Another Giveaway

Kris at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers is having another great giveaway. Go check it out!

Giveaway!

I know I have been awful about posting here, lately, but I had to pop in long enough to encourage everyone to enter into this great giveaway that Kris is doing over at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

Easter Pics

Esther had been sick all last week. So, we did not attend church on Easter Sunday.But, we had dinner and an Easter egg hunt anyway. It was a gorgeous spring day!

Esther got a little help from Mama

Naomi partnered with Locksley
Here we are on the hunt for the last (never found) egg.
I can never get a decent picture of Isabel. She always looks like a wild child....hmm... and you can tell that Esther has been into the Easter candy in this picture.
And Ruby was the only one that bothered to put on her Easter dress. But, it sure does look pretty, doesn't it?

Warning: Heavy Picture Post!

This is a catch up post because it has been FOREVER since I posted.
Naomi turned one in January. I can not believe that it has been one year since her birth! She has become such a high spirited child. Remember when I use to post about how she was the world's easiest baby? Well, God got a real laugh about that, I'm sure. She is still sweet and adorable but woa! She is into everything and has an extremely LOUD temper. LOL





And Esther turned 3 last Saturday! That is REALLY hard for me to believe. She is growing up so quickly, though she fights it every chance she gets. This little girl is such a challenge to parent, but the joy she brings to our lives outweighs any challenge she lays before us. Once again, I can not believe it has been three years since her birth . We, also, gave her her first haircut the day before her birthday. It looks adorable!





More to come later! :)

Herbie Cake

These are the pictures of Locksley's 13th birthday cake. I meant to post these a long time ago, but forgot and was reminded last night at Mom's Night Out when I was talking about it. It was such a cute cake! The Herbie part on top was made out of cake, as well. She took Herbie off the top and brought him home because she couldn't bare the thought of us cutting into him. LOL But the next day she was ok with me cutting him, she just couldn't watch!

So Neglected!

This poor little blog is so neglected! I can't seem to find the words to write when I do find the time, so it just sits waiting. Not that I think that there is anyone out there anxiously awaiting to hear from us, but I hate that it has been so long since I posted. We have been preoccupied with the failing economy and how it is effecting our family. There are so many people out there that are in the same situation as us, so I won't waste time complaining. Christian has been without a steady job for a few months now. It is hard financially and really forces us to be resourceful and rely on God. We go through moments of fear, but are quickly reminded that God is the ultimate provider. Christmas was a huge fear moment. We had no way to provide gifts for the kids. We told them before hand that we would not have gifts for them, but they would still receive gifts from the grandparents. They were fine with that, believe it or not. We really underestimate our kids sometimes. Then someone gifted us money to get the kids Christmas presents! That was wonderful! Guilt free Christmas money. To be able to buy the girl's each a Christmas present without feeling bad that we were not spending the money on a bill was so wonderful! And then on top of that, the girl's got so many presents from relatives that we had to make three trips in the car to bring it all home because the presents and the girls could not all fit in the car! lol They had a great Christmas. Would they have had a great Christmas without all the gifts? Absolutely! They enjoyed so much spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with family and they know what Christmas is really about. They know that we are not entitled to any gifts, but, hey, it was alot of fun for us (and them) to watch them open gifts.
So, what else has been happening this month? Naomi has started walking. She is still pretty unsteady on her feet, but walks more than she crawls. She looks so cute walking! She holds both her hands up high to help her balance and looks like a chimp walking. Too cute! Esther seems to be growing by leaps and bounds, too. She is no longer using her pacifier. We lost it about a month ago and she has been without ever since. She still asks me almost daily "Where my paci, Mama?". But, it has become more of joke between her and I than her actually wanting it. She is such a silly kid! She is also potty trained! Woohoo! She has been without a diaper for two whole weeks, now. Completely without a diaper even at night and when we go out places. I am so proud of her! Aren't they growing up so fast?
The older three girls have gone with my parents for the weekend to visit my sister and her family. They will be home on Sunday. It seems very quiet and strange around here without them. It is just Esther, Naomi, Christian and I and Christian is gone to work during the day. So, I don't have my big girls here to help out. I have become Esther's only source of entertainment. Well, me and her new favorite pastime of trying to make Naomi cry at every opportunity. Sheesh... what is up with that? My goal all day is to keep children from crying and her goal seems to be to make Naomi cry everytime I turn my head. She will take a toy from her, "hug" her while she screams and tries to get away, or even just poke at her over and over again. All of this is so much fun because Naomi has discovered her temper and how to use it. Everytime someone crosses her or she doesn't get what she wants, she screams REALLY loud. She has even tried to bite us when she was mad. I know that at one time I only had little ones, but it is so much easier to get things done with the older ones around.
O.k, this post is long enough! I pray you all had a wonderful holiday season! I will try not to be so neglectful with my blog from now on. I will admit that Facebook has been so much easier for me to keep up. I am usually on the computer in small spurts. When I finally catch up on blogs, I have about a million to read, which leaves no time for leaving comments. Time management is something I need to work on this year... that and a ton of other things! Ugh... that's a post all in itself!

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