Happy Birthday Hayden!

We love you!

OH Grandpa Larry...

how I love my pie, just like you!

Like my dad. I love to lick the bowl! Of course, he licks chocolate cake.


We recently watch mom's favorite movie "A Christmas Story" I'm showing her how a piggy eats.


YUMMMY! My smile say's it all! Happy Holidays everyone!

Thanksgiving...

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We sure did. We continued the tradition of putting the tree up the day after and the kids spent Saturday morning putting up some decorations. We still have things to do but here is a brief look.


I was trying to get a picture of the kids with dogs in front of the tree. What goofy kids we have.



My only "kid" who is picture ready. See her smile and how she keeps her eyes open?!


Oh, and tonight we have been blessed with SNOW! It may finally start to feel like Christmas.

Greetings from Jeff...

Typing with teens...

even our teenager thinks it is cool!

Why we homeschool...

because our kids have old souls. Hannah has been wanting one of these since she saw the Kit movie. Finally after much hunting I found one at a thify store, actually Jarod found it. I was opening up a more modern typewriter (one you plug in) when Jarod found this one.

A "Remington 1956 letter riter" YES! I did spell that right! Nic, does this count as a dobby deal? I paid $15.95, can you get a computer for that price? OK, I know it doesn't connect to the internet, but it does connect us to the past and that is priceless!

Our "Gracie Burns" writing her life story and boy is it good! Do you like her hair? She had a hat on and took it off. You just have to love hat hair!

In case you are wondering, she also loves to listen to my collection of records and is getting a nice collection of her own. A few "new" ones she has added is Disnay's Mary Poppins, Cinderella and a few other Disney Classics, like I said old soul.

"George Burns" writes his life story and it is FUNNY!

Love for a Grandpa!

Birthday boy and yep you guessed it, his grandpa.


A little angel and the love of her life, ok one of the loves of her life.

Happy 11th Birthday Jarod!

Grandpa and Hannah enjoy a cupcake!


Some new Bakugan's for Jarod's collection.


A nerf dart set from Grandpa Larry and Grandma Judy!

I can't believe Jarod is 11. The time has gone by so fast. Soon he will be driving and dating. While Art is cleaning of the shot gun for the girls, I think I will buy a six shooter and learn to fire for "my" boy! hehehe! Love you Jarod and I am so proud of the young man you growing up into. Mom

Here comes's the Bride...

Sarahbeth as Abby...

So, Sarahbeth and I keep looking at her face in the FALA*WEEN post. We just could not figure out why she was round and red in the face, until last night. That picture was taken Friday and on Thursday during lunch a friend gave Sarahbeth a cookie. Sarahbeth took a bite and then spit it out (ok gross fact, but true!) What she tasted and the friend didn't know in the cookie were nuts. We thought she would feel just a little off as she did not eat them but we were wrong. She ended up home from school for 2 days and returned yesterday. OH how I hate those stupid little nuts!

More Halloween!

Our 3 great kids. I should let you know Sarahbeth wasn't feeling well and still isn't. She doesn't look happy in any of the photos I took of her.


Jarod's Frankinstein boy! Look how he can cross his legs!


Phantom Pumpkin, 1 of 6 pumpkins we craved.


Our ghost pumpkin, I think Sarahbeth did this one.