Christamas and the leaning tree

Merry Christmas to you all. A glimpse of some pictures to come. We have family pictures taken recently and when the other ones come in we will be sending some out to family. And posting others on the blog for all to see.

Our lovely leaning Christmas tree. Hey, its adds character. ;)

Pictures....new and old

Annabelle a couple months ago when the grass was still green...LOL. She must have a jacket and purse at all times....its a requirement when you go somewhere ya know.

The beautiful baby Vi now. Sitting up, such a big boy.

So much for the new socks. They are supposed to fit babies from 6-18months... The heels of the socks are in the middle of his foot. = (

Back in late Oct. Playing with Daddy.

Belle dancing with Daddy.

It's been a while...

It's been a long time since my last post. We are still trying to get onto a routine again. Today is Shane's first day back at work, although he will only be there for two days before he gets 4 days off for Thanksgiving. Then he'll go back again for 2 weeks and get 2 weeks off for Christmas. So sometime after Jan. we will be back to normal.
Since my last post we have managed to lose the charger to the camera...again. I am not sure if we are misplacing it or if Annabelle is running off with it. So we have no recent pictures to post, although we did get a family portrait taken and I'll have that up soon. Until then....

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

On a routine...somewhat.

It's 5 am here and I am up. So far I've cooked breakfast (pancakes and eggs) and both me and the man have eaten. He's left for work and now I am here. After checking my mail I'll jump on the elliptical before I turn on the heater (its 36 degrees out) to warm up the house before the kids get up. After being able to sleep in for so long, it just doesn't seem right to be up at 4:30am cooking! I'm sure I'll get used to it...soon I hope.
After I "work out" I'll cozy up next to the fire and read from the good word!...Best part of my day. I hope you all have a great morning.

He's finally home!!!!!!!!!

Finally after 7 months in Iraq he comes home. You did a great job honey, I am very proud of you!



The buses pulling in....there was a lot of screaming going on here!

Annabelle getting picked up by her daddy.
Shane and Levi meeting each other for the first time!
One happy family again, finally! Levi is still gazing at him..LOL. He did that all night.
Hmmm... He kept doing this for a good 10 minutes.

Levi and his daddy.

The picture taker (Jena) and Annabelle.
Annabelle getting swung by the picture taker.

Away we go walking to the van.

Pumpkin picking

Today we went on a hayride to get some pumpkins for the kids.
Annabelle checking out all the other little kids.


Levi and his first pumpkin!

Annabelle talking away.

Giving Levi Kisses! He is such a lucky boy, he gets all of her kisses always. He only leaves about 2 a day for his momma.

Did you say pumpkins??????

Oooooo there the pumpkins are.

Belle's pumpkin!

What we've been up too..

We've been busy lately.

We have been reading......Daddy has all the good books.

And flying.
And shopping. I just love the carts that seat two!
Coloring.
And cleaning.
This is the closet under the stairs. It was full of sewing things. I took them all out to make room for a small "stock pile". Now that we have over 150lbs. flour, 10 gallons of oil, and way too much other stuff to list. I am feeling pretty good. God is so good! He has provided so well for our little family, especially considering the times. That little closet is now full and still growing as I keep moving food from the garage into it.