Katie and Alli's Birthday Party

Isn't this cake pretty? Well, it's not really a 14 yo's style, but Katie sure loved it! (insert-"you got to have whatever cake you wanted for 12 years and you get to see the Jonas Brothers in August" here) I don't know if you can tell by the picture, but the crown is made from cupcakes! Katie didn't care what it was made out of, IT HAD 3 PRINCESSES ON IT!!

Here is Alli with Bailey and Virginia-they are 2 of dad and Linda's grandchildren.

This is Karen with the latest little one-Esther.

Titus...isn't he adorable?

Katie and Elizabeth-these 2 were cut from the same cloth, let me tell ya!! Cuter than a button and ornery!

We did something a little different, and easy, this year. We had it on a Friday night and picked up Little Caesar's pizza for $5 a piece!! Karen brought coleslaw, watermelon, and salad, and I made pasta salad, pop and chips, well, I didn't MAKE the pop and chips. (don't you wish you had family that brought food to a party?!)

It was fun day! We're lucky to have cousins that have so much fun together!

To Be Continued......

Opinion-should I put the info about the picture above or below the picture? is it confusing above?

A Day At The Zoo

Last week, Abby and Elliott Mohre, Alli, Katie, Dani, and I went to the Ft. Wayne Zoo. It was a perfect day, weather wise. There was some cloud cover, so we could walk around and melt into a puddle! We rode a pony, and the day was not complete until you get a butterfly painted on your face!

Swimming At Grandma and Papa's

We've tried to spend a lot of time swimming at Grandma and Papa's. The pool was quite refressing on those hot, hot days!!!
Unfortunately, the pool has been about the color of mountain dew, so grandma has had to get lots of chemicals to straighten things out. It's now blue, just not quite clear yet. But, since it's only 69 degrees, we won't be in it this week anyway!


Who needs a suit?There's all kinds of fun!!

Grandma gets quite the workout!!

Summer fun at it's best!

Nick's Baseball Team

Here's a picture of Nick's team picture! We don't have a scanner, so it's the best I can do. (ok, confession, Alli did it)

It was a cold baseball season! Many times we sat with blankets, umbrellas, and even winter coats! But we made it and Nick had a pretty good time.

He Deserves To Be Put On Here

Sorry all fellow blog watchers!! I am only putting this on here because he deserves it. Isn't that gross????

For those watchers that don't know this man, he's a pastor at our church....hmmmmm, you say? He started out working with the youth, explains it all, doesn't it.

Happy Birthday, Alli

Happy 14th Birthday Alli!

I love the creativity of this picture......I would have NEVER thought of doing it.

I've had these set up, but they aren't posting?????? LISSSSSAAAAAA!!!!

I Know How To Swing Now

Katie has officially learned how to swing herself! Much to my laziness, I love it! It's bitter-sweet, though, my little girl is growing up. WAAAAAHHHH!!!

WOO HOO! Another Alli picture. I'm not sure I even know HOW to do black and white!!!

Here's Dani, enjoying the ride, for about 2.4 seconds. Then it's GET ME OUTTA HERE AND LET ME RUN!!!!

Learning Things

http://www.learningthings.com/aweb/aw.aspx?B=41&A=1572&Task=Click

OK, I've signed up under Learning Things. If you click on the link above, and if you order, I get credit for it. I am trying to help pay for our school books. If I sell $100 in books, I get $200 for signing up. I found this site through our loving Jenna Bowman. This site has Christian and Non. It has about everything, such as Bob Jones, Apologia Science, Spectrum, etc. I think the prices are very competitive. I got an e-mail that if I spent over $25, I would get free shipping. I don't know if this for everyone, but it's worth checking out. Now, if you order, you have to go through this link, or I don't get credit.
Don't feel obligated. I just wanted to share it with you all. I know we're all about saving money.

Thanks!
Sonya

Alli and Katie

Here are some pictures of Alli and Katie. Alli is good at taking lots of snap shots, unlike her Momma.





Pretty.....
Awwwww...

Very Sweet....

Random Pictures

Here's a few snap shots of the little ones. I haven't been on here in so long, I don't know where to begin!

Princess Dani Ranae.

Hmmmm.....

Here is Dani loving on Katie-that's what Katie said when she saw it.

Michindoh 2001

Kristy Frank in the back, Aubrey, Alli, Maty, and Christy.

Look at these girls! That's Aubrey, Alli and I think Christy. Aren't they sweet?

Handsome little buggers, aren't they!

Happy Birthday, Dani!

Can you believe this peanut is 1? She came into this world around 7:00 pm on Feb. 13th. And as many of you know, she came VERY QUICKLY! She has been a lot fun, and our family would have never been complete without her.

I have no idea why this picture flipped? It's not that way in my folder?

You may notice that we don't have her actually "eating" her cake. We had to post-pone the party to this Saturday. We've had so much sickness here, and Katie still had fever, so we froze the cake! I hope to post them next week.

What Made The Red Man (BABY) Red???

I don't think this is what they meant when they sang that song in the Peter Pan movie!!! (sorry if you have it rumbling around in your head for the rest of the day!!! Then I won't be alone!!)


WANT SOME?
Just too cute.

I would have NEVER let Alli get this dirty when she was this age, but hey, SHE WAS FEEDING HERSELF??!! It's worth it!

This is What He Likes To Do!

Confessions of a Homeschooling Mom-OK, so we don't sit around and read good biographies all the time. Or study sewing, or just plain do something more constructive than this!!! What we do, do, is watch Nick do for large portions of time! It's actually pretty fun to watch Mario Kart, so we don't mind. Sometimes we even play, and usually do a whole lot of dying.....so, we bow out and hand over the controls to the master!!!!!


Oh, Nick just told me this is NOT Mario Kart. Oh well, you get the point!!!

This Will Make You Smile!

This was a getup a couple of weeks back, and I was smart enough to grab my camera!! I have no idea why she puts that bonnet on backwards, but it is too cute not to share!

Please Vote

I was wondering if a few of my "followers" would like to share their monthly/weekly menus. There is a spot to vote on the side of my page. I am going to share mine as much as I can remember to!!!!
I have thought how nice it would be to get ideas from other ladies, especially on a week when I have brain fog, oh, that would be now! Don't feel like you need to do this, I'm just inquiring!
Or is there is a recipe you just tried and would like to share, I thought that would be great also!

Here's my week's menu:

Taco Soup
Tacos
Homemade Pizza
Steak on the Grill
-veggie
Grilled Salmon
-baked Parmesan potato slices
-salad
Pork Chops
-veggie (corn, mixed veg. or green beans)
-rice
Baked Chicken with gravy
-baked potato
Venison Roast
-potatoes and carrots

You can see that I'm not too original. Some of this we had, some of it is going to be put onto this next week. I'll get this organized eventually.

Food Picture

Alli has a great eye for pictures. Here's one of her LUNCH!!!

Christmas With Dad

Here are a few more Christmas pictures! I need to be better about taking shots of us all together!

Katie, Rilyn, Nick, Bailey, and Alli.

Bailey and Alli-Bailey and Rilyn are the grandkids that live with my dad and Linda.

I HAD to include this one!

Dad and Cyrus.

I always love having them over and just chilling out all day, eating and having great conversation. I wish we saw them all more.

Merry Christmas!

Picnic Time

Quite awhile ago, we had a "picnic", inside, for lunch. The kids love it, especially Katie! It helps break up the monotony of winter and staying inside.

Even Dani got to get into the action!

Christmas, yes Christmas

Ok, Alli said today that no-one will probably read my blog anymore, since I haven't posted in so long! Well, here's some Christmas pictures!

Alli always goes to the McCashen's to make Christmas cookies/goodies. Yeah, yeah, I don't do any "cooking goodies all day" at our house. And since Kelly thinks I'm so lame, I mean, is so nice, she takes my dear daughter for the day, and bakes away! She came home this year with quite a beautiful tray full of goodies. I think I ate about 5 scotcheroos! It was all delicious. Now if I could just get Kelly to pay for my weight watchers.....

Now, I want to tell you. I took these in honor of the Smith's. They always have these fancy, schmancy food pictures. So, I thought I'd be funny and take some! Notice the nice slanted picture...that one's for Nathan.

Here's Katie. If you notice, she has a harness on for her broken collarbone. That's a whole 'nother post....