February book

I finally finished my Feb. book, the Olympics put me really far behind. I basically didn't read for the whole two weeks. I also ended up reading a different book than I said I was gonna read. I found a book that I started several months ago and thought I lost. The Last Juror, by John Grisham ended up being a great novel. It was a slow start for me but half way through it really got exciting and had a very sad ending. Now I will try and finish, The Five Love Languages of Children, by the end of March and I will let you know what I think.

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Girls with the money from selling their crops

selling their crops at the farmers market

Picking oranges

Samuel getting his milk after milking the cow

Girls milking the cow.

Samuel with the onion that he picked.

Hannah harvesting her carrots.

Hannah planting her carrot seed.

Abigail planting her tomato seed.

Samuel feeding the chickens.

H and A feeding the chickens

Petting Zoo

This boy was in Heaven. He loves tractors!

This past Saturday we slipped on our boots, which is a normal occurrence around here because the snakes have awaken from the hibernation, and headed on down to the Houston Livestock show and Rodeo. We talked about the letter "R" in school for the week and on Thursday I introduced "R" is for Rodeo, told them Daddy was taking us to the livestock show, talked about all the animals then might see and they did a neat activity book that i found online at the HLSR website.

The girls were very excited and from Thursday on Saturday became, "Radio day" as the say. Yes, they inherited some of their Mama's speech problems but at least it wasn't "Wodeo Day" as I would have said. Thank you Mom and Dad for sending me to speech therapy :)

We had a really good time! They have so many neat exhibits for the kids, even Samuel was able to participate. After the exhibits when headed over to the Horse arena and watched a horse show. The girls really wanted to see the horses and as usual, Abigail was asking lots of questions as we watched the Western Horsemanship Show.

Strawberry Shortcake

I made this delicious dessert one Friday night, a couple weeks ago, when our fresh strawberries were at the end of their life. I even made the whipped cream myself. Go Mama Go! :) We all really enjoyed it. The next morning I heard Hannah say," Hey Abigail, That was yummy cake last night wasn't it!" I guess she dreamed about it all night long :)

Thankful Friday

I know I was not very faithful with my thankful Thursday quest. But today Friday, I have been overwhelmed with thanks so here it goes.

I am thankful that... (in no particular order)

-I don't have to wake up to an alarm in the mornings.
-I get to spend each day with my children.
-I can dance and laugh with my kids in the middle of the living room.
-My children have a beautiful place to run and play outside.
-My husband can walk home for lunch, even if he does get called on the radio the whole time.
-The baby growing inside of me is healthy and already loved.
-I truly love and adore my children. Sadly, we live in a grim dark world where not all moms can say that.
-My husband and my children's father are the same man.
-The above mentioned husband loves his family and is willing to sacrifice for us.