Where has the year gone??

We love the broncos at our house! :-)

We went to Justin's sisters wedding at the beginning of September. The three younger kids got to stay at my parents house. It was a very nice wedding, and I'm glad we were able to go. 

Since we were close, we decided to drive up to crater lake. Justin had never been, and I'd only been once, when I was 8 or 9.

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Justin's reaction when he caught the first glimpse as awesome. He didn't realize it is as big as it is. The size and color is amazing.

The Big Nasty Hillclimb was last weekend. It was my 3rd year having a booth. It is always fun being out there. The year was a bit slower than the other years... Abby was sick most of the weekend, our help didn't show up when they were supposed it, then one of them hurt their arm and couldn't help the rest of the weekend... Then my uncle died...it really wasnt the best weekend.

Phoebe did really well considering the noise and the heat.

Forgot to mention school! Abby is now in 4th grade. She is In the advanced reading and math classes this year. Daphne started kindergarten. It is AMAZING at home on the days daphne is at school. Lol too bad it's only 2-3 days a week. 

Daphne had to get glasses. (Which she broke in less than 23 hours of having them). 

Newest little one

Phoebe Jo was born last Thursday. 8lbs 10oz, 20 1/2 inches long. She is the best little baby.her siblings love her to pieces, and she LOVES to snuggle.

Wordless Wednesday! Fireworks tonight

Thankful Thursday

I'm going to try to be better about this.

I am so thankful for Justin. We have been married 9 1/2 years exactly today. He the a great father to our children, and such a great support to me! I can't imagine my life without him.

Life or something like it

This last week, we had the opportunity to get together with Justin's biological father. He was in town for a couple of hours, so we met up and had lunch. This was the third time Justin has seen him, (that he remembers) and the last two times were 7 years ago. It is a very interesting situation, but I'm proud of Justin and how he handles the situation. It will be interesting to see what happens with their relationship in the comings months/years.

EVERyTHING IS DIFFERENT!

I haven't been on blogger for a couple of months, and now everything is different!  I have no idea what I am doing now.

The girls had their dance recital last week.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.  Justin's cousin's wife runs a dance studio, and the last two years now, we've done a trade...I help with some of the cousins and backstage at the recital, and the girls get classes.  They love dance.  I have to toot my own horn too though, because the costumes I did turned out pretty dang cute!!

 I still can't believe how HUGE Daphne's eyes look in this picture!  So cute!!!  We had to practice putting on makeup a few times...Because I suck at it...I actually had to go to the dollarstore to buy some more makeup, because I don't own lipstick, or foundation...and only like 2 colors of eye shadow..  LOL

 I really wish that this picture turned out better...Their costumes looked awesome on stage!!

 Abby got to start a tap class this year...she did really well considering she only have 5 lessons or so!!  I can't wait to see what she does next year with more lessons! (and yes, I did their costumes too!  :-) )

 We went to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa Davis and some of their cousins.

 Thad was so funny after seeing the penguins.  He had to hug each and every penguin statue they had....He is such a funny boy!!

I really do suck at blogging...not sure why I even do it....  LOL

Such a fuffy kitty

Xavier has been slowly making himself at home. He is still pretty skittish around the kids, but at night, he comes out and hangs out with me and Justin. Xavier LOVES Dolly our other cat...He is always snuggling with her on the bed, or rubbing up against her. It's really cute to watch. It has been so fun to see him slowly making progress. He LOVES to be petted, and loves to play. Such a cute boy!!

Treatboxes for Troops

I have have the opportunity to donate a few items to the Treatboxes for troops auctions on their facebook page. I am grateful for our troops. I have had a couple of cousins in the service, as well as a few friends. I decided that instead of providing things for "giveaways", where people only come around to get something for free and that's it...That I am only going to provide for worthy causes now. The money raise from these, goes to send treatboxes to the troops. It's also kind of fun for me to see people interested in my stuff! :-)

Abby got baptized!!!

Why yes...Daphne cut her hair...AGAIN!!!! this time, she cut the two pony tails that were in her hair.....her hair is SOOO short now...it makes me cry...maybe someday she will have hair that I can actually fix...
We all got new glasses.. Abby looks so much older in hers! It's good knowing that she can actually SEE again...I can't believe how bad her eyes are...already....sigh..
I wanted to make Abby a cute dress for her baptism. I had a picture in my mind, on how I wanted it to be. I finally found some fabric at JoAnn's that I LOVED....Luckily, my mom helped out and ended up doing most of the dress, since I am still in so much pain from breaking my tailbone. I love the way it turned out! The white satin on the bodice, was leftover satin from my wedding dress too!

This was right after daphne cut her hair....again....Sigh...
Abby and her cousin Emma...Abby loves Emma!
Aww...So proud of my little girl!!

She kept telling me how she felt silly in the baptism outfit. :-)
Yeah...perfect picture of these two!

It was so great to see Abby baptized. She has wanted to baptized since she saw her oldest cousin Braden get baptized. I am so proud of her. We had quite a few people show up for the baptism as well. I love to see how many people love her!

Things have been blah around here. I have been in so much pain, I haven't been able to do much...my house is trashed...The dr. told me it would be a good 2-3 months before I started to feel normal again...Ugh..

More random stuff

I found this fabric over a year ago, and finally decided that I should do something with it. I'm grateful that I have kids that are willing to indulge me in my creative processes. (even though Abby hasn't always been a willing participant.

This was my project for the day. I found the butterfly charms on ebay for SUPER cheap...and the bottlecap place is just down the road, so I can go in and get an AWESOME deal for the bottle caps. :-) I decided to make some little Huckleberry Corner keychains to attach to some business cards and send out with orders that I happen to get online. I think that they turned out pretty cute! And like them even more with the double sided flat caps that I picked up as a birthday present to myself. :-)
We have a new furry friend staying with us now. We are seeing if he can candle us and the kids. He is such a pretty kitty. But he is very scared. He doesn't scratch or hiss or bite or anything. Just hides in a corner. He loves to be petted though. I'm hoping that he warms up. He does seem to like Abby pretty well at this point, so that is good!
I saw a different style of dress on Etsy the other day, and thought it was so SO STINKIN CUTE! I thought that would try one similar...unfortunately, the more I messed with the shorter it got...just didn't quite do what I was hoping it was. It's all good though, because Daphne likes it. (even though she said she didn't at first...her reason? "Dora has weird hair".)
This kid is SOOOOO FUNNY!!! He stole my glasses the other day when I was rubbing my eyes. At least he looks cute in them!
This boy LOVES electronics...Just like is Daddy. Anytime Justin starts up the XBOX 360, Thad has insists on having a control and headset as well. It is the cutest thing. I'll have to see if I can find the picture I took the other day of them playing late one night.
Thad LOVES cars. He has a little toy, that spins his little hotwheels around and around. He will play with it for hours. The other day, I look up, and see that he's grabbed the big barbie car, and put it in the other toy, trying to get it to spin...obviously that didn't work too well...it was very entertain to see his little brain going.
Doesn't Daphne look like such a little angel here??? :-) She had a double ear infection and was SOOO miserable when this picture was taken. She is the first kid so far to get an ear infection.

:-)