finally more pictures

Adam log throwing at the Father Son camp out John went too, but Joe only took one picture. too buisy to take pictures. They all had a wonderful time.

Adam taking pictures of Johnny and this is their editing

Adam taking pictures again

Adam # 8 in first soccer game

Adam and John sneaking out before church

Adam in game

Sam in first game

Sam #9

Before the first game

Family picture in NC

Sam

Joe's friend Marcello in a tree picture didn't rotate

Sam playing miniature golf on a mother-daughter (and 2 brothers date)

Ty having fun. He would hit the ball and say "oh man" when he missed the hole. Then would pick up the ball and move within a few inches of the hole and try again. very cute.

The beginning of the shot

Ian and Ty waiting their turns

Today, outside jumping in the leaves

Today Ian vacuuming

Last week Ian pulling grass and loving it

a few days ago Ian can whistle (on purpose)

not a very good picture, but one of Ian's faces he gives people when he thinks he is cute. squinting his eyes

drinking out of the straw getting ready to try mate next

Here is the other face. He was so wiggly

the boys asleep on my run

a few weeks ago now. the first day he actually got his legs under himself and started officially crawling.

photo dump and more to come....

Well it sure has been a long time since I posted last. I am going to pretty much just do a photo dump and I really have a lot more to come. Joe is camping in our woods with the kids and I decided to finally sit and post some pictures. We have had a wonderful summer. We have been able to be with Joe a little more lately. We have gone traveling to where he works or going on vacations together. We just got back from NC again. Joe FINALLY found his great friend that he was comps with on the mission. They both have been looking for each other for about 9 years now. We stayed in their home for 6 nights and were sorry to leave. We all had a wonderful time.

The kids and Joe are camping in our woods now. They were so excited. Yesterday we did a bonfire and roasted hot dogs and Smores. By the time everyone was ready, it was too late to go outside. All the kids were cranky and we had to get up by 6 am to get ready for their first soccer game. I don't have the pictures for that yet but will do another post when I get those. The kids did great and had a wonderful time.

I am doing well with all the kids all the time, oh I didn't mention, I decided to home school the kids. I know I can't spell, but I sure as well will make sure my kids can! We are doing well and the kids have been doing lots of things and I am happy to report that they think home school is hard. yes!

The only thing that I have found hard is how to be a good teacher when you are sick. I have had a good cold the last few days and all I want to do is sleep. Luckily Joe has been home. Ian is pulling himself up in his crib. the picture here is the first time and he got mad at me. Yesterday, he pulled himself up and started hitting the rail with his hand and jumping on his bed with a huge smile and laughing at himself . It was great. Well for the pictures....

Johnny getting ready to go in the tent

Yesterday. it was actually almost dark but nice for cameras with night shots.Ian screaming when I get the camera out.

kids made from scratch this minestrone soup all from the garden - the noodles, hb, and pinto beans.Special soup the kids made for GF TylerJoe in a treeKids in the tent tonightA hike in the State park in Indiana

The kids on a 2 mile hike

Adam has lost 8 teeth

Garden

Well I love having a garden. I forget to go check under all the leaves some times and get 5 lb zucchini. I don't remember what type of carrots I planted, so they are small. and raccoons are destroying the corn. I really do LOVE to garden. I can walk out there and see all the hard work of preparing the soil, and all the loads of soil, fertilizer, and sod cutting, let alone all the weeding, and planting and then replanting because I pulled some plants out when I weeded, and bring inside bounty that came from a few seeds. I have been sharing with some neighbors that wanted to have a garden but didn't want to plant over the septic system that covered their yard and also 2 more neighbors. I have been able to freeze a lot and will be doing more really soon. I also love when the kids help me outside.
I love it when the kids eyes get really big and say, "is all that from our garden?" Or Ty making machine gun noises as he picks up huge zucchini, cucumber, carrots, or green beans. It all makes me smile.
Except those raccoons!

some flowers that grew in the planters around the house

I think this carrot reminds me of a charactor in a movie called Spirited Away, a spirit they called the radish spirit.

2yr olds

I found these pictures on my cell phone. Johnny's picture was taken around his 2nd bd and Ty's was close to his birthday as well.

Time in GA with Whit and Josh and also the Okefenokee Swamp

We spent a few days with my sister Whitney and Josh and had such a wonderful time. We went to the AFB and went swimming on the 4th and went to see fireworks, got attacked by fire ants, went to the preserve and saw beautiful bald cypress, kids drove these two into the ground, the kids saw their first alligator, and certainly not the last, we had a few adult talks with them and enjoyed every moment with them. I miss my sister. I miss my family each one, dearly.

Adam and Josh with lightsabors, I think it is initiationJohnny nextSome fireworks, still learning to use the cameraThe nature preserve close to Whit's houseThe first spottingThe first spottingWhitney and IanWhitney and JoshThe boys now obsessed with motorcycles after seeing Josh's and they get to try on some fun gearThis is Sam and she almost fits! scary!Now Ty's turnthis is an alligator that I think liked the sight of all my little kids. I didn't like him one bit!!!!!! He kept following us around. I know I could have lost one so easily. My stomach still churns! One of the places on the Oke swamp (history tour)

All the kids got to blow the horn of the train, just didn't put all the pictures here.

Kids looking down at some Alis, maybe if you click on the picture you could see Ty, look in the shadows by the kids legs.

on the cat walk looking down at some big ones at OKE

Some of the bald cypress, beautiful trees (could be that other cypress too I know there are two)

I know I have put a lot of pictures in the 3 posts, really, just from this trip I had 409 pictures on my camera. lucky putting pictures on takes so dang long for all of you. I tried to remember some of my favorites here.We had a wonderful time driving in IN, KY, TN,GA,SC,NC,VA,WV,OH and back to IN. Also seeing this beautiful country we live in. It is so diverse.