Such good girls...

 

This picture just makes me happy :)

Funny Caleb

Caleb likes to climb in this "big boy" chair.  I thought I would capture some pictures of him maneuvering around... and managed to capture some funny little faces too! :)

This one is priceless!!!

 Here (above) he is trying to say "down" with his hands... Then he proceeds to get himself down- for the first time!  Before he has needed help, thinking he was stuck.



 

Juvenile Praying Mantis

I found this little fella when I was weeding the other day.  I actually found two, but only put one in the jar to show Gabe.  These babies were about half the size of a adult praying mantis- SUPER cute!  For some reason though, Kiera took it on herself to take pictures for Daddy and then let him go.  Here's the in-focus ones :)

 

For Sale

The girls and I have been working hard coming up with some NICE things for them to make and sell as a way to earn money... We finally found a few good ideas. 

Trying to paint rocks... I've painted a few rocks as ladybugs and such.  Kiera especially is my little painter- but the patience to really do a good job is still developing!  She'd rather have quantity over quality... But we are working on it!  Annoyingly enough, we got a good dozen done, but with a new bottle of paint (different that the ones I had practiced with) which washed off when the sprinklers hit it... I wasn't exactly thinking ahead. :(

Lavender Sachets...  One day I posted on Facebook that Kiera was valiantly trying to sell lemonade and lavender sprigs on our street, and Aunt Rebecca from California sent the girls a check in exchange for some lavender sachets!  Yesterday the girls ordered some DARLING purple organza bags with butterflies on them using their own money!  Yay for true-to-life business practices!  (Now, when do we introduce taxes? LOL!)

Glass marble magnets... Still working on this idea, but thinking it is do-able and cute!!!

The Farmer's Market Kids Day is the last Saturday of the month; Gabe and I are working out the details of taking the girls!

Who is the artist?

Fun with the Man Child

 

Making a marble tower with two tracks seriously stretched my brain.  TWO TRACKS, people!  For this non-engineering chica- that is nigh unto impossible...  But for him?  Joy- boundless joy!

What's it worth?

 

 

Cleaning up:  a little work

 

Making memories with Isaac:  Priceless :)

Where are all these page views coming from?

I really want to know... So someone please comment and tell me.  Why are my page views suddenly up 4x's what they normally are?  If you've never visited this blog before, please tell me... why are you here?  I don't recognize the site from which blogger is saying the traffic is arriving...

Seriously.  I'm wondering if I need to make my blog private.  Anybody else's blog count freaking out?

Life.. Moving on.

Hmmm... So much happens each day that choosing what to blog about is sometimes difficult. 

Right now, we are in the middle of spring-summer-now spring again!  Last week was BLOODY hot, with the local bank thermometers hitting 100*!  But now we are back to a cool 60s day, and of all things, I find myself missing the warmth of the sun.  *sigh* Appreciate appreciate appreciate where I'm at Today!  :-)

One very difficult life lesson we are working through right now is the choice to leave the church we have called home and family for the last 11 years.  There were some decisions made by the leadership that we disagreed with and our hearts broke over.  We just couldn't continue to support the path that the church is taking, so we've begun our search for a new home.  On a positive note?  This is a completely new journey for Gabe and I.  We've had several meaningful discussions about what happened and what we are looking for, our priorities and aversions.  I'm so thankful that God has been faithful to continually work on each of us to bring us closer to Him, resulting in us being more of one mind than two.  He has shown us that His way, His model for marriage- He gave this example to us because it really does matter.  When we choose to submit to His will and design, it glorifies Him through our lives and we are blessed by obedience.  Even through the trials and valleys, we thank God for His love and protection, His peace and guidance.  We know that His plan is better than ours, so we choose to follow Him.

Happy Friday!