More of St Louis

Inside the arch area was a museum. We spent some time there and the kids wanted pics by different things....I won't bore you with all of those. By the time we were getting ready to go, I wanted the pic of someone holding the arch. I'm surprised they turned out this good because everyone was overly hungry and you know what that means in this family. However, I thought these came out pretty good.

Vacation...St Louis

The next big thing we did before getting to Chicago was a stop in St Louis and of course, we did the arch. The pic of the kids and I shows the size of the capsule we rode in to get to the top. They considered Klara a lap child, so we had to squeeze 6 of us in there.

Vacation....part 0

Hey, this collage thing is fun to do. Anyways, here are the kids before our trip.

Vacation...Part 1

I finally wanted to share some photos from our big vacation to Chicago. However, it was hard to narrow down my selection...so I've tried to make a collage and transfer it to blogger. So we'll see how it goes. I hope the pics are not too small to see. We started our trip with a quick trip to Phx to drop off both doggies for their 2 week vacation with my folks. Then we headed out. Our first big stop was at Meramec Caverns. The kids loved the chance to walk in "a cave".

A Few Recent Pics

Look what Kaleb just did!!! Tooth #2 is gone! He got a little help from me. I really wanted that tooth out before we leave for vacation. Mainly so the "toothfairy" won't lose it. He's holding his blue tin where the tooth is and in the morning he found 6 quarters. No signs now of any future wiggly teeth. What I pulled from the garden in a day. Not a bad return. I currently have at least 5 butternut squash growing too!
Clif took this pic of the dogs. They sure are good friends.

The kids and I went to church for the clean up day. I was the only working female and they were the only kids. It was good for them to do and they worked pretty hard. We had a nice lunch and got to take home all the leftovers for helping out. I recorded this for their homeschool activities. We are super proud of them.

Artichoke lovers just like their mom!

Wood Cutting

Well, out to the woods we went on Sat and again today, Mon, to get wood for this winter. The two boys also went on Friday. Results: Friday= a few pieces.....Sat+ my nagging = 1/2 a trailer. But today= a almost full trailer. Maybe 1/4 of a cord by now. The kids had a blast. Kaleb loved wearing his orange ear plugs...Klara didn't so usually stayed back. They did pretty good on Sat, but by Mon, mom had food. Always seems to make life better. Kaleb was a HUGE help today. Klara sure tried hard. See her bow and arrow?
Here she is helping load the trailer as Kaleb poses for a pic.

Daddy loves his chain saw.

Today's results. Under the blue tarp in the back is the other wood. Thanks to the church for allowing us to borrow the trailer. Any guesses on what we are doing next weekend???

Clif's B-day and Other

Clif with the kids opening his b-day card. They all just LOVE hoops and yoyo. Yummy brownies for "cake". Now most of it is leftover and in the freezer now.
Finally, a hummingbird. This is looking out the kitchen window.

This mornings garden pickings. Yummm