Kaylie's song

Here is part of what Kaylie was singing this morning: "Lord, we praise you. Sometimes we don't praise you. Sometimes we don't obey. Sometimes we do things wrong and our mom and dad get mad. But we praise you with all our stuff, soul and mind."

Summer Fun!

We bought a slip-n-slide for the kids this year. They've had a blast so far. Joshua is the official hose holder.....a job that he loves and the girls dread since they end up soaked without their permission! They found that they slide much better if Daddy grabs their leg and flings them down the slide....hence the pictures of them falling off the end! :) It is already pretty torn up, but it was five dollars well spent!

Summer haircuts and two peas in a pod.

I've been dying for the girls to get their hair cut, but they kept insisting that they wanted it long enough for pony tails and braids. Then one morning Abby said, "I want my hair cut short." Of course Kaylie said, "Me too!" So I loaded up the car before they could change their minds and off we went. It ended up not being as short as we planned, but I didn't want them to be too shocked. I love it though! I looks so much better and is so much easier to take care of this summer. In fact, I think we're due for a trim already.

Then I just had to add this picture of my John Deere boys. Are they cute or what?!

Catching Up, #3

There's a place about an hour away from us called the Cookie Jar Cafe that we love to visit a few times each year. Not only is it a great restaurant, but they have a petting zoo and playground out back. It's in a gorgeous setting, and we are always so glad that we went. The kids love it too and always have a blast there.

Catching Up, #2

Abby's homeschool music class had an end of the year program in April. We absolutely loved this class this year and look forward to doing it again next year. Here she is with the 2 other girls in her class right before the program.

Catching Up, post #1

Just thought I'd do a little catch-up on some pictures since I'm just now getting myself caught up on loading them onto the computer. Here are the kids at Easter this year. The girls weren't at their most photogenic moment, but Josh is always ready to pose!

Kindergarten Graduate!

I have been singing "Pomp and Circumstance" to Abby these past few days, because.....SHE FINISHED KINDERGARTEN! It's so amazing to me. I never, ever thought I would homeschool, and now we have just completed an entire year. I am amazed at how much she learned this year. We still need to work on some reading and writing a little this summer, as well as some math drills. But she finished her workbooks and has a very good handle on "everything your child needs to know by the end of kindergarten." I'm just so proud of her and shocked that we pulled it off!

I hope to be posting on here again regularly now that the first trimester fogginess is subsiding a little. (thankfully) I have to fight the perfectionist urge in me that wants to fill in all the details from the break I took. Instead, I'll just pick up from where we are now, and hopefully get a few pictures loaded again.

In the meantime, Congratulations Abby!!