All on an Elephant

I thought this compilation of pictures was funny. My children have such ideas and all with a bronze elephant.

Amazing!

After years of living in Texas we have never gone out to do the Texas tradition of taking pictures in the bluebonnets. We have actually one seen them once before, because of the drought we have been in for a few years we didn't see many in recent years. We really wanted to capture it this year in case it is the last time we see it.

We found a field near our house and had fun seeing flowers all along the way. Some of those flowers are pictured in the previous post, but the ground was too wet to actually go into the field. Yesterday we finally did it. The children were cute and wanted to hold hands.

David loves finding thistles, which really are a beautiful flower.

I had no idea how big these flowers were. The children would go explore and when they were lying down, they would disappear in the flowers. As you can see, the flowers are almost as tall as Benjamin! Beautiful, just beautiful!

Texas Spring

This year has been beautiful.

I love Spring.

New Pictures

I took my youngest son grocery shopping today, and he was the most popular little boy in the store! It seemed that everyone we passed either smiled, said "hello," or tried to tickle him; he must be in that super-cute phase.


If you want verification of his (and his siblings') cuteness, take a look at our new pictures from our March escapades (click here).

Up, Up, Up

There is only one way to go, and that is up. Benjamin is learning to climb and his diaper is a nice anchor when it comes to climbing. Now, how to get to the next rung of the ladder...

Safely Gathered In

"Today was the best day!" This was the comment David made as we finished up canning wheat. Little by little we are gathering and storing. The children were very excited about doing this.
It feels good because it is right.

I really enjoyed reading about and learning about storing food. This is where I was able to learn the most, Provident Living: Family Home Storage.

Chalking Fun!

Because the weather has been very beautiful for playing outside, we decided to do some drive-way art. We really had fun this time because my children are finally getting to an age where they can draw and write words. Here are a few examples:

I only helped a little with this, and was impressed with the results.

Lately we have enjoyed reading "Ladybug Girl" books, and the children wanted to pretend to be the characters from the book. I thought I would draw them:
Ladybug Girl, Bumblebee Boy, and Little Bug Boy

Of course we pretend to have pets too.

We feel so blessed to have had lots of rain, and pray that we can have more to keep us in a stable condition with the water, but we love the sunny days! There is something special about Texas sunshine! We love to go for walks/bike rides, chalk, play at the many parks in our area, and we are even learning how to jump rope. The joys of being a child and the freedom of the outdoors!