Friday, October 02, 2015

These are the days!

My boys and our sweet neighbor friends singing the pre game national anthem before beginning to play football in the front yard.  Such fun! Fall makes my heart happy.

I can't explain it.  I just love this time of year. Everything about it makes me happy!  The smells, the colors, the cool weather... Happy.

These two are night and day different, but they get along so well.  I love them so much.


Watching college football...


We were too into the game to stop and take Jackaroo to bed!


School outside... It happens during fall because mama can't stand to miss out on the nice weather!

This little dog,"Sniffer," continues to hang around.  Now he has started sleeping on our doorstep.  How sweet!  If Erik would let me, I'd adopt you, little one!


One evening this week all the kids played on the swing set.  Every now and then it hits me that one day this wooden structure will stand empty and quiet, no children crawling over every inch of it.  I'm so thankful that this is not true today.  Our swing set is 10 years old and going strong!  It gets so much playtime. It is beginning to look a bit worn.  I love it.  My big boys still play like kids.  I don't know what I'll do when they quit!?!?!  I will miss these days!


Climbing trees...


I love fall so much, but I'm really trying to take in all the GREEN!  I know that in less than two months the leaves will all be gone.  The green is so lush and pretty, but it is slowly turning right before our eyes!  One season bleeding into the next. Might as well sit back and enjoy the change!


Photo bomb!


She has my heart.  There aren't words.


Leaves scattered on the pond means fall is on its way.  Our home, our little neck of the woods, it means so much to me.  The tall trees, the pond, the land for boys to run and play.  I am always grateful for our little piece of land, but during the fall months it overwhelms me.


Playing in the Evening Light

This is just simply my favorite.  That is all there is to say.


Butterflies...

We watched caterpillars turn into butterflies again this fall.  The kids always enjoy this so much!!

I actually was able to get video footage of one of the butterflies emerging.  I was putting a band aid on a child and just happened to notice it happening.  Loved it!


We had sweet friends over the night of the butterfly release party, so they got to be a part of it!  That is always fun!



Zekey!!

People always ask me what Zeke does while we do school.  He is my only child not doing some sort of school this year.  He is just there with us.  When I do crafts with Jack and Emery, I give him something so he feels like he is a part of what we are doing ~ even if he really doesn't have the fine motor skills to do the craft yet.  We have fun with Zekey!





He really is just there.  Sometimes he totally interrupts, and it is difficult.  But, most of the time, he just plays at our feet or at the table with us.  We love having Zekey in our day!


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Hi! I live in a sweet country home overflowing with love and laughter. I have been blessed to journey these days beside a man that I love, respect, and admire. He is my soul-mate and best friend. Together we are seeking to raise our seven children to be lovers of God, to be wise and discerning, and to be all that our sweet God created them to be.



 

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