They continue to grow

Yes, those are bangs you are seeing on Anna, and NO we did not give them to her!  Anna gave herself a new hairstyle, and has been banned from touching scissors until she is 18!  But I must say she looks very cute with bangs and we are thankful she did not cut her hair down to the scalp.

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!

Weekend at our Cousins House!

This was so hard to choose just five pictures from this weekend!  We packed so much fun into our short weekend with Auntie Steena, Uncle Craig, and Baby Siah!

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!)

Anna accolades

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!

Weekend with the O'Neils

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.

All Smiles

Anna Kathleen Garner 3years 4 months and 3 days!

Anna Kathleen and Angela Margaret all smiles!

Gabriel Nathaniel Garner 21 months and 3 days!

Gabriel Nathaniel and Robert Raymond, mirror image checking for hazards!

Anna Kathleen, Gabriel Nathaniel, & Liam Patrick!  Happy First Birthday Liam!!!

Fall Arrives!

I had the hardest time choosing pictures from this day of play in the great Autumn weather! They just absolutely loved being outside in the cool weather!  Gabriel spent time running around eating falling acorns, trying to catch the wind with a butterfly net, and taking a walk in the blowing grass in the field!  Anna was Super-Girl-Butterfly for the day, flying around the yard as the wind blew her wings!  It is amazing how a change in the seasons makes all things new, and we were once again exploring the back ten for new discoveries, and then stopped off at Daddy's trailers for a little climbing and running fun.

Indoor Excitement

Anna, as you can see, is a very meticulous organizer when she is working on a task!  She looks very happy here as she shows off her hard work!  I don't have a picture of the following moments when Godzilla Gabriel came and messed up her beautiful placement!  It was ugly! 

We are growing out Godzilla Gabriel's hair for the winter, here he is showing off his punk rocker look!  I would have to say most of the time he is showing off a sad looking little mullet:( Next time we see Auntie Steena we will have her clean it up into a hot little High-School-Musical doo!