Christmas Cookie Fun!!!

This is my favortie part about Christmas..... pictures of the people I love!

I love these kids! We can have some FUN!

My little mini me!!!!

silly time in the kitchen!

My little baker!

Moose loves him some Hot Chocolate!

Ta Da!!! Beautiful Yummy cookies!

Chick Fil A Christmas

Fun with Santa Cow and Elf Cow

All a board the train!

You would have never know he is 8! He is so silly:)!

Bored..or... captivated

Come Adore Him

This picture puts tears in my eye! She is adoring her Savior King!

All Ready for Santa

Thanksgiving day!

Matt's first smoked turkey!! Look out Countyline BBQ!!

It was only suppose to take 6 hours.... ended up smoking for 11 hours! So we had a vegetarian Thanksgiving and then had turkey the next day! It was really YUMMY though!!!

We are so Thankful this year for all God's blessings in a new place. He is a GOOD God!

We are thankful for these silly boys who are full of LIFE!

I am thankful for Aubree's sweet and loving heart.

Texas girl at heart!

This is for Belle!!!

thankful

I am thankful for my God, my family and friends. I am so thankful to stay home everyday and raise my kids the way I feel that God wants them to be raised. We are having a great month learning all the scriptures on being thankful and really focusing on ALWAYS find something to be thankful for everyday.
I also have being crafting up a storm this month on the Cricut!!!!!! Like my banner???

all dressed Up

 

Ready for some fun at the zoo!!!! We got LOTS of candy and at the end a YUMMY Krispy Kreme Doney:)

The Smoky Mountians

It is beautiful here in the Smoky Mountains! We went for a weekend trip for Hudson's birthday. In our hotel they had a indoor mini water park that was awesome, the kids had a BLAST. We saw a black bear, right out side the window, high up in the trees eating something!!! That was really neat to watch.
We were going to go hiking, but it rained and was 38 degrees out so we just took a drive! It was a fun get a way weekend and I am ready for the hot summer sun already!

Homeschool is going GREAT!!

we wear dress up to school!!



Shaving Cream Math!!



Learning Together is awesome!


I am so pleased at how the home school is going! I think we are getting in a routine and it is working out great. I was not prepared for the amount of prep time for the lessons, so that was an adjustment. I am still trying to figure out how to clean the house and do laundry in between lessons. I know that at the end of the day the work will still be there, so I will get to it when I can. I think the high light is watching the kids growing closer to one another! Mason and Hudson have become best buds again and that I LOVE!!! SO thank you for your prayers, we appreciate them.

healing is coming

My GI track needs to be traded in for a new one. I have had such issues with my body lately and its irritating. About 2 years ago I was suffering big time with my GI track and was put on a very restrictive diet. I stayed on it for about 8-10 months and my issues were gone. I thought I was "healed." So i then went back to a normal diet. Then about 8 months ago the symptoms little by little started to come back up. Now it is unavoidable, I have to fix it.
I've been sick since August now and on top of all the Gi issues, I have daily dizzy spells. It is now effecting my everyday life. I don't want to go out and about because I'm worried about not being able to get home. There are lots of afternoons I spend laying down it bed missing out on having fun with the kids, and I can not stand it. Now that I am my children's teacher I cant not have these spells, feel sick everyday and do the job the way I need to. Sooooooooo...................................
I need to put my big girl pants on and do this. Here is what I can eat.
Organic protein, organic vegetables, eggs, almonds, walnuts, seeds and rice! Oh, I can also drink herbal teas and water.
That's IT! If it is not listed I can not have it. So the good thing about this diet is that it is SUPER healthy and once I get past the first month or so I will be feeling great. SO that is what I have to think and focus on. I will be daily leaning on God to get me through this. Its so hard to think about all the tasty desserts, baked goods and Italian foods that I can not have. Chocolate is a hard one for me as well. With us going through the holidays soon I know that I will miss a lot of yummy treats. BUT, I will feel so much better and that is whats it important! So please pray for me to have a positive attitude and that God gives me the strength I need to have a happy heart.

a night in the corn maze!

The Frame family made a trip to Charleston to see our missed friends! We had a blast. These kids played so hard for three days straight and crashed hard on the way home to Knox. While we were there we went to a pumpkin patch at night:) We even got to do a corn maze in the dark! We brought flash lights and glow sticks and made our way through the corn stalks with six kids, and we all made it out safely! It was SO much FUN!!!!! Lots of laughs, food and pumpkins:)!

Mason, Mikey, Jake and Aubree are ready for the fun to start!!

Steph and Lily girl on the hay ride!

Lily loves Matt:)! I told him he looks good with two little girls and I think Aubree needs a sister!

We Made it!!

This is how Aubree made her way through the maze.....

I love this man and I am so grateful for his big kind heart:)!

He is such a amazing daddy and he loves having fun with his kiddos.

Happy Fall y'all!