The Beginning of the Mudroom Makeover

So the mudroom has been my nemesis up until now since there was no way to organize everything, and believe me there's alot to organize! But hopefully, this is the beginning of a much nicer entrance for our guests since we prefer for everyone to come in through the mudroom.(This has been posted for the benefit of the 2 Grandma's. They can both appreciate it.) Dell went to the woodshop and used scrap wood to make theses cubbies for the kids stuff. I'm so excited about it! He did a really great job!!!
WOW! All I have to do now is paint... one day when it becomes more important to me!

It's More Fun Together...

Jordan coming up for air.
These boys always make me laugh. The faces, the sounds, the imaginations.

Jacob with his shark.

Jacob attacking the current diver with the shark.

Why Tim?

So here's a picture of Jordan.....before my brother ,Tim, cut his hair behind my back and against my will while Jordan was at his house. We were going to let it grow all winter and cut it at the beginning of the summer. He's still as cute as ever but I loved how his hair felt and looked. He had beautiful curly hair and I loved to touch it. Poor Jordy's hair. He likes the cut and actually wanted it , but only after Uncle Tim convinced him that long, curly hair was for girls! Just terrible Tim. He was perfect just the way he was. Yes, he's super cute with his squared away haircut, but I'm so sad that I don't get to see the end result of letting it grow. For shame on you!

I'm Being Ambushed!!!

Having a little taste of your own medicine Jackson ?

What's The Deal?

What is it with my kids' fascination and abounding joy they get from eating snow? I remember eating snow as a kid but not in mass quantities like these children do. I have found that lately, I've stopped telling them to stop eating it. I think this would be a never ending battle if I chose to pick it as one. But I choose not to. My kids are very healthy, rarely sick,(has there really ever been any documented case proving snow can actually make you physically ill? ) and so happy shoving there faces full of the white stuff every day!

Note to self...... Google the effects eating snow can have on small children eaten in large quantities on a daily basis....
Ggggggrrrrrrroooooossssss.......

Its always great fun for me to watch these guys shovel. It inevitably turns into a race of some kind, a weapon of war or some western cowboy's horse. So many different scenarios that churn around and are played out with Haley and Jackson. Jordan and Jacob are on a completely different level, but they too play out entire, day long productions. (mainly of a western theme) These guys have amazing imaginations and create some pretty awesome stuff. I love being witness to all of their creative stories brought to life on a daily basis. Please, no calls or offers from any Hollywood screen writers....

When The Chef's Away....

....the substitutes play....
....and take pictures and chat....

......and "overcook" all the pizzas.... good times with good friends.....Robyn Walsh and Courtney Fenton. I cooked the 2 days Dell was gone from camp and the last day, Robyn and Courtney came and actually did most of the work. We really had too much fun as you can see from the pizzas.....it was good anyway... we were told many times that they preferred the crunchy pizza....yah for cool HoneyRock people who go with the flow!

Christmas Play

The kids were in a Christmas play on Sunday. A very interesting storyline I might say but funny and cute. Here Haley hugs her friend Grace Ribbe. They sang a small duet together. If you can't tell by the pic, they are 50's poodle skirt wearing sheep.
Jackson is a cool sheep..... yes, I know.... not your traditional Christmas story...( which in itself, is full of imagined details that aren't actually factual.... but that's a whole other story.)

So cute.....I laughed so much at them!

Don't let them fool you.... they're no angels!!!!

Don't you just love the face?

Just Another Day

Jacob, trying to stay awake waiting for Grandma to get here.
Tired, but holding out til Grandma arrives.

Trying to get their work done so they can go outside and enjoy the snow. They opted for the living room as their location for working in their workbooks today.

"Take a picture of me!" is what I'm always hearing when they see the camera.

Why not wear your PJ's til you absolutely HAVE to get dressed when we go outside?

Christmas Tree 2008

We always have tons of fun chopping down our Christmas tree. This is by far my favorite yet.
Jordan, happy its his turn next to saw the tree.

This is right up Jacksons alley...

Its so big we put it in the kitchen/dining area in front of the sliding glass doors.

We liked it just the way it was. Except for chopping a little off the top to fit it in, we didn't trim it at all. Just chopped it down and put it up..... Not perfectly shaped, just the way I like it!

Welcome The Newest Resident at HoneyRock

Yah!!! Cohen arrived about 4 weeks early but healthy 0n 11/20. So perfect and small at 4lb 9 oz.
Me, Cohen, Mommy Lauren and Robyn at the hospital about 5 hours after he was born. We were so excited to finally meet him.

What precious, beautiful miracles babies are!!!

Haley holding Cohen for the 1st time on Thanksgiving.

Cohen and Jackson

Oops !! I Posted These Backwards.....

As most of you know, October and November were quite eventful in our family. From Dell's moms 2 brain surgerys in NC to Haley's bonfire burn accident, we are finally ready for only fun excitement! I apologize for posting these backwards. I posted these from most recent to oldest by accident and I don't know how to undo... sorry...

This is Haley about 2 weeks out. She's even better now. The last dead skin has fallen off and there's only a slight discoloration now which, over time and with proper moisturizing and protection from the sun, we have been assured will fade.
About 1 1/2 weeks out. Her hands were severely burned although its hard to tell in the pics. They caused her the most pain and actually she couldn't comfortably hold her pencil to do her schoolwork for 2 weeks so we just did alot of reading. Her hands are quite sensitive to the cold.

About a week out.

The night of before going to the hospital. She was in alot of pain and they were told(I was still in NC) she had 2nd degree burns. We are so thankful it wasn't worse than what it was. The Lord is good and we are reminded of His love and faithfulness through these times.

MLB Here I Come...

Jackson LOVES baseball.... well.... all sports .... and he's pretty good too. Here are some pics of him in action mode.

Well... actually, I think Dell got him to pose for these.... this was the first day I was gone to NC and he took them to the field.