Life through my phone

Random photos that represent going-ons here....

A tired Kella fell asleep against me.  

Friday night-game night.  We love Ticket to Ride here.  If I recall, I came in last place beautifully.

Selfie from work.  Don't see a solo selfie very often.

Kinley and games.  Or-happy Valentine's Day to me.

Selfies with the cat-it's what we do.  

Super exciting-we (I) finally bought a skillet to replace the one that broke a few years ago.  Look at all the egg-in-the-holes that we can cook at once.  I bet I could have fit 2 more on there.  The kids are thrilled to have pancakes again instead of pancake squares.  

Typical life around here.

a volume of randomness with extra-large photos

Fun things happen at this house a lot.  And, that's what I like to remember. 

I really like this wanted sign that Ewan made one day while playing. ("Cold or warm.  Wanted Cale 887746")

I got to write an encouraging note to Ewan for the start of ISTEP testing.  I made sure to include lots of quotes that I thought he would like.

And, Kella had career day at preschool.  Does she want to be a veterinarian when she grows up?  Who knows.  For about 15 minutes that morning, she did.  And, she looks super-cute.

celebrating the last day of September with random phone pictures

Well, it's the last day of September.  I don't know, but I feel the days went by at an appropriate speed.  It feels like fall today and once again, the air-conditioner is getting a break and the house is getting an airing.  Dinner is in the crockpot and I have managed to secure some time on my computer.  Lucky me.  And, lucky, because I get to share some random-ness of life here.

Kella, enjoying a show.  She's looking pretty comfy sitting in the doll stroller with her snack.

Cale, sporting a velvet jacket and leather bag he wore during Esther's Feast at Sunday school.  Cale likes fancy things.

Liam had a field trip with his class.  Neither Andy or I could go, but he got to hang out with his bestie Gam and Gam's mom.  These two boys are two peas in a pod and love hanging out together.

My new crochet project.  A corner-to-corner stitch blanket.  I love to crochet.

A selfie collage with the littles.  They like playing with my phone.

Crochet and coffee. Or, how I spend my mornings after the girls are in preschool.  I sit in the quiet nursery, watch my Netflix show, drink coffee and work on my blanket.  So nice to have a little bit of time for just me.  

Happy last day of September!

From where I sit, Friday randomness

Here it is, Friday.  We have made it through another school week with a slightly busy weekend around the corner.  And, by slightly busy, I mean a convention event for Marcus and Cale Saturday and then probably 2 basketball games for Ewan on Sunday.  This weekend should be cake compared to the past weekends. 

As previously posted, Ewan finishes up his travel basketball season this Sunday. Unless the team totally forgets to how to play(they are second graders), I anticipate they will win their league championship.  Then, sweet freedom from basketball.  We're ready.

Marcus has band contest tonight and I'm trying hard to remember to be at the school to pick him up at 7:20.  Then, Monday, he has a band concert that we will be going to.  I'm sure the band has improved since the Christmas concert.  I'm exited to hear how they sound.  

Marcus and Cale this weekend will be involved with LTC.  Leadership Training for Christ is what I like to call "4-H for church".  It's a convention in Indy with a bunch of different categories kids grade 3-12 can participate in.  There are activities you can complete before the convention and events you participate in at the convention.  Man, if I was a kid, I wouldn't know what to pick and would probably be in a ton of events-Bible quiz, Bible bowl, singing, puppets, drama, art, writing, the list goes on.  On Saturday, Marcus and Cale will both be doing Bible bowl and Bible reading.  Cale is participating in puppets tonight (led by a reluctant Andy).  And, both the boys completed their Bible quiz at home.  This year's theme covered the book of Luke(each year has been alternating between the New and Old Testament). I really like LTC.  The boys look forward to it every year and I like seeing people I know from different churches.  

Andy is down at LTC with Cale.  They spent some time today finishing up some puppet performance details.

I am still in my jams.  I went into work last night for a 4 hour shift that turned into an 8 hour shift.  So many babies were born last night.  The madness continued today as evidence by the help text  sent out from the unit looking for help for tonight.  Hope they found some.

Liam is waiting for me to get off the computer so he can blog.  Andy likes telling folks that our 5 year old has his own blog.  I like that Liam still likes to post to it.  If you get a chance, check it out.  We don't help Liam except when he wants a picture uploaded. Here's the link right here.

Kella got Daddy to buy her another Disney princess when they went to the store today.  She's happily playing with all her dolls right now.  This doll's a winner because her shoes are painted on.  

Kinley is sleeping, but I'm sure she will be waking up soon.  About 2 weeks ago, Kinley demonstrated that she could up and down the stairs by herself.  Smart little girl!  She's the first one of our kids that actually crawls down the stairs backwards instead of trying to go down face first.

We are in the middle of a floor reno downstairs.  Andy is working on completing the kitchen and the closets.  It's hard right now, because he doesn't have a lot of time to work on the floor, the floor space is smaller with some more cutting involved, the house is not square, we have 6 kids.....I feel like right now we are bogged down in the renovation valley.  Once Andy gets down with this phase, the rest should go very quickly.  It's just getting there....

I'm being stalked for the computer.  My time is up.