes, we are trying to grow out bangs. It may be a while until we see her eyes again.)

What a ham!

I forgot to add this picture of Byren the other day. This picture cracks me up... look at where his eyes are! He went around the house looking like for awhile, we all got a good chuckle out of him!

Byren's new ride!

I have never seen a little boy get more excited over his new ride, than Byren did when papa bought this for him! He wanted to ride in the back of the pickup with it, but he is too little and it was too cold! So, we loaded him in his car seat and he had to look out the back window to make sure it was still there. When we got it home he ran to the back of the pickup to make sure it didn't blow away! All he could say was 'mine! mine! mine!' He was one happy boy! :o)

Too cute!

I love this picture, it is too cute not share... I love his smile!

Alive and well

I know we haven't checked in a while. Wow, has life been busy. We have been entertaining, going on field trips, doing school, watching it snow and snow and snow and snow . . . . fixing, cleaning and moving a lot of houses, babysitting, and everything else in between. To be perfectly honest, this week isn't looking much calmer, but I thought I would steal a few seconds and let you know we are still alive!

As far as new news - we don't have any. A lot happens around here, but not much in the way of stories and excitement. So rather than bore you with silly details of snow shoveling, laundry folding and math drills, I'll just share a few more photos of my kiddos that will explain why we stay home, lock the doors and pad the walls . . .


Yes, that is one of "those" on her forehead. They were playing doctor. Now really, if my doctor showed up wearing one of those hats and put one of those on my head I think I would be looking for a new clinic.

Owen is a "Tooking Man." (Interpreted: Cooking Man) What he really means to say is that it is a chef hat. Hey, he's three years old. He can officially play with plastic bags now.

Do you really want to know where that water came from? Yep, it's toilet water (and no, I don't mean perfume . . .) Potty training is progressing, but if we could get him to keep his other end on the toilet, I think we will be a bit more successful.

Ahhhhh, Carra Grace. She loves tattoos and so I shared with her that if she dips her watercolor colored pencils in water, she can draw on her skin too. We are still working on technique and style - but she is having fun in the meantime. The good news: It washes off much easier than tattoos!

I think he is a police man here. Doesn't he just demand respect and obedience?

This is the watercolor pencils at work again. She wants to know when I will buy her real lipstick so she doesn't have to keep using the pencils. Maybe when her hand is a bit more steady.

Well, I have a few more posts coming with more fun stuff to share . . . coming soon!

Baby pics

I had been hankering to get out and shoot my camera, so I asked another mom in our church if I could shoot some pictures of her little one.

It was a lazy day for litte O. She slept nearly the entire time. We had scheduled it so that I could get some sleepy pictures of her and then she would eat and be awake for a while so I could get some wide eyed photos. She slept. She ate. She slept again. You will notice in the two photos with her eyes open she is drifting back into dreamland. You can tell by the look in her eyes . . . .

I had a hard time narrowing down which ones I would share. . . .