Dale is going to have a birthday!

WOW so I decided that we could take a trip down memory lane! Dale is about to be SEVEN! WHOA...time has flown for us. Stephen and I are seriously trying to talk him into not growing anymore or having birthdays! Oh we will still get him gifts and have parties but we just want him to slow down on this growing up he is so good at! Dale is a sweetie...so is his sister! I am going to post some photos of birthdays past for our little trip down memory lane! These are from when he was born...his first birthday and then also a second b day shot...that one because it included "B" his teddy bear he still sleeps with! What a special boy we have been blessed with...more later! E

Grapes!

Planting the first Grapes in March 2005! WOW! I will put up some from this year it is amazing to see how far they have come!

Okay so we are having a good day.

Stephen is still gone...he is in Texas getting an airplane. Please pray he gets home soon. Some complications with the plane along with weather have delayed his trip home. And if you didn't already know we just bought an airplane. A Cozy Mark IV, this was a dream of Stephen's for years. So yay for dreams coming true!

We have some little friends over to play. Their sweet Mommy and Daddy and little brother are getting their household goods delivered today. We are enjoying the fun and giggles. But right now they are all "resting" WOW!! All on laying down, not together, and looking at books. I think "A" may be sleeping. We went to the park and played and then got lunch. After rest time we are going for a walk!

So I am going to work on the budget. Fun stuff!!

More later...E

The Front!

Okay so we will start with the "front" of the house!! As you can see we do have some grass, this is nice not all the houses out here do! Of course we have put pumpkins outside, reminds me a little of home! The area with the gravel is leading up to the backyard but it has a sitting area, I guess if we wanted we could sit out there and watch the kids ride bikes. We spend most of our outside time in the back...when I post those you will see why! Tonight we are having some friends over so I am going to clean so I will take the other photos!! We do have a few boxes left...still not the storage we need but we really do love the house. COME SEE US!!

Cub Scout Cake Photos

See I really did let him crack an egg!!

Cub Scout Cake

YAY for Dale he made a cake for Cub Scouts. I even let him crack the eggs and pour in the ingredients!! I did roll out the sugar leaves BUT he put them on himself! I iced the cake too...I know but my OCD came out and I couldn't stand to think of the mess...I am working on it...he did get to crack 3 eggs!!



We had so much fun last night at the Pack meeting. His cake was the highest bid and made $25, the total for the troop was over $500!! He was so excited. He bought a "football" cake and it was yummy, or so they tell me...has gluten so it is a no go for me!



Well supper time around here...I am thinking In-N-Out burgers...YUMMY! And yes I can eat there, just no bread/bun.

For some reason it won't let me post pictures...I will get them on here later!!

WOW...I'm BACK!

Okay so in honor of the halfathon that we are doing I have taken a photo of day one of training. We are going to do this to celebrate a friends milestone birthday and also to get in shape...the motivation will be the trip and celebrating with my girl friends. Most are walking it, some are running but in the end it will be fun and great for us all. We still aren't sure where we are doing the halfathon but will keep you posted!!

So we are mostly settled into our new home. Moving across country to a different part out West has been an adventure. Getting settled into a routing with home school is the most important thing right now so I am going to give FB a break and I will be blogging more! That way the grandparents and other family can see what is going on!! We have been to the Grand Canyon twice (North and South Rims), once on our way here and then again with a df. We also went on a grand adventure to Zion! It was amazing and all I can say is I cannot wait until the next trip!! I have had requests to post photos of our house on FB but I am going to put them here...you know the whole FB break thingy!! We are starting Dance with Miss Merideth tomorrow and Dale is a Cub Scout...we are enjoying it all. I better run...got a lot to do around here!! Next post will have the front of the house...then I will add more later...or it may include Dale's leaf cake for the Cub Scout Cake Auction!!