Thanksgiving

Here's a few pictures from our Thanksgiving.


We started the day with these "turkeys" made out of cinnamon rolls and canned biscuits. Phoebe and Benjamin had a great time making them and all the kids had fun eating them!


Gabriel's birthday is next month and Grandpa and Grandma gave him his gift early. Remote controlled stuff is awesome.


Esther and her cousin. Next year they'll both be jumping!

We hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving.

Court of Honor

Tonight was Christian, Josiah and Gabriel's Court of Honor for Boy Scouts. A couple of times a year the boys are presented the awards that they have earned. The boys have really worked hard this past year.

Christian has already gotten his Life Scout rank and he received several merit badges. His next rank is Eagle Scout and all he needs is 2 more merit badges and a service project!

Josiah received his Life Scout rank tonight along with several merit badges. He is also now a patrol leader and a den chief for Benjamin's den. He needs to serve in his leadership role for 6 months, earn 4 more merit badges and do a service project for his Eagle rank.

Gabriel just became a Boy Scout in February and this was his first Court of Honor. He received several merit badges, his Scout, Tenderfoot and Second Class Ranks. He is also about half way finished with his First Class Rank!

Scouts has been so great for us. It has given the boys an opportunity to be involved in something that they can be really proud of. And it has forced Mama to cut some of those apron strings!

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Texas Renaissance Festival

Here's a few pics from our recent trip to the Texas Renaissance Festival. The older boys were pretty much on their own so they are not represented well in the pictures. Rest assured that they had a great time talking to the blacksmith, looking at chainmail and swords, eating turkey legs and just generally being unaccompanied by the parents. We went on the offical school days so it was a bit toned down!


Phoebe and Benjamin's first elephant ride!


During the artillery expo, Christian got to light the cannon. Super cool!


Benjamin being beheaded for being a "potty mouth name caller". How did they know?


Phoebe getting her face painted. We may try to do this on our own next year.



So, this is obviously not from the the Festival, but I had to include Esther's first real bath. She now loves playing in the tub!!

moved to the country

welcome to the new blog! Actually, it's the old blog with a new name.

However, we do have a new house in the country. We are so thankful. It's amazing how much more peaceful a home can be when 4 boys are not sharing one room. Not that they were bad or anything, that's just a whole lotta testosterone for one little room.

Hope you great weekend!