Christmas Decorating

Oh man, I am so terrible at keeping the blog updated!! I might need to get fired! Anyway, here are some pictures of what we have been doing.

Noelle holds up the book of the nativity cookie set we have. We started a couple weeks ago doing a different cookie a week with a story up until Christmas. These pictures are of the donkey cookie.

Mmmm. Tastes Good!! Hannah licks the beaters.

The three silly heads with their tongues sticking out while cutting out cookies.
Noelle with the pan of cookies right before heading to the oven. (On a safety note, no we do not allow the 4 year old to use the oven, she just wanted to show the cookies to us.)

Noelle holds up a strand of popcorn and cranberries she completed.



We also did some decorating for Christmas. Here is Hannah after setting up the Little People Nativity set. In case you were wondering, I think Hannah is making a statement by wearing her bathing suit while Christmas decorating..... just wishful thinking of a green Christmas!


Hannah's picture of her completed set-up.

Some of our town set on the buffet.

This is probably my favorite Christmas decoration! My friend bought it for us and we all love it! Thanks Sarah! It is very rare that you see anything like this for sale that will include our whole family on 1 decoration.

Some of the garland and red bows over the doorways.

More over our front door.


And lastly for now, our regular nativity (with a few extra figurines on the side) on our entertainment center in the living room. Daddy built the stable for our nativity set a few years ago, isn't it beautiful??!!

More Christmas preparations coming soon.....I hope ;)

Animal Update

Here are the newest pictures of the animals. They are know all cozy in the barn for the winter.

Mr. Trey :}

The always beautiful, Cainey!

Wild spotted one, Jasper (who just a few days ago got stuck hanging over his door in an attempt to escape his stall!).


Izzy..

The ones that are still cute (but VERY SMELLY)!

~Lindsey~

Sledding Fun

Here are some pictures of what we did yesterday for a little while before the big snow storm struck.

(Okay, I guess not all of the pictures are of what we did!)

I bought this wreath a few days ago and Daddy hung it up for me over the big barn door. He even adjusted a light so that at night it shines on it! Thanks Dad!

Isaiah and Lacey out in the snow playing.

All the three girls went sledding down the hill together!

Here they are coming down the hill.

Bubba (Chris) helps Hannah back up the hill with her sled.

~Lindsey~

Nothing Sweeter

When I returned Monday night from volleyball, this is what I found...

Timmy and Isaiah cuddling :o
I think Isaiah was supposed to be putting Tim to sleep, but babies do seem to have these types of effects ;)
Finally sleep takes over both of them!

Lindsey

New Piggies

Four new piggies arrived today! We are going to raise them through the winter and they will go to slaughter around May.

They are very scared of us still, so this first picture is of them all huddled in the corner of their house. We have already named them, too. Thanks to Hannah's idea, we went for a "Tarzan" theme. The big spotted one is Kerchak, the one in the very back is Tantor, the front right (the only girl) is Jane, and the front left is Tarzan.

Some of the kids gather in front of the house to check out the new arrivals.

They are SO cute! They always stay together. Here they are working together to root up one area. When they are happy they wag their tales like a dog :)

~Lindsey~

Soap Making

Recently I had an opportunity to make soap... the real way, with lye and the whole nine yards.

It won't be done until around Thankgiving because it takes so long to dry. We can't wait to try it! It was definitely a learning experience all around, but hopefully it comes out correctly! The picture is of the last day I had to stir it to re-incoporate the olive oil because it seperates from the lye for a few days. Thank you Mrs H. for the fun learning experience!

~Lindsey~

Happy Birthday Timmy!

On November the 14th Timmy turned 1! I (we) can't believe that a whole year has alreay passed! We made him a cake and had a party with just us on Saturday. Here are some cute pictures of him, along with his cake.

This is the first stage of the cake with frosting on it. We all decided this was our most creative cake so far.

The finished product =) Everyone worked together and added an element or two!

Timmy taste tests the cake... okay squishes it!

Handsome young Timmy proudly models his new PJ's!

Timmy being goofy! We love our little man!

Happy Birthday Tim-Bob!

~Lindsey~