Disney Family Pics

Lauren's favorite Prince and Princess: Aladdin & Jasmine















Time out for some lovin'

















Me & Lauren in the Nemo Ride




















One of the kid's favorite things- digging for fossils at Animal Kingdom!!

















Aaron enjoying his root beer float!

Got an idea???

















How about now??


















This princess has been asking to go here since she was two!!
(Can you believe I couldn't turn these around?)




















MY GANG!

(Just tilt your head a little to the left....more....now- see what a good pic!)

















Brotherly Love! (I love this picture)

Nothing is better than getting away when you need to just GET AWAY!!! We have some sweet friends that let all six of us crash at their house. They live just five or ten minutes away from this:




















The kids love the beach. Everyone is happy doing their own thing! Aaron was having a blast building this and not too bothered by the hurricane that was making the waves almost five feet tall.





























Teamwork!






















Daddy burying Lauren's feet while she holds on to his hat.






We had such a nice time relaxing and visiting. They also live close to somewhere else. More pictures on that next.....

Can You Guess Who Had a Birthday???

I will give you a hint: Lauren picked out the cake!










Lauren and Brendan putting in the candles.

















The Birthday Boy blowing out all 37 Candles!!!!

Summer Photos

Brendan is in the very top of this tree. Click on the pic to see if I uploaded the right picture.











Lauren decided that my Papaw needed a makeover with two different pair of sunshades and a little purple eyeshadow.











I guess the tiger was about to attack the lincoln log/card cabin.














This was just one of the forts they made. They dove over it onto a mattress on the other side.












Lots of miles put on the razor.

We are Homeschooling!

That's our big news for now! I will be homeschooling a 3rd grader, a 2nd grader, and my preschooler! This is something that I have always wanted to do. This year it just became a necessity or what we decided was way better for our kiddos! We are all excited to see what this year brings. I pray that it will:

-bring us closer together
-give us a freedom from most of that "school stuff" that took up a lot of time/$
-give my chilren a chance to get stronger in their weak areas
-give us more time to study God's Word together
-allow the boys to spend more time with Dad doing things they love

We are planning on joining our nearest homeschool group so there will be plenty of time for play with friends(as if having 3 other siblings isn't enough). We will also be at the mission to work two days a week. These will be days for the boys to do some "on their own" type of work. I do know that this won't always be the easiest thing but I think it is the best for this year.

Our oldest will continue to go to school for now. Seventh grade is too much for me at this point. I would love to have a year under my belt with just the younger kids.
So, I will try my best to keep you updated on all of this. Please pray for us as we embark upon this new adventure this year!

Everybody's Fine!

We are doing fine here....well.....as good as you can do in 102F heat! Man, was I really dreaming of summertime? I can assure you that if I was-this is not what I had in mind! So we have been doing all we can to beat the heat. Staying indoors has been the most popular thing to do :) So we have been keeping ourselves cool by playing video games, watching movies, and working at cns. Lots of work to do up there and we have been doing that all week. We are opening as a thrift next week. It is mind boggling all of the things that have been done so far. I am so thankful that there has been plenty of volunteers up there all week to get the job done. My kids are sick of being there. Poor things!
WE are so proud of daddy! He is working hard flying that airplane. We do miss him and I think he misses us too. He is spraying corn at the moment. What state are you in now?? Its hard to keep up. And send us some pictures too so I can post them.

Thanks for checking in. I'll post some kid pictures and airplane pictures as soon as I can.