Plank Challenge September 2019

Plank Challenge September 2019

We have been doing a family plank challenge this month. We are starting to do a weekly check in to time everyone. Each person is being challenged to do better than their last time. Two people go head to head at a time while everyone 

Ellie is 18 months!

Ellie is 18 months!

Where has the time gone?? She doesn’t say very many words – Mama, hat, this, “go,go,go” & then makes a lot of sounds “shhhh” for shoes, “ssss” for socks. She has sounds for many of her siblings. She also uses many signs like eat, more, 

Bug Hunting Fun

Bug Hunting Fun

A blessing of summer – lots of time to go bug hunting. This has been the kids’ new favorite way to spend their time. The other night they stayed up late trying to catch an elusive butterfly. It blesses me to see them laughing & 

Miscellaneous pictures August 2019

Miscellaneous pictures August 2019

I always have random pictures that don’t fit in a particular group, so I figured I should make a monthly post of them.

Fun with boxes

Fun with boxes

The kids love playing with boxes. I love seeing their creative minds working. It’s a win win!! 🙂 Logan, Keira, Lucas & Emmalyn made some robots with miscellaneous boxes & cardboard they scavenged. Ellenor didn’t want to be left out. 🙂 She loves this huge 

Fair Experiences

Fair Experiences

I, Xanna, am going to tell you a little bit about my recent Fair experiences. In the past three weeks, I have been to three County Fairs and our Illinois State Fair. We like to wear matching bright colors when in large crowds, so that 

Little “BIG” Helpers

Little “BIG” Helpers

It was such a gift to have a day at home yesterday in the midst of a crazy busy week and in the middle of an insane month. I’m so grateful. All the olders were gone & the youngers worked with me on cleaning, packing, 

A few more Fair pictures – carnival rides

A few more Fair pictures – carnival rides

We did the carnival rides one evening at the Fair. We had wanted to go to the rodeo also, but unfortunately we couldn’t make it – after being there for 9 hours already, we were too beat. The kids were gracious & we did something