Election Day

Janna's school did mock elections today. Janna came home and told me, "Mommy, Matthew voted for the goat!!" I'm sure she meant Donkey but it was still pretty funny. I told her its not nice to ask people who they voted for and she said they talked about it in class. She voted for the elephant because he was the biggest.

We've been talking to her a lot about making choices and why this election is so important. It's been very sweet to hear her say her prayers and ask God to help people to make the right decision. Tonight she prayed that the President would choose the right.

We were talking about God and how we can't see Him but some people can feel the Holy Ghost and therefore feel God with them. She said, "I feel God with me when I'm outside in nature. I also felt God here last night." She then pointed to her bed. She said He laid down with her last night when she wasn't feeling well.

Can I tell you how much I love that little girl? Her mind & heart are so pure and so good. She never ceases to amaze me and I love to hear what she has to say.

Happy Halloween - Part 2

Here's a quick group shot of our lovely girls. Courtney kept staring at Janna's ears and more than once tried to grab them.
Janna decided to be a leopard. Although after so many houses the headband hurt and gave her a headache. So I wound up carrying the headband and the candy bucket!!

careful - we have a leopard at our house and she has claws!!!

As you can see Kennedy loves Courtney's hair so she grabs it every chance she gets. Having it painted blue made it all the more tempting. In all fairness Courtney likes to put her fingers in Kennedy's eyes & mouth - it all evens out.

We hope you had a wonderful Halloween. Janna is now passed out due to candy & sensory overload. Courtney & Kennedy are back to normal and sleeping - I think I'll take that as my cue.

Happy Halloween - Part 1

I will write on this blog

You will see something new.

Two things. And I call them

Thing One and Thing Two

Jellystone - Canyon Lake

We went camping with some friends out to the Hill Country last weekend. We lucked into amazingly beautiful weather, a great campsite and wonderful friends to share the time with. It was a place called Jellystone Park, Canyon Lake and it was so much fun.

Here is the website if you want to check it out. They have campgrounds like this all over the country and they are truly family friendly.

http://www.jellystonehillcountry.com/

It got cold at night and in the early morning. As you can see Janna & Courtney pilled on daddy to get warm. And yes, David is wearing Janna's Dora hat to be silly!!

Here Janna & Ashley are enjoying hot chocolate late at night. Janna's got a headband flashlight on - which work great for kids when camping.

Tammy gave the children a task - gather acorns and you can earn glowsticks that night. Being the task driven person she is; Janna attempted to fill her Yogi Bear bag with them. Yes, the acorns all made it home with us.

Courtney is getting so close to crawling!

Rachel sat down to play with the babies. Kennedy took that opportunity to gnaw on her hand.

All our girls loved being outside, enjoying the sunshine. There was a playground on site which all the children enjoyed, although Courtney and Kennedy watched from the sidelines. I did take them both on the swing with me.

Running out of paper didn't deter our girls. They put their artistic talents to good use painting all the rocks on the camp site. As they got bored they began to paint themselves!!

All in all we had a good time painting, doing crafts, making S'mores, drinking hot chocolate, hay rides, playing in tents, eating, campfires, swimming (let's here it for indoor pools) and being with friends.

So what was my favorite part? A group of astronomers came the last night and shared their telescopes with us. We got to see Jupiter & her four moons, the Andromeda Galaxy and the M 16 constellation!!! It was incredible to behold. It touched me more than I expected. It was amazing to look into this tiny lens and view something so magnificent. It reminded me again how great God is, how vast our universe is and beautiful life can be. It was humbling and I feel like mere words can’t describe the experience. I’ll tell you what – if you ever get a chance to peer through a telescope at the amazing worlds beyond us, DO IT!!!!

The trip to Old MacDonalds farm

Janna letting me know she's dressed and ready for Old MacDonalds farm. She insisted on the boots.

Checking out the pigs

She loves animals and of course her favorite is to be able to ride a horse.

Here she is with Rachel - can you tell its the end of the day and they are about worn out?

Kennedy and I cuddling

Here's Courtney and mommy

Scooting & Crawling

Courtney & Kennedy are starting to scoot around. Courtney gets up on her knees and rocks. Then she does the Army crawl (or rolls). Kennedy has her own unique way of getting around. Just watch the video for yourself.

FYI: Janna was watching her sisters try to get around and as she saw Courtney smack her little head for about the fifth time she looked at me and said, “Mommy, maybe we should get them helmets.”

Peaches

The girls have started solids. So far Courtney has loved everything and is really excited about the baby food. Kennedy - well that's a whole other story. She hasn't been impressed with too many foods. Mostly she'd rather nurse. However, when she tried peaches for the first time it was funny enough that I had to give them to her again and get a video of it.

Thanks for feeding her grandma while I captured the moment!!! Although her face the first time was even worse if you can imagine.