You are still my best sleuths in the neighborhood!
Frank - with his Dairy Queen cake…
Joe - with his berry pie…
Sam – master chef in the kitchen and creator of the berry pie!
I cant believe you guys are 13 years old!!!
I love you guys!!!
- Mom :)
Yes, it is true we are still alive…in spite of the fact that I haven’t updated my blog in almost 2 months….
I’m not sure what happened…
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that…
-I still have 1000’s (slight exaggeration) of boxes left to unpack,
-7 children under the age of 13 live in my house and require daily feeding, cleaning, loving, negotiating and mitigating of disputes, and laundry service (except the older 3 of course, who do their own laundry) in addition to multiple books read and hugs given,
-I have a husband who is amazing but who has also been gone for long periods of time lately,
-I am attempting to manage schooling in both the public and homeschool setting for 6 of 7 previously mentioned children,
-chasing around the 7th kid (2 1/2 yr old) who thinks its fine if he pushes his dads’ mower around the neighbors yard when his mom isn’t looking,
-continuing to attempt to integrate 2 new little lives into our family…sometimes rather smoothly and other times not,
-celebrating a 40 something birthday for the top man in the house and the big 13 birthday for the dynamic duo. (better get pics on those, huh?)
-family tripping it to our cabins and to visit family,
…And the list goes on and on…..
But, never fear, we are still here – alive and kicking. I promise soon I will post some pics soon just to prove it!
Your family takes a trip and your mom forgets to pack your clothes.
So, all weekend long you get to wear your jammie shirt (which your mom did remember), your sisters shorts (the ones without the pink flowers) and socks (which unfortunately do have pink but are fortunately covered up by your shoes).
In defense of your mom though…you were taking a nap while your mom packed the bags. And like any smart mom of multiple, small children she values her quiet hour of sanity during nap time. So of course she would never dream of waking you up during your nap to get your clothes out of your dresser.
Do you want to room together?
I miss you! I love you! And…I cant wait to see you soon!!!
And tell Rufie that I miss her and love her soooooo much too!
love, Annie Bell
P.S. Mom says to tell you that we have the Kelseyquarters ready.
The girls loooooooooooove the dresses!!!
By the way….what you see in the background is what we look out at from every window in the back of our house. It is an amazing view and we cant even begin to thank the Lord enough for the house and the yard and everything He has graciously bestowed on us in our new life.
But we still miss allllllllllllllllllllllll of you back in North Dakota!!! We have lots of room – come visit us! :)
Now, I say “was” because my hippie decided that long hair on a boy in the summer is realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly annoying. So, the hippie I lived with all winter and Spring and half of Summer is no longer a hippie!
Anyway, after a long and enjoyable mother – son experiment…(after a conversation last Fall, we decided it would be fun if Andrew grew his hair out to look like Young Indiana Jones)…my brave Young Indy decided that long hair is hot and in the way!
I think this post could also be titled “Haircutting – part 2”….I have never cut any of my childrens’ hair and for some bizarre reason, thought it might be fun to tackle it. (maybe because we don’t know anyone here yet and the risk of being recognized is very low!)
And now Mom’s attempt at the haircut…. Young Indiana Jones?
Lee’s comment: He looks a little like the Dutch Boy Paint kid. Not to worry – only lasted a few hours.
Well……………..apparently Mom didn’t cut it enough because soon afterwards my Young Indy requested that Dad make the final cut…. (by the way, Lee does cut all the boys hair so he does know what he is doing, but he’s not allowed near the girls hair – mine included:))
That’s a lot of hair for a boy haircut!!!…
And now for my handsome dude with short hair!!!
