Throwback Thursday

    I keep this picture as the screen picture on my iPad. S loves it. PAPA he screams every single time he sees it, just like G did before him. 

    It was late at night and the boys were tired but the gas station ( look at the price of Gas!!) was pretty much deserted and I asked Papa to pose for me and he did. A very rare event. 

    This was taken before E was born in 2006. Here are the boys J and L in the back seat. This was the first trip to town in Polly. I remember L hated that jacket. We had been driving a brown VW Rabbit before this but the three kids wouldn't fit so Papa bought Polly and got her ready as a family hauler. She has been through a few updates: she has a 3rd seat in the very back and can now haul 9 :)  We recently thought we had to up grade to something bigger but then we realized that she seats 4 in the front seat :) So Papa and I and J and L can all sit in the front and we still have room for baby!! Yay!! 

Little Monkey

He loves to watch the critters and kids outside :) 

Thankful Thursday

Wow it's been ages since I wrote a Thankful Thursday post! 

Today I'm thankful for 

- my crew and crew master: Papa and kids. 

- several really good nights of sleep. 

- my kidneys seem to have decided to behave themselves for a bit :) 

- beautiful sunshine

- little kid snuggles. One of the best parts of my day. 

- S and his love for cows. 

- J3's energy and enthusiasm. If only I could soak some of it in! 

- the Internet and everything that's now available in our homes.

- little girls who love to do hair and who are getting quite good at it.

- friends who encourage. 

- baby T's thumping through my belly. He hit the ultrasound wand so hard the other day it bounced! 

- my maids, dishwasher, washer, dryer, coffee maker, oven, milking machine :) 

And the last and slightly 'off' one: the dogs. I've got a love/hate relationship with them at the moment. I love that I almost always know when someone drives up, an animal is out, or someone is walking on the road. I hate that Tucker try's to climb into vans and that Chip is cranky. They've taken to fighting over a coveted sleep spot sometimes several times a day. Bonus Chip is losing weight :) which is probably why he's cranky. 

The Big Space. A Quick Tour.

A general Looky see. 

The girls, E and R's, new room :) 

The boys, J and L's, new room. Storage that I need to go thru on the top bunk. 

The toddler room :) J3, G and S sleep in here. This was the room Papa and I lived in during the last several months :) 

Our room is still in major disaster state so you'll have to wait for pictures of the new master bedroom. Just for reference it's the room all 7 kids were sharing until last Wednesday :) 

The hallway and shelves and butchering table by the back door. The pile of boxes on the right is also a 'go thru project.' 

The reading nook. 

The entrance..lots of space for drying clothes and outside jackets etc. We also have a inside wood area now :) 

The living room, not sure if the furniture will stay this way. This is our second try at arranging it. This set up is for church here tomorrow. We'll see how it works. 

The school table, piano area and the view into the entrance.

Half of the kitchen/dining area, and the pantry wall. 

I hope you enjoyed this quick tour :) Have a wonderful Saturday :)