Fall Family Gathering (Part Duex)

Josiah is MUDEVIL SHANQUILLIST!!

Well I tried to change the font on that last post I do not think that it worked though . I was supposed to have come online here for a week now to publish the camera phone pics of FFG but tonight I am finally online so I will publish the mud pics to the blog. Yes that is my Miss Micha covered in mud from the mud wars and as you look at the pics you will see that she is not all that dirty compared to others in the mud war! As you can see Josiah above. The Mud Wars (aka the Mud Olympics are a chance for the kids to get out and be a kid. They are games that are wet and filthy that end up with a lot fo the kids just playing in the mud but that is what kids love to do and when do we EVER LET our kids do that?

The Fall Family Gathering was a great time for our family and I think what I like more than the actual experience was the fact that we will be doing this year in and year out for years to come and it can become something to look foward to each year by the kids. The total experience was amaizing to me, just being out the the 'sticks' with my family was awesome but I come from a family that the vacations were camping so I strive to "keep the tridition" anyway. Next Year if any of you would like to come to FFG with us we will be camping out there and I am hoping that I can be tenting it with a campfire. Just my own goals to get to.

Anyway enjoy the muddy pics.

Fall Family Gathering

Just a little about our weekend. Every fall our church has a weekend called Fall Family Gathering. Basically the whole church goes to this campground and we just spend the weekend in fellowship with awesome people and we just Worship. We decided it would be easiest for us to drive back and forth each day and night. There are cabins and dorms on the campground, or you could use a tent.
We had a really tough time with the kids but I am glad we went. I think definately next year we will just get a cabin or a dorm room. The kids were so tired. Logan is teething so he is miserable, he walked around all weekend with a swollen mouth. He was so hungry but he couldn't eat (they are his eye teeth) Anyway, all except for Logan we enjoyed the poeple and the food was great. The band did awesome, they sounded really good and did a great job pumping everyone up.

Micha participated in the Mud Olympics. The picture says it all, I hope blogger is nice today.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

OUR BIRTHDAY BASH

After all of the anticipation Micha finally had her party. She had a blast. Only a few of her friends came which was a good thing if you can imagine what 4 4year old girls are like when they are excited, lets just say there was a lot of screaming. (excited scream not bad scream) They all lined up for the pinata. It took about 4 times through all 6 kids before we finally tore it open. We let some of the bigger kids play thinking it would help but we had a very strong pinata.
Then we ang and had cake. I was taking the cpucake-cake outside and it slid off of the tray, but luckily I caught it with my hand. Only one side was distorted, Micha never knew.
Then we did presents and the girls took everything to Micha's room and shut the door.

The best part was how excited Micha was the whole entire time. You'll be able to see that in the pics though.

Happy Birthday Micha!

Wow, Micha is four today. It hardly seems possible. We began the day with Micha being a little upset because we had to go to work today. But.....she had a great day at Ms. Stephanies house.
They had My Little Pony cupcakes and played outside a lot of the day. We didn't get home until 6 which is the trend now because no matter when I plan on leaving work I never get out of there until after 5. Anyway we had Pizza, Michas fave, black olive stuffed crust.
Then we made her cake together. We just took it out of the oven and we are letting it cool. It has been so neat because now she actually gets that today is her birthday and she has been anticipating today for awhile now. She told Stephanie a few times today " I can't believe today is my birthday, I am so excited"

She loves the leap pad. She got to open it today and has been anxiously calling aunt Trace all night. Saturday is her big birthday with her friends. It will be fun. I can't decide though if I should do a themed party or what. What kind of games? The kids are all ages. Whatever we come up with I am sure she will love all of it. She always thanks us for everything, like dinner, if we buy a new snack she likes. She is so polite. Sometimes when I make dinner which isn't very often, she'll be like "Mom you did such a good job making this" even though I probably burnt it or something.
Micha and daddy are ending the night with Toy Story, which they both love.


Happy Birthday Micha. We love you.

Blogger says no pics tonight.

No Bake Cookies

Okay, Mike is addicted to no bake cookies! He makes like 2 batches a week. I know its not really a big deal. But.....................we have been trying to go the no sugar route with the kids. If anyone has a variance to the original recipe I would be happy to mix up the cookie thing a little bit. I was going to take a picture of the batch he made last night but they are already all gone. All like 30 of them.