Excited to be outside and very thankful!!

It has been so wonderful the last few days here with the temperatures being warmer and seeing the sunshine. The kids have been able to go outside and play and not even wear their coats. What a treat this time of year to be able to go out and not have to bundle all the kids up!

Stephen enjoying the tree swing!

Tommy was super excited to get outside with the big kids!

Joey and Kelly enjoying some rope swing time!

Just glad to be outside! 

Don't know how long it will last, but are so thankful for it!!

Thank you Lord for the beautiful weather!

Blessings,

Alice

Snow, school, and being creative!

Well we are back into the swing of our normal routine. Our days are filled with learning, playing, reading, and everything in between. During these cold winter months when we spend more time inside than out, we work hard to try to be creative and stay busy! 

We have already had some snow and the kids were so excited to get out and play.

Kelly and Sam playing!

Joey and Stephen

Tommy looking and watching from inside. I told him, you will be out there next year buddy! :)

He was very content enjoying his lollipop.

Tommy and Sam enjoying brother time!! Sam loves playing with Tommy!

This was one of our cold days when the kids couldn't go outside.So they used their creativity and made some tents and then had fun listening to Kelly read.

The next two pictures are ones that I love. Sam was having problems with his shelf next to his bed. So Joey took it upon himself to get it down so that he and his Dad could fix it. I came upstairs looking for the boys not knowing what they were doing and this is what I found! 

I just thought this was so cute! 

He was successful and his Dad was very appreciative.

This is Joey this past Saturday watching his Dad fix our dryer. Do you see a theme here? Joey loves to fix things. ( He was enjoying his lollipop while watching his Dad)

In the midst of the cold days we are so thankful for a warm home, the opportunity to learn, and try some new things.

If Kenny is not working at Chik-fil-a, this is usually where he is, in his room studying.

Working hard!

Learning to play jacks!

Keep enjoying these winter days and stay warm. :)

Blessings,

Alice

Sammy's Birthday!

               It is hard to believe our little Sam turned 6 yrs. old on Monday January 5, he had been looking so forward to his birthday. Sunday the day before we had a family over after church, one of their little boys is Sam's favorite friend. His name is Grant and Sam was so happy that he got to come over.

This is Sam and Grant a couple months ago at the Scottish Ball. :)

We've always tried to make birthdays very special for each child. Over the years we have done different things. This years Sam's day started off with a special breakfast with his Daddy!

The rest of the day was filled with singing "Happy Birthday" to Sam at different points of the day. He got to drink Coke with his lunch which is a real treat around here. In the afternoon we made popcorn and he got to pick a movie to watch. He wanted homemade pizza for dinner so that was easy and every one was happy about that!!

Enjoying his pizza on his Avengers birthday plate!

He had fun opening his presents and was so happy that Grandma and Grandpa could come. I don't have a picture of them but they were there as always something the kids always look forward to.

Sammy giving Patti a big hug before she had to go to work.

Love you so much my one and only little brown eyed boy!!

So thankful that God gave you to us, you are one of our precious gifts.