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He shall cover thee with His feathers and under His wings shalt thou trust, His truth shall be thy shield

HE HEALS THE BROKEN HEARTED AND BINDS UP THEIR WOUNDS PALMS 147:3

AS I HAVE LOVED YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER JOHN 15:12

Going Trick or Treating with the neighbors


























At school on Halloween

















School Parade









The carved pumpkin!

James' Jail Cell

I have come to realize you have to be smarter than your children. Within the last few weeks when I would put James down for his nap, instead of walking into a sleeping child, I would walk into a tornado. He would slide out the drawers on the changing table, take out ALL the clothes and scatter them all over the floor and then use the empty drawers to get up on the changing table part. (Yes, this whole unit is bolted to the wall.) Then, he would get into the diaper changing supplies - his favorite being the BABY POWDER and then dump it ALL OVER the clothes on his floor and of course the carpet!


I have now become smarter than him and stripped his room of anything that he could turn into a mess.


Notice no diaper changing supplies up by the wipes warmer and NO drawers!







Of course, this might be his new nap area! Notice the baby powder smeared on the back wall of the changing table behind his head. How did he get that there last week? That was behind the drawers?!





All his clothes now live in his closet. Notice how Mom is smart and put a child saftey thing on the handle so he can't get into the closet?






Notice the hooks on the wall? There used to be a cute quilt hanging there but instead of fighting putting it BACK UP after every nap, I am just leaving it down! One less thing now on my list!






The bed...nothing on it but Barney and Tad.









So yes, it is basically like a jail cell - a bed and toilet (diapers). Other than that, there is NOTHING and I won't have a big mess to clean up every day after the nap! I am so glad my smart neighbor suggested for me to GET A BRAIN and become smarter than him!!!

Snow Days and Lost Teeth

Rachel & James in the bath! Bubbles and good times! Notice Rachel's missing tooth! Jason pulled it out with the needle nose pliers. Gross!







I went to card group - where we make 30 handmade cards and then trade then trade them with 30 other gals. I came home at 9:30 pm thinking that Jason would have the kids in bed....their own not ours!!!






James' first experience with snow. We got him dressed and then took him outside. He just stood there, got cold and then wanted to come inside!







Here is a close up of the missing tooth!








Here is the puppy....there went the puppy. She is probably 60 lbs and there is NO way I could even attempt to pick her up! She is already bigger than Sammi was when she was full grown!