Getting ready for Christmas

The kids had a lot of fun decorating the cookies. But they love licking their little fingers and eating the cookies the best!





























Elijah got to put the Star on this year.
















We were able to actually build a Gingerbread castle this year. we had fun putting it together, they kept adding to it after this was done.

Thanksgiving

This was one of the best Thanksgivings I have had. All the food was great and my brother Paul and his family came up from North Carolina, and Kandrick's mom Anita came over. The kids mainly played games while the adults cooked and watched or played football. I stayed in my sweats all day and loved it.


Almost everyone passed out by 4:00pm. Here are some pictures of a few. I was up and out of the house by 4:50am the next morning for those wonderful sales. I love it!!


Here is Shaela, As soon as I put some food on the table she got up on the chair and started in on the Lamb.
Here is the best Turkey ever. Everything was so moist, and the best flavor!
Kandrick and his mom (Anita)
Alyssa helped me cut onions for something, I can't remember what it was.
Isaiah shows off his Turkey he made
Duanavan helped with the pumpkin Pies

Climbing Walls

The kids had a blast climbing the wall at a football party. Shaela and Isaiah had to have special harnesses that were for little people. It was so cute and they just kept wanting more turns. Shaela loved the dropping down part the best! Elijah and Duanavan did pretty good too

I'm Back

Okay so I have not posted in about 4 months so here is a lot of new posts. There was so much more that I could post from July and August but I have already been up for 3 hours just doing these one's, so I am going to bed. I just realized it is 2am. Hopefully I can keep up now.

Halloween

Shaela was a bumblebee, Isaiah was The Hulk, Duanavan was something he made up, and Elijah was a Ninja. I love Shaela's boots. All the kids looked very cute.
Isaiah digging in his candy bag
We went to the boy's first Halloween party and they had a blast. I made these cupcakes.
These are the one's Duanavan Decorated. He had fun.


We were out tick or treating and Shaela stopped to say hi to the little man. Well when she was done she turned around to go up the stairs and she tripped on the stairs. She turned and looked at the little man and just cried. The look on her face was like she thought the little guy pushed her. She was terrified after that.
I found these big glow sticks for the kids this year. They loved them. I found swords for the boys and a yellow wand for Shaela. And then I found miniature ones that I put in Shaelas hair and around the boys necks. It was way cute.

Steve and Lisa were able to come to our ward Halloween party. The kids had a lot of fun.

A bee for a Bee

Field Trips

I love Homeschooling my kids. This is our first year and I am defiantly learning how to teach my kids and they are still learning how to learn from me. Every day is different and I still have so much to learn and get better at. But these are just a couple of Field trips we have gone on.
We just recently went to the African art museum and the Asian art museum. The boys couldn't understand why all the African art had Naked people on almost All of them. I tried explaining but I'm not sure if any of it got through to them.

This was our trip to Henricus. It is all about the life of the native Americans and some of the first settlers in Virginia.
Native American Hut
This is some of the kids in our Science and History Co-ops
Learning all about "Green Gold"
Learning all the different trades that the settlers had. And how they built their homes.
Army gear
Settlers Home
This is the way the native Americans crushed their dried corn
and carved out their canoes
Shaela just being cute