I thought Abigail looked really cute doing her school.

Caleb’s trumpet teacher recommended this breathing apparatus. As soon as Caleb got it unwrapped he plopped down in the chair and tried it out. Probably not the best posture for practicing breathing. HA!
In school we read “The Swiss Family Robinson”. When we finished they wrote reports. Zeke and Abbie drew pictures and I believe it was during that time when Zeke invented the “Franz Dance”. He’s such a goofball!
One night things were particularly crazy while preparing for dinner so I enlisted Nathan’s help. Don’t the gloves crack you up? He kept getting spattered by the grease.

This was just before Men’s Retreat. I was making crusts for peanut butter pie. Everything was going just fine until I got a phone call then my crust burned. Not too long afterward there was a stick-up in my kitchen. The little bandit demanded food…fortunately I happened to have a burnt pie crust and some chocolate pudding. It turned into a “tea party”.

These are the only two pictures I took during our men’s retreat girls’ weekend.
Zeke came down the stairs decked out in one of Aleah’s 50′s costumes. We all got a good laugh, but Caleb found it less-than-amusing.
The perils of having a big sister.

Sam was playing a game on Haley’s phone. Lillie kept leaning closer and closer on Zeke. He finally said something about her squishing him. I just thought it was a cute picture.

More exciting things to come…






























































