Pinewood Derby champ and other misc. fun!

first place in his den and first place in his pack!!

before the hike....

and after!!

the princesses are talking about their knight in shining armor! :)

Twins turn 4!!!

foamy craft time. :)

notice the girls sitting so nicely for the picture....and the boys being boys for their picture!

optimus prime tried to ride off on the princess castle....he didn't make it.

matthias refused to blow his candles out. :(

had a fun time with our church/storytime/homeschool friends. we wanted to have matthias and leighton's 'buddies' for a party and just invited all their families.....makes for a big group and a lot of chaos...but twas fun!!

optimus prime and his date :)

the jeep is assembled....we're just waiting for it to be charged up...will probably take it for a spin after co-op tomorrow!!

it's really hard to believe that matthias and leighton are four today. sad and exciting.....sad that they are growing up so fast b/c we know (Lord-willing) that they are our last....exciting b/c as they grow older it frees us up to do some fun things as a family...no more diaper bags, naps :(, etc...

thanking God for our sweet double blessing today!

blizzard of 2011! :)

So. It snowed here in Arkansas this week. We got around 8 or so inches (which, apparently is the most that AR hs gotten in years!)...it was beautiful! While we were waiting for it to stop a little bit we had a mini-photo shoot in the living room window. :)
I love the snow. it's a bit of work to get kids ready to be out and playing in it, but it is sooo worth it!
The past month has flown by! Christmas came and went...we were fighting sickness in our family, so it was a bit of a bummer. January was pretty uneventful. I made a trip to Texas at the end of January to visit cousins/aunts/uncles...my first ever roadtrip with the 5 kids alone! It was a blast...i'm hoping to backtrack a little bit and post pics of our time there. Eventually.
Anyways.... time is flying by and we are plugging along! Thanks for checking in with us...i cannot believe the twins turn 4 in a month!!

leighton singing doe-a deer!

Thanksgiving 2010!

We had loads of fun with the Quillen's and the Hathway's this Thanksgiving. It was the 2nd time for the 6 of us to gather with our total of 15 kids....the kids had a great time together...no major fights to speak of... the adults had a great time of playing and sharing and enjoying fellowship with each other. We are blessed to be able to keep in touch with such good friends!

Fall 2010 pt 3

We had the blessing of seeing our friend, Marie, yesterday for about 36 hours. She was in AR spending time with family and had the chance to come stay 2 nights with us! It was so much fun to see her and catch up and let the kids get to know her again (it'd been 3 or so years since we'd seen her). It was great to have her around. :)

Fall 2010 Pt 2- Ama and Akong visit!

My parents came for 10 days to visit us! We had a great time of eating out, seeing the sites of little rock and hot springs, trying to get some school in... and just having them around.

in the peabody elevator!

visiting the hot springs bathhouse museum...can you imagine sitting in one of those steam chambers with your head sticking out??

fun at the science museum in hot springs!!

tom's birthday :)