L's Teeth!! *Warning may gross you out!!

L has the worst teeth for pulling! They get a little loose then never fall out! SO we wiggle and wiggle and twist and pull and FINALLY they come out!! The 2nd last tooth I pulled, and I believe I've pulled all of his teeth so far!, I turned completely around in his mouth and it STILL WOULD NOT COME OUT!!! This one was easier! After I twisted it half way round it pulled out easily! 

Happy L with a big hole in his mouth! 

School Photo's~ Griggs Family School!

J is 8 years old and in Grade 3 :) 

L is 7 years old and in Grade 2! 

E is 5, almost 6, and in Grade 2.

R is 4 and is doing some fun school this year,(coloring, matching counting) but is not in Kindergarten as she is too young. 

J3 is 2.5 and in Potty school at this time. It's taken him a while to catch on but he's getting there! 

Baby G is almost 10 months and is in house training school.. no you can't go in the entrance where the wood stove is, yes you can play in the living room.. stuff like that. Oh she's also in a bit of manners school; no you can't bite me with your one little tooth, and mobility school: walking around the couch is FUN!! 

Those are all the students in the Griggs Family school! 

Oh wait I forgot one :) 

ME!!! 

I'm still learning every single day! 

And Loving EVERY minute of it :) 

School Patterns :)

Last week Friday we had a pajama day and did some fun hands on school.

E's Patterns with blocks :) 

Crazy faced L and his patterns :) 

We had quite a fun day, and did a lot more then just patterned blocks, but this post is for Mrs. Hunt the kids teacher down south :) and these are the only ones she needs in pictures :) 

~Family Devotions~

Papa normally does family devotions after supper at the table but we started a new book and it has some really cool pictures in it so they all gathered round on the floor right before bed. 

I love this picture! We are doing Apologia's Who is God book and loving it! 

Now on our new winter schedule we'll be doing devotions right after breakfast!  

Our Church Family!!

Pretty much the whole crew!! As it were :) Missing Molly B and K&D and Thunder. 

Just the kids :) Oldest is 16, youngest is Joel at 4 months :) 

A couple of neat facts.. 

All the families with school age kids home school. 

There are only 3 adults in the picture who were raised, all or partly, in the area we now all live in the rest moved here as adults.

Our oldest person just turned 56 and his son is our youngest at 5 months.

In this picture there are 3 babies all 4 months apart :) 

There are 8 small boys 3 and under! 

Two sets of twins. 

Two families with 6 kids in the family.

Two families with 3 kids in the family.

Three families with 2 kids in the family. 

One family is missing a girl in the picture.

There are 4 three year olds.. all boys :) 

 I BELIEVE there is a child for every age from 1 to14, 15 is skipped and then 16.

There are 23 children in the picture, only 7 girls, and 13 adults. 

There are two pregnant ladies in the picture.. no I'm not one of them ;) 

Three families own and milk a cow at this time :) and a forth has done in the past.

Four families are activity house building. 

We are: farmers, truck drivers, mechanic, animal massage therapist, teachers, homesteaders, carpenters, bakers, cheese makers, musicians, nurse,cowboys, bankers, small business owners, 

seamstresses, builders, ropers, students, 

crafters, writers, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, Parents! and people extraordinaire.

These pictures were taken as a good bye gift to Hales as they have been called away from this area for this time and so have the B's who still visit sometimes from their new home 2 hours away. The rest of us still meet weekly as a group and in Bible studies. We are truly enjoying this group and are VERY Thankful that God led us to them :) We love you guys!! 

First Cast :(

J3 fell off the play hill behind the play area on Monday night and cracked his elbow badly. The next morning we took him in to the ER as he would not use that arm. After x rays they sent us home in a sling, only to call the next day and tell us to bring him back in. I guess he MAY have a small fracture and they are treating it gently in hopes it will heal and not get worse. SO J3 got the 1st cast of the Family! I've never had one, Papa has never had one and J3 is the 1st of the kids to get one.. and I have a feeling it will not be his last! It's only a half cast over the bottom of the elbow but it has to stay on for 10 days and not get wet... yeah  RIGHT!! Actually as he hates water of almost any kind that shouldn't be too big of a deal. This summer he did play in the kiddie pool quite a bit but it's too cold for that now anyway!

 

Here he is in his sling and half cast. The sling had to stay on until bedtime and he'll only need the cast for the next ten days. I'll get a better picture tomorrow..

He's been wearing L's shirts since it happened to give him more room to get them over his arm without pain. He's super cute isn't he! He's pretty happy in this picture.. feeling better today! 

Hair 'Do' Grandma Style.

The girls and Jesse 'did' Grandma's hair!! 

What a beautiful job!! 

The big boys got to take them out! I believe there was 20 something of them! 

While Grandpa looks on :) 

Baby G... Growing Up SO Fast!!

Standing up in her playpen for the 1st time! 

Visiting with Little Miss Riata, who is 3 months younger then her :) 

First hair do :) 

Exploring the bottom of the exersauser. 

Standing up on the side of the toy box!! 

Hey J! I think I'm stuck!! 

Chilling on the trampoline! 

2 days ago she was standing hanging on to our bed and let go, got her balance, and took her 1st step!! She made it too the pillow she was going towards and acted like nothing happened!! Growing up way to fast little girl!! The very next day she turned 9 months old :) 

1st Official Ride in Peggy Sue!!

Ready to RIDE!!! 

Yes they are in their PJ`s. Papa got the 3rd seat in after work one day and we were ready for bed when he got home :) 

Isn`t she beautiful! 

Making goofy faces :) 

Piglet Update.

A commenter asked for an update on the piglets so here you go :)

Big momma's piglets are exploring the bush, all in fine health. They love to annoy their mother by going farther from her nest then she wants them to and we have seen her chase them all back into the nest several times.

Little girls piglets, numbering 13, are really hard to count but I'm pretty sure there is still 13. Turns out she does have a runt but he is doing well, for a runt, and runs through the bush with the rest of them. Not bad considering she only has 12 teats :)

Double Trouble's, named for being trouble and excaping to get in with the boar and for being only half Berkshire, (it's a play off a double double coffee)  piglets now sadly only number 9 as she lost one, the white one, the night before the storm. We think she may have lay on it, very common in first time pig mothers. Her other piglets look like they are doing great. She built a huge new nest and by that night had them all in it and snuggled up nice and warm.

Well I must get on with my day. The cows have seen me and chores are waiting. Have a great day!