The stack of clothes I told you Dustin folded while I was shoveling the roof. I couldn't find this picture anywhere the other day but here it was...in the February photo folder where these pics all got placed. All is well. 1/29
Filled the "fruit of the Spirit" jar. Exhibiting the fruit of the spirit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control will get you a marble, fill it up as a family and do something rewarding as a family. Took the kids bowling with my sister and her family. 1/29 
Filled the "fruit of the Spirit" jar. Exhibiting the fruit of the spirit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control will get you a marble, fill it up as a family and do something rewarding as a family. Took the kids bowling with my sister and her family. 1/29
Kamden is able to recite all 9 fruit of God's Spirit. Smart cookie. There is a really cute song that we found that incorporates the verse. 
The big boys had to sit and keep score. (One witha bad back and the other with the sprained foot.)
We finished out the month with Skylar losing her first tooth. When I say losing I do mean losing, as in misplaced. It fell out at school (another reason I never want them to leave, you miss some of that cool stuff.). She went to turn around to show a friend and boom, it was gone. 1/31 
We searched for an hour after school, down by the gym, but it was next to impossible with all the rock salt floating around it was like a sea of potential teeth. So she wrote a letter for 'someone who thinks she is special' and put it under her pillow explaining what had happened. This is the letter that she came up with all on her own. 
Dustin was so excited to try to be the one to put a monetary treat under her pillow. Waking in the wee hours of the morning, he placed 2 blue quarters under her pillow. When she returned to school there was a treat with a note in the area that she had lost it. Someone must think she is special. When I get caught I need only explain that I, indeed do think she is someone special.
The big boys had to sit and keep score. (One witha bad back and the other with the sprained foot.)We finished out the month with Skylar losing her first tooth. When I say losing I do mean losing, as in misplaced. It fell out at school (another reason I never want them to leave, you miss some of that cool stuff.). She went to turn around to show a friend and boom, it was gone. 1/31 We searched for an hour after school, down by the gym, but it was next to impossible with all the rock salt floating around it was like a sea of potential teeth. So she wrote a letter for 'someone who thinks she is special' and put it under her pillow explaining what had happened. This is the letter that she came up with all on her own. Dustin was so excited to try to be the one to put a monetary treat under her pillow. Waking in the wee hours of the morning, he placed 2 blue quarters under her pillow. When she returned to school there was a treat with a note in the area that she had lost it. Someone must think she is special. When I get caught I need only explain that I, indeed do think she is someone special."But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22
I know, I am very fortunate to work from home and not have to drive in it. I did, however, have to shovel it from the driveway, the walk ways, the porch, the trampoline, the roof...yes, I did say roof. 1/29 
There was so much snow, this year, that roofs were 
Everyone pitched in. While I was on the roof shoveling an easily estimated, 3 feet of snow, Dustin held down the fort. He prepared lunch and put the kids down for a nap. I communicated with him via cell phone up on the roof. I was delighted to see that he had voluntarily folded the clean laundry that had been sitting on the couch awaiting my schedule to clear up.
Free ride, Dustin.
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As for Kamden's...he's got termites. There was no frosting left inside his to hold the walls up. He built it and before I could take pictures he was licking the spackle off the walls.
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What a sweet reminder, from Skylar, of what Christmas is. With her brightly colored, squared edged legos, she was still able to capture the precious moments of baby Jesus in the manger.
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Good thing I don't know how to put videos on here yet. Don't worry, I'll learn. 
One of my favorite Christmas memories, for this yea,r would be family rock band concerts. Dustin has been singing Eye of the Tiger for years and knows the lyrics by heart. So what a treat when Grandma and Grandpa Sherwood joined in to sing it with us Christmas morning.
Fun to see Dustin break out of his shell. Skylar and Kamden took turns beating daddy's fingers as he helped them be the drummer. 
Grandma took her turn singing and Grandpa played the guitar. All were smiles. 
12/27
With Kamden's asthma rearing it's nasty head... we are learning some much needed tricks in order to let him stay in the fun. We have found that the extreme dry, cold, winter air is hard on him. So cover his nose and mouth and he is good as new. 
New Year's Eve...we went to dad and Joan's. The kids decided to start a snowball fight on the way out. Fun to see everyone enjoying the snow. Little did we know what was to come for the season. "Who's my target now? Watch out grandpa G.G."
One of my favorite times of year...and one of my favorite reasons for it... leaves, leaves, leaves. 
Whether on the ground, in the trees, or just plain piled with kids. I think fall is beautiful. Thank you, Lord for the change in seasons. 11/12 
We stopped at a local school on the way to visiting a few friends playing football. I just sit back and soak it all in, that this little girl is getting so big. The denial is quickly headed up against picking out her own clothes, desiring for her hair to be worn a certain way on a given day. This day it was a straighten it day. The accomplishments of what she can do on a gymnastics floor, yes, even that comes to mind since she had no problem doing a back bend over the outdoor balance beam in this dress. Silly girl. 11/14
With multiple families, and some living miles apart, my mom decided years ago that she would host Thanksgiving dinner the week before the rest of the world. It works well for us so that we don't have to choose which side of the family will get you which year. (And since there are 3 sides, it would make it even more challenging to not offend or skip someone.) So Brandi and I bring our families up to Nana and Papa's. It is fun, laid back times with plenty of laughs. Here are all 5 of the grandkids together. 11/21
This year we were at Deb and Rob's for Thanksgiving dinner. What a beautiful job she does, from table settings to homemade bird feeders, she always puts so much thought into our gatherings. The kids always enjoy time with cousins and once in awhile they even stop to see us adults for a minute. 11/25
Sometimes it seems to take forever (for the kids) to get to the time of day that we are asked to arrive. So before dinner the boys decide to turn into undie monsters and tickle Skylar. Hey, tickling makes the time go faster, right? 11/25
This was a very sad day in my books...I am sure the picture speaks for itself. That crib had been set up for over 7 years and 7 months straight. 11/26
Oh, the love Skylar has for her baby brother and the love he has, in return, for his big sister...Skylar was so happy to see that Kamden was able to join her for her Buell's field trip. 10/20 
Going to toss in a couple more of these because I just can't resist. Harvest party costumes when we went to show them off to the grandparents. I always welcome a snowflake especially when it is a sweet as this one... 
Is this not one of the sweetest, most lovable spiders you ever laid eyes on?
