No longer MIA

Hey all!!!!  Well where the heck have I been…busy.  I have been working on stuff to get the business ready to launch.  I have the Facebook page up and the blog going now.  So you don’t have to worry about pictures of people you don’t know anymore…unless if you liked looking at my session.  I have been crafting to get ready for the craft show in December.  I have been doing some custom orders.  I have been helping the Cotton Blossom out a little with quilt shows.   Been to quilt shows.  That was nice.  It was nice to get out and see some new ideas.  I have been taking care of the kiddos.  Gavin and Eliza have been good…sometimes.

Gavin has been working on getting ready for school.  We started getting up earlier since the girl I babysit is getting here earlier during the day.  He has been trying new things.  I am very proud.  My son has decided to try new fruits and vegetables.  Not that he wants to eat them a lot but at least he is trying them.  Eliza has been going like crazy.  We are running.  We got our first bike and she thinks that she is hot stuff.  Eliza has been sick here recently.  We have been battling a 103 degree fever for around 5 days.  That is a bit long in my book but the doctor said just to give her some Motrin since she is does not have strep or an ear infection.  We are saying a lot of different words now.  We have also been enjoying this nice cool weather. 

We have celebrated Sam’s birthday then mine (not really…we don’t celebrate birthdays…and someone is always sick).  Now Gavin is patiently waiting for his.  We have celebrated my grandmother’s 90^Th birthday at the beginning of September.  Well that is the quick update on what is going on.  I will try to get on here a bit more to update since I now have the other blog up and running…and let’s face it…winter will be here soon.  I will leave you with a slew of pictures that I have taken over the past few months of the kids. 

Oh, the garden has done well this year. If you are thinking about putting one in, let me know. I would love to help you plan it and put it in. The new blog is ComeTogetherDesigns.blogspot.com. Do you like the business name?

Spent time with Aunt Mollie and Ve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We celebrated Mina's 1st birthday!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrated Grandma's 90th birthday!!!!

 

 

 Spent some time with the Butler family...aka Aunt Ang, Grandma Martha, Grandpa Chuck and Christiana.

 

 Watched Laell grow up.

Visited a high school friend of mine and his family.  Love the Burton family!



 

 

 

 Saw a cool helicopter.  Gavin got scared the closer we got!

 

Had fun!

 

 

 

 

 Had family pictures taken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bible reading

Bible reading catch up.

Deuteronomy 3-4
Deuteronomy 5-7
Deuteronomy 8-10
Deuteronomy 11-13
Deuteronomy 14-16
Deuteronomy 17-20
Deuteronomy 21-23


Deuteronomy 24-27
Deuteronomy 28-29
Deuteronomy 30-31
Deuteronomy 32-34 & Psalm 91
Joshua 1-4
Joshua 5-8
Joshua 9-11


Joshua 12-15
Joshua 16-18
Joshua 19-21
Joshua 22-24
Judges 1-2
Judges 3-5
Judges 6-7


Judges 8-9
Judges 10-12
Judges 13-15
Judges 16-18
Judges 19-21 Ruth 1
Samuel 1-3

Turning one

Clapping for everyone that sang her happy birthday

Here is what you have missed in the time that I have not posted.  Gavin had his first pony ride and loved it.  Eliza had her first birthday (no worries, no sappy post).  We are almost done with landscaping the backyard.  We just signed up for another CSA with Courtney Farms (and encourage everyone else to do so) along with putting in a garden in the back.  Sam found out he was going to lose his job.  Then he got another one in a week.  The spot on Eliza's foot is no more than a birthmark that should slowly go away.  We refused to get Easter gifts for the kids this year.  We want to start traditions of giving not receiving for most holidays.  Gavin did do one Easter egg hunt at the country club though.  I again have been baking a bit much...brownies, cupcakes ( four kinds for some one's birthday), rice crispy treats, huge chocolate chip cookies, etc.  I have not been sewing though I keep meaning too.  Gavin got a new bed!!!  We had a huge garage sale.  Finally, I have been able to potty train the girl that I watch!!!!  So now to the more important parts.  The pictures.  Have a good one.

escaping out the back door.

learning to sword fight with bubby

Bible Reading

Ok this will keep you busy for a bit.  Sorry about the delay.  We have been living life and working outside a lot!

Week 11
Deuteronomy 3-4
Deuteronomy 5-7
Deuteronomy 8-10
Deuteronomy 11-13
Deuteronomy 14-16
Deuteronomy 17-20
Deuteronomy 21-23


Week 12
Deuteronomy 24-27
Deuteronomy 28-29
Deuteronomy 30-31
Deuteronomy 32-34 & Pslam 91
Joshua 1-4
Joshua 5-8
Joshua 9-11

Week 13
Joshua 12-15
Joshua 16-18
Joshua 19-21
Joshua 22-24
Judges 1-2
Judges 3-5
Judges 6-7

We are on week 14 but I will post that up this weekend with next week.  Have a great time.

My Inspiration

I don't normally show pictures of myself on here but this is a special occasion. 

My inspiration on a regular basis is either my kids, my husband, or my father.  Right now my dad is doing something that is amazing.  He went to a meeting last night where he talked with a group of men and women that go to his church.  They had a discussion about the tornadoes in Southern Indiana.  My father is on a team that rebuilds houses for people.  They go to Red Bird, Kentucky every year and build homes for people but right now they are planning a trip to rebuild homes for those ravaged by the storms. 

This is hitting me really hard.  I just got off the phone with him and started to ask the question what can I do?  When Columbus (my home town) was flooded we took a fully loaded moving truck up to my hometown with my mom and stepdad up.  We gave some money, our washer, dryer, and we asked everyone at the church to give if they felt the calling or wanted to.

So again I am asking myself what can I do for these people.  Unfortunately I cannot go help my father since I have the kids at home and I have a little lady that I watch as well.  I was thinking I could maybe make some treats, snacks, and maybe a few lasagnas up.  I know it would not go far, but if other people wanted to do it with me we might be able to help more people.  It might give someone a nice hot meal or a snack after a long day of work.   If you feel inspired or are interested in doing something, let me know.  We can start planning and get this going asap.

Snow!!!!!

So we have waited for snow all winter.  We were so excited to finally get some decent snow!!!!  It was a good thing it was good packing snow. 

We made snow angels, a snow man, and had a snowball fight.  Carly loves the snow as much as the rest of us.  I will just leave you with the pictures of today.  Hope you all enjoyed the wonderful winter land we had today.

Since Eliza slept through playing in the snow I thought I would put up a few other pictures of her. 

Also Carly wanted to show you how proud she was of her new bone (that is almost gone).

Recently

Lots have been going on here and I am sorry that I have not updated well.  We have been a bit busy. 

To start off with our neighbors just came home so Gavin has been non stop wanting to see them.  Connie just got home after three weeks at home in Michigan. Please do keep the family in prayer though because it will be a rough road for a little while. 

The weekend before last, we had some fun visitors.  Our friends Mollie, Victoria, and Max came down.  They came down on Friday night and stayed until Saturday late.  We had such a fun time.  Gavin really enjoyed seeing Ve again.  Mollie has put me to work though.  We went fabric shopping without the kids (first time in a long time for me to do that).  I have lots of dresses to make for Victoria and some baby shower gifts that Mollie wants me to start on.  Ve is doing very well on her prosthetic leg.  It was good to see her up and going.  That girl can move.  Sorry I don't have any pictures but we were a bit busy keeping everyone in check.

Earlier that Friday we had some other visitors.  I am starting to watch another little one every once in a while.  He is a great little boy.  Mr Adin is the perfect playmate for both Gavin and Eliza...it depends on what he wants to play with.

Our other visitor was Great Grandma Janice.  She was in town to see a doctor but had some free time after getting in and out early.  Poor Grandma Janice did not have but maybe 30 seconds of time to process anything.  Gavin was calling for her every second.  He did get to show her all kinds of new things that has and that he has done recently. 

After all the fun was over we started going through the house.  We are going to have a garage sale this spring, so we are getting a jump on going through the house.  We had already started the kitchen but decided to tackle the kids rooms that Sunday.  We did finish and it was nice. 

This past week we did not do much other than keep working on getting through all the stuff in the house.  We had dinner with the Rakers one night...it was the perfect night because we had not done dishes for a couple of days.  Gavin was excited for dinner too because that meant he got to play with Jayden.  Thank goodness for boys wearing each other out.  The next day we went out and got some flowers and cards for the neighbors. Then found out another neighbor lost a loved one so we went a bit later and got some more flowers and cards.  Gavin also got in some serious trouble with not looking while playing with the neighbors kids.  The weather was amazing last week too (in between the monsoons that is).

Last weekend Gavin went with Gigi to see a dinosaur thing at the fairgrounds but they could not get in so they went to Chucky Cheese.  That was a great few hours to get things done around the house.  We also went to see the chicks at Rural King. 

So that is where we have been that past couple of weeks.  Busy, busy, busy.