Soccer

Well,we're up and rolling with our new soccer season. The boys are so cute. The soccer field is close to a little airport, so of course every time a plane flies overhead they all stop and look up. The field is out in the middle of the country, and we pass the most beautiful farms and fields. Here is a great picture of the sunset one night after practice-we were right next to the soccer field.



Here are some great pics of the boys at practice.-enjoy!

Random-New and Old

Visit from Uncle Marc

In the middle of July, we had a visit with Michael's brother, Marc. He lives in Las Vegas, and we had not seen him in two years! Samuel was just an infant the last time he saw him! The visit was short, but it didn't take long for the boys to fall in love with their uncle. They were so sad to see him leave! Nathan ran back into the house on the day he left and wanted to pack his bag for the plane. Samuel cried and didn't want to say goodbye. We all said we hoped it would not be two more years till we saw him again! Here are some pictures of his visit.

Waiting at the airport for Uncle Marc



He's finally here!


They were so silly! All the boys wanted to do was wrestle!


Spending some quality time with Samuel


Uncle Marc,Popaw, and the boys

It's been a great harvest

"O,taste and see that the Lord is good!"






Well, our wonderful garden is coming to an end. We are still getting a few tomatoes, squash, and eggplant, but things are definitely slowing down. These pictures were taken a few weeks ago when everything was at its peak. Michael's mom taught me to can this summer, and I've been going to town! I love it, and hopefully it will provide lots of yummy food during the off season. I have canned tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, vegetable soup, salsa, made 3 different kinds of pickles, and lately I've done apple butter and applesauce! We'll see how long it will last. Hopefully for a while! I'm trying to save the seeds from most of our stuff so we'll already have it for next year. Even the marigolds! I love this country life, and am very grateful for it! And by the way, we still have a jungle of cherry tomatoes. Anybody want some?

Summer Vacation

We've been very busy these last few weeks! I wanted to share some pictures with you from our vacation. We were at North Myrtle Beach from Aug.14th-22nd, and boy did we have fun! The boys had a blast in the pool, at the beach, playing put-put, and spending time with Mimi and Pap-Pap! Daddy got to relax a little bit and fish and I had fun just watching the boys play! Mimi and I got to do a little shopping(mostly just window shopping!), and Pap-Pap's favorite part was just being the photographer. It came to an end all too quickly (as all vacations do) and now we're back to school, soccer, and everyday life. Thank you Lord for a wonderful break!

~daddy fishing~



~they were actually still for this picture~



~our millionth attempt at a family picture, it was so windy!~



~Mimi and Pap-Pap~



~two very precious boys~



~still very windy~



~beautiful evenings~



~sweet Sammy~



~big boy Nathan~



~neat-looking fishing boat that was waaayyy out in the ocean~




~a wonderful father~



I have so many pictures and posts to share of our garden, Uncle Marc's visit, and our everyday life, but the housework and homeschool planning are calling me very loudly! But no worries, new posts are coming soon!!!!

Simon Says, or something like that........

You'll have to pause the music on the sidebar to hear my two monkeys. Are they crazy or what? And no, they don't really cry like this. I sure do love my silly boys!

A Day of Swimming