Cow Apprectiation Day 2012!!!(Free Chicken)

This our 3rd time dressing like a cow for Chick Fil A's Cow appreciation day (2009, 2010, we skipped 2011 because we were out of town)!!! I know it may seem crazy, but free food, yes!!! When you have a larger family and try to live more frugal, you don't get to eat out often, so this was a great opportunity to enjoy our selves and not feel guilty about how many groceries/meals we could have spent that money on. Here are pictures from our day.

Baby Leah:)

Lydia:)

my whole "herd" including my cousin Austin:)

Lydia loved the cow!!

Fun times!!

We ended the day with free Starbucks:)

Jesus loves me:)

Haley wanted to sing for the camera so here it is

Marie Madeline Giveaway:)

Head on over to the The Modest Mom for a fun Marie Madeline Giveaway:) They are one of my favorite companies. I have bought several items from them including "happy scrappy" quilt.

Saint Patrick's Day!!

Today we celebrated Saint Patrick's Day.
We celebrated this morning with Irish Oatmeal(Please excuse the pictures, I have misplaced my camera and these are from my phone).


For lunch we had baked chicken with "green spices"(basil, parsley, etc.), broccoli, and green beans.




For dessert we had "green" cupcakes!!!




We also learned some interesting facts about Saint Patrick's Day and the Shamrock. Patrick was not born in Ireland but went there after God called him to go. He used the Shamrock to explain the Trinity. We colored some shamrocks and wrote short stories on what we learned:)

Dress like a cow day at chick fil a!!!!!!

We had a great time at chickfila today. It was totally free because we dressed like a cow. What a great way to have a "Frugal Friday".

Funny Dance

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

My Goodness Time Flies!!!

I have been so busy lately that I have not had time to blog. First off I am very upset about the recent election. But God is still in control!!! I did my part and voted and that is all I can do. God is still on the throne and I do believe that our Lord Jesus Christ is coming back for his people very soon. Second I am also upset because one of my favorite magazines has come to an end. Hidden Wisdom was a very inspiring magazine, and I sure will miss reading it. Speaking of Which, Tanya who has a blog called Beautiful Calling was on the front page of the Last HW magazine, along with Shelby who has a blog as well. We are very busy these days getting ready for the upcoming holidays, but through it ALL I will keep my focus on the Lord.
I love this picture of Jesus, and it reminds me that we should all have a servants heart like our Saviour Jesus.

Pictures

I wanted to share a couple of pictures, from the past few weeks!!!

My little kitchen helpers!!!








Here is Bryson, I got the guitar for $10, and the dinosaur set for .25 at Goodwill

Laborious

How long were your labors?
Hannah 12 hours
Bryson 6 hours
Haley 3 hours

How did you know you were in labor?
I was induced with all three.

Where did you deliver?
All three at the hospital, hopefully if I have another I would love to have a homebirth.

Drugs?
With Hannah I had the works, pitocin, epidural that did not take, and everything else.
Bryson just the pitocin no pain medicine
Haley just the pitocin and no pain medication.

C-section?
Up until 37 weeks Hannah was bottom first, but thankfully at the last minute she was head down. My babies came to fast to even think about a c-section, thank God!!!

Who delivered?
Dr. Bradshaw with Hannah,he was okay. But Dr. Brogden with Bryson and Haley, I love her so much. She is a Christian and now she is all of my family's ob.

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Fun on the Moon walk!!!

We bought this moonwalk 3 years ago for Hannah's birthday party. The kids love it so much. My husband usually goes out on the front porch and plays the guitar while they play.

Cumberland Falls!!!

This past Saturday we went to Cumberland Falls in Kentucky. It is about and hour and a half from our house. We had a picnic and then took the trail to get a closer look of the falls. We were only there for about 2 hours and we saw a storm brewing up so we had to leave. But overall it was a fun exciting day with our family. In the pictures you will notice the water looks muddy, but that was from the recent rain. The people there said it is normally crystal clear.


















Don't ask my daughter is something else!