Happy Halloween

 We started the day off with some pumpking pancakes!!! (orange food coloring and chocolate chip faces!)

 Malachi brought these little pumpkin candies to school for his teachers for "taking care of my little pumpking".

 Fancy pants displaying her Halloween wear!

Ending our night with lots of cousins and lots of goodies!
I would say that qualifies for one "HAPPY" Halloween!

a girl and her hat

Just because!

about 4

The hardest part about having four children in the house is:
not managing to get all four of them buckled into a carseat only to unbuckle them all because the baby needs a bottle.
it's not getting four children into pajamas, brushing their teeth, reading them a book, and tucking them all in only for the rounds of "I need a drink to begin."
it's not going to the grocery store with a carseat in the one part of the cart, one child in the seat, two children trailing, and no where to put your groceries.
it's not the numerous loads of laundry

Nope it is none of the above.

The hardest part about having four children is:
The stares you get, the looks of concern, or worse yet the looks of "get it together".
It's the "forgotten invitation" to normally invited events
It's the overwhelmed feeling people around you have

So yup we are a family of 6 for now, like it or leave it. ... that comment is for me and me alone. After all 4 is our number, not meant to be imposed on anyone else. Just for the sake of it..the best part of four is:
the endless entertainment, the endless hugs, and the endless love that feels our home day in and day out!

cabin in the fall

 

Here are a few fun pictures from the night at the cabin this past weekend. There is nothing like a cabin in the woods in the fall. Even in the rain we were still able to enjoy a few falling leaves.

They said it

I say it again and again how different Chi and Korra are, but you can so see it in what they say.
Malachi-
While driving in the car the other day he says, "Isn't it amazing that God didn't miss a single tree, he colored each and every leaf?"..ohhh he melts my heart!

Last week he came home from school with this paper:

                   front

                   back
The picture is him and one of the foster children we currently have. He told me that each week when he has the writing center he is going to make an "I love you" paper for a member of our family.

Now Korra... a breath of fresh air or more like hold your breath!
Dan asked Korra the other day if she could trade her tt in for anything what would it be. Her responds to be able to walk around Meijer by herself.
Then during Bible Study the other night we were talking about how God might use you. Korra thought that God might use her to get money...?

Tate turns 1

My nephew turned one a few weeks ago and my sister asked me to help her take a few photos...I think we ended up taking around 400...so we ended up with a few good ones!! lol!
Here are a few of my favorites:

 

 

 Can't seem to turn these two around, but had to display them!!!

I so love this little guy he is a breath of fresh air! A quiet, content, confident little man!

Happy Birthday Tatum!!

Imitating

Korrayah has always been one to imitate everything. If you want to know what goes on in our home watch her! This has been her latest:
I am in charge of the nursery at our church so Korra spends a lot of time in the church. Lately she has been pretending that she is a nursery supervisor and I need to bring my babies there to be taken care of. I sign them in and she puts a sticker on their back with their name and off I go to church. Once in a while a baby will need to be dedicated and she will have to do that on stage. Love it!
She also pretends to be the case worker for foster care. She pretends to ring the door bell then comes in and has me take a seat and sign a lot of paper work. Then she leaves and comes back with some kids. It cracks me up!!!
She is such a party!

Love her spirit, but I learned how closely she is watching me and those around her. I know that I need to be careful on who and what she is around.