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Joseph and his amazing flying machine.
The new look of breakfast at our house.
Our answer to the high cost of nature gas. Wood ya look at that!

BOO! .. yes today is Halloween.. we have got Catherine's cat outfit made, ears and all.. we might have to be bob tail cat this year though.. Joseph is going to be a power ranger (thanks Macy and Miranda) and Nathan has finally decided on the bat costume that Nana made for Janas kids. I am going to be an unorgnanized, homemaker with dishpan hands,,, I think I will be able to pull that on off. :)

We are doing good.. I cant believe it is almost Nov.. my how the time flies. I am starting to crave texas trash!

well.. dishes to do.. beds to make.. kids to read history to..
more later
R

I cant believe she is NINE! Seems like only yesterday she was saying Bambin for Banana and talking to all of her imaginary friends in the bathtub.. her favorite of which was Bebe. Man how time flies!
Picnic lunch on campus. I was a beautiful day! (before this we went to fort imagination park and played.. )
After eating the kids enjoyed making and flying paper airplanes. I got them to hold still just long enough to take this shot.. arent they just the cutest!
Cat as Princess Liea from Star Wars.. This was taken right before the start of her party.

Sittin in Daddys lap-
Making homemade sweet yeast rolls
Mom being silly, Catherine took this picture, notice the recipes taped to the inside of my cabinet.. anyone else do this or is it just me?

Please scroll down to see the rest of the pictures I posted.

Look at that form!
Great smile!
Strike!!!!
ready to run!
Chemisty Circus- Each year the Chemistry department puts on a show. They do fun experiments like making fire under water, making two liquids into a solid, catching things on fire, and the best thing.. blowing up balloons! The kids loved it!

The kids before the parade. Isnt Trixy cute! And look how other grandmas were taking pictures of my kids! pretty funny
having fun on the air slide castle
isnt that a great smile!
getting up the nerve to climb
she made it all the way to the top!

Its been so long since I posted I dont know if I remember how :)

We are having a good day today. The kids are working on their school work and I decided to take a minute to post. (before I fold clothes and clean the toilets).

I have been having issues for the last year or so with low energy, not sleeping at night and my hair falling out. I got tested for thyroid problems by the doc and it all came back fine. In my quest to feel good again I have decided this week to eat nothing but fruit until noon. The idea all got started in my conversations via email from Sarah. She has a blog dedicated to vegan/raw eating. I will put it on my sidebar so you can read it too :) . Anyway Sarah suggested I read all I can on the raw diet and so Saturday I went to the library and found "Fit for Life not Fat for Life" and I have read 3/4 of the book so far and what he says makes since. One of the things he suggests is to eat nothing but fruit until lunch. It is crazy for me to even think of doing this..I being the drink a mug of Dr pepper instead of coffee first thing in the morning person I am. I am a sugar and caffeine addict. The caffeine I thought I had to have so I could get things done.. without it I had NO energy at all. I was expecting this morning to eat fruit and feel tired, or at least have a caffeine headache.. I have been up since 730.. and no headache.. and I am full of energy! crazy I know.. but its true! The book also says to try and eat 50% raw food and 50% cooked food. So that is my goal too.

I just have to do something to feel better. You know the saying "you are what you eat" I have about decided it is more true than I ever realized. Heres to the start of my crazy journey.
OH.. by the way... THANKS a million Sarah for inspiring me to get healthy!

I guess you are wondering if this is a family thing or just a me thing.. well this morning the kids had fruit for breakfast .. I did give them a little yougart too but it was a huge change that they handled great. They actually said.. "YUM" when they came to the table. The boys hesitated to eat their watermelon and canteloup but its amazing the wonders a toothpick will do! They stapped those things and as Emeril says "BAM" they were gone. :)

Fruitfully yours
Fruthie :)

Well.. guess its a good time to post. All the kids are napping and all you can hear is the sound of my fingers on the keyboard..nice and relaxing.

I got sick this past weekend.. so now it has made it through the entire family. I got caught up on my laundry yesterday after two days of not doing laundry this weekend I was determined to get it back to being conquered :) .

The kids are doing good. I have a few sweet stories.

Joseph woke up a few days ago, Cat and I were walking to the kitchen, joseph popped up off the couch where he was laying still trying to wake up .. and gave me a huge hug! I said "OH Joseph that is just what I needed this morning!" Cat said "ME TOO!" (meaning she needed a hug from Momma too!) .. Sweet Joseph turned as quick as can be and gave Catherine the BIGGEST hug! .. Cat hugged him back and said "OH Why thank you Joseph.. but I ment a hug from Mom." We all just giggled.. what a great way to start the morning!

Last night I walked into the kids room to tell the goodnight. (Everynight they look at books before going to sleep.) .. I found Nathan already asleep and Catherine reading to Joseph. The neat thing was she was reading the Bible.. First Kings to be exact! .... oh.. that warmed my heart! so great!

We are happy to have a cold front moving through tonight and tomorrow the hi is in the 60s. I am ready for woodburning, hot chocolate drinking, BURRRRABIT.. its cold, weather! :)

Happy Wednesday!