Dessert is Served! Put on Your Goggles!

Do you wear goggles at the dinner table?

Apparently Lila does. Maybe the view is better that way?

Or is she hoping to protect her eyes from any flying cake or ice cream??

Who knows! Pretty cute though, huh?

A Weekend in Houston

So my brother and sister-in-law had a new baby in September and I was so excited for them and already missing the newborn stage and had to see baby Emilia . . . so the first weekend in November Bowen and I left on a jet plane to Houston.

Bowen had fun because they have toys at their house just like at his house.

This is sweet Emilia. It was very nice to make her acquaintance.

And this is adorable Julia, who talks up a storm! Very funny little girl! She kept me entertained.

This is a quilt! The weekend I was there the International Quilt Show was going on. There was hundreds of amazing quilts - works of art are more like it. I was so inspired I thought maybe I should try to make a quilt. Hah! That will be the day. Raquel and I decided I should try to quilt something small so I want to try to quilt a potholder. I came home and finished the curtains I had been working on for Alaina and Lila's room at least. Thank you quilters of the world for inspiring me so I finally finished the curtains. Thank you Neil, Raquel, Julia and Emilia for your hospitality and for a wonderful weekend in Houston!!

Alaina's 9th Birthday

This week we celebrated 9 years of Alaina.

Happy Birthday to our busy, creative, sweet 2nd born!

We love you, Alaina!

Bowen the Lion

Halloween

Lila Lost Her First Tooth!

Lila wanted to let you all know

she lost her first tooth!!

Rylan wanted to let you all know

he hasn't lost any teeth yet!

The Pumpkins are Carved

At the Pumpkin Patch

What has a corn maze, muddy kids,

hay rides, muddy boots,

caramel corn and apples, muddy pants,

pumpkins and muddy hands???

The pumpkin patch of course!!

Did I mention mud is NOT in short supply?

One other thing that the pumpkin patch is NOT short on is . . .

FUN!!

Cute Baby

Baptized in the River

On a beautiful Sunday morning about a week ago, Emily followed the Lord in baptism.

How cool is it to see your child follow the Lord?

Very cool!

Thank you, God, for blessing us with Emily!

We pray that you would use her greatly in this life.

Bowen in a Box

I always love getting packages in the mail.

Bo does too because it means he gets to play in the box.

At the Cabin (Continued Yet Again)

Ok, this is my last cabin post, I promise! I had to include these great shots of the kids at the beach.

What is vacation without trips to the beach and lots of sand??

What kid doesn't love playing in the sand?

Mine love it. In fact, when its time to pack up, they take as much sand as they can into the car with them.

Love the sand.

These two guys are cute, eh? That's Bowen and his buddy Caleb.

And here is the whole crew. The crazy friends of ours that actually want to hang out with us each summer. We had a blast!