what kind of spider is this? found out! it is a....

 

it is a marbled orb weaver! thanks ShersL84bed for helping me find out!

At Mt. Scott

 

Scott and I at newly named Mt. Scott (cuz he fixed the waterfall for the golf course)

Vacation to Indiana

 

We had fun! We had never been to Ohio, Michigan or Indiana before. And the kids and I got to meet Grandpa Bill and Grandma Paula in person for the first time. It was a very exciting vacation!

AHHHH Summer!!!

 

Yes this is what we have been doing this summer! With weather in the 90's almost every day this last week we have done alot of swimming!

By the way Grandpa Bill and Grandma Paula we have a present for you both it is almost finished and should be in the mail in about a week or so.........Let us know when yoyu get it.

Maddi's first party at Chuck E Cheese

 

Happy belated 4th of July!

 

Precious

 

My precious Maddi at the park. (taken with my awesome new birthday camera...my hubby spoils me!)

one of my favorite things...

 

We all agree one of our favorite things about homeschooling is getting to "go to school" in our Pajamas!
Micah was trying to finish his art but Queenie (our kitty) never passes up a chase to be in someones lap......

Homeschooling

 

We have 47 school days left of homeschooling. We are so excited! And tommorow starts our 10 days of Easter vacation. We have enjoyed so much about homeschooling, but we are ready for summer to be here. This pic is of Maddi and Micah learning Phonics together. I started teaching Micah with Madeline's Phonics lessons about 2 weeks ago to help Micah with his spelling and reading. The Barton program has help with his reading but I figure every little bit helps. It is more work for both of us but he doesn't complain. And they both like having a "classmate."

50 cent mint box

 

I found the tutorial for the roses on u tube sorry I cant rememer from whom.....but it was so easy. These are my first attempts so of course the ones for my nieces wedding will (hopefully) look nicer. And the leaves leave a bit to be desiredtoo...
Anyways back to teaching, we only have phonics left and we will be done for the day.
later!

not up to much...

Just the same old...the couple feet of snow we had is almost finally gone, and the weather is actually warmer (40s).
The card is Stampin Up!'s stuff. It is a sympathy card for my mother in law whose mother died.
The picture of my mother and I is from a scrapbooking night at church
And the other pic is the kids "school" Valentine's party.

snow fun

 

The kids playing in the snow again. They are really loving the snow this year.

snow fun 12x12 frame

 

Stampin Up! snowflake die cut.

next years christmas cards

 
I've started them and have all year to finish them.....but I'm not doing so good, they are still sitting in the box.

Kids Christmas cards

 

I cut the stuff out and each kid got to spend one on one time with mommy putting them together...they stamped them all by themselves. I think they did pretty dang good.

Bailey's pages

 

just a couple of pages from Bailey's album.

Micah's 1st yr album page

 

This is the opening page of Micah's baby album the little pics go from 1wk to 11months the big pics are from when he was in my belly and his 1st birthday......and now he's 9....time flies.

present from mom

 
I put 4 of these together for mom to give to us girls for Christmas. She picked the pictures and paper.

my first stampin up page

 

I made this page about 7yrs ago it was my first Stampin Up experience. I was hooked there after.

christmas morning!

I love thier excitment........this year they just couldnt wait to open presents. I got up a few early to grab a shower but they all got up too....so no shower until like 11am.
I love thier bedhead pictures on Christmas morning in thier Christmas PJ's. Bailey is getting big (11.5 yrs old now) and is a constant reminder that these cute moments will not last forever. He is usually forced to participate in the kid activities (like when we made ornaments and card this year)Makes my heart ache to think of it...
Anyways I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!