Decision Made!!

I got her a gift certificate from our local Greek restaurant (maybe she'll take me :-)).

We also are passing out candy for a while this evening, so I spent about an hour adding Bible verses to the candy bars (2Timothy 1:7 & Romans 12:21). We don't let the kids participate anymore, but I thought this would be a good outreach for our neighbors. We will go over to my sisters later and B & K will probably get candy there.

I just found out that my sister made her own cake! She makes great cake, but she didn't have to make her own cake. I would have made one, if I had had my head on straight. Maybe I'll do better when I stop having babies.

Homeschool and Birthdays

We tried something new today. I have been worrying about the kids writing and what to do, I have not spent any time working on their writing so far. Well, I decided to make them write something, anything for 30 minutes (15 for Kyla) or one page-full. They didn't complain. Well, Kyla did, but I didn't force her to write more, she'd written a cute story of a butterfly made of butter that she put in her oatmeal for breakfast. I'm hoping to get them in the habit of writing so that when I try to get them to write something specific (bookreport, letter to Mammaw, etc...) then, it won't be so awful. I think it went pretty well. Now, we need to spend more time reading together. Oh!! while Brendan and Kyla were writing, Ryann sat on my lap and let me read a whole book to her (a little board book, but still!)!!

My sister's birthday is today, yes on Halloween. I don't know what to get her. I am thinking about going to BB&B or L&T for something I want and just getting her one too. I don't know. I am having a hard time keeping up with birthdays, especially those not in my household. I hate that I waited until the last minute. If you read this, sorry Cindy.

Well, it's time to change a diaper, get lunch and then go shopping. I'm glad that I can run around while my youngest takes a nap.

Camping Pictures (2nd attempt)

My Ryann relaxing with a cuppa joe? Okay, it's an empty cup, but we eventually filled it with Cheerios. She loves this chair.

Brendan trying to convince me not to take his picture by scowling, but this is the only one I got of him.

Kyla, not so camera shy, eating one of my breakfast pies. Yes, you do see black, I'm still learning.










My beloved, enjoying coffee from the neighboring camp (some pregnant lady forgot to pack some for him, since she can't drink it).

A campfire cinnamon roll! These were so good.
It's just a hollowed out orange, stuffed with a canned cinnamon roll, wrapped in foil and put in the fire.




How cool is that?

Camping Picture

Me enjoying the fire (or what was left of it) this past weekend on our church campout.

We had a great time visiting with our church family and enjoying the great outdoors. The weather could not have been better, a little chilly at night, but absolutely perfect during the days.

Well, I wanted to add more pictures, but I'm having a hard time, maybe I'll try again in a bit.

First Entry

My name is Kathy and I have 3 beautiful children, Brendan 12, Kyla 8, & Ryann 22mos. I am happily married to Steve, an aerospace engineer. We live in a suburb of Houston, TX. We are expecting baby #4 in March 2007! I am pretty new at blogging, but look forward to writing everyday and posting some pictures. Hopefully, my family and friends will be able to keep up with us and our homeschooling adventures this way.