birthdays, life in the south,

leaves falling [ work]

my drive home

cotton fields:)

mikes birthday,, and wh cant i flip these pics!! grrrrr

cant believe hes 11  !!!



he wanted a meep:)

we celebrated zach's birthday in pa with ayden and elijah the have oct birthdays to:)

he was not in the mood, he was tired

ate a few bites:)

and because i miss these people!!!!

The cottons fields are white with cotton, the leaves are falling , evenings are longer and cooler, & weeks until christmas:):)      Saturday we drove up to cookville, about 2 hrs away to get our family pics done:) Somebody we know lives up there and she does photograhy,i love to see diff areas down here and heard its beautiful so it was a good excuse for a drive!! everything went great kids did good and it was so beautiful!  Enjoyed a great meal at a friends house and came home:)

PA WEEK :):)

brother enjoyin some good stuff!

:):)

ok seriously a new fav. resturaunt for me!!

me and sis and our 94 yr old grandpa

the best sis !!!

best buds!!!!

fun times!!!

the usual:) leon givin the crew a ride in the beater

pony rides

and motorcycle rides!

THE CREW:):)

Well we are home again after 10 days in pa.....  It was a great week!! My sis and fam were in ,so so good to be together again , drink coffee with mom and just lots of hangin out!!                                       So thankful for family!! Some of the highlights were the coffee chats,with mom and sis, shopping with sis, market pick-ups with pop, market[happy acres]:):)   and melting pot with my brother and sis!!!! we had a blast!!!                                                      Loved watching the kids play together,  i'm always amazed how they just pick up where they left off,even if they only see eachother twice a year they r best buds!!!!   So now i'm home and back to the norm:) school and everyday life:):)   Steve drove up with me and flew home monday , so we were thier a week without him, so it was good to see him again..Me and the boys drove home alone, the first trip alone with Zach... everybody did great and the trip went really good..PTL!!  So thankful my hubby lets me take these trips!!:)        Takes a while to adjust again but it is good to be home!  Thats it for now..blessings!

weekends>>>

zach and daddy

mike and Josh...the leaves are starting to change, i think they are later this year..

Mike

Josh

Ethan smiling:) prob because his brothers were behind me making him laugh:)

my baby growin up:)

Life .... I have been home a lot more! school in the morning and before i know it the day is gone!! evenings are getting longer!  I counted the weeks untill christmas the other day and wow thier really aren't that many!!!                                                                      We love weekends around here! I love fridays so much more with school being started!!:)   we dont really do anything we just hang out together,   Friday night is usually date night ,we just grab a movie and watch it here and stay up late, saturday mornings we all get to sleep in, except daddy he says 7 is sleeping in,[no i dont think so :)] sunday church and we either go to the mexican resturant or eat here..the other sunday eve we went fishing,didnt catch anything.....and thats about it nothing exciting but we love our weekends :) Steves been working late a few nights and with homeschooling i def. look forward to them!!   We got our apple cider down here i got 5 gallons so we have some in the freezer, so its been hot apple cider with caramel and whipped cream:)     thats it for now! blessings!                                          

just a little update:)

Seasons come and seasons go, summer is slowly slipping away down here, i'm not sure how i feel about that..I love the diff seasons ,spring and summer being my fav... fall is beautiful down here! the weather is perfect, 80's during the day and 50's at night....I think the only thing i dont like about fall is it means winter is coming:)                                                                                                                         
I can't believe my baby will be a yr old next wk!!  He is a busy guy full of smiles and loves to have an audience which consists of his brothers most of the time:) they think he is so funny :) And they also say he is walking, but he's not quite yet... I took the boys to Grandaddy farm friday after the school week,its a fun place they have lots of stuff to do for the kids,corn maze and wagon rides and lots of pumpkins!! I usually dont get into fall decor because fall is so short here and i decorate early for christmas because of our PA trip, but i love the white pumpkins this yr. so got a few of those and some diff looking ones...

Saturday we had a wedding ,it was beautiful and the weather was perfect for the outside reception!

they have this huge swing, Zach looked so little on it:)

corn pit..

he was tryin to grab thier faces:)

mike snapped this pic not very willingly:)

bridal party waiting to come into the reception..phone pics just arn't as good..

part of the reception area.. they had 2-300 candles outside the tent..

2 of my fav people:)

inside the food pavillion

and just a shot of these 2:)

             blessings!!

Jason Upton Sings with Angels - FLY..love love this song!! awesome testimony behind this song

PARK DAYS!!

Just a little about what we've been doing>>  School School>>:) its been going pretty good, i told the boys if they have a good week we would go to the park Friday, if they get 3 pts on the board we dont go...well its Friday and park day, it came pretty close they had 2 pts ..I packed lunches and we ate lunch thier and hung out for awhile..

       I found a quick easy breakfast that everyone loves !! Bought pillsbury cinnamon rolls make them in ur waffle maker..fast and easy and they loved them!!!

     i juiced grapes this week and made some grape jelly and grape mush, and pumpkin whoopie pies..

love this one of ethan.. as u will see in the next pic he usually doesnt smile for pics:) Josh wasnt feeling so good after being spun around on the tire swing:) lol

me and my buddy..he really is a happy kid:) lol

zach had a blast!

The boys have been hunting doves again..mike shoots them and Josh is the butcher:) I tell them i wont touch or eat them..so they do it all on thier own..Josh butchered 2 and soaked the breast in salt water , and mike made them on the grill for supper the next night..they ate them all so guess they were pretty good:)  well its Friday and thier is still laundry to do and windows to clean , i'm wanting to go to nashville mabe tom. dont like to leave stuff for Saturdays ...so i gotta run...

BATTLE....

spiritual battles..we all face them..Do we know that the victory is already ours? the battle has already been won!! All that we need to fight we have in the Lord..Do we stand strong in the Lord or do we crumble and fall and allow the devil to trample and step all over us....The boys and Steve have this thing going with thier airsoft guns, as soon as Steve gets home from work or if hes working outside they put on layers of clothing to protect them and they have these big airsoft guns, Steve just has this littlt pistol and no protection, but the boys are still scared:0 they where helmets and everything, they can be out with everything fully loaded and if steve comes runnin out of the shop whoopin and hollerin they come runnin inside,sometimes his gun isnt even loaded but they dont know that, i told them yest if they both went out together and worked together and gangd up on daddy he wouldnt stand a chance!:)  They dont realize the power they have and the protection they have!! he just looks big and makes a lot of noise and they turn and run:):)  Its the same way in spiritual battle the devil makes a lot of noise and trys to intimidate us but if we realize the power we have in the Lord and thru the holy spirit and the protection we have.... No weapon formed against us shall prosper!!!  But as long as he can keep us scared and cowaring in a corner with all our armor gear on ...It was a lesson for me!! thank you Jesus that you give us all we need that the battle is already won!!!