Things.....

 We went to the Arboretum....

 Hannah took this picture with my I Phone!

 We went to a friend's house out in the country....we also took home eggs from there to eat!

 We had a Science Project Homeschool night...

What we've been up to....

 Above- Thomas learning about gravity and the solar system in Classical Conversations.  We are so thankful for this program, we ALL are learning so much, right along side Thomas :)

 We love this 15 yr old kid, and the highlight for him this bday was finally getting his very own phone!

 You may have seen some of these already, but I just can't get over the sweetness of Andrew loving on tiny Bethany.

 Andrew takes Biology at the home of one of our homeschool moms, he is in a class with 4 girls, but he has a good time and enjoys the lab portion.  His first dissection will be a sheep's brain!

 

 I was just amazed at the clouds the other day as the girls and I were outside, and below........well.....that's my bug, and he loves to make me smile :)

The new background is courtesy of Anmer's photography.

Happy Fall!

Cher-Bear texted this to me, and I just had to post it. Aren't they gorgeous!

Last day to work together and Gig 'Em

M and M had their last day together at Schlotzsky's this week.  It was so fun to go in and see them together these past few months. Mason stopped working there in order to work at a small business and get some accounting experience.

 A friend gave Mason this fun A&M gift pack.  We are trying to uses phrases like Howdy and Gig 'Em.  I'm not really a gimmicky person - this might be hard for me!

Celebrating Mason's acceptance to TAMU

Colorado 2013

 One of our highlights- a 2 hour horse ride!

 The girls loved watching Ryan prep the fish outside our cabin (I am looking through the screen door)

 This was a cool fallen tree- with the branches sticking out in back.

 

 This was a 2 mile- one way hike to "Inspiration Point" it was foggy when we started in the morning- the girls were excited to "touch the clouds"

 A cool beaver eating tree!

 I could have just stood in this one spot for hours, looking at the beautiful scenery!

See the deer above? We were coming back down from Inspiration Point and saw this beauty.

One day it was rainy, but the girls still tried fishing at Love Lake with Ryan. (I stayed in the car, and played Go Fish with the girls as they would rotate in and out to get warm and dry!)

 

 This was a hard hike, and we turned around part way through the trail, because we thought we were going to get a big rain- we booked it back- it never did rain- you can see Faith holding our ponchos.  The girls were such troopers!

 We played cards and Farkle a lot at the kitchen table in the cabin.

 We saw parts of the devastation from the Colorado fires this summer.

 Parts of the trees were beginning to turn fall colors.

 The girls like to play with the camera!

 One morning it was cold as we were hiking, and Hannah wanted me to show how her nose was red from the cold!

We had a great time!  God is awesome and faithful!!!

First Day of School, Driver's Test

First day of school - my Permian High School sophomore!

Jake walked up to me shaking his head and said he failed, and I completely believed him...and of course he was kidding!