My kids make me Happy!!!

It's Friday! This week's Foto Friday Challenge at http://www.zeahrenaissance.blogspot.com/ is Happy! I had all sorts of creative ideas for this one. Instead, my kids, all 6, came down with the spots and fevers. Blaise had a 104 temp yesterday. It has been a LONG week. I did manage to get a few shots of the kids this week. They are what makes me Happy! I hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by and checking out my photos!


Happy to be a SURVIVOR! Blair survived a bone marrow transplant almost 2 years ago. She had a rare blood disease called HLH (www.histio.org for more info). It affects 1 in 1.2 million children a year. She's 8 now.

My oldest. He just turned 16!

My baby. He is 18 months.

My 2 year old. She is the most photogenic child. And loves to have her picture taken. She makes it so easy!
My 4 year old. She smiles all the time till the camera come out.

My 6 year old. The boy can charm a snake with his smile. He has the prettiest eyes and eyelashes. All the girls love him.

Foto Friday Challenge

This was a tough one. By the time the sun goes down it is so far behind trees, you can do anything. And I was not going to traipse around town at the kids' bedtime to get a good shot! So my sad indoor attempt at a sillohette.

My upside down monkey.
Flip Flop girl!
Diva Girl
My attempt at creativity! Wiggly 6 yo boy wouldn't hold still!
Last One!
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Foto Friday Challenge

I decided to try and do this photo challenge from . The theme was Architecture. We don't travel much so this was a tough one. I found a few things from the archives. Hope this counts.

The Whistle Stop Cafe (Home of the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes")


An outhouse in the middle on no where. It was in a HUGE field with nothing around it. I'd hate to go out there in the middle of the night!


Thanks for looking.

School + fun = learning. Who knew?

We switched curriculum this year and I am still very nervous about it. Well yesterday was a good day! It started off real shaky. We were supposed to learn the Greek alphabet. Fun! In the project section, it suggested using shaving cream spread out on a counter to practice writing the alphabet. At first I thought "umm, I don't know." So after the younger ones took their nap, we broke out Daddy's shaving cream. They had so much fun and they actually learned a little something. Neat!

Blair's alpha (capital alpha looks like our capital A) Blake uh, I don't know.... Having fun with letters? He tried to use the Greek letters to spell out his name. Blaise's Beta (looks like our B ) He does not like writing but, did very good at writing the Greek alphabet!
So there ya have it! Learning can be fun. Still praying we made the right decision for this school year. Looks like we are off to a solid start.

We got a TREE!

We finally got a tree. I have been wanting a real tree for a while now. Last year I decided it was THE year for one. However, with Blair's transplant and low immunity, that was out. So this year, I was getting a real tree and we did it! It is a very lovely tree. The kids had so much fun picking it out, cutting it down and collecting "little trees" for their rooms. The little ones collected small branches for their very own Charlie Brown tree! It was such a great family time together. And would you believe they all behaved? A Christmas miracle (he he)! So here are some pictures. Enjoy.......



Searching for the perfect tree Brett and Bethany..... they were playing peek-a-boo Just because I love it! Blake cutting the tree down And we are done. Now to decorate it!

Happy Halloween!

Ok, We don't actually celebrate Halloween. But, I did let the kids dress up. They dress up alot anyways in their play costumes. Usually we go to church and have a fall festival. This year they did a Family Fun Night instead. Above is Blaise on the horse. Our friends have some horses and they brought them for all the kids to ride. We also had a chili cook off. No, I didn't win. I fell somewhere at the bottom. We had a big bonfire and made s'mores. It was so much fun. Thekids played so hard and slept really good that night. Except for Brett, he never sleeps. Here are a few more family fun night pictures and the kids dressed up. Enjoy!


Blair on the horse.
Bethany on the one eyed pony!
Blair as Mary
Blaise as Spiderman
Brita was Repunzel.
Blake was "Happy big Brother!!!" with Brett
Bethany (Left) and Brett. Don't the look alike?

Yesterday was official 2 weeks till our Disney Trip!! We are so excited. We are going for Blair's Make*A*Wish! They are sending our whole family to Disney and Sea World for a whole week. The kids are so tickled. They are counting down the days with a paper chain. We took colored paper strips and made a paper chain. Each link has xx days till Disney and a prayer. Such as today was "13 days till Disney!! Pray for volunteers at Give Kids the World." That is where we will be staying. It is a place just for the wish kids and their families. Below is a picture of Brett. Just because he is so adorable!!! (Please excuse the small bruise on his little cheek. He is always falling as he learns to walk!)