good ol' Abe


Ethan's Favorite President is Abraham Lincoln- so on Presidents day he made a picture of him..







little sweet stories

last night I was laying in bed with Cullen and he wanted to tell me a story. He is talking so much now. Here is part of the story in Cullen language, "Big nake me get. Me run get big nake. Me awesome. Me up house. Me awesome, Etan awesome, daddy awesome. Me tory in my head."

He went on to tell me other things- He has the sweetest voice. When someone is talking and he needs to say something he will say "cuse me". The cutest thing is when someone is talking about something and it gets Cullen excited and he will say "WHERE?" in a very excited way.


My sweet, sweet Cullen.

learning....

I am SOOOO excited... Today we were going over our History Memorization. It starts with the Creation and goes throughout our history up to the present day. So it is A LOT to memorize but we were going through the cards like we do every morning and we got to Gods Covenant with Abram and Ava stopped me and ran to her room to get her bible and she said "mom I just read about Abram and his wife Sarai, her name is not Sarah yet." She read to me part of Genesis and my heart was filled with joy. She got the connection.... She remembered! And we spent 30 min just talking about God and His promises, and Abram. What a wonderful morning... This is how I know I am doing I am doing the right thing by Homeschooling for my children! God is Good-

Valentines....






My angel Ava Grace has been planning for 2 months a Valentines Surprise for all of us. Now the day was here and she worked so hard getting the playroom ready. No one was allowed in there and she even locked the door and wore the key around her neck! We all received invitations to the party- she opened the door and there were hearts on the wall she had a Happy Valentines Day sign, she had a table for us to sit at with a picture of our family on it. She had made marsh mellow kabobs and she had cookies and lemonade! She wrote the most beautiful song for us about how much she loves her family and then we all had fortunes. What a wonderful Valentines and how blessed we are to have Miss Ava Grace as a daughter and sister!

rap

yes, yes, my sweet E man likes rap. Now of course I review the songs before I let him listen to them but he just loves them and thinks they are so funny-

he is so stink'n cute!

Boone,NC




We came home just in time to unpack and repack to go to our neighbors parents house Mike and Laura Wilson, in Boone with another neighbor and their kids. It was so nice! I don't think I have ever stepped foot in such a big house- wow. It over looked a Christmas tree farm- we went to their vineyard and it was beautiful- lots of laughs- and wonderful food. Mike is really the best cook ever- It was like we ate 5 star meals every day. The kids rode the go carts and had a ball- We are so blessed with wonderful neighbors-