Apple picking

We left this morning and headed out to farm. The idea of making carmel apples and Hot cider was sticking in our minds.

We stopped to pick up some cheese bagels for breakfast. As I was waiting in the car with the kids, Tober exclaims, "I need to throw up" and before I can help her, she does just that. ALL OVER HERSELF.

luckily we had enough supplies in the car to clean it up, re-dress her and decided to still head out.

It was such a beautiful day, just barely 60 degrees, we ate apple fritters, played in a maze and brought home some tasty apples.

Daddy and his mini me

This is my favorite time of year. :)

Fall

This year is zoomin by so fast, I can't keep up.

I am gonna try and slowly add some updates.
While Pip was here she helped me design my half bath. It is still in progress but I look forward to being able to show it off soon.

Been working on Halloween costumes. The baby boys are going to be minions. This issimply because Alfred is so cute when he says "BE-DO" and it is an easy costume. C and Tobercakes decided that they wanted to be Sonic and Amy the hedgehog and I decided I wanted to let them :)

I had no idea who Amy the hedgehog was and was pleasantly surprised when I found out.
Here she is in progress

 And me with crazy hair, I haven't been feeling very well...migraines and vertigo...so yeah crazy hair.




Very very excited about the upcoming holiday season and slowly making our house feel festive.

 

Well times up, gotta put kids to bed!

The Lord provides a way

I have had such a great time these last two months. Colt and Pip's family have been in town, and I love having my kids really get to know their cousins. This time spent with them has really been priceless. It's strange as its coming to an end that suddenly I am looking forward in time more than just "so what do you want to this weekend?" Halloween is just around the corner and then all the other holidays.
I find myself thinking about furthering my education in fashion and how to approach that. I am thinking about the many Sisters in my church that I have felt prompted to find ways to serve and be there for and wonder how I can when I feel so tired everyday.
I feel like My physical resources are always on the verge of being completely used up and I don't have the mental capacity to keep them from spilling over, and yet my spirit testifies to me that with the Lord on my side I have unlimited resources and unlimited strength with which to serve.
Anyway, I really want to take this week and think about my goals for the end of the year and try to figure out how I can accomplish those things that I want to.

I am really going to miss having family around but I know the Lord has a plan for us here in Maryland and I know we are where we are meant to be.

New house

I am very happy with our mold free new house. I am also very tired from moving in, and feel like the summer is ending as it has just begun. Fall is in the air and I am ready to embrace it. Maryland in the fall could be nice? We have this beautiful meadow in the backyard and a great bunch of trees to watch change and lose their leaves. I am homeschooling C this year and that should be fun. I keep thinking we will start this week and then his school area isn't ready or I am too busy. Tomorrow I go in to sign his homeschool papers at the his public school and then hopefully we will officially get started.

In the most exciting news, Colt y Pip's family will be coming to visit!!! I am jazzed about it.

Family pciture 2013

We are so lucky to know the wonderful Jes Childress and to have her take our family pictures. You can check out more of her photography here. If you live in the Houston TX area she is available for hire!

So here they are, and then there were 6...

 

a crazy whirlwind

The last month has been pretty crazy around here. I spent most of June missing family and saving money for our vacation since Jones had taken 3 weeks of the leave. Right before we left for a fun week in Kentucky with the Childress family we checked our bank account and our pay check had been messed up. We knew it was a bummer but we had saved so we could still go, and would just have to work it out when we got home.
Kentucky was awesome. We visited with good friends we had met in while living in Provo. They were visiting their parents for the summer and we were lucky enough to join them for a week. While we were there we took family photos which I will add on another post because...
When we came home from our 6 day vacation we still had 2 weeks left of leave. The night we got home it was the middle of the night and we walked in the door and went straight to bed. The house smelt gross and mildew-y but I was too tired to explore and find the source. The next morning Tober woke me up and asked why there were fuzzies on our floor. HuH? I went downstairs to find this.

a layer of mold on everything.

We then spent the next three weeks living in temporary housing dealing with military housing and eventually moving into a new house. It was horrible and exhausting and I am so glad it is over.
On the bright side I was amazed by the support the members of the church gave us. Bringing meals, watching kids and helping with the process of removing everything we owned and cleaning it of the mold. I felt so blessed despite the disaster, and will never forget the example these people were to me of love and service.