Away from home

Today we went to an orchard out of town. Although we didn't do any apple picking this time, we still had a blast!
On the way there, we saw (at least) 50 of these windmills... They are crazy huge and are almost scary to look at. I'm pretty sure that is a house next to the closest one.

At the orchard, there was goat feeding:

And lots of hand holding:




There was jam! (Why do I get this excited and have to share with pictures??) I bought some pumpkin butter!

Bus driving:

Teeter-tottering:

Lots of kissing:

And flower picking:

All the ingredients for a great day!

In other news, Congratulations Becky!!!! My cousin just found out she is cooking up a little person due April 2010!! God bless!!! (and while we were saying prayers tonight, Addysen prayed for her Hootie [scary owl thing I made her a few months back] and her bears... little sweetie!)

Congratulations Andrea!

So one of my two followers, Andrea, on here had her baby this morning! Happy Birthday to her little boy Brennan! He's so beautiful!! God Bless her and her family! and congratulations again!!

I'm SINGING in the rain!!!

We love when it rains because Addysen gets to wear her rain boots.

And I get to wear mine:

And the neighbors, (that we actually love), brings us tomatoes!

Happy Monday

I think...

We need to have more of these nights...


...followed up with one of these:


Other news: I made dishcloths!

Addy's Art Space

Addysen's has a new space. As I am getting tired of going down to the basement (where my little art studio is set up), to let Addy 'make' things, I had a revelation:


Why not bring it up to her!
So that's what we did. I brought up her easel (which was mine growing up), and cleared off half a shelf in our antique mini-hutch thing. And it works good for us! I just leave paper up and crayons out for when she wants to walk by and doodle just a little bit. On the shelf are finger paints, acrylic paints, homemade coloring books along with other kinds of paper, markers, and paintbrushes. She loves having her own shelf that is so accessible to her. (Oh and that is a plant stool we are using for her 'table'!)

Feeling Blessed

God is so, so good to us. I mean really, too good. Lately it seems that He's really been present and I just wanted to share some little things I am thankful for right now.

Our trip was amazing and I am so thankful we had the opportunity to go on it. There was really no family fights and we all had a really great time. Addy is still talking about going to see the rocks and horses!

This pregnancy is going by so good. I could complain about my fat, sausage hands or the fact that I had to have my sister tie my shoes for me! but really, this baby is growing strong and healthy and I am as well.

I have an amazing husband. I love him so much and he is too good to me. He works 12 hour shifts then comes home and plays with Addy so I can knit and put my feet up.

My daughter continues to astound me each and every day. I know that I will have enough love to go around when this new baby comes but I cannot fathom how I will be able to give twice as many kisses and squeezes. I think I drown her in them already. Last night she would not go to bed, and she wasn't fussy or anything, just really awake. So, I brought her in bed with us and she ended up waking Aaron up because she kept giving me so many kisses and she kept saying, "I love you so much mama," over and over again. I really did feel bad for Aaron in that he had to wake up in a few hours but I did not want it to end at all!

So, thank you God, for all of the beautiful people and adventures I am blessed with and the ability to share it with the few people who are interested in what I have to say on here. I pray that God blesses you all in what you are doing, what is ahead of you, and everything/one that is in your life.

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