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The Best Birthday Ever!

Yesterday was the best birthday ever for me...We came home from Andaluz Waterbirth Centerto be reunited & surprised!Kelsey made me a beautiful homemade cake!All the children joined in to make posters and this beautiful stepping stone for my garden!I am so thankful for you children!

By |August 18th, 2010|Blog, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Blessed with another Son!

The Lord has blessed us with another healthy son!Baby Tolpin arrived yesterday @ 12:45 in the afternoon!9lbs 1oz.20.5"with a Hercules chest of 14.5"long fingernail and a little bit of curly dark hair

By |August 16th, 2010|Blog, Scrapbook|0 Comments

The 1st due date-

Today was the first due date given that I would meet our son for the first time... and here I am... no change... Since I have NEVER gone over due... had 2 babies on their due dates... and two 11 days early... and one daughter 13 days early.... I am in a bit of nervous uncharted territory! I tend to have big babies... no really BIG babies...Here is the run down... Kelsey (8.5lb-due date)... Austin [...]

By |August 4th, 2010|Blog, Reflections|3 Comments

Double Digits–"10"

I'm officially feeling my age!My eldest child, Kelsey just turned 10 this afternoon- 12:31pm!Here are some highlights from here birthday at home!Last Week we took Kelsey on a date! She picked out a new Bible with her name engraved & off we went to her favorite place... Macaroni Grill!This morning we surprised her with a spontaneous trip to Krispy Kreme Donuts for breakfast!After going out with Dad for the afternoon, we had a special dinner [...]

By |August 4th, 2010|Blog, Scrapbook|1 Comment

Capturing the Moments before Baby

What better- than a favorite flower- Black Eyed Susan given as a gift from my daughter- to make the cutest heart over my heart!My delights and joy in my life!I have always wanted to have Maternity Pictures taken...to remember the days of pregnancy...capture the precious memories wSadly, as I looked into photographers, I was always concerned about how indecent the pictures were and that it wouldn't really capture Us!Plus there was always the $$$ issue.I [...]

By |July 27th, 2010|Blog, Scrapbook|2 Comments

"The American Way"

Tonight I was getting caught up with some friends blogs and ironically my friend, Brenda wrote this post, which totally fits in with what my last post was about... "Work Ethic!" I can't tell you how many times Isaac and I have had conversations with friends on this same issue Brenda. Your post was very tastefully written and sums up a HUGE issue today's parents need to recognize. You are totally fair and right to [...]

By |July 24th, 2010|Blog, farm life, Living Green|0 Comments

Work Ethic & the Vineyard

Many people ask us about the Vineyard...Did we plant it? What kind of grapes are they? Why did we choose to have a vineyard? Did we grow up on Vineyards? How do we know what to do? How much time does it take? Is it a lot of work? What are you doing with the grapes?Here is some of our story...Most people we would randomly meet in the course of life either say things like, [...]

By |July 23rd, 2010|Blog, farm life, Vineyard|0 Comments

Expanding the Egg Business

Kelsey has long been dreaming of expanding the egg business!She has been blessed with an abundance of customer requests...so yes we have a waiting list!Since we would have to expand the current living structure for the chickens to have more we aren't able to take on baby birds now.However, thanks to our friends the Knifongs we did get to inherit 2 young white leg horns... they aren't laying yet, but soon Kelsey anticipates 2 more [...]

By |July 23rd, 2010|Blog, farm life|0 Comments

The Girls are Helping Get Ready for Baby

We have a few little boys that LOVE Blankets in our house! Well Actually all of us do.When Winter comes we live in blankets... with a nice smelling warm fire... we wrap up in blankets, sit on the sofa, and read, read, & READ!On any given day you can find Kelsey wrapped up in a blanket, on the floor or on her bed... doing her math (often times more math than she is assigned), Austin [...]

By |July 22nd, 2010|Blog, Kids Crafts|0 Comments

A Special Date with Megan

Megan is my little artist at heart...as well as my lovey girl!She is the kid in the house that needs more affection and attention at times lately.She used to be so "easy"... never really had tantrums... which I thought was b/c of child training, but have realized after having more than 3, that I was just very blessed with having a gentle quiet spirited daughter. Now that she is 5 and a half ( which [...]

By |July 22nd, 2010|Blog, Home School, Kids Crafts, Reflections|0 Comments