Wyatt picked out this shirt for Natalie for her birthday--she loves it! So girly!

Wyatt being silly. I don't have as many pictures of him as I do of Natalie lately---he doesn't sit still long enough!

Natalie got a birthday suprise in the mail this week--an American Girl Bitty Baby from her MomMom and PopPop! She has carried her new doll everywhere. And it's name? Gurla. I couldn't even begin to spell the names of some of her other dolls! She had me do a photo shoot with her new baby the other night--and the baby's big sister Kit (I was able to convince her to keep the name on that one!).

Happy Birthday Natalie!

Today is Natalie's 4th Birthday! It's unbelievable that she's not a baby anymore!

On Saturday she shared a birthday party with her friend Josh, who turned 4 yesterday. And again she had care bears cake!

If we thought we could get away with an arranged marriage, these two would be promised to each other.

Natalie, you're still as strong willed and impatient as the day you were born. But you also still show us your tender and caring heart every day. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Mommy---and i'm sure you'll mke a great one! You love to boss Wyatt around and housework is something that you think is fun (i'm sure that will change one day). You asked me the other day if you could still be a Christian when you turn 4? And you remember everything--even stuff from 2 years ago! You are so fun and we love you!

Happy 4th Birthday Petunia!

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I'll be back soon with pictures of the kids!

We were excited to have suprise visit from some special friends on Friday night! They had a great time playing and were sad to see them return to FL on Saturday morning. We did our best to get a good picture of them all together, but it isn't easy to get 5 kids to sit still and smile! I think we got at least one decent one!

Wyatt, Natalie, Alexa, Emily, and David

On Saturday afternoon the sun was shining and it was a little warmer, so we decided to burn off the trees and as many limbs as possible from our ice storm a few weeks ago.

It started raining a little so Ben and Wyatt built a shelter.

We had hot dogs, marshmallows, and some good friends to share the time with! The kids were so muddy by the time we were done, but it was fun!

I think I need to get some advice from my sweet friend Judy on how to keep my blog updated! We have been so busy lately that I forget to update this! But we're still here and chugging along!




On Dec 17th Wyatt turned 6 years old! Hard to believe! He looked forward to this day for weeks, and finally stopped asking me how old he is now (he just likes to hear me say "you're six!")

He's really into geotrax right now so we put his gift on the cake--he loved it!

We headed to MS for Christmas this year and enjoyed some warm weather (can you believe I wore flip flops and short sleeves one day???) The kids had a blast and we were blessed to meet Chris's daughter Jessica--such a sweet girl!

And of course Nolan and Grace have both grown so much in just 3 months!

Making cookies for Santa

Natalie leaving the cookies and eggnog for Santa (bet you didn't know he likes eggnog, did you?)

Wyatt checking out the new train set Santa left

Natalie and her new ride from Grammy

Here are the girls camping out in Grace's new tent

My new gift...something i've wanted for a long time! And it was worth the wait!

And of course, pictures of baby Nolan!

What we woke up to this morning....

Around 4am something woke me up and then I heard something else really loud! You'll notice a tree by the mailbox. It came from across the stream and went down into the road. This was after a road crew moved it. And that leaning evergreen? We are praying that when the winds pick up tonight it stays put.

These poor little trees you see along the fence line? Ben planted those last year and we have had to work so hard to keep them alive and going. They were finally thriving and getting so nice and full...and were taller than the fence. Now? You see them laying over.

The main roads are okay now but our cars are covered and our driveway is bad--not to mention the trees hanging over it. But we have to go out to wal-mart in a bit since tomorrow is Wyatt's birthday and we need to pick up his cake. I'd rather go today when Ben is home with the Jeep. Speaking of--he was out around 5 am moving it as far away from the trees as he could :)

Grace and Nolan

I can't wait to squeeze those chubby cheeks at Christmas!