Valentines Day 2011!

This years Valentines is very boring compared to last years found here! I don't think anything will ever top last years Valentine's day gift that I gave Chad! Even though he had to weight nine months for the other half! Chad and I didn't even go out to eat dinner, not with a cranky baby. I told him we will have to make plans for my birthday then!

We ended up making Valentine cookies on Monday after school. I broke the E when I was trying get off the pan!

The boys would have rather played in the frosting and food coloring than decorate the cookies!

Lindsey also made cute little bracelets for all of the girls in her class, I did help her with some of them! Poor girl got one of her bracelets all beaded up and handed it to me to tie and before she could even give it to me.∴. all over the table and floor! Then I went to tie another one that she made and again... they spill everywhere! So I felt obligated to help her since I did ruin two she worked hard on! Kyle and Jacob were both into the beaded bracelet making thing too! I was amazed how good Jacob could manipulate the tiny beads on to that tiny little band! (His patience did start to grow thin after awhile!)

I am glad Valentines day is over and gone and slowly the cards will dwindle their way in the trash! Blessings, Lisa

Lets Play Ball!

On Saturday Kyle and Lindsey had basketball, they were both excited to go since they had to miss their last game due to the plague that made it's way to our house! I had been wanting to take some pictures of them before the basketball season is over. Little miss Lillie was not happy to be at the gym, she hardly slept that night before/very early morning and was not feeling well due to her shots which left her with some great side effects! Cranky baby being one of them! (Oh but we love her to pieces and glad she is doing much better now!)

I took some pictures of Kyle playing and unfortunately didn't get any of Lindsey! I tried to get some decent pictures but they wouldn't stand still and the lighting in the gym is horrible! Here is Kyle playing ball, he is number 6!

After basketball the Kyle and Lindsey wanted to go out to lunch at a cute little restaurant nearby. So we ate lunch and then headed home over this iron bridge that the kids like to go over! I admit it scares me driving over it because it is really loud once you hit the bridge! Kyle then asks me "how much does our van weigh?" I told him about a ton and he says "OK, good" I asked why and then he tells me the sign said Weight Limit 5 Tons! So I told him I guess we won't be driving a semi filled with grain in the back over that bridge! We then decided to drove back around the block to go over the bridge a second time!

We got home I took tried to take pictures of Kyle and Lindsey together!

They really do love each other!

Basketball is almost over for them and I can tell that they are all doing better and better with each game! They are such a joy to watch!!!! Blessings, Lisa

One Thousand Blessings

Numbers 21-30 (Only 970 more to go!)

21. Loving♡

22. Being loved ♥

23. The smell of freshly baked semi-homemade cookies

24. Semi-home aid cookies, because sometimes I am lazy and don't want to make my own from scratch

25. A mess in the kitchen

26. Heart shaped cookies

27. Melting snow

28. Birds singing

29. The sound of the bus coming down the road to drop off two of my favorite little people

30. The sound of Chad's truck coming up the drive

To learn more about One Thousand Gifts, go to Ann's blog A Holy Experience and take the dare to count the many blessings that God has given you!!!!

Four Months Old!

Lillian you are four months old today! It's also John Deere's birthday, and we all know how much we love tractors in this house! Well Lillian, you are becoming quite the little chunk you weigh 14 pounds and are 25 inches tall! Your sweet little thighs are getting so chubby and cute! Your favorite books that we are reading right now are Brown Bear Brown Bear, Ten Apples Up on Top, The Big Red Barn, just to name a few. You love to listen to music, during the day it's Elizabeth Mitchell and at night it's the O' Neill Brothers. You love when Kyle, Lindsey and daddy come home, and Jacob if he isn't with us.

Here you are dressed up with your tractor and keys, Little Farmer Lillie ready for work!!!!

You are starting to reach for things now, although you aren't quite good at grabbing what it your reaching for! Although, you have started to grab Jacob's face when he gives you kisses, I think he kinda likes it! You like to bring your legs up and try to reach for your toes. You are still a little bobble head at times, which I asked the doctor about and she said that it's still OK since you hold your head up really well when your on your belly and and pulled to a sit up position. (That's just me being super paranoid!)

Your doctor also said that you could start baby cereal now! I will probably do that towards the end of this month just to get you used to the texture of food. You still have never had a bottle before simply because you go everywhere I go! Aren't you lucky!!! I made you your first little pair of ruffle pants and you look so cute in them, just like Lindsey! Lindsey thought they were sooo cute the other day when I was making them, she couldn't wait to see them on you, I couldn't either!!!!

Here are some pictures I took of you in your cute double ruffle pants! Your daddy asked why I made two ruffles on them, he obviously doesn't know how much we love ruffles around here! I was shaking the keys to get you to smile but it wasn't working, you just wanted the keys to chew on!

You have this "great, I can't my keys, are we done yet!" look on your face!

Then I tried to get a picture of you with your super cute bib that I made just for you and this is the thanks I get!:

Obviously someone was done with the whole picture taking thing! Oh honey, you crack me up! We love you to pieces and will cherish these and so many more little moments with you!!!! Blessing, Lisa

One Thousand Blessings

#11-20

11. The sound of laughter coming from the other room

12. Cute ruffle pants

13. Learning something new

14. Children's Advil (Jacob seems to be getting sick now and that stuff works wonders!)

15. Watching little ones fall asleep

16. Sledding down the hill

17. Snow covered trees

18. John Deere tractors

19. Sounds of pretty music playing

20. Warm chocolate pudding

Blessings, Lisa

Snow Days!

This week Kyle and Lindsey have had three snow days thanks to a wonderful blizzard that left us with around 13 inches of snow! Along with a blizzard, we also had to deal with sick little ones! Kyle had to miss school Friday, this is the first time he has had to miss school in three years! Kyle and Lindsey seem to have it right now, I wonder where they got it from!? Oh the things children share! Neither one of them are going to basketball Saturday, instead they will be here at home drinking Gatorade and water like its going out of style!

We did stay busy for the most part during our three day break! We played games like this: (Even though Jacob always cheated!)

We made these with crayons, wax paper and an iron:

Since we couldn't go out and play on Wednesday because it looked like this:

We brought some snow inside to play with:

I made this pretty camera strap with some scrap fabric I have:

It even has a pocket for the lens cap that I always seem to lose!:

This little girl loved having her oldest brother and sister around to play:

Then Chad brought home his new truck we bought Friday and we all had to pile in it for a road trip around the block! He actually has a truck that all six of us can fit in! Now he has no excuse not to take all of the kids with him somewhere! He! He! I took this picture while we were going around the block: Both Kyle and Lindsey will go back to school tomorrow feeling better than they did last week! And I hope we are done with snow storms and accumulating snow for the rest of this winter!!!!

Blessings, Lisa

Taking Pictures!

I have always liked photography and pretty pictures but I have to admit I have fallen in love with it over the past few years. Maybe having some pretty cute kids to take pictures of has something to do with♥! I will admit I have become a mamarazzi for sure, always snapping pictures, I'm sure the kids are slightly embarrassed! (If not now I'm sure they will be in a few years!)

I have had photoshop Elements for my computer for the past three years and just now figured out how to put pictures in and out of it! The only thing that I have really used it for was school related. It does have some pretty cute backgrounds with little buses and chalkboards on it! Last time I used it was for a pretty awesome science lesson that needed to be typed out and printed off! I am now enjoying how to figure out what to do with my pictures. I am excited to be able to create some fun pictures to decorate the house with!

I had Chad take a few pictures with Lillian a few days ago, I was wanting a certain look to my picture and I believe I have actually achieved what I was envisioning! Thankfully Chad and Lillian were very willing participants, I think they have come to the realization that I love to take pictures and to just deal with it! Here is a before picture:

And here is the after:

I was excited to see the it actually turned out how I wanted it to, even Chad liked it! Now I just need to order these online through my print company and hang somewhere in the new house. Here is another one that I did, before and after:Chad's "working hands" as I call them and little delicate Lillian, doesn't get more opposite than that! I have only figured out how to do photos with black and white and/or sepia so now I need to try and figure out what to do with color pictures! Hopefully it won't take me three years to figure that out! Blessings, Lisa