Surprise:)

I have abandoned my blog:( So much has gone on I don't even know where to begin!! First of all we have moved:) I love our new home, it is very spacious and is closer to our family, church, and church family!! My kitchen aww, I just love it

here is a picture of the children cleaning it:) before we moved in!!

I will try to post more pictures soon:)

We had a wonderful first Christmas with our newest blessing Lydia


Christmas morning, they were soooo excited!!


Lydia is such a blessing!!



She makes us smile:D


We love her soooo much



mommy and lydia being silly



Haley Grace turned 7




and baby #5 is a GIRL!!! Leah Faith Nicole will be here sometime in June 2012!!

My pregnancy is going well and I am 23 weeks today! Thank you Lord for ALL your blessings.

Summer is gone, Time for school!!!

Wow this summer has just flown by. We have had such a busy summer, but I am ready for cooler weather. It has been so hot lately, but the last few days I could "smell" fall in the air. It has been so hot my poor garden has pretty much died, I only have 2 tomato plants left:( But next year we are definitely going to have a bigger one:)


We started back school last week.
For Hannah(6th) we are using Abeka

For Bryson(2nd) we are using Bob Jones math, English, and reading
For Science, Spelling, and History we are using Abeka.

Haley is in Kindergarten, but she is finishing up her "teacher on line" through abeka academy for Pre-k(we started late she should finish up over the next month). I am not sure what we are doing for Kindergarten, I am still trying to decide. Any suggestions would be great:)

Here is a picture just for fun of my husband's "redneck" hayride,lol Have a blessed day!

How Does Your Refrigerator LOOK!!!

We are trying to eat more healthier. So I went shopping at the Farmers Market, Earth Fare, and The Fresh Market. Of course it is more expensive to eat Whole foods and organics, but we are trying to eat healthier. Our goal is to eat 80% raw, but with that said we are taking it slow. We will first just try to eat one salad a day and work our way up. As far as organics go, one rule of thumb is if it is peeled, it doesn't have to be organic(bananas, avacodas a favorite here, onions, cantaloupe, etc.). Some things are definitely organic(carrots, celery, apples, especially because we juice). After watching Food, inc. and King corn, it really made me think "where my food came from!!" As far as meats, we are trying to cut down, but I have started buying from the farmers market from local farmers, only grass-fed organic ground beef and free range organic chickens(of caourse I still have some chicken and meats that was in my stockpile that we will use first, so you will see those in there:). We are doing it slow so that it is not a big hit in our budget, but it is worth it. Here is a look into my refrigerator and freezer and I would love to see everyone's too. Blessings, and have a great day.

HERE IS AN OVERALL LOOK


HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SIDE STORAGE(MOST ARE ORGANICS AND NATURAL SAUCES



HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE TOP TWO SHELVES




HERE IS A VIEW OF THE BOTTOM TWO SHELVES




HERE IS THE "GREEN DRAWER"




IN THE FREEZER

FROZEN FRUIT FOR SMOOTHIES



FROZEN VEGETABLES



BEEF

Easter 2010!!!

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday with Family and friends:) Here are the pictures including the ones from the Easter Egg Hunt Saturday April 2nd with our church.








Two Pictures up is of Bryson and my baby brother Dylan. They both are 7, Dylan is 5 months older than Bryson, but he looks like he is about 3 years older. It is so neat having a brother and son the same age. What is more interesting is that Hannah has an uncle 3 1/2 years younger than her. Dylan lives in GA(where we are from), and is on spring break this week, so he is staying with us. I will miss him so much when he is gone. I miss all my family in GA, especially him:( The first picture of Hannah shows her prize for the most eggs. She was especially excited because next year she will be too old to hunt:(

It has been a month!!!

Wow it is hard to believe it has been a month since I last blogged. I have just been so busy. I always visit other people's blogs but I seem to forgot about my own. I have got to do better. So much has gone on, I don't even know where to begin. First off my sweet little boy had his 7th birthday on March 11. I can't believe it. This past weekend my husband and I went on a youth trip with our church. (If you checkout the website you will see our Christmas service is on there and Hannah has a solo.) We have been doing a lot of school and I am going to post on that soon. Here are a few pictures from the last few months.

Photo Contest!!!

I am entering in this Photo Contest at 5minutesformom. Summer would not be summer without water!! There is a water park near our house and my husband took the children there one day and he took 150 photos. I thought this was the best one, it really shows the girls having fun with the water squirting up. We have since went back 3 more times. The children are always begging to go. I think this picture really shows the spirit of Summer.