Happy Father's Day

to a wonderful daddy and husband. Craig, thank you for always loving God first and leading us to do the same.

Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate. Ps 127:4-5

What is your favorite thing about daddy?

Faith: I like him b/c he teaches me stuff and he is nice when we are playing bow & arrow.

Claire: He really really loves me. I know he loves me b/c he hugs me.

Will: Dada bye-bye (we think he likes to play outside with daddy.)

Me: His heart, his laugh, his sacrifices and love he has for me....Also, thanks for those precious babies!

Happy Father's Day to my daddy, father-in-law & brother- in-laws - none of who read the blog!

**Also, happy late b-day to my fave middle sis! I could not blog that day but I did call! Love you Mere!

amarillo by morning

we are in amarillo and staying at a drury inn, very nice, we are enjoying ourselves. i think we may believe we are on vacation or something. last week was wonderful, i will post pics soon but first i must post a convo between claire & luke at sprague lake.

Claire & Luke are walking on a trail around the lake.

L: claire, let's count to 7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7!

C: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

L: now, let's count backwards from 7. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1!

Claire keeps walking.

L: claire, now you count back from 7. come on claire!

C: (turning to walking backwards) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7!

priceless, can we call that higher order thinking?!?!?

sleeping woes

why is it some children cannot sleep anywhere but their own bed? will hates his pack-n-play in estes park,co. however, it is sooooo beautiful, that makes up for it.

as i type, i am looking out a huge window into the snow capped rocky mountains. we went to the ymca of the rockies today and the kids fished. we signed up the older 3 for 1/2 day camp tomorrow. we plan to travel up trailridge road but it is closed due to 2 feet of snowdrift, maybe wednesday.

it is was 42 degrees this a.m. when i went to the store. brrr. it would be really tolerable if not for the wind. tonight, we are going on a hayride that concludes with roasting marshmallows & hot cocoa. the kids are so excited, hope will makes it on no nap! well, gotta go look out the window. just thought i would blog a bit since i know all 3 of my readers are dying to know any details.

Going Green

Beaumont has started a pilot program to recycle again. Faith is really excited about it because the schools have been pushing it as well as studying it. I think she played a factor in our family cooperation.We chose a laundry basket to dump our recyclables in and then we take it few times a week to Market Basket, the designated area at this point. We are the only city, of our size, in Texas that does not have a program. One nice perk to it is you can put all items in one container, no separating.
Just to set things straight, I am not so green that I am resorting to cloth diapers. :)

Off to bed, traveling to wichita, ks in the a.m.

dar-ling!

paula made these dresses for my girls. i believe they are blogworthy!
they are almost alike but claire would not take hers off to get a pic. i guess i could have waited until they were asleep, but i could not. :)

will is just in the pic, one shoe on, one off. he is sportin' his new crocs. (yes, they are character but it beats lightnin' that are red & blue.)

other news: will has been limping for a week now, even got an x-ray of his leg, it is fine. must be picking up a new habit so i bought new shoes just too make sure his foot was wide enough. we are going to estes park in 2 days, i hope his hikers fit. it.is. snowing. there.today. (no sundresses needed.)


off topic, if i could get anymore off....according to my sis-in-law and gas buddy, estes park's gas is $4.25 a gallon. nice.

went blueberry pickin' this morning with faith & claire at 7:30 a.m. will slept in. i took a pic on my cell but i cannot get it to the computer. claire was quite the picker, she loved it. faith was glad to be late for the next to last day of school (june 5th!) it was very relaxing, nice breeze for 85 degree weather. tomorrow faith only has a 1/2 day of class. i would hope so. i remind you: it.is.june.6th. however, she has had a very eventful week, i am glad it is over. she is wearing her sundress tomorrow. ex-citing days!

Up, up & away...

and a few tears. Faith decided to climb a tree and continue to climb and climb. Craig was in the backyard with her and he could not believe how high she climbed. By the time I got outside, I got her picture but then Craig scared her b/c he got nervous about the strength of the limbs.
He had to climb up and get her so she was crying by the time he got her down. Maybe b/c he had to help or b/c she began to panic, I don't know?!

the dish washers

This past week, Faith decided she wanted to learn how to do the dishes. So, we have been learning what is dirty, clean, unloading, etc. Today, Claire decided she wanted to wash. There were a few dirty things in the sink so I let her wash. I went to check on her in about 5 minutes and I noticed she had a lot more dishes. She had unloaded the clean ones out of the dishwasher and just re-washed them. Oh well, they are now really clean.

This is a plus situation, it is a job I dislike. Nothing like training them early... chores are so fun!