We are land owners

February 25,2013 

We closed on this peace of land

just over 15 acres

in Elkmont, Alabama

Here are some pictures of the kids 

at what we are calling "our land"

we still aren't sure what we are going to call our farm

any suggestion would be appreciated 

Week Photo Journal

This week was a bit different, I wan't spending the week catching up like I was last week. Here goes

January 7th Try

Notre Dame tried really hard to Beat Alabama! 

Roll Tide!

January 8th Messy

These two little guys Make a lot of Mess!

(gerbils)

They chew and chew and chew cardboard or anything else!

Then when the kids pull them out to play with them they leave a big mess on the floor!

Their Names Laser and Shadow.

January 9th Colorful

Not so colorful in colors, but very colorful in imagination!

This is the stuff Isaiah caries around with him in his back pack.

Later in the day he really wanted to catch some bugs, but soon realized how hard it was with cooler temps.

But this is what he did find.

A Squirrel, and then he used his bug marbles. 

Love this kid! 

January 10th

Remember

This picture fell and the glass broke, I kinda had it put in there so it looked ok,

but taking down Christmas decorations kinda did it in.

I know I have more glass that size down int my picture frame box.

I have gone down several times to get some glass, but a week later haven't completed the project.

It is also Ruth and Nick, I love having it so close while I am working on the computer

maybe that is why it isn't fixed yet. I love Remembering them.

They were so in love!

January 11

Tasty

Cheese Burger Pie!

A new recipe we tried, it is yummy. tastes more like 

Cheese Burger Quiche, but we called it pie. Because they younger two don't like quiche.

they loved it!

January 12th

Silly

Silly kids they think they can be twins just because they dress alike!

I think it is funny they found clothes that matched

January 13th

Ride!

I didn't get a picture of it, I was driving, and it was just so random, it is one of those thing you have to make a picture in your head, but I will post a picture of Isaiah to help.

Today on the way home from church I was tired of hearing the winning, and the crying, no reason, just hungry kids. I announced everyone was taking a nap today after lunch. Isaiah asked why. I said cuz I am grumpy! Then Isaiah said " Mom think about it, feel the peace in your heart, you can choose to be happy" I busted up laughing, he said see, Now do we have to take a nap? I so love that kid!

Memories that Endure are Moments that Matter

I have been working on "Mini Moments" with the girls in out home school group. Like taking a small trip to the park and then being able to write about it and make it as fun with word as the trip it's self was. Then I came across this photo challenge or game and thought it would be fun to join in on.

http://www.tipjunkie.com/organize/january-instagram-challenge/

Although this is more of an instagram challenge, I am just going to be using photos in general, most of which are taken with my phone, but some have already been taken. Things that I would never be able to duplicate.

#1 is Resolution/Goal.

Resolutions, usually don't work for me, the Elephant is just way too big, I know what I want to be, look like, and have. But usually get frustrated my stating a "Resolution" that will take the entire year to accomplish. Last year after two weeks into the new year and yet again "I was a fail" with the Year's resolution. I decided that I would work on small thing weekly, and then that way I would be good, and when I did fail it was just for a little while, and I could easily start over.

But for those of you you like year long resolutions, here is a different way to look at them.

You can look at this one two different ways.

1- Doing something that would be a "good" or "better" choice for someone to make in your life.

2- Stop doing something that is not good, or something that could be done better.

Then one can really score when you manage to do both, when you look at replacing something not so good with something good. 

Well by default, I fell into a resolution, that I can actually accomplish, replacing a not so good with a better. I am not going to say what it is, the pictures will tell it all.

For Christmas I got myself a bunch of books

I was having a hard time trying to figure out when to read them.

#2 is Favorite Photo of You

Well honestly there is no favorite photo of me, and I sure am not going to get one either. I do get a few pictures of me, just because that is a lesson I learned from Ruth, I am who I am, I am my children's mother and they see me as I am every day. They will want pictures of who I am. so here is one of my favorite picture of me, not because it is of me but the cute adorable kid next to me.

#3 is Adore

Zoey, our new cute ADORABLE big puppy climbs up on the wood pile and says hello or good bye every time we come and go. 

I think she is going to be my new favorite dog!

#5 is Bonding

Need I say more?

#6 Guilty Pleasure

not sure I want to post anything but I will

Yum! Esther showed me that you can still buy Big Hunk candy bars at Cracker Barrel!

not sure if that was a good thing.