Trying to Finish Well!

The kids had their yearly well child check-up this week, Seth and Dakota are 7 lbs in difference. Kelli & Daniel there is also 7 lbs difference, they all are lean and tall kids. Doctor says they all look good and so far only Seth received shots but the two oldest are due. They are all so much bigger and advancing in school everyday. Dakota is very outgoing at school, Shane called her an extravert in an introverts clothing. Dakota and Seth still haven't figured out the whole playing nicely together all the time, but what siblings do? They have figured out to play by themselves while the older two are at school. Still lots of screaming and crying for my taste. Seth is talking more everyday and finding new ways into mischief, and looking cute while completly making a mess. Daniel's teacher is a blessing that only God could have provided. She completely understands working with Daniel getting him to have no accidents at school. It's a relief off our shoulders, plus...

During this time of September Shane & I are trying to attempt to Normalize a Schedule for the family. We do realize that each week something different is thrown in just for that week so we make adjustments. However we haven't gotten the normalized schedule down yet since Shane & kids started school. But I have great faith that eventually by October we will have this straightened out until next semester of school for Shane. I have no hope of it being done this Month :-) Kids are doing great, Seth has a runny nose that he picked up somewhere or he's cutting more teeth. I think he's almost done until his two year old molars. When watching the Everett kids with Haydee who is 5 weeks younger than Seth I've notice he's kind of a brute. He wants to herd her around outside making sure she isn't touching any of his toys outside. Of course this can entail everything outside. The phrase "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine" comes...

Well this was the first week of School for Kelli, Daniel, and Dakota. It's been crazy trying to keep track of at least five different schedules to know when to drop kids off, when to have lunch ready, when to pick kids up, and when to have dinner ready, Oh and how many may show up for lunches. I will be glad when I finally remember to print off the wonderful color coordinated schedule chart I fixed for this sememster. Kelli started 2nd Grade with Ms. Taber this last tuesday. She is loving it and has kids in her class from her 1st grade class and some neighbor kids that live on Campus. She is getting so big which I'm sure all parents say of their kids. Daniel started Kindergarden with Ms. Rowland who is new to the school. She seems very nice which is great. He started Wednesday, and is adjusting to getting up at 7:15 every morning and going all day. Dakota started school on Thursday she only goes for two hours Tuesday & Thursday morning to Gateway Christian School which...

Hi Everybody, since the last time I blogged humm...found my computer camera cord. Enjoyed some amazing weather, canned 49 quart jar of green beans from the 50 lbs we picked canned 9 quarts of applesauce, 14 pints of peaches, 5 quarts of mixed veggies, 7 quarts of pinto beans, froze 1 gal of blackberries, 4 gal of strawberries, & 4 bags of broccoli. Whew needless to say we've been busy canning and what to do some more applesauce or pie mix. We also hosted a get together of friends that are either retired, on staff, or attend the Seminary at Multnomah. We had a good turnout of about 30 people with lots of kids. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to having another one sometime. Multnomah started last Monday with new Student activities so Shane & I crashed a few to meet the new students that started this Fall. One activity we joined in was the Hike up Multnomah Falls. We made it to the top it is a mile hike up hill for 3/4 of the way with switchbacks and the last ...