We worked in the Garden all day Wednesday last week. We got peas, and carrots planted and a whole bunch of weeds pulled. While Moriah and I did the work the kids made a pond and climbed the trees. This is a 4 wheeler that BJ got the kids. It is really small and perfect for Johnathon and Rachel. They have been working on their driving skills. They still need a lot of practice but they do better than I thought they would! We leave if at the shop so mom doesn't have to mess with it and that way dad can take care of them while they ride.
We went to Grandma and Grandpa Boender's cabin and had a wonderful "feast!" Aunt Becky, Uncle Brian, Elliot and Ezra were able to come. It is really nice having them close to watch their kiddos grow along with ours!
This is our farm house after we knocked out the bad brick foundation. They poured the footings and now it is on to the walls. Johnathon, Rachel and Leah had a great time digging in the sand pile. They held a contest to see who could dig the most the fastest. Leah had them beat "paws" down!
Here are a few pictures of BJ tileing. He has really put his "new" machine to good use this spring already! Johnathon absolutely loves to be out with BJ driving whatever he is allowed to drive(which is usually more than what mom would let him do!) BJ still has a lot of tileing opportunities for the rest of the spring, when he is not in a tractor that is.
Taking a break enjoying God's beautiful creation, with deep powder snow At times it was a stuckfest but we all need the exercise in helping each other out This is Dennis or Fearless Leader More wonderful deep powder snow Kurt and i both conquered this hill so we thought we deserved a picture. Kurt did make it first.
This is what your sled looks like after helping my brother get his sled unstuck when I happened to park behind him This is a picture of Dennis (who we know as King of Fun) about to give me a lesson on retrieving a stuck sled. My brother Kurt and I were playing in the deep powder when I thought I would circle around the trees and meet them on the other side. What i didn't know was there was huge snow drifts that were up and down five to six feet tall, so i had to make a decision. Stop and get major stuck, or pin it. From the looks of the picture it looks like i just stopped, but i didn't i pinned it. This was a bad choice, luckily i did get stopped before i came in contact with objects that don't move (lots of big trees). Thank y0u Dad, Micah, Kurt, and Dennis for coming to rescue me. This is first picture before we all head out Kurt's first time out to the mountains so he was asking lots of question on what to do, how to ride, and things like that. Of course I showed him all the right techniques. The first day we got there the snow was so deep we got stuck in the parking lot trying to park with the pickups so Kurts unloading his sled so he can pull the other pickup and trailer out
The other day Johnathon was bored so he was digging through my utensil/ kitchen gadget drawer. He picked out the ice cream scoop and was scooping pretzels from one bowl to another when all the sudden he let go of the little handle and sent a pretzel flying across the room and over the couch. Needless to say he thought that was the greatest thing ever! For the next hour he shot pretzels all over the house laughing every time. Leave it to a little boy to turn anything into a launcher. He shot this one from the hallway to the middle of the living room.
This is the beautiful mountain range that I got to see every day while living in Colorado. They truly are God's handiwork! This is a great picture of our two travelers. Johnathon and Adalli did so amazing on the drive. They were happy the whole time! The best travelers for sure. We stopped to stretch our legs in Sydney, NE at Cabela's. Johnathon loved looking at all the animals.
For Johnathon's birthday we decided to go roller skating. We had so much fun and a few of us came away a little sore. Cody, Ethan, Gideon, Rachel and Johnathon were very diligent and tried very very hard. After and hour of wishing they could go out on the floor with just socks on they really got the hang of it and did extremely well! BJ, Mike, Grandpa Boender and Josh also skated and they all did very well too. BJ said it was a little harder than he remembered it being in 8th grade. We all had a great time and decided that we should make it a monthly occurance. Note to anyone that lives in or near Oskaloosa the skating rink has $3 Thursdays so for $3 you get to skat from 6 until 8. We thought it was great fun and well worth the $3. Resting after a few rounds. Mike getting the hang of it again. Josh was a great teacher. Grandpa did better than all of us at skating!
This is a Tea Party at our house. Rachel the princess, Johnathon the prince, and Gideon the protector. Can you see the weapons? He gets tea and popcorn standing up because it is really hard to sit down with a big sword stuck in your belt, but no one dares to hurt the princess with him as the bodyguard!
Here is our little girl at 1 month. Believe me the more kiddos you have the FASTER that month goes by. Adalli is doing so good! She is happy all the time and when she is a little fussy we can handle it because she sleeps from around 10:30pm until 5:30-6:00 and has since she was 2 weeks old. It is amazing what you can do on a good nights rest. Praise the Lord
Saturday, January 23, 2010
This is what we do on snow and ice days, train tracks and farming.
I was thinking that maybe just maybe we would miss out on an ice storm this year. I was really enjoying the nice fluffy snow that has fallen regularly this winter. On Wednesday it hit though, it rained and rained and froze. We get at least one ice storm a winter but it still truly amazes me how the ice clings to everything! Here are some pictures of the ice and the kiddos too. It amazes me how evenly spaced the icicles on the power lines are. Love her dress, pajama pants and snow boots :) It was not that cold out today thank goodness.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
The kiddos take turns holding Adalli every chance they get!! She does very well and puts up with alot of shuffling around. This is the "yoga outfit" that aunt Kay and uncle Ben bought for Adalli. And she is laying on her very nice soft pillow from Grandma Jan. Adalli got to use her chair for the first time because she wasn't hooked up to the light anymore. Adalli in the sun. This is the way she spent the last five days. Sprawled out in the sun (when there was sun) with her little light on her back too. On her 2 week birthday we got her numbers back and Dr. Bruxvoort said we could take her light off and no more heel pokes. That was the best birthday present! Her numbers were 14.5 and the poor girl had been poked in the heel for thirteen out of the fourteen days she was out. We are so very thankul for all of your prayers.
We worked in the Garden all day Wednesday last week. We got peas, and carrots planted and a whole bunch of weeds pulled. While Moriah and I did the work the kids made a pond and climbed the trees.
