Tower of Babel and a pig!

During Trevor's history this week he was reading about the Tower of Babel and so he needed to try and build one out of blocks. He wanted to make one out of marshmellows and peanut butter, but I didn't have the marshmellows so he opted to build one out of blocks. He wanted a picture taken put on the blog. So here it is.




Alexis has a pig. She has named this one Suzy. We tried to get her to name it Barbie - Q , but she wouldn't have it.

Alexis Birthday

Alexis will turn 7 on September 23rd. I really wanted her to be born on my brothers birthday, but she didn't want that to happen I guess.

We were very excited to finally get a little girl after having three boys. The boys were excited to be getting a little sister.

I never thought I would end up having a daughter after three boys and the life threatening ordeal after having Tanner. We gave up on having any more kids, but God had other plans and gave us a beautiful daughter. She has been such a blessing to our family and I am so thankful to God for her.

Happy 7th birthday Alexis.

We hope to have cake, etc. on her birthday. Then I will try to post some pictures when I get back to the library again.

Tyler's cow

Tyler has finally gotten himself a cow. Actually he had another one, but it died. So I think he was a little apprehensive about getting another one. This one is doing well and she seems to be settling it with the other cows. Tyler has not come up with a name for her. Tim calls it "Moo". So does anyone have any ideas on what to name her. We've mentioned many names to Tyler and he doesn't like any of them.

Go Cart

A friend that Tim use to work with gave our kids an old go-cart that they had. It has some work that needs to be done on it, but otherwise it is in pretty good shape. Tim has been trying to work the kinks out of it so the kids can ride it. Hopefully soon it will be up and running.



Trevor and Tim working on it.

Willow Tree

While I was in Ohio recently to pick up Trevor from spending the summer with his grandparents I was able to visit with a few of my aunts. My Aunt Jane also collects Willow Tree figurines. Anyways, she had bought two of this particular one and gave me the extra one. This one is entitled Happiness. I really love being able to add this one to my own collection. Thanks a lot Aunt Jane.

More of Erianna's visit

Here are some more pictures of when our friends spent some time with us here in NC. We really enjoyed having them here with us for a few days.



Tanner didn't want them to leave. So when it came time for them to go, he took his play handcuffs and hooked Sivil to the tree. She thought it was funny to be handcuffed to a tree.


Here is Eric, Sivil, Sivetra and Erianna.



While Erianna spent a few days with us we took her to a local park and let her see some of the animals there. This animal is called Jacob's Sheep. I don't ever remember seeing anything like this before, so thought it was worth taking a picture.

Alexis, Eri, and Tanner.

Alexis, Tyler, Tanner and Erianna on the train.

Erianna and Alexis

Eri and Alexis are having a ball playing and doing things together. Eri's family came to our house early Saturday morning. They have some assembly to go to in Greensboro. They left Erianna with us for a few days. The girls got matching dresses for themselves and the baby dolls. So on Sunday they were excited to be sisters and dress a like. Alexis loves to have her hair braided with beads put in it. So Sivil (Eri's mom) braided a few into Alexis's hair. So Alexis was happy to have a few braides to look like Eri. We have a few things planned to do while Eri is here. We've really missed seeing her and her family since we moved back to the States, but this has helped us reconnect a liitle more with them.






The sun was very bright and so they did not want to look up at the camera for their picture.