Continued from Mercies: part one. Written in April. After a week of classes, Blaine had to take a day off that first Friday and get his permit. Texts were flying between our neighbor and I regarding her buying our house. Blaine was taking his written tests over the material he’d learned. He couldn’t continue the […]
Sterling Blaine: 14.
Sterling turns 14 today. Craziness! It was not so long ago that he was little, scared of bugs, and doing crazy large math problems in his head. Today, he’s a hunter and a trapper and loves the outdoors. He still won’t kill ticks for me if he has his way, but fear is no longer […]
Mercies: part one.
So much has gone on, and I couldn’t say a word there for a long time. I created this post before I even can, so that I don’t forget details and timeline. This post was written April 5, 2021. I’m publishing it in parts as I can; bear with me. We’ve discussed moving for years. […]
Baby 10.
It’s… a…. baby!!! We decided it would be fun to keep the gender a surprise. Baby’s growing healthy and strong, not nearly the size of Creed. While I’m glad, I was rather hoping for a full sized 36 weeker again. I bet not. He measured a month big from 20 weeks on. The shorter pregnancy […]
Creed James: 1.
Creed James, boy who loves balls, swings, music, adrenaline, and food, turned one last week. He took the day celebrating him in stride… I think he’s catered to enough that it wasn’t all that out of the ordinary for him. He dug into his cake, opened his gifts fairly well after several sibling demonstrations, and […]
May 2021: so many changes coming.
Charlotte finally saw an orthopedic surgeon Tuesday. She’s in removable wrist braces that go just partway up her arm now. So much better! She’s feeling little pain and antsy to be back to regular life again. She’s super over the unlimited kindle privileges and just wants to do things for herself again. She’s limited to […]
Charlotte.
We visited with friends today who moved a few years ago that were back visiting. Charlotte was grabbing and riding a swing as she pushed it into the air and she fell – landing on both hands. She broke both wrists. She’s in splints for the weekend and will see an orthopedic surgeon for casts/braces […]
Happy Easter!
We had a restful Easter. Church, a meal together (fail: I made a ham earlier in the week. Didn’t think about ham for Easter. So in an effort to not double up in one week after two days of ham/leftovers, we had roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli, and homemade rolls for Easter instead. […]
10.
Baby #10 is much anticipated, due late September. ❤️ We told the kids on Stellan’s birthday. He said it was his favorite present.
Aggie.
We sold Aggie last night. We’ve said for a while it was time. She’s getting old, doesn’t obey the littles very well, and the older girls’ riding skills have surpassed Aggie. They need a younger horse. Liberty told me yesterday afternoon she’d put the last bag of feed in the feed barrel. If we’re going […]