What Mary is Thankful for

I am thankful for Spock because he is cute.

I play with Spock on the trampling.

He is nice and he also smilse.

What Ruth is Thankful for

I am thankful for my,pets ,art class,books,games,and moives.I am thankful for my pets beacaus I can play with  them.I am thankful for my art class beacaus I can learn art. I am thankful for books beacaes there entertaning and   intresting.I am thankful for games so we can have fun as a faimaly .And I am thankful for moives so I don’t have to read books all the time.

Water Fun in November

November in Texas.  Bathing suits and sprinklers!

Making pies

Matt is so good about spending quality time with the girls.  Last night they made a pecan pie!

Angel Tree

For the girls tithe we decided to buy gifts for two children via Angel Tree.
The girls went shopping yesterday to get the items on the list and we spend some time wrapping the gifts.

Japanese Walking Gardens

We had great weather yesterday and went to the Japanese Walking Gardens.
The grounds are beautiful and we had a really fun time walking around and eating a picnic lunch outdoors.

Fredericksburg

 Arriving at the living history farm.

 A very large pig and a very silly Ruth.

 Ruth's new friend the cow.

Best find of the day, chicken and turkey feathers.

Introducing

Tiny Mercury (we studied the Romans and their gods this week in history).

He and Spock are now getting along famously and having a great time being boys.  Lots of wrestling going on over here at our house.  So much fun!

Daddy's helper

We cleaned the shed and garage yesterday.  Matt and Mary are out there today hanging bars to hold the tools.  They are two peas in a pod, they'll have the job done in no time.

What are you looking at?

 Sunday is flying by in a blur.  Here is why.  Spockie, what are you looking at?

"Tiny".  The puppy we found in the neighborhood when we were driving home from church.  He is small enough we can keep him kenneled in the garage until Tuesday.  Someone dropped him in the vacant field last night after dark fleas and all to fend for himself.  Makes me sick and mad.  We have fed and watered him, gave him a flea bath (20 bugs and more filth than should be allowed) and he is good to go until we can take him to the shelter.

Falling in Love

Our house is now ready for Fall and Halloween!

What is cleaned out of the girls rooms

Gets stored in the garage.  Yikes!  So blessed to be in Texas where home school opportunities abound and I no longer feel the need to buy stuff for the kids.

Room Clean Out (again)

 Mary's cleaned out room.

 Went through the closet.  Much more space in here now!

 Ruth's room looks so large.

All toys are now in the closet.  Woo Hoo!

Nap time

Someone takes great naps!

One night

One night, two teeth, $10 bucks.
Mary lost a tooth and so did Ruth.

Nails

Called around and to get the pig's nails cut was going to cost me $14 and I had to make an appointment at the vet clinic.  So not going to happen.  $3.00 small dog nail clippers and a lot of guts got the job done.

Volcanoes in a box

Almost ready for tomorrows presentation.  This will blow the kids away!  Ha ha.  Waiting for to add the natural food dye in the morning (we don't have the real stuff and decided on this as our presentation on the way home from church) and we are ready for school tomorrow.

This might be why

My Sunday evening.  Making dinner and cleaning up the mess.  Cutting Matt's hair and cleaning up the mess.  Making volcanoes in a box for the girls science presentation tomorrow, and cleaning up the mess. Sweep and mop the floors, clean the kitchen, walk the dog.  Packing Matt for his man's overnight trip to Dallas tomorrow for the football game.  Thank you caffeine for getting me through the day.

It's going to be explosive

For tomorrow's presentation the girls are going to speak about making volcanoes in our ABQ back yard.  Our visual aid will be a volcanoe.  Should be fun.

Another Saturday morning

Busy Saturday around here.
The girls and Matt (Spock will be "helping" as well) will be vacuuming Matt's car, mowing the lawns, edging the front yard with our new hand held grass trimmer, and washing my car.
Then this afternoon is errands and Ruth has a birthday party to attend.
Tonight is our first monthly Bible Study.
Busy, full and fun day.