First Days of School

The last of our Summer Pictures

VBS 2009 Drumline

So that you can hear the video, you may want to go to the bottom of my blog and pause the music before playing the video.

Check out our AWESOME drummers at Paul Ann Baptist Church

VBS, visit from the cousins, sleepovers, a trip to Ft. Worth, attempting to make home made bread and now SCHOOL has started!!!

That is what has been going on around here the last few weeks!  I'll try to give you a quick summary but you'll probably want to  see the slideshow for more detail!

My sweet nieces came for a few weeks to visit! My kiddos thought they  were in dire need of some quality time with their cousins and best friends! They all had lots of fun making sweet memories but the time together just didn't seem like enough!!! I hate that they are so far apart!!!

During their visit - we had VBS at our church - which was AMAZING!!! Just to brag a little on our children's pastor - he wrote the VBS material  and he did a TERRIFIC job!!! Way better than a VBS in a package!! It was called "Building a House of Faith"! Check out the video above of our awesome drummers! 

And that was only part of it!!! 

We also had a sleepover for Gracie with some of her "San Angelo friends". All the girls had so much fun playing Barbies and babies, swimming, playing outside, riding our horse, riding the four-wheeler! They didn't stop!! It was really lots of Fun - I even totally enjoyed all the kiddos running around here and listening to their sweet giggles!

A few days before Gracie's birthday, we took the girls home! I thought it might be an "interesting" ride with 6 kiddos, but they were really great! We only had to stop once and Bryan and I were both grinning from ear to ear from all the "looks" at our line of children we were getting. We were both asked if they were ALL ours and when we both claimed them, the response was pure shock. It really made us both proud though to be able to flaunt around 6 beautiful, well behaved children - God is so good to bless us so abundantly!!!

We stayed in Ft. Worth a few days and immensely enjoyed our visit. We went to a water park one day which the kids loved and celebrated  Gracie's 7th birthday the next day!!!

A few weeks ago, My sweet husband shared with me that he desires me to make homemade bread. Before you start getting carried away in your thoughts though - Just stop - I can hear what some think!!!! I though, gladly desire to please my husband and be a helper to him and be the wife that God desires me to be and if that means making bread three times a week, I'll do it with love and a smile on my face!!! 

So, he (on his own) researched some things and he ended up buying me a grain mill to mill grain into flour and a new mixer all to make the bread making easier for me! (My adoration for him definately climbed several notches!) The flour you buy at the store has been processed and enriched so much that all your really doing is putting a bunch of chemicals into your body. Especially if you buy white flour that actually has BLEACH in it!!! Grain is a living food like fruits and vegetables. So by milling the grain and using that flour your pouring vitamins and good stuff into your body! 

(Hope I got all that right - I'm still learning!!!)

Anyway, my wonderful husband also accompanied me to a class while we were in Ft. Worth to learn how to use my new mixer and grain mill! The class was extremely enlightening and encouraging!!!

So we have been experimenting with bread, tortillas, rolls, pizza dough, etc. Even the kids love helping! So far everything we've made has been good - and that's coming from my picky husband!

I really really like my new mixer and mill!

I enjoy making bread!

I totally enjoy cooking!

I love to do things that please my husband!

I love it when my husband challenges me to do something that seems impossible for me and I love it even more when he helps me do it!

And I completely adore and love my husband!

That brings us to this week where we have officially started the new school year!!! Caden is thrilled to be starting Kindergarten, Cambry is not so thrilled to be in the 4th grade, Zakry thinks he is TOO BIG to be left out of anything, and I am nervous but confident to be teaching two! What happened to my babies????

So there you are - hope you enjoy our crazy, but happy and blessed life!

Oh and I'll go ahead and pat myself on the back for changing my blog background all by myself!!! I'm so big!!! LOL! I still have no idea what I'm doing - so I will welcome any suggestions!!!

Love yall all!!!