Where there are boys...

there will be DiRT!

 

I found these pictures on the computer tonight and thought they were so funny.  Not sure when this was or who took them.  I guess one of the girls did it when I wasn't home sometime. :o)

They play so hard and have SO much fun together!

Life is good when you are 5 and 2!

You know spring is REALLY here when the pecan trees are turning green!  They are the last to turn in the spring!

This little guy is so full of life and personality!

Myles plays hard from the time his feet hit the floor early in the morning until we make him go to bed at night.  He is a creative little fellow and always has some sort of "dress up" grab on.  Usually it is cowboy themed.

I have a lot I want to write about on here but just haven't had time to sit and do it. Thought these pictures were a post in themselves!

~Goodnight

Springtime!

Signs of spring are everywhere here in the south!   The trees are all in bloom, the grass is bright green, the goats have started kidding, and there is a dusting of pollen everywhere!

 

This is our Nubian "Licorice".  She was the first to have babies this year and she gave us triplets.  We sold the girl and are hoping to sell the two boys soon!

I love this Bradford pear tree!  McKenzie and Matthew planted another Bradford pear on our property the summer that my mom died.  We thought we had lost it that summer but it is doing great now!  It looks like it has grown a foot since last year!

Macheus got busted for getting into Madeline's purse!  She has had TWO brand new Burt's Bees lipsticks ruined by this little booger lately.

The hens are all laying again.  They went on strike during some of the cold winter.  So glad to have our own eggs again.  It was really hard to pay over $4.50 for "not so fresh" eggs from the grocery store!  We laughed when I brought a carton home and it had poop on it! :o)

                                                           Malachi  :o)

Myles.... always dressed like a cowboy!

                                                Mr. Independent!

His favorite one liners these days:  "No!"  "I do it!"  "I dunna dit you!" (I'm gonna get you.)  "How you?" (How are you?)  He is a mess and definitely keeps us on our toes these days!

Madeline working Candy after she has had a long lazy winter eating!

Very thankful for this new friend of ours that is a horse trainer/ riding instructor.  She is helping the girls with Candy and trying to help us find another horse to buy.  The girls are wanting to ride together now that Mariah has gotten older.

Marc, Matthew and Malachi just got back from a camping trip this evening.  We had quite an adventure while they were gone.  It is late so I will save that story for another post!  I took the kids to town for supper tonight (love Barberitos kids night!) and the guys got home before we did.  I got a text from Matthew that said,  "You guys didn't tell us that we had more goats."  While we were out another goat,  "Ivy" had twins.... one boy and one girl.  Matt and Madeline just headed out to the barn for a late night feeding.  This is a fun but VERY busy time of year for us!

~Until next time!

George Washington Carver

"I asked the Great Creator what the universe was made for. ‘Ask for something more in keeping with that little mind of yours,’ he replied. What was man made for? Little man, you still want to know too much. Cut down the extent of your request and improve the intent.” Then I told the Creator I wanted to know all about the peanut. He replied that my mind was too small to know all about the peanut, but He said he would give me a handful of peanuts. And God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth—to you it shall be meat.’ I carried the peanuts into my laboratory and the Creator told me to take them apart and resolve them into their elements. With such knowledge as I had of chemistry and physics I set to work to take them apart. I separated the water, the fats, the oils, the gums, the resins, sugars, starches, pectoses, and amino acids. There! I had the parts of the peanuts all spread out before me. I looked at Him and He looked at me. ‘Now you know what the peanut is,’ He said. “Why did you make the peanut?” I asked. The Creator said, ‘I have given you three laws; namely, compatibility, temperature, and pressure. All you have to do is take these constituents and put them all together, observing these laws and I will show you why I made the peanut.’ I therefore went on to try different combinations of the parts under different conditions of temperature and pressure and the result is what you see.”  ~George Washington Carver

I loved this quote that Marc read to us this evening during our famly Bible time.  McKenzie did a report on George Washington Carver many years ago for our home school group at the time.  He was a fascinating man.  We have a movie about him that is very good too.

A walk in the park...

Mondays while the girls are at their piano lessons, I take the boys to the park.  I used to do my grocery shopping during that time, but with the changes in our family dynamics this past year we switched things up a bit.  We are all much happier! :o)

 

This was actually last week.  The weather was gorgeous that day, and we took a loaf of bread with us to feed the ducks and geese.

There was a male/female pair of geese that the boys were feeding.  Another male tried to come over and they kept "honking" at each other.  Macheus kept flailing his arms around at them and said,  "Bein' me!"  (Which means  "being mean".)

Malachi has grown up so much in the past year.  He gives me hope for the other two! :o)

I would love to know what he was thinking.

Boys are so much fun!  They get so excited about the simplest things!

Malachi asked if he could take a picture of me.  He took about twenty in a few seconds time and this was the only one where my head wasn't cut off or Macheus cut out of it. :o) 

                                 Oh.... this little guy. :o)

 

"Sweet Baby K"  and "Baby Mac"  Names his sisters call him. He is only slightly spoiled.

Yes, Myles thinks the bright blue mud boots go with everything in his wardrobe!

In his own little world. I hope he is always this happy and content.

He came SO close to falling in as I was snapping this picture!

Love days when I slow down and really enjoy my blessings.

Two Ships....

This was taken on one of our date nights.  It is always hard to pull myself away from the many things vying for my attention at home, but I love my date nights with Marc! I am thankful for my "big kids" that can take care of the little guys and keep things going at home.

 

Today was exhausting!  Matthew was at school and then work all day.  Madeline has Veritas all day on Thursdays, so that leaves Mariah on down at home.  She was pulled to the barn off and on all day because of goats that will start kidding any day now.  I was trying to school Malachi and get some housework done.  I will save the details for a post with pictures of Macheus' shenanigans today!  I don't have the energy to upload the pictures this evening!  I will just say he was a pistol today!
 Anyway, I was planning on tag teaming with Marc when he got home and I was going to head to town to get a few things done.  He walked in the door and I made a comment that there was a college scholarship meeting this evening hosted by Veritas. (I had NO plans on going to it.)  He said he thought it would be a good idea for him to go.  (With one in college and another headed in that direction soon we need all the help we can get!)  So..... I left for the store and he took off for the meeting!  As we were leaving I hollered to him,  "Two ships passing in the night!  I'll see you when the kids are grown!"  Madeline said,  "What is that supposed to mean?" :o)
It does seem like there is always something going on!  I am looking forward to summer this year.  I will have some work to do with Malachi, but other than that we will (Lord willing!) have nothing much going on this year!

Well, I need to get to bed!

~Until next time!

Just Like Daddy

  One evening Marc was sitting on the couch reading his Bible and Macheus climbed up there and started imitating him.

 

So sweet....

Macheus likes to "pray" now too.  It is so cute as he babbles and then nods his head when he is saying "Amen".

Very thankful that they have a faithful daddy to follow.

Spring...

"He has made everything beautiful in its time."  Ecclesiastes 3:11