Anxious

Everyone is anxious for a little "Daddy wrestling".  It's been a  long week and the kids are missing him!

Whether it's one on one or every man (or child) for himself.  Daddy makes it fun!

Visits

This week, with no babysitting and with Daddy gone, Maddie and I have done some visiting!

On Monday we visited Cleda, who attends our Farmer church.  Cleda will be 99 in the late summer and she is amazing!  She really is a sweet lady and fun to visit with.  She enjoyed seeing Maddie and insisted on getting toys dug out for her to play with!

Then on Tuesday we took dinner to Adam and Abbie and Maddie got to meet little Aubrie.  Aubrie will not be a month old until Saturday.  She is a sweet little thing.  So tiny and so adorable!  Maddie was thrilled to get to go visit and meet her and had been counting down the days.

Then today we had lunch with my parents and Grandparents.  My Gramps had his 85th birthday today and Granny celebrates her birthday on Saturday!  So we celebrated with them by having lunch and then ice cream.  Somehow I didn't think to get my camera out, but we enjoyed spending a few hours with all of them!

So we have been visiting this week and enjoying our visits!

The Family

It's been a little while since I posted a picture of the family!

This was taken at Easter.

Except for the fact that we are all squinting in the sun, it's a pretty good looking crew!

Snuggling

 We've been called sisters, by the man in our lives...Daddy!

We are both missing him tonight, so I thought I would post this picture!

 Maddie says we're M&M (Maddie and Momma).  

I love being Momma to this little girl!  

Just wish I could keep her little for a while longer!

"Uu" week

Last week was "Uu" week around here!

The "Babysitting Kids" liked the umbrella's we made out of paper bowls. 

Although, they seemed to think that umbrella's were to wear on your head!

I guess I'm OK with that as long as they are having fun!

Although we didn't get nearly as many words as we did for "Ss" and "Tt" we had a fun week.  It was very fitting that it was a rainy dreary week.  

We tossed little balls into an umbrella for our fun inside time, we read lots of books, made crafts and had a fun week.

Then on Sunday the kids sang (half at Ney and half at Farmer).  They had been excited about singing their "Oo" verse at church.

"Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good, because his mercy endures forever."  Psalm 118:1

I was super proud of Maddie.  She was a leader.  She sang out at both churches and did a great job!  A very proud Momma moment!

She (and most of the kids) can recite a verse for any letter you ask them from A toU and soon it will be all the way to Z.

Share Her Hair

This little gal would share absolutely anything with her Daddy!  She adores him, and the feeling is pretty mutual on his part!  They are 2 of a kind!

She thought it was pretty funny that she could share her hair!

:)

Wilmore Week #15

Ron is on the road, headed to Wilmore again!  

It was hard for him to leave.  

He had hoped to arrive before dark, but instead he will be pulling in pretty late!  

Good-bye's are hard!

We are praying that Daddy has a good week, a lot of research and a lot of progress towards his PhD.  We are also praying for a good Discipleship group for him!  Just an all around GREAT week would be wonderful!

On our end there is a lot planned too!  

We have a softball game to watch, and baseball practices (weather permitting).  We have Discipleship and Youth Group.  There are visitations planned and dinners to deliver.  (Maddie is super excited to go visit Baby Aubrie, who is not quite a month old.)  We have lunch planned with Great-Grandparents and Grandparents.  We have meetings and appointments!  We have a lot on the schedule for the week.

So...Wilmore Week #15 is now  underway!

Spring is in the Air

It was obvious this afternoon, that the kids have spring fever!  They are ready to bust loose - and today was the perfect day for it!

I purposely delayed supper so that they could spend a few hours outside!

Ronnie and Nathaniel started baseball practice this week, but they have been playing this backyard ball since the season ended last year.  (Their Daddy said that it was obvious in their first practice that they had been throwing and pitching!)

They are both interested in pitching a little, especially Ronnie.  

Apparently they aren't too bad either!

Maddie was just excited to be out.  

She quickly shed her jacket and got down in the dirt!

Stopping long enough to grin for the camera before going back to her digging!

Then there is Eli!  

Crazy little man who despite dressing himself is still a cute little guy!

Always into something!

Pictured here with Ronnie's homemade bow and arrow!

So spring is in the Air, and we're loving it!

Another Semester

Yesterday the boys brought home their 3rd Semester grades!  

They patiently waited until Daddy and I could sit together and open them up!

I am so proud!  

Our of 34 possible grades (all 3 of them together), there were 30 A's!

Did you catch that?  30!

So so proud!  

There were 4 B's and honestly there were tears for some of them, but not on my part!

Such smart boys.  I am so proud of these handsome genius men we are raising!

They all 3 try so hard and do so well, I couldn't be happier!

Blessed Doubly

I'm not sure if "Doubly" is even a word - but if it is, it would describe my kids!  We have been talking a lot lately, with them about how special it is that they have 2 sets of Grandparents who not only love them each so much - but they love each other!  In our world/society, it is not often that you find a family so "intact".  It is just not heard of these days.  We tried last week to explain divorce to our kids - they don't get it.  They don't see it within our family and it makes no sense to them.  God designed one man and one women for all time!  That's how it should be!

So this past weekend when we had both my parents and Ron's parents here to celebrate Nathaniel's baptism and Easter - it was a double Blessing!

Panpa and Grandma Adkins had not been here since Christmas, so it was good to spend time with them!

 Pap and Grandma Neff actually spent a few hours with the kids just last weekend - so they picked up where they left off!

 Reading

Being Silly

Predicting Sports outcomes (and watching them too)

Some had a little more fun than others - Poor Eli, he can't help himself when he's with his Pap!

It really is a Blessing though!  Wonderful Grandparents who love each other and love our kids!  

What a Blessing!