Sabbath-Day Daddy Dogpile!

Last Sunday Eric and the kids had so much fun! The kids had fun attacking Daddy and trying to survive his infamous tickles. What a great way to keep the Sabbath Day holy --- having fun as a family! Eric really started to have fun with the kids and was lifting each one of them up over his head. Quite a feat when you have 5 kids! And of course, it all was tons of fun until ... someone got hurt!!!!! Noah slipped out of Eric's hands and fell onto Autumn's back!


Here are some highlights:

Backyard Apples for Applesauce

My friend Kay Lynn helped me make applesauce, just over a week ago, with apples from my tree in my backyard. It was tons of fun and I learned alot! The kids played while we made the applesauce and then Ally was the bravest and ate it!! She loved it and ate 2-3 bowls of applesauce. I'm excited to send this new treat with Brooklyn for lunch. It's gluten-free!!

TWO-rific Birthday Party!

Last week we had a birthday party for London with her friends. It was totally fun! She had alot of friends come and we did many fun activities. What 2 year old doesn't love: bubbles, books, beanbags, dancing, cupcakes, and tons of candy!!!! She did seem a little overwhelmed with all the attention but overall it was a great night! Thanks to everyone for making this a great night for my baby girl. Here are some party highlights:




Reaching for more marshmallows and candy to put on her cupcake. Everyone had the chance to decorate their own cupcake with cool-whip and then top it with marshmallows and candy!

Getting ready to blow out the candles!

Bubbles were a big hit!

Story time seemed to hold their attention for a few minutes too!

Individual story time was really fun. I think the kids loved having an adult read to them a favorite book!

The best laugh was when Charlie was walking all over the playroom with the bucket on his head!

London can't decide what to put on that cupcake!

Since we celebrated her birthday on 9/11 we talked about how grateful we were to be Americans, how proud we were of all the people who helped us on that day and how we were glad that we could all come together for good on that day despite a horrific tragedy. Then we all blew out one candle together as a symbol of how we all worked together on that day. I really liked the chance to remember the hereos of 9/11 and I think it will become a tradition in our family on that day.

Isn't her dress cute? It was only .75 cents at Unique's the thrift store in Merrillville on 1/2 off day! Thanks Holly for introducing me to my new favorite place!

Money!!! Dollar Store here she comes! It will be fun to let her pay tithing too!

She got lots of great presents and the last was a baby doll. She loved it and started to rock the baby and sing. It was so cute! I can't believe my baby is now 2!!!!

What A Wonderful Life!

What do you think of the slide show I made? These are some of the best pictures ever! Hope you enjoy!

The Jr. Monopoly Genius ...

is not me! It is Autumn! You totally snowed me today at Jr. Monopoly. What does that mean? Anyways, I loved playing Monopoly with you. You are so smart!! I am so proud!!! Maybe we can start a tradition of playing a board game every few days when you get home from Kindergarten. I can't believe how fast you are growing up!

Love,

Mommy

London and Missionaries

What did you think of London's performance for the missionaries? Every time we see it we laugh our heads off. She was on fire! It took me forever to figure out how to load these on my blog and I even had to open a you tube account. Hope you enjoy it! Leave me your comments! You know I love it and that is my love language!

I posted these videos on Thursday but didn't work. Should work now!

I put the videos at the bottom of my blog. Check them out!

Am I the only who didn't know about...

JOSH GROBAN!!!!! He is my new obsession! I saw him perform on "Oprah" last Monday and he was amazing. I was asking some friends about him and everyone knows about him. Even Eric had heard of him. Where have I been? Under a rock! He was obviously the best kept secret from me for years!! What's even more crazy is I don't really like Oprah so I catch one of her shows about 4-5 times a year at the most. The song I loved the best was "Awake". It is sooooo good! I love his voice and the words. Needless to say, I looked on the internent a ton on Monday and found lots of his songs and then added them to my playlist on my blog.

My favorite three songs on my playlist of his are: #20 - Awake, #21 - To Where You Are, # 26 - You Are Loved. Go to my playlist and click on the second box (beside the box labeled create your own playlist) and my playlist will be displayed on your whole page and you can scroll down to any of these three favorites if you want to hear some awesome tunes.

Noah must have been worried about my obsession because the other day he asked if Dad and I were breaking up! I asked why and then realized I was listening to Josh Groban again and telling Noah how much I liked him. Ooops! I reasurred him and to ease any of your fears after reading this post I am still totally in love with Eric and, to be honest, every time I hear the song Awake I like him even more! So to anyone, if there is anyone, who doesn't yet know about Josh Groban -- check out my playlist on my blog -- he will not disapoint!