11/27/11

Thankful hearts

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Autumn has come and been so pretty.  We have been enjoying our beautiful weather and the changing of the season here in the foothills of Alabama.  Since the addition of our 4 children, life has been busier than ever! Trying to get my lesson plans completed has really taken a back seat unfortunately…sad face. I’m hoping to get back on it shortly, but we’ve spent some good quality time instead…here’s how our Thanksgiving went.

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Snack time out on the upper deck, just outside the kitchen.

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Going on a hike into the surrounding mountains on the property.

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Every kid loves to walk along the creek when it’s low enough.  Posing for this pic wasn’t the favorite idea though. 

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Getting ready to head in for some turkey dinner.

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We had sooooooo much food!  This year was a little different in that we didn’t go anywhere and didn’t have any visitors…very, very different.  But we did have four new little family members!!  In light of that we decided to stay home and focus on being together as a family.  Since possibly that may have been something new for them.  Our two oldest girls helped me in the kitchen and we baked and cooked all day.  Our oldest boys and Dad went out doors and the ‘littles’ went along too.

At the end of the day, we sat down to a huge dinner…all 10 of us.  Good, good feeling! 

Hope you  had a wonderful Thanksgiving day! Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Blessings! Kimi

 

11/9/11

Finger is healing

It’s been a week now and Garrett’s finger is in a cast and has finally stopped throbbing so bad.  We go next week for a check up and hopefully the cast can be removed.  He’s ready for the normal things boys do at his age: play ball, wrestle with his brother, rake the yard…NOT…that’d be the things Mom wants the boys to do at his age. 

Thank you for your prayers and concern.  Much love to you!  More update soon.

10/31/11

Broken [pinkie] finger

Well, earlier this month Garrett, our 13 year old, pulled his left rib cage from the chest wall when we were moving and this past week end he broke his finger playing football with the guys.  The ribs are healing very nicely and so he decides to go play football with his buddies and we all know how guys can be when they are having fun….ruff.  Anyway, here we are in the ER again with Garrett and then today at the orthopedic surgeons’ office.  And so Wednesday he’ll be having surgery on his left hands’ PINKIE finger.  Thankfully the break wasn’t [ON] the growth plate, but it was on the phalange just above the knuckle. Look in the pic below...it was a clean break. The surgery will correct and repair the break with dual pins in a cris-cross manner. We're hoping the recovery won't be a full 6 weeks.
Thanks Bro John and Sis Michelle for helping after it happened…John (a local fireman friend) actually had to set Garrett’s finger as it was terribly dislocated and Michelle (who is an ER nurse) set our minds at ease when she assessed it. Camille (who is in nursing school and the BIG sis) wrapped it up safely until we got him to the ER that night.  Thanks you guys!
Please keep him in your prayers as he will be having surgery this WED morning.  I’ll send an update afterward.

10/26/11

The many joys of parenting many!

The last week has been more busy than ever.  We added one more little one (for just a little while) to our mix…that makes 4 new ‘LITTLES’ with 6 original. Over the weekend we went to the park for a few hours and played on every-single-set-of-monkey-bars, every slide, every swing…LOVE-IT!!! We arranged everybody’s room in an efficient manner, did lots and lots of laundry, went to birthday parties, mowed/weeded the yard, prepared the kids play area,  tidied the house some more, fed chickens (which BTW haven’t started laying eggs since the move, poor gals), and have absolutely enjoyed SEEING fall arrive!
Here’s a quick mix of pics for you--
We are learning new things every day and taking it very slowly with our new children.  Parenting is totally a journey worth taking in stride. 
Thanks for stopping by for a visit…and thank you for your prayers.
Kimi

10/13/11

The journey continues…

The last few months have been busy for us.  We have moved into our new home, complete with a secure, finished basement, our oldest daughter has moved into the little efficiency attached to our house and we have new little family members.
Click on our photo gallery below and you can see some of our recent pics…have a blessed day!
ps...our comments have been reactivated ;)'
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