My Husband's Father's Day Gift....

So the kids gave my DH two boxes of duplos for Father's Day and everyone is loving them!  Every evening my DH and kiddos spent time on the floor building something new.  We've had castles, animals, trees, cars, helicopters, and the list goes on.  My hubby told me last night that we need to get some more!  I think it liked his gift! :)

October Recap in Pictures

Hmm someone found a pen...

Helping Mommy peel the apples for applesauce

A surprise birthday visit from Auntie A

Some of the 11 chicks our hen hatched

Feeding the chicks

Our new goats: Hickory, Dickory, & Doc

Waiting for Uncle D to run by with Cuz C & Auntie A

Trying on Daddy's new shoes he got for his 30th B-day!

Isaiah loved this bag with tissue paper!

Cutting up the deer

Helping Daddy fix the pickup

The chicks are growing

She found her new hat & put it on gloves, tag & all!

A picnic lunch/snack with the cousins

An apple cider donut

Yum-Yum

Such good stuff

Giving the corn husks to the animals

Taking a ride on the "dulf" cart basket

Being silly

1st bite of rice cereal. He loves it

He's 2 teeth. (Not the best pic but it's the only one that shows them)

1st time eating at the table in her "big girl" seat

Eating cereal together

Picking apples from our tree

Making apple cider. We've done 10 gallons so far

Proudly sitting by the stack of blocks she made by herself

He's starting to army crawl

Playing with the tractor

He's 1st sip of water. (With Liesel's help & from her cup)

Pretty good stuff

What a big boy!

A fun pumpkin project

My two little pumpkins

Such a cutie!

Not so keen on the green peas

Trick or Treating with the cousins

Trick or Treating at  Grandma's house

Grandma made these funny little goodies for the girls

Sweet Pictures!

Liesel loves trying on people's shoes and she tried to fill some big boots when she tried on Cousin M's!

Did you notice the boots go past her knees!

I just love this picture of him helping her!

Sweet Memories

G'ma A was a very practical woman.  For birthdays her grandkids often would get a box of their favorite cereal and as they got older and on their own the gifts changed to T.P., laundry soap, and dish detergent. (Key ingredients to run a successful household :) As her grandkids became parents diapers were the next practical thing on the list and believe me any parent is more than thrilled at getting "free" diapers!  It was always special to see what gifts would be given for birthdays or Christmas.

Well, the other day I was given a G'ma A gift.  In the process of cleaning out G'ma A's house my mother-in-law came across these...

Pampers size 5

My mother-in-law thought Liesel might fit them.  Little did she know that, that was the exact size Liesel was now wearing.

I'll admit when I opened the package yesterday to use the diapers I cried.  That package of diapers brought back so many sweet memories of dear G'ma A and oh how I wish Liesel could have know her G'ma A for longer.  They would of had so much fun driving around on the golf cart and picking berries in the garden etc.  My prayer is that one day Liesel will get to meet her Great G'ma A and spend eternity with her.

Oh who would have thought a simple package of diapers could bring up so many emotions!  We sure love and miss you G'ma A!

Enjoying the Sun

It was a beautiful sunny day so we went on a walk/picnic with N'ma and our cousins. What a fun time we had!

Waiting for our cousins

The stroller brigade-3 strollers and 4 children

Our picnic

This is completely unposed

Too cute!

Even Callie was enjoying the sun

Oops we kindof got locked in.  The farmer didn't realize we were still there! :)  Fortunately our neighbor had a key to let us out!

Oh and this is the baby's version of T.P. stuck to ones shoe but with a baby wipe instead! Got to love it!