Enjoying the weekend!

Beautiful weather and family time together - who could ask for more?

Princess Time

A costume is worth a thousand words! Tessa sported her princess getup on all of our travels today! Smile!

Sunday

So Good!

No more pictures Mom!

My overall girl!

The overalls have been through 2 kids but they still have room for a third!

Tessa and I did a little work in the garden today.  We planted some pretty bulbs, blueberry bushes, a blackberrry bush, and strawberry plants.  Let's hope that we will reap the rewards of our labors come Spring and Summer.  She really did have fun despite the solemn look on her face.

Sandbox time

A little fun outside after school

basketball

digging in an empty planter- note the chalk on my dress

being silly me!
We are happy to have some beautiful weather.  Tessa loves being outside and begs Graham to bring her out.  Lucky for her that her brother adores the outdoors too!

Spelling

We do alot of spelling around here.  Last night Graham was discussing which candy he got at school and he spelled the word "CANDY" .  Tessa replied  candy---d---y.  I think that she is catching on to our little game!  So Funny!
He also mentioned that his friend had a 'claw money' fund.  We were confused and asked 'what's that?'.  He replied 'you know Mom, claws---those machines in front of stores like Walmart where you use claws to get a prize'.  One never knows!

Happy Valentine's Day!

a little party in Claire's class

Love to all our family and friends!  Thank you Roz ( or Rozie as Tessa says) for the too cute shirt!    Enjoy a beautiful day!

The road to recovery!

Tessa is feeling much better today! Hooray!  Claire wanted me to experiment with my new camera today so the girls put on their matching shirts and we gave it a try.  There is definitely more features on my camera then I will ever need.  Hopefully, I can master just a few!  Have a good weekend!

The Flu

even in sickness one finds time to 'color'

Little Tessa has the flu even though she  got the flu shot this year.  She had a fever last night and just didn't seem right this morning so we went to the doctor.  Poor baby just isn't herself.
The big kids had a delay in school opening due to 'ice' on the roads.  I am ready for Spring.

Say Cheese!

prayer

Please pray for my friend who is paper chasing for her beautiful daughter from China.
Click on her blog to the right:  Her name will be Emily Margaret

Have a good day!

Happy Sunday!

Looks like we have finally conquered the stomach bug  and another unknown virus around here!  Hooray!  We are glad to be on the mend. 

 We had a scary ride home from the orthodontist on Thursday night.  What should have been a 10 minute ride took us 2 hours on roads covered in ice.  We were all glad to be home.

Today it is a sunny 39 degrees,