Mike's in the Hopsital...

He came home from work today with severe stomach pain , tried to get some rest, but that was not working... so off to the E.R. ... they are running tests but SO far it's pointing to his appendix I all ready put his name in the temple and Mom's going to come sit with our kids so I can go to the hospital. Keep him in you prayers!!!

Okay, so besides watching our trees grow......

and watching water pour.....
we REALLY have been CRAZY busy and having tonz of FUN along the way

We are down to one kitten... the other one probably became coyote bate , but Tobi is keeping close tabs on our other little guy!
Kids are all doing GREAT, learning lots, playing hard and are all still best friends, what more can any parents ask for?
Cyrene wants to walk OHH SOOO bad, but for now the awesome laundry basket rides from her older brothers and sister will have to be her quickest and FUNNEST means of transportation!!!

She's pushing the 10 month mark and doing great... still no teeth, but that doesn't slow her down from eating just about everything we eat......

Ive been exceptionally busy pulling together TWO different craft fairs, selling my products and I've added a new line of Tu-tus to the mix... costumers are LOVIN them.... I've got eight on order as we speak.....

this was my set up for the Cancer fair, I shared a booth with a friend, she was selling these neat magnet boards and a couple other wooden crafts.

This was the same weekend we FINALLY got Sarah to come and visit, it was a TON of FUN, my only wish was for it not to be such a crazy busy weekend, but none the less, we still made "our" smoothies, worked out together, pigged out on pizza, talked till the wee hours of the night and immensely enjoyed each other's company and that doesn't even touch on how much fun the kids had together!!!!!!! I thought for SURE i was going to wake up the morning after they went home and see that Andrew packed a bag and walked his his cute self to our house just to live with "HIS Colby" We also got a special treat of seeing cute little miss Jacque, LOVE HER all ready!!!!!
David you picked a keeper!!!!!

Halloween was hectic and fun , we lost our little Carlie for about two minutes, and I've never been so scared in my whole life!!!! Luckily we found her safe and sound, despite being out in the MIDDLE of the ROAD in front of the church!!!!!

The girls were these wild and gorgeous witches, Here's some pics for you Nichole. I finally got some up for you!!!!

Colby MADE his costume and he sure Rocked It!!!!
Cayden was a pirate, he could care less about dressing up , just give him the candy and he's happy!!!

Mike and I took the boys to a haunted house, it was a BLAST!!!!!

this is the greeter/owner, and YES this snake is real!!!!

Mike was trying to get me ALL scared so he could hold me tight all throughout.... any one who knows me, knows I LOVE screaming ALL the way through haunted houses... I love Haunted Houses!!!!!!
(fake ones!!!!)

The boys and their cousin Theron, working on being future scientists!!!

More Tu-tu fun, i LOVE making these things!!!!

So many variations and they turn out SOOO Cute!!!

This is Camber's FAV.... we call it "tropical skittles"

Cyrene in all her CUTENESS!!!!

This was the other fair.. called the "Octoberfest" it was such a beautiful weekend!!!!

I love the way my stand turned out!!!

You know the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure" well this is A FACT with the boys.... they love their forts!!!!

the proud,( and they SHOULD be) end result, kick back and enjoy!!!

I can't even lift these railroad ties they drag around!!!

we went kayaking, i was soo proud of Cayden for conquering his fears of boats and water, he was determined he was NOT going to get in and sure enough he was THE FIRST one out there and the last one to get out!!!!

it was fun, other than the whole WET butt thing, but we dried!!!

This was a field trip for the virtual academy we do.

Carlie FINALLY got her buttons to communicate, it's a trip watching her use them!!!!

She especially does well using them when she's offered candy, marshmellows and fruit snacks!!!!

I made a KING size rag quilt for my dear friend who lets me keep my stand at her consignment store..... WOW was THAT A LOT of WORK, but the end result was AMAZING!!!!
She LOVED it!!!!!

I keep forgetting to mention this MAJOR change in our homeschooling.... thanks to my marvelous Mike, he came up the the solution to me NOT throwing in the towel...... A "schedule"( I know how many years have a fought this one HeHe) and with this dry erase board ( He made.....9 feet by 4 Feet)
it's AMAZING and SOOOOO HELPFUL!!!!! I highly reccommend for all who homeschool!!!!

You made it through..... sorry it was soo LONG!!!!! I'll try to keep up on my posting in the future.... guess i should just join the whole "facebook " fad......nevermind I don't need MORE to check in on and update...

What a WEEK!!!!!

Kickin it off with Mike and his bros heading down to Black

River... looks like they got their fair share of rain!

Do you think they could carry anymore stuff... and Mike makes fun of me and the amount I take camping... Oh well they are all tuff men... glad I didn't have to carry those packs!!!!

next time I'm sneaking in Mike's bags what gorgeous views... Mike had a GREAT time .. no HUGE fish to brag about, but good times with his brothers is FAR more important anyways!!!!

Cyrene is now sayng "ba" for ball and she LOVES loves LOVES balls!!!!!!!!!

We got a new toy to add to the collection.. meet the "ROAD GRADER" needs a paint job, but it runs quite well!!!!

Any guesses where these next few photos took place?

Video arcade....

Nope... the DENTIST... my kids count down the months for their next cleaning... I know my kids are quite deprived... but hey I'm proud of it !!!! They have a blast!!!!

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!

Carlie NO longer takes the binky... AT ALL!!!! 9 days and counting... she is doing AWESOME without it and no drooling... YAAAAAY and less whining too, she doesn't even look for it or take Cyrene's.. it's actually quite Amazing!!!!!

Cy-Cy not ONLY crawling but ... well you'll have to see to believe it......ENJOY!!!!!

so just a quick update and that's not even ALL of it .... I'll try to post the other TWO cool things going on.... when I catch my breath....

Love and miss you all, Amy!