Off with the Old

Old Couch




New Couch



After being married for eight years, we decided it was time to upgrade and purchase a new couch! We are ever grateful for the years that we were able to spend with Grandpa and Grandma's hand-me-down, but it is now time for it to serve in a different happy home. Hoorah for us!

Tagged

Ok, Ok, I'll do the tag. I had to post the 4th picture in my 4th picture file or something like that, so here it is. I love primary! This was a picture we took in April. Don't really know why my folders are organized the way they are but it works for me! I'll tag: Lara Brown, Jen Seeley, and Lisa A.

Fort McJorgensen

My kids absolutely love mopping day because I put all of my kitchen chairs into the family room and they get to make a "fort" out of them. It makes a mess of our front room, but they totally love it! It brings back memories of turning our kitchen chairs growing up into a long "choo choo train." Anyway, so my kids are really good at making forts now. The other day they developed a new base for their fort - Annabelle's saucer, and just thought it was so great. So here's a picture. Oh, and my new curtain is in the background. :)

The Sweetest Thing

 

 

 

Annabelle is 4 months now! She is always so happy and she just makes us all smile! We went in for a check-up and she weighs 12 lbs! I took these sweet pictures yesterday and had to share.

Fall Fun

I always say that summer is my favorite season, but everytime that autumn comes along, I get so excited to do "autumn" things! A friend gave us a bunch of apples that Lucy, James, and I took ALL DAY to peel and cook (well, it felt like all day - but it was still fun!), which we eventually turned into applesauce! It was so yummy! The applesauce didn't last very long in our house because it was so good. :)



My visiting teacher left us a pumpkin lantern this week. I think she made it from an old spaghetti sauce jar and painted the inside orange. We put a candle in it and had a lot of fun making a spooky haunted house!



And this last picture is just my kids all playing together this morning when it was too cold to go out and play. I caught them spinning each other around on the exeresaucer. I said, "Where's Annabelle?" as they were spinning at top speed past me. "Oh, she's in here!" was the nonchalant answer as the saucer came to a hault. She had a big grinn on her face and was obviously really enjoying the ride! As long as everyone's having a good time, right?

Thank Heaven for Spontanious Visits from Friends!

It started off being a pretty typical Monday morning . . . getting Caleb off to school, packing up the 3 kids to catch a minute of exercising at the church. Then, just after I had pulled into the driveway, I was greeted with a familiar white minivan with our good friend (who has since moved to North Carolina) at the wheel! How fun! It was so good to see Lindsey and Parker for a bit, and so glad that the kids could play together again! Just like old times. If we could have random visits from friends everyday, what a wonderful world this would be! Thanks for stopping by!

Cousins!

We just had a wonderful visit with Melanie's sister, Lisa, and her family: Ward, Audrey, Max, and Hannah. What a wonderful birthday treat! We spent the notorious 10-4 attending the virginia tech football game, confrence, and pumpkin cookies! Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were filled with the kids playing together making secret hide-outs, haunted houses, paper airplanes, "sledding" down the hills, playing at parks, picnic at the duck pond, riding the bus around Blacksburg, and horseback-riding. Despite a few getting sick, our car breaking down, and bad Thai food, we still had an absolutely wonderful time! Thanks so much for coming you guys~ we love you!