Summer Break is here!!!

Hi all! Sorry for the long break between posts, we’ve been enjoying a much needed break from everything in life.  We finished up school, completed the Awana year and are just about done with ballet lessons for Emmy.

Here are some pictures from the Awana awards ceremony:

Thank you all for your patience!  After much prayer and thought I have decided to take the summer off from my blog to spend time with my kids.  The time is so short before they are grown and I want to enjoy every moment I can!  I will continue to pray about what direction to take this blog and will keep you all posted as decisions are made.  As time and inclination allows I may post occasionally this summer, so feel free to stop by and see if anything new has popped up!

Here are some pictures of our summer fun so far!

For those of you following my project 365, I hope to finish, but of course it is dependent on what my decision is regarding the direction of the blog.  Regardless, I won’t be doing any more with it for the summer.

Enjoy your summer everyone!!!  See you later!

Betsy

Project 365–Day 130

Elijah and Mark working together on their hobbies.  Like father, like son!

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Project 365–Day 129

Josiah and Malachi.  Love this picture!

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Project 365–Day 128

I had some time to bake chocolate chip cookies today!!! Yum!!!

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Project 365–Day 127

This week was “kids shopping week”.  Usually the last week of the month I pay the kids their allowance (one dollar per year of age per month, so for example, a 7 year old would get 7 dollars) and we go shopping so they can buy anything that they have been saving for.  We were a little late this time around!  Emmaline bought this little creature that she loved and asked me to take a picture of.

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Project 365–Day 126

I loved this picture of Malachi watching all his siblings talking and playing at the table.  He was so intrigued by them all!

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Project 365–Day 125

Elijah, Emmaline, and Josiah ate dinner at a friends house today.  It was so weird to see the table set for 4, it seemed so empty!

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Project 365–Day 124

Emmaline asked me to draw a picture of a “pretty girl” for her, which I did.  Then she tried to copy it on the opposite side of the page.  I thought she did a great job!

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Project 365–Day 123

Wow, is that our school room?!?  NOPE, this is at a friends house.  I loved how nice it looked and just had to take a picture!

And, completely unrelated, but I’m 1/3 of the way through this project! YES!!! Woohooo!!!

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Project 365–Day 122

Time for our seasonal clothing switch.  We have so much clothes that I store ahead. It’s a HUGE job changing out all the clothes for all the kids!

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Project 365–Day 121

I wanted to get a picture of Emmaline’s cute bun but she was holding Malachi up on her shoulder and it was just so cute I had to include him in the picture!

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Project 365–Day 120

Kitchen helpers!  Micah and Jeremiah just had to come in the kitchen and help me make lunch.  They had fun peeling eggs for me!

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Project 365–Day 119

Painting time! 

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Project 365–Day 118

Hi Cutie!  What a big smile!

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Project 365–Day 117

We got all dressed up for a family photo shoot.  Before we headed out I snapped this picture of the kids lined up in front of the garage.  Don’t they look cute?

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Project 365–Day 116

While the kids were gone at my Mom’s house I started painting the kitchen cabinets.  I elected to paint them black because I think they will be easier to clean. This is the only cabinet I got done so far but I’m looking forward to getting more done.  I love it, it looks so much nicer!!!

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Project 365–Day 43

I’m fudging a little here.  I missed day 43 so here is a picture of Elijah with his Valentine’s card from us.  He LOVED this card and must have read it a dozen times at least and every time he read it he broke out in this huge grin!  So very cute!  He told me “I love Valentine’s Day because you get cards that make your heart happy!”

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Project 365–Day 115

Ladybug birthday party at a friends!  Isn’t everything so cute?!  It’s hard to see in the picture but the strawberries and pretzels both have chocolate spots to look like ladybugs, so creative!

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Project 365–Day 114

Breakfast alone!  I’m always amazed at how little time it takes to throw together a meal for just Mark and me.  This whole spread, juice, danish, omelets, and coffee took only about 15 minutes to throw together.  Compared to almost an hour to prepare any sort of cooked breakfast for the fam, it’s no wonder I don’t like to make breakfasts!

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Project 365–Day113

5 of 6 of the kiddos went to my parents house to spend the night.  Fun times!  They adore going to Grandma and Grandpa’s!  And it’s a nice break for me… :-)

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