Easter 2011

19 Kids and counting

Waiting for the Duggar's program to start. Olivia and Joy-Anna. one of Olivia's favorite on the show! She has already written her a thank-you card and is praying she writes back. LOVE IT! One of my kids with some of the 19 kids :) Olivia: "God knew I would get tired and want to leave early, and then we got to meet them!" A little girls prayer was answered. :)

Just like dad

Logan loves to wear Tommy's old baseball and football uniforms. He is now to the age where he really understands that daddy played baseball and he LOVES to watch it with him. I often wonder what he will be interested in as he gets older. Its so fun having a son to share dad's memories. :)

New favorite quote

"The Bible that is falling apart likely belongs to someone who isn't"

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I can't stop pondering this. How true in my own life. Things just seem to fall apart when I'm not spending time in the Word. Love how simple yet profound quotes can stop me in my tracks. Hugs!

Tagging along....

I know I've said it before but we are SO blessed to be able to join Tommy on some of his business trips. This time the trip was to SOUTH BEND! I was so excited! We stayed at Jill's hotel and it was fun to see her THREE days in a ROW! Reminded me of college :)
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The first night the kids and I met Jill and her cuties at Hacienda. I ordered the SAME thing I ordered all through high school, so fun to visit there. Only a few more weeks until we add to the picture :)
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I know the quality of this picture isn't great, but the quality the friendship represented is priceless to me.

the next day, we did ALOT of what we do when we tag along with Tommy. We went swimming!

Jamie and her cuties joined us and then we took the hungry swimmers out for ice cream.

Jamie and I, So fun to spend the day together and catch up with my precious friend.

That night we had dinner at Aunt Nancy's and then breakfast with Gigi and Aunt Nancy at Chick-fil-A.

Then off to the Healthworks Museum, the kids LOVE to visit there!

Then lunch at LePeeps and the LONG drive home. The kids are always so sad to leave a hotel and it was even harder when we got to see some of our friends and family. :) Hugs!

Sharing clothes

I have ALWAYS wanted a daughter to share clothes with me. However, I didn't think it would be at age 6.
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All day yesterday I was feeling bad about the way my leggings were fitting around my waist. When did they get so tight? Why does everything seem to be hanging over the top?
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Today when I went to put yesterday's clothes in the washer, I realized I had worn OLIVIA'S BLACK PANTS! Talk about hysterics, I almost couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard. Needless to say, they are probably permanently stretched out and not ever going to fit her again. :)
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I can't wait to share clothes with Olivia, but I am thinking it should wait for a few years.

Lexington and phone pics

One of the big reasons we chose to home school our children right now is that Tommy travels and we LOVE to go with him when we can. This last trip was to Lexington and I think it may have been the kids' favorite trip so far. The kids loved exploring the hotel and swimming and more exploring. It is fun to see them so happy and after being snowed/iced in for a few days and being in for 7 days with fevers/cold, they were ready to get out. :)

Checking out of the hotel. Logan would have been in the picture but he was too busy being sad. As we left the hotel he informed us that he was so sad to leave that he didn't even want to have a birthday this year. Don't worry, by the time we found a chick-fil-a for lunch he said he would actually like to have a birthday after all. whew.

I found this picture on my phone and wanted to keep it, we were at White River State Park (after the zoo) and it was warm and sunny and lovely!!!! Can you tell I am REALLY looking forward to spring?

And this one is of Logan at the dentist. We have been spending alot of time (and money) at the dentist this year so I wanted to be sure we documented it with a picture :) He had a tooth that had to be removed and it was heart wrenching for this momma. But he did WONDERFULLY! Praying we are done at the dentist for awhile. (sigh)

Hugs!

Ice storm Feb 2011

This was the most STRESSFUL Storm of my life! I usually love storms, of all kinds. Thunderstorms especially! but having a good snow storm can be fun, snuggling in the house, staying warm together, etc. (however, I am COMPLETELY over it in about a day and want warm and sunny again.) ANYWHOOO.... this ice storm was beautiful and scary at the same time. Beautiful because of the shimmery ice everywhere. Breathtaking at times. Scary because Tommy drove home from Chicago at the height of the storm! I called him every 15 min for 5 hours. literally. I just love him so much. I am so thankful the angels brought him home safely :)


This picture is right before the big storm hit... sort of pretty.

this is the ice that accumulated over Olivia's window, crazy! The kids LOVED it, we got the hair dryer out and took turns making holes in the ice.

Now, true to Indianapolis form, we have had some warm days to help melt the ice, then another snow and now more melting. I am SO EXCITED FOR SPRING!!! :)

SAFE!!!!!

Tommy is teaching the kids how to slide into home. Logan calls this game "SAFE!"

Winter 2011

Where has the time gone? I have been so bad about updating our blog. We printed off last year's posts into a hard-bound book and we LOVE to look at it! So I want to be better at updating since it is something that we so enjoy.

Here are some totally random updates, just us being us!

Tommy made the kids a free-throw lane in the entry way, they love to practice

So happy to be eating Brownies!!!

The kids and the cousins at the museum, missing Silas in this picture...

We recently took another trip to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, the kids just can't get enough of it!

My boys, Logan sure look like his daddy!

We have been fortunate to travel with Tommy quite a bit lately. I love how much the kids love to get away, swim and enjoy exploring a new hotel. This past week we went to Lexington and stayed at the Embassy Suites. By far their favorite "exploring" hotel. Since it is all out in the open, with fountains on the main level, we would take the elevator to the top floor, walk the entire perimeter and then down to the next floor, walk the entire perimeter, over and over and over! they loved it! Logan was so sad to leave he said he didn't even want to have a birthday this year. HA!

Olivia Quote: " I really want to be a vegetarian, but I just can't!"

Logan Quote while in trouble: "The devil told me to do it!"

Happy winter everyone! 44days until spring!!!!

Hugs!