Things that I am thankful for...

my friend, Anna. most of you know that she is living with us until mid-september to help us out at home with the babies and kids and the transition in general. Anna graduated from Covenant Seminary in May and will begin training with Wycliffe Bible Translators in September. She has been a tremendous blessing to our family and to me.

We got new furniture! Kylie is always propping a baby or two up in the corner of the cushions. They love to be in the sitting position.

We have healthy, happy babies! They had their 4 month check up last week... it was confirmed, Matthias is 17#8oz and Leighton is 13#12oz...they got their shots and everything looked good!

When we were moving away from the Shenandoah Valley I was sad to leave the mountains... now that we are here in Florida I am realizing that even though things are so flat it really makes the sky so big and clouds are so beautiful! This isn't the greatest picture....maybe I'll get a chance to take some good ones on another cloudy day.

Here is my shout out to Tabitha for the recipe that she posted.

Here's the recipe cut and pasted from her blog:

SAVORY CRESCENT CHICKEN & BROCCOLI SQUARES ~ from Erin Wood (*** I did add or change a few things but it's still her recipe! )

3 oz. package of cream cheese, softened

2 Tbs. butter

2 Tbs. milk

1 1/2 cup cooked chicken, cubed

1/2 bag of 10oz frozen broccoli, lightly steamed

1/4 tsp.salt

1/8 tsp. pepper

8 oz. refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

3/4 cup bread crumbs or crushed Ritz crackers

1 Tbs. melted butter

1. Preheat oven to 350F.2. Blend cream cheese & butter until smooth. 3. Add next 5 ingredients; mix well.4. Separate crescent dough into 4 rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal.5. Spoon meat/cream mixture into center of rectangle. Put 4 corners of dough to top center of, twist slightly into a knot, & seal edges. 6. Brush top with melted butter and sprinkle on crushed Ritz crackers.7. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.Makes 4 pastries

I doubled the recipe...used fresh broccolli instead of frozen, and didn't use the bread crumbs or butter on the top. it was delicious and the kids loved it!!

This was AJ's portion the day after her birthday with her pink birthday plates and pink tablecloth. Believe it or not all three of my big kids love black olives on their salads!