September 11.

My heart still aches for those who miss thier loved ones. And for those who gave thier life to help those in need.
Solemn day...

Sesame Place

On Tuesday afternoon, we were blessed by friends of ours with a trip to Sesame Place in Pa. Thank YOU Martin Family!!!! It was the first time we had gone with all the kids!! Can I just tell you they LOVED it!!! Below Miss Anna is trying to catch the small fountain that spurts up water. Emma splashing around!!

My good buddy Janet and little Julianna (14 days old) And another successful homebirth!! YEA!!!

The Daddies!!!

Ash and her buddy Ernie!

Momma, Daddy and Belly, what you can't see is that she was purposely holding her legs up and floating while we were holding her hands!! It was too cute!!

Jake and Joshua!!

Daddy and Bells!

Jacquline!

Family Pic!! Matt is missing b/c he's not a ride person, and he wasn't feeling well the day we went, so he stayed home with Grandma.

The end of the night!! Can you tell she had fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yard Sale..

Our yard sale venture went well. 4 of us put this thing on. Below is all Kim's junk. Except for the neato waterslide, that's mine..that I tried to off, but it didn't go!

One of my bestest buddies, Shanna and that's little Caleb I was there when she homebirthed him a little over a year ago!! More junk!!

Anna chillaxin by Grandma's stand!!

A larger view of it all!!! All those clothes are mine!! I have to be rid of them very soon. I hang on to stuff wwwwaaaayyyyy toooooo loooonnngggg!!!!!

It was a fun couple of day, believe it or not depending on which friends stopped by to see us we had as many as 30 kids there at some point. With me, Shanna and Kim there was at minimum 13 kids present.

Shanna has been blessed with a bigger home and a 1/2 acre of property, sooo really we didn't see the kids much. Shanna mil was there, and she made pb&js for lunch for all the kiddos and even had them in the yard exercising!!

The funny thing is Shanna's mil, my mom, and a close friend of Shanna's mil, had all worked together in Nursing for about 20 years. So they had a great time of catching up with each other and reminiscing of the past.

As far as money goes my mom made the most!!! I made $116.00! And the rest of the girls made a little over $100. a pieces as well I think. So it wasn't a huge money maker but we had a great time and a ton of fun!

Our Week thus far..

So we've spent a majority of the week getting all our crap ready for the MEGA, MONSTER, HUGE, MULTI_FAMILY yard sale this tomorrow and Friday at Shanna's.

Tonight we will move the last of the big stuff!!
I'm praying we sell some junk!!!

Today we are baking brownies, cookies, and muffins for the kids to sell tomorrow at thier stands!

I can't believe that amount of junk I have hidden in this house!!!

Hopefully after the yardsale I will have earned enough to pick up some school stuff that I need for the upcoming year.

I'll post some pictures later of all the goodies!

Banner..

yes, that my baby sleeping there!!! :)

So one of my partners in crime, made me a beautiful banner that I've hung on the wall above my bed, I also..in my yardsale digging have finally hung the sconces I bought ages ago. Here's some pics.

Tuesday Night Family Picnic...

Isaiah 54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

So I was craving some good old must have family time!! And I talked hubby into coming home, where we had EVERYTHING all ready and packed to do a charcole bbq in my absolute favorite park in the whole world, since I was 5! Whew! I have to tell you it was a wonderful evening! We got to the park at around 6pm, and left about 8:30pm. We even took Mr. Darcy with us!

First we played with Jake's new wireless helicopter! What fun that was! Then the boys ran in the field with Darcy, played on the swings. Daddy and I handled the bbq pit. Emma and Anna also played in the playground, and Ashley is trying her best to make bubble letters. :)

We did our evening bible reading there, and I just love communing with nature and reading scripture. :)


The helicopter stuck in the tree.

Everyone watching Jake fly it high!!

Anna Bella looking on at her siblings!

Daddy manning the bbq.

Table is all set!!

Our menu was: hot dogs, cheeseburgers, baked beans, green beans, pickles, ice tea and brownies for dessert.

The family!!

Aren't they cute?!?!

Psalms 127 3-5
children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

I am so blessed by my children! Each one of them last night uttered a sentiment to me as they made their way to bed.

Ashley"thanks for tonight love ya"

Matthe " that was fun tonight, thank you and I love you."

Jacob " I had a great time mom, thanks, love you nite."

Emma " we should do that a lot more mom, that was fun." lots of hugs and kisses.

Looking forward to more mid-week picnics! :)

Anna's Birthday

grabbing for more cake!!

covered from head to toes!!!

yummo!

WOW! It's hard to believe my baby is 1!!! Who said she could get sooo big, not me!! God has blessed me tremendously with her this past year. If it weren't for her big smiles, and giggles and coos, I don't know how I would have coped with some of the issues going on in our life. God knew what he was doing when he sent her to me!

She totally enjoyed her birthday cupcakes! I can't wait till her big party this weekend!!