365 Joys- February 28th 2015

2/28/15

Today, we made sock puppets.  I'm not always a "yes" mom but I do try to be.  I feel like I say no to everything.  With Juliana being so sick we were watching a few Blue's Clues episodes to keep her distracted.  Well, "Steve" makes a very silly sock puppet early in the show and he makes a few appearances in other episodes.

We had everything we needed.  I sewed on button eyes.  Emilie had extra socks.  Emilie made yarn hair.  Nathanael figured out a way to put cardboard in the socks so the mouth had better shapes.  We had silly stories and plays the sock puppets were able to put on.

Everyone had a different voice for their sock puppets...

No, Dad and Michael and Benjamin did not participate, but they had other things to do.

Silly kids.

It was fun.  Jules was interested, too.

Ginny just photo-bombed.




Samuel's puppet.




Juliana's puppet.




Apparently, Christopher's puppet is a CANNIBAL.  wow.

365 Joys- February 27th 2015

2/27/15

The joys of homeschooling... how a workbook tastes to a 1 year old?

Yummy grammar and literature.

Yes, indeed.

365 Joys- February 26th 2015

2/26/15

I know the post from yesterday was soooo happy.

This is a very sick little girl.

However, it makes me happy that she feels safe and comfortable even in this position on our floor, and that her family lets her sleep.

365 Joys- February 25th 2015

2/25/15

The joy is just BURSTING out of this little girl's face.

She can be a superhero, too!

365 Joys- February 24th 2015

2/24/15

Hugs for big brother Benjamin.

'nuff said.

365 Joys- February 23rd 2015

2/23/15

Liberty was all ready for scripture study and I snapped a picture.

Love my girls and their beautiful smiles!

(I love my boys too but that's two days in a row where my daughters are smiling so big!)

365 Joys- February 22nd 2015

2/22/15

So happy to have THIS girl back in our house.

Emilie was gone for a week helping out family where their dad was traveling... their house is under construction, the house flooded, they lost power... crazy stuff happening and Emilie was there for some of the adventure.

We are so glad to have her back :)  most of the time, haha.

No, really, we missed her.

365 Joys- February 21st 2015

2/21/15

Guess who's official!!!

Michael is now a card carrying Eagle Scout.

Woohoo!

365 Joys- February 20th 2015

2/20/15

Juliana will survive  hugs from her sister.


We hope.


And Ginny, too.



(actually, Jules initiated this hug... it just ended up looking funny)

365 Joys- February 19th 2015

2/19/15

Ginny discovering that you can see through some things... love the face!

365 Joys- February 18th 2015

2/18/15

My boys were playing with the camera, a mirror, and their baby sister.  I like their creativity... and hope they're careful haha.

365 Joys- February 17th 2015

2/17/15

Here's my Ginny!

365 Joys- February 16th 2015

2/16/15

We love having the missionaries come over for dinner and spend some time with us!!!

365 Joys- February 15th 2015

2/15/15

Finding joy in the little things.  I had to go buy a new bulb for Kenny's heat lamp.  Doesn't he look happy?

We do love having a little pet snake.

365 Joys- February 14th 2015

2/14/15

Here's to my Valentine...

Yes, he did it again.

He DOES work for Russell Stover, after all.

After I opened it so everyone could see, he asked if I'd taken a picture...

Notice anything wrong with the picture?  haha...

365 Joys- February 13th 2015

2/13/15

Here's another of my awesome little girls.

We love this family!!!

365 Joys- February 12th 2015

2/12/14

Jules wanted to sit by her "my SISter!"

Big smiles.

365 Joys- February 11th 2015

2/11/15

We don't take many pictures when the family is sick.  I remembered to take one when this little one was sleeping on my lap.  She's not only sick with whatever the family has, but she's just in time for her reaction to her shots... she was definitely miserable for a few days!  But still a happy little small person.

365 Joys- February 10th 2015

2/10/15

Virginia knows she has a house full of fans.  See the smug look.

365 Joys- February 9th 2015

2/9/15

Thus started the week of the stomach flu...




Here's Jules.

In other news, Ginny decided she needed to help Michael with his AP art projects.

365 Joys- February 8th 2015

2/8/15

Juliana being awesome.

Here's our almost 3 year old... all ready for church.  Just being herself.

365 Joys- February 7th 2015

2/7/15

Michael took a picture of Nathanael after he received his Tenderfoot badge for Scouts, at the combined Court of Honor and Blue and Gold dinner and Pack Meeting.

I guess he was a little bit in his face... haha.

You can see Tom in the background.

365 Joys- February 6th 2015

2/6/15

Emilie finished Nanowrimo back in November.  (She wrote 50,000 words in a month... it was a challenge called "National Novel Writing Month".)  She received a written copy today.  (it's available for sale, or will be soon... however, we're in the process of editing it now.)  So proud of her!

365 Joys- February 5th 2015

2/5/15

The younger kids and I were waiting for the Scouts and Cub Scouts and Young Women and Ginny decided she needed to drive...

365 Joys- February 4th 2015

2/4/15

The brothers built a fort for Jules and Ginny.  But it kind of fits Benjamin!!!  Big smiles...

365 Joys- February 3rd 2015

2/3/15

Samuel is playing Plants Vs. Zombies 2 on our tablet (which isn't good for much else, haha!) and his youngest sisters are so interested!  He is being very patient with them.

365 Joys- February 2nd, 2015

2/2/15

Ginny received two birthday cards today.  She loves them, as you can see.  It was so cute that they were exactly the same!  She treats them like special books... and reads them carefully.

365 Joys- February 1st, 2015

2/1/15

Today is Virginia's first birthday!  Happy birthday to our little sweetheart!  She had a good day.  We are so thankful for this little person.  We love her so much.  She is mostly happy unless something is very wrong... we can't imagine her not being here.  She loves her family.  She loves saying hi to people.  She thinks her brothers and sisters are the most awesome people on earth.

She thinks cake is something wonderful and wonders why we were holding out on her.