Project 365-Week 44

Sunday October 24th
Kaleigh and the rest of the Jr. Choir sang during our two services on Sunday morning.



Monday October 25th
Our friends from North Carolina were up for a funeral and I took the kids to a corn maze. The theme was American Legends. We learned and had fun!


Tuesday October 26th
My N.C. friends have connections and we were able to go and swim at a nearby pool for a few hours in the morning. Here Kaleigh and I are enjoying the hot tub.



Wednesday October 27th
This little guy was slithering across the driveway and Parker grabbed him.


Thursday October 28th
We had a guest for dinner...Mr. Bat. My buddy Steve thought we should leave him because he made an excellent Halloween decoration. No thanks! My husband proceeded to take him off the curtain in the dining room and chase the kids around with it. Nice!


Friday October 29th
Daddy finished carving the pumpkins...and The Grim Creeper, a guitar and a dog.



Saturday October 30th
We stopped by my grandmother's house to show her the kid's costumes (The Devil, A Bumble Bee and The Armor of God) before heading out the church's Halloween party.

(Honorable Mention to Blake who won 2nd prize in the costume contest for his Armor of God costume)

Oatmeal

My boys got poison ivy recently. Blake's case is definately worse than Parker's. Poor thing has gotten it where the sun doesn't shine :( He has been taking a lot of oatmeal baths. So, the other night when I told him to go take an oatmeal bath, I was surprised to see his brother go to the pantry, open up the cupboard and ask, "Blake do you want apples and cinnamon or maple and brown sugar". I was hysterical with laughter. Blake was quick to fill him in on the situation. It was priceless!

Project 365- Week 43

Sunday October 17th
Parker had been begging for Buffalo Wings...yup he's his Daddy's boy!



Monday October 18th
We recently watched the movie Saving Shiloh. I was excited when Kaleigh found this at the library. Usually we read the book and THEN watch the movie but, I guess we will do it backwards this time.


Tuesday October 19th
We have a fellow homeschooler over on Tues and Thursdays for Science. Here they are playing a matching game that I made about mollusks.


Wednesday October 20th
Stopped in the middle of the road to take this one!


Thursday October 21st
My girlfriend, Deb, gave me this a church tonight :)


Friday October 22nd
One week later...we are making progress on Kaleigh's room. Now it's time to move the furniture in!


Saturday October 23rd
Rented a carpet shampooer for Kaleigh's rug...did them all while I was at it. From 11 am to 4pm.

Project 365-Week 42

Sunday October 10th
We were honored to attend the wedding of this beautiful young couple, Josh and Sarah. The kids danced their little hearts out.

Monday October 11th
We spent the morning at Buell's Orchard.



Tuesday October 12th
This marble run seems to be the center of attention this week. Funny, because they haven't touched it in almost a year.


Wednesday October 13th
The boys have been working of a fort in the woods with Daddy's hand saw.


Thursday October 14th
Kaleigh is already working on her photos for next year's 4-H contest...I think she has potential with the right training and camera :)


Friday October 15th
We offically started Kaleigh's room makeover that she asked for as her birthday present in July. Move over butterflies...here come some horses!


Saturday October 16th
It was time to give the ferret a bath and a good cage cleaning.

Columbus Day at Buell's

I decided to take the kids to Buell's for their annual Fall festival. We usually go on Saturday but I decided to try it on Monday this year. It worked out quite nice. We were there by 10:20am and immediately jumped on the hay ride to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins.



By the time we got back I was able to grab a wagon, pay and bring them to the van. It was great because there were NO lines, which is not the case later in the day.

We then spent some time in the candy apple factory and the apple cider mill. It amazes me that we have spent 9 or so years going to this and the kids never tire of it. I was the one who was asking..."Can we leave now?" LOL!


Our last stop was apple picking. This year we got Macouns, Ida-Reds, and Honey Crisps.



The kids had fun taking some pictures while we waited for the wagon to bring us back up the hill.



After we got home, we watched a video on Christopher Columbus that I has downloaded to Netflix the day before. It was a fun and educational day for all!

Remodel

Our tenant moved out on August 1st and Eric scrambled to get in there and get it remodeled. The lady that was in there was a smoker AND had a dog. The place smelled so bad I could barely stomach to be in there. Sorry if I offend any one that may read this and smokes....but it is the most foul smell that permeates everything. We needed to put KILLS primer on everything because even after washing everything the cigarette smoke would bleed through the paint. We had to rip up all the rugs. Eric replaced ALL the floors and the place got new toilet, vanity and cabinets and counter tops. I wish I had taken a before shot to really show you the difference. But I must say that my hubby did an AMAZING job with the place and it only took him two months, which is great because it was during the time frame he was working overtime at his regular job to fill in for others vacations. We had a new tenant in by October 1st. We certainly missed him and are glad he is back to spend some time with us. Thanks for all you do for us baby!

Project 365 is back!

Although I didn't miss Project 365, I had an unusual reader that did...MY HUSBAND! I think he enjoys seeing what goes on while he is at work each day. So without further ado..here is Week 41.

Sunday October 3rd
We had my grandmother over for lunch


Monday October 4th
My fall decorations are up!


Tuesday October 5th
Our last watermelon from the garden.


Wednesday October 6th
We had a history lesson on the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, and the kids made cuneiform tablets.


Thursday October 7th
Finally the rain stopped so the kids could go put and play. Wonder if they caught anything?


Friday October 8th
The boys had gone ahead on their lessons on the computer and were able to go work with Daddy on Grampy's barn.

I had to post this one too so you could see how high up he was.

Saturday October 9th
Yup my daughter is really doing school. It was the trade off she made to be able to go on a trail ride on Friday.

Berea Bound

I made my annual treck up to New Hampshire for the women's retreat at Camp Berea the last week in September. The theme was 'Remember' and this was our key verse for the weekend.


I got there early for the first time in 7 years and landed a bottom bunk...in fact we had the cabin to ourselves...just me, Deb and Teri.


Our speaker was Sharon Jaynes and she was so real and a wonderful speaker. She talked about her struggle with infertility and the death of a child that they has struggled to conceive. She talked about her difficult life as a child and the salvation of her parents after sooo many years of prayer. She was unplifting and encouraging. I signed up for her online devotional and am LOVING it.

The thing I love about Berea is that there is time for fun and the forming of new friendships. I was able to meet my girlfriend from Maine there. We met several years ago at Berea and keep in touch. It was great to see her and spend some time with her. In fact, the first night we stayed up till almost 1 a.m. just catching up and telling funny stories. Here are a few shot of some of my favorite people and things from the weekend.

WORSHIP TIME


FROM LEFT TO RIGHT- TERI, ME AND DEB


JUST DANCE, A WII GAME..SOOOO MUCH FUN..NOW I WANT TO BUY IT!


ANOLI AND SUE...TWO OF THE FUNNIEST WOMEN AT BEREA...THIS WAS A SKIT THEY DID

Of course the foliage, although not at its peak yet, was breathtaking.



I would recommend this weekend to every women out there. It is my life line, a much needed time to rejuvinate and spend some time on the Lord.