Are these kids not just absolutely adorable! Anna is all girl wanting to be in dresses all the time and thanks to hand-me-downs from her friend Emma this is possible! And when dresses are not enough she is a little ladybug!
Gabriel is all boy! He is true to the John Deer T-shirt, dirt is his favorite place to be and when he is done playing, he sleeps hard. In fact he put himself down for a nap in mommy & daddy's bed and this is how I found him!
This is Anna doing a jazz slpit. I asked her to move back a little and she dropped to a jazz split, it was great! She las a little gymnast in her, as she also loves to flip.
This picture is entitled "Real Italians eat spaghetti for Breakfast!" Really it is Gabriel's favorite food, even the rice pasta he now has to eat, as long as it is well drowned in sauce.
I just loves that he was wearing footsie pajamas, while feeding himself fist-fulls of spaghetti for breakfast!
How many mommy's does it take to help one active little boy paint a pumpkin? Well two is not enough apparently because there ended up being paint everywhere!
Uncle Craig and Anna Kate enjoyed smiling for the camera in the scenes next to the pumpkin house when we went to visit the farmers market on Saturday!
Josiah Cale has two very big fans as his cousins peer in fascination at their little bumble bee cousin!
A little bit of caios and a lot of fun and love pictured in this little group of trick or treaters!
Uncle Bob is full of smiles as he holds his two most favorite boys! (No small feat, mind you!)
I, mommy, wanted to take the opportunity to give our Anna Kathleen her due accolades! She has been growing into a beautiful, loving, and talented little girl with her heart turned toward the Lord. She has blossomed, just like the flowers she is holding, despite challenging circumstances. She has endured a season with a reduction of some of the attention she was use to and learning new family routines with a kind and gentle spirit. She is mommy's best helper with Gabriel, always letting others know that he is learning to talk and always willing to talk for him:) She still loves doing school at home with mommy and is writing her name everywhere she goes on everything that she can! As you can see above she loves to play on the PBS kids website continuing to learn her letters and numbers with enthusiasm. She can even dress herself and do her own hair, and has a special style all her own, that mommy and daddy call the punky brewster look. We are so very proud of our singing, dancing little princess!
We had a wonderful weekend with Josh, Natalie, and Nadia Cate O'Neil. They are wonderful friends, and a great blessing to our family. As you can see above Josh was a big help in begining to lay the tile for the industrial kitchen in our barn (which we are trying to turn into a community meeting and worship center). Meanwhile us ladies and children cheered them on and busied ourselves with nature. Anna and Gabe took full advantage of the rain,leaf,mud mix that had accumulated in their turtle sandbox, while Nadia Cate relaxed and watched her crazy friends from her momma's papoose.
