What We've Been Doing

As you can probably tell by the lack of new posts, we are extremely busy. I am doing a summer waitressing job at my grandparents local Cafe, -which keeps me hopping! Si and Chris are doing outside work for right now and Soph is visiting our other grandparents. And with our house being remodeled, our house is quite chaotic! Between that and the little girls being little girls (i.e. making messes, running around the house, making more messes :) we are swamped! Mom and I finally found the time to give Sam a haircut (which he badly needed). Note: make sure you have time for this activity, especially if you're giving a young child a haircut! Twisting and squirming to get down to play, Sam was difficult to entertain enough to sit still. But, in the end, he was finished and it turned out pretty well. Below is a picture of the finished product:

He's really cute in this picture, so concentrated on looking out of the window, he didn't even know I was taking the picture! Well, hopefully we will find more time in which to post, but for now, this will have to do!

You Are Special!

The other night mommy had to go to a meeting, my dad was working in his garage and I had the girls and Sam in the house (the boys were still up at Grandpa and Grandma's house). Soph and I were put in charge of cleaning the kitchen up after supper and the little kids were watching a show in the living room. Soph was supposed to sweep the floor while I loaded up the dishwasher. When I turned around, there was Soph sitting in the living room with the kids - watching the show. I was frustrated that my only helper decided to 'take a break' (as she put it) and desert me to do all the work.
"Soph, you get up here right now and start sweeping the floor. Why is it that I am the only one up here?! Stop watching the show and come finish your job." I have to admit, I didn't talk to her in the best tone of voice but she came up looking pretty remorseful. I turned back to my job, satisfied that she would do hers.
"Hanna," Soph said in a quiet voice at my side. "Here. You are special." She handed me one of our refrigerator magnets that has a picture of a rose on it with the words "You Are Special" written below it. It was so funny that it was all I could do to not laugh out loud! Instead, I said while trying not to laugh, "Well, Soph, thanks alot! I love you, Soph. Now, let's get back to sweeping the floor." I reached out and hugged her. Little people can be so funny. Let's just say that with lots of kids around, life is NEVER boring!

Pecan Torte

My Grandma's birthday was this past Saturday and I made this yummy Pecan Torte- although instead of corn syrup I substituted maple syrup to make it a Pecan Maple Torte. Everyone liked it and grandma said it was 'one of the best cakes she had ever had'. This is a picture of the cake below. Enjoy! Go HERE for the recipe.

Bella!

Isn't she adorable?

Over the past weekend Ri watched a dog for her aunt. She's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, only 2 months old and her name is Bella. As you can see, she is so adorable! Her floppy little ears and big brown eyes are really cute and her fur is so soft, the minute you see her you want to hold her! Excuse the scrap of me in the background; the zoom in wasn't working on the camera.

Here's Ri holding Bella. No, she's not choking her, merely petting her!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go e-mail these pictures to Ri.

Awww... Cute!

The other night, Sam was in his high chair eating dinner when Mommy said to him, "Sam, show Daddy your shoes." Sam, who was wearing a new pair of tennis shoes, proudly stuck his feet up in the air and said, "Look, Daddy, shoes!" Before daddy could even respond, Sam continued, "Aww... cute!" His sincerity was so adorable that we couldn't help but laugh. He's just started to put words together to form sentances and it's so fun to hear him talk. In the words of Uncle Pete, 'little people' are a lot of fun to be around! I love our Sam!

God is so BIG!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day! The sky was a deep blue and the clouds were so white and fluffy. I was driving home from the grocery store when I heard Viv in the back seat say to her sister, "Did you know that God stands on the blue, Lil?"

Immediately I knew that she was talking about the sky so I asked her, "Why do you think He stands on the blue, Viv?"

In Viv's characteristic scratchy little voice she replied, "Mommy, He stands on the blue because He is so big!"

Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord God, Thou art very great; Who maketh the clouds His chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind!

Psalm 104:1,3

You're a Mouse!?!

Prince Caspian finally came out and I was able to go see it yesterday! I really liked it, the acting was superb, and I loved the extras such as the storming of Miraz's castle.

The movie had a lot of funny lines such as when a Telmarine first saw Reepicheep and exclaimed, "You're a mouse!?!"

To this Reepicheep replied, "You people have no imagination!"

Lots of action made it very exciting. If I had to give my favorite

Narnia character though, I would have to say it is still Lucy.