Skipping Stones

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Snowmageddon 2010-GA Style

We didn't get as plastered with snow as our friends and family to the north, but it was a rare (so we heard) treat to get this "much" snow down here. Needless to say, it did not happen in early 2011. Rats!

Stephen looking out the window at the snow.

Two little boys on a magical day.

Playground out back, covered with a dusting of snow.

Rachel ready to play outside!

Matthew with a woodchip-filled snowball.

Chilly Timo.

Stephen. :)

Not too much snow!

In the morning-pretty, pretty!

The view of outside from inside.

Rachel having fun in the slushy snow.

Tasty.

A snow-coated Stephen.

Boys sliding down the hill out back.

A snowman and his merry minions!

Monday, November 28, 2011

First GA House

Kids on the playground that was right out back of the house.

Posing by the oak tree near the playground.

Rachel helping to mix pancake batter.

Sarah's preferred teether. :)

Cheesy Timothy helping put away dishes.

Little Sarah

Timothy and Sarah, 2010

Look what's on special at the grocery store! :)

Matthew and Sarah having a good chat.

Sweet Sarah.

Thanksgiving

We didn't take any photos of our most recent Thanksgiving and I am way behind in updating on here, so we shall start with a Thanksgiving photo...from 2 years ago. Better late than never, I say!

That is wee Sarah, who was a month old in this photo. It was taken in back of our old place in FL.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Hello, Again!

Wow. It is hard to believe it's been over a year since I posted here... I am attempting to merge Joshua's blog with this, or at the least, making a link on the sidebar so people can visit it. Now that the initial craziness of the first few months is over with, it will be a lot easier to just post any news about Joshua here. Before, I held back about posting anything about the other kids on J's blog because, well, it was "his" blog. Now, I won't feel the guilt. I've also opened it up again so that you don't need to sign in. I think that was more trouble than it was worth!

So, here's to hearing more from us, more often! :)

(Now, to root through a year's worth of photos to see what to put on here...)

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Moving!

Pile O' kids!

A rare, quiet Rachel moment...

Who is that stowaway?!

The best photo I got of the whole crew...

Sarah standing up at our new refridgerator.

Sarah, September 2010-almost 11 months.

We had a small tree by our shed which was completely dead, so Dave sawed it down. The kids wanted to try their hands at sawing, so each took a turn. Here's Rachel trying it out...

Matthew trying the saw out...

Timo was a little tired out after all that!

Our huge shed!

Sarah had the right idea-relaxing! :)

David and Goliath

Clay models of David and Goliath, made by Matthew:

Facing off...

Goliath

David

Rachel's birthday

Rachel requested a pink birthday cake, with pink ice cream. Her brothers, in typical fashion, threatened not to come to her party if everything was pink.

I saw this idea online somewhere, of making cupcakes, then decorating them to look like flowers. I found some strawberry flavored marshmallows and cut them in half to make petals. Sprinkles were used in the middle of the flowers, and green tinted frosting as the grass and stems. We had raspberry ice cream along with it.

Everything went down pretty easily, except for the marshmallows. The kids didn't really like those!

I think the boys got over the pink theme... ;)

The cake!

Blowing out the candles...

Can you believe I found this play kitchen on the side of road where we used to live, ready to be picked up by the trashmen? All it took was a good hosing off to make it look almost brand new. We bought some plastic dishes for her to use, and she loved it!