threesixfive, days 279 thru 285

it was a pretty standard week around here. the weather is cooling off a little bit, but its usually burned off by about noon. no major happenings to speak of, so i'll get right to pictures.

sunday, day 279
heres our little pumpkin patch in the front yard. the metal scarecrows are a new addition this year. the kids named them sally and kevin, although i have no idea why.

monday, day 280

i couldnt get this picture to turn the right direction, so please tilt your head to thr right. hot dog mummies! this was our lunch monday afternoon. they were pretty yummy!

tuesday, day 281

i walked into the schoolroom tuesday morning to find this. colby told me (from under the chair) that he couldnt do school becuase he was dead.

wednesday, day 282

i finished my christmas wreath for the craft fair on saturday. i'm taking orders for mainly fall and christmas wreaths, but can do pretty much anything, really. i'm hoping i come home from maine next week to many orders to fill.

thursday, day 283

we went to my parents house for dinner, and the kids played mario kart on the wii. we dont have a gaming system, and i didnt have one growing up, either, so we're all a tiny bit "into it" when we play. its like we're all 10 again...except colby and molly. theyre definitely still 4 and 6 and not at all ready to drive. :-/

friday, day 284
today colbys young explorers class at co-op got to make ice cream. they had such a good time, except for the part where you get mild frostbite and your hands might fall off. but hey, the ice cream was great!

saturday, day 285
packed and ready to go! we leave in 2 hours! yay!!

i'm soooo excited to finally get to go to maine and see the lighthouses, eat lobster, and (gasp) see leaves changing colors?!? what? that actually happens?
i'll know soon enough!

i'm sure i'll have loads of pictures to share, so i apologize in advance for the overload you'll all get when we return.

have a great week! i know i will!!!

threesixfive...late, days 272 thru 278

so this is a couple days late...im not sure where my week went! saturday was super full, and then molly came down with 102 fever saturday evening keeping us home from church on sunday. im not sure why i didnt post sunday afternoon. but i'm doing it now!!

sunday, day 272
we got our fall decorations put up. i dont have many, but i like the way my mantle looks every year.

monday, day 273

we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch to make our selections. we usually do pictures, but as you can probably see from what the kids are wearing, it was too warm to dress for fall, so we'll have to go back when it cools off.

tuesday, day 274
my friend april gave me a pretty leaf platter. i filled it with mini pumpkins from the pumpkin patch, although i could have gone with 2 or 3 more.





wednesday, day 275
silly glasses night at awanas




thursday, day 276
the church craft fair is saturday, and i'm trying to finish up this christmas fabric wreath. i'll be taking orders for both fall and christmas.

friday, day 277

my theatre class at the co-op started working on the christmas skit today. we read thru it a couple times, and next week i'll assign parts.

saturday, day 278
after a birthday party this morning we headed to fredericksburg for the log cabin days festival at the pioneer museum. we went last year and loved it, so i made a point for us to go back this year. here the kids are sitting in desks of the original school house in fresericksburg, dating back to the 1800's.

as i said earlier, molly started feeling bad on saturday evening. on our way home she was kind of cranky and tired (more than i would expect from a full day and long car ride). as i was helping her get her pajamas on i noticed she felt pretty hot, and sure enough she had a temp of 102. we stayed in all day sunday and today (monday) she seems to be back to herself. allen and i leave saturday afternoon for our belated anniversary trip to maine!! i'm hoping a) that we all stay healthy! and b) to get my pictures up saturday morning before we leave. i can link up from my ipad later, but i'll need to get the post up before we're gone.

have a great week! i'll be doing laundry and packing. :-)

threesixfive, days 265 thru 271

i hope everyone has had a great week. ours was pretty routine with a few scheduled adventures; we had our first co-op field trip on tuesday, and spent a fabulous saturday at the lake with some friends from church. i cant believe its october!! the weather seems to be getting with the program, although only slightly, as we had a couple of days in the 80s this week, and saturday morning was borderline cool. my long sleeved shirts are taunting me from the tippy top rack in my closet. they cant come down soon enough!
here are some of the weeks pictures....

sunday, day 265
the restaraunt where we had lunch provided the kids with balloons (before the meal...huh? what are we supposed to do with them while we eat?). i noticed on the way to the car the color showed on the pavement. i thought it looked cool next to their shadows.

monday, day 266

a good day of school. colbys working hard, and getting really good at spelling and handwriting.

tuesday, day 267

the elementary group from our homeschool co-op took a tour of the acme brick company. we walked the assembly line, saw the (huge) kiln, and got a ball of clay to make our own creation at the end. as you can see, molly was thrilled about the hard hat and safety glasses.

wednesday, day 268

we traced our shadows this afternoon, and were going to come trace them again a couple hours later to see how the suns position affects the shadow. shortly after our first tracing, the sky darkened with the promise of rain and the sun never came back out....the rain changed its mind as well. :-/

thursday, day 269
a trip to the library resulted in yet another barbie movie. mollys not into barbies in and of themselves (inwardly i'm thrilled), but she really likes the videos. colby was so kind to endure the fashion princess spectacle.

friday, day 270

colbys young explorers class is learning all about water and the different things it does. friday they learned about water levels and solutions.

saturday, day 271

the parents of one of our seniors have a camper they keeped parked out at the lake thru november. saturday they invited us to come out and spend the day, ride the seadoo, eat fajitas, and swim. we had so. much. fun. i got some great pictures, but these are a couple of my favorites.

tonight we're going to see the new movie 'Courageous'. im super excited, and plan on taking my kleenex with me. i teared up watching the trailer for it in church this morning. that does not bode well. i think i'll probably 'ugly cry.'

have a blessed week!!

threesixfive, days 258 thru 264

hope you had a great week! we certainly did. i'll get right to the pictures.

sunday, day 258
as many of you know we redid mollys room a few months ago. i just got around to putting something above her window. her naked curtain rod has been mocking me for several weeks, so i tied several different ribbons to it and called it a day. i think it turned out pretty good.



monday, day 259
i got a call from my friend emily monday afternoon. she was supposed to go take a test that evening and her babysitter backed out at the very last minute, so she brought her girls over (her older daughter is mollys best friend) for a few hours. colby was SO good with katie (18 months). he loves babies, and i loved watching him love on her. he found little things to let her help him with and was so patient. im hoping thats a foreshadowing of the excellent daddy he'll be someday.

tuesday, day 260
i laid out all my ingredients for dinner and was proud of how fabulously healthy it all looked. unfortunately it also tasted very healthy. :-/ not a huge hit.

wednesday, day 261
allen preached today in church, and we've recently started filming promo videos to put on the churches facebook page a few days before. zach came over to film it in our front yard; colby and molly got to be in it.




thursday, day 262
happy 10th anniversary to us! allen blindfolded me as soon as we got in the car (not a bad picture for not being able to see anything!) and we ended up at the same exact spot he proposed. he recreated our proposal and got down on his knee again and everything. :-) it was a sweet night, and i'm looking forward to 50 more years with that man.

friday, day 263

i walked into colbys room to put some laundry away, and found him (after several seconds) sitting just like this on his bed. i guess he was pretending to be a stuffed animal...or hiding...whatever it was it worked. i really didnt notice him sitting there at first. goofy kid.

saturday, day 264

we went to dinner tonight with a big group to celebrate our friend chris's 40th birthday. a fun way to wrap up the week.

hope you have a fabulous last week of september! im looking forward to cooler weather and hopefully some more rain soon enough. if nothing else i'll get a taste of fall when we go to maine in a couple weeks. that cant get here fast enough!

be blessed!

threesixfive, days 251 thru 257

we had a pretty normal week. i've recently become addicted to pinterest. its like crack for a crafty person, or even a wannabe, which is more what i am. so many things on there make me think i can actually do some pretty cool stuff. case in point: see saturdays picture....but not yet! you have to look at sunday thru friday first!

sunday, day 251
i finished my fabric wreath sunday afternoon, and hung it on the front door. im pretty pleased with it.

monday, day 252
today was my pawpaws 86th birthday. the kids and i took him to lunch, and downtown to the lyndon b. johnson presidential museum. we had a fun afternoon, and everyone was sufficiently worn out.

tuesday, day 253
after we finished up school, we made a last minute trip to the pool; perhaps the last of the year. not becuase its not still hot enough (it definitely is!), but because we dont really have the time now that we're back into our school routine.

wednesday, day 254

awanas started back up tonight, so the verses went up on the board. colby didnt finish his book last year, so he has a bit of catching up to do before hes on pace with the other kids. :-/

thursday, day 255

colby wasnt feeling very good thursday morning, and was just kind of icky off and on all day. i think its his allergies. anyway, at one point he crawled under the covers in my bed, and molly curled up next to him to make him feel better. i love moments like these.

friday, day 256

it rained!!! finally after 4 months it rained!! it was a light rain, and only lasted about ten minutes, but it was glorious! youd have thought it was snowing unicorns or something from the way we all reacted.

saturday, day 257

drumroll...........

my melted crayon art!!! i got the idea off pinterest, and it worked fabulously. its now hanging on the wall in the schoolroom. hooray!

i hope everyone has a great week! allen and i celebrate our 10th anniversary on thursday, but other than that it will be a standard week around here.

be blessed!

threesixfive, days 244 thru 250

we had another busy but super fun week. i'll get straight to the pictures!

sunday, day 244
we got to swim in the pool at the dell diamond during the game, and allen invited all the youth workers. this is our friend justine. shes awesome!


monday, day 245
happy labor day! it was a beautiful day here--didnt get above 100 and stayed in the 80's till about noon. we spent the morning outside flying kites, playing with sidewalk chalk, etc. fall is so close i can almost smell it!

tuesday, day 246
my mom invited us for a last minute trip to the zoo, so we did school in the car on the way there (its about an hour and a half drive) and spent the rest of the day with the animals. they were really vocal and active! i think they can smell fall coming, too. :-) the first picture is molly and my mom swinging like monkeys. the second one is a meerkat. i couldve sat there and watched those things all day.

wednesday, day 247

allen and i have been putting spare change in a jar for ten years with the idea of cashing it in for our tenth anniversary, which is in a couple weeks. i spent a few hours counting and rolling coins, then took them to the bank for our prize. we'll have plenty of spending money on our trip to maine!

thursday, day 248

i found a recipe on pinterest and happened to have the ingredients to make it. broccoli cheese bites. yum! 16oz frozed chopped broccoli thawed (i used fresh steamed), 2 eggs, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 & 1/2 cups shredded cheese, salt to taste. mix it all together and make patties, then cook them on a wax paper baking sheet at 375 for 30 minutes, flipping halfway through. theyre delicious.




friday, day 249

im making a fabric wreath. after much deliberation and time at the fabric store, i finally commited to the method and fabic choices. its coming along nicely, although my fingers hate me for picking burlap. :-/ i'll share a picture of it when its done and hanging on my front door.

saturday, day 250
last week i saw these acorn treats on one of your blogs (sarahs maybe?). i, along with the help of allen and the kids, made a tray of them to take to a football party tonight. i hope they'll be a hit.

i hope everyone is enjoying the slightly cooler weather, or much cooler depending on where you're at. we've been keeping up with all the wildfires in the news this week; thats all happening right around us, although we havent been directly affected we know people that have. we continue to pray for rain daily, and that no one else will be harmed by the drought and fires that are so rampant down here.

have a blessed week!!

threesixfive, days 237 thru 243

the first part of this week wrapped up camp mimi, where each kiddo got to spend 3 days with my mother in law all to themselves. we exchanged colby for molly on monday, and by thursday morning everyone was back home safe if not completely sound. ;-) but seriously, they love their time down there and we enjoy having each of them solo for a few days, too. my pictures are a bit off this week. i know i got wednesday and thursday switched, but i upload the pics first for a faster layout, and its too difficult to go back and change it, so we'll have to deal.

sunday, day 237
i watched the youth worker kids for allens meeting sunday night and one of the girls made a baby hotel.



monday, day 238
allen and i finished our second puzzle, and i glued it all together. i'm going to have to figure out where to put them!

tuesday, day 239

yes, its a picture of jake eating. sorry. i was desperate this week. :-/

wednesday, day 240

(this is actually thursday) i took the kids back to that tea house (ive mentioned before) after a trip to the library. i love that they play while i sit and read. get a clue starbucks.

thursday, day 241
back in may i did an entire post about a particular word (pictured here) that i wont even bother to mention, except to say that i still say it exactly the way it looks, even in my head when i read. to read the post click here.

friday, day 242

gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches are "the thing" right now, so i decided to try one of my own. i made a pesto tomato grilled cheese sandwich and used white cheddar. oh. my. word. heaven between two slices of white bread. i'm actually making them for dinner again tonight. try it. please.

saturday, day 243

for ten years allen and i have been having the same....discussion, about the toothpaste tube. i squeeze it right in the middle which drives him halfway crazy. my hands arent big enough to squeeze from the bottom unless i use both hands, requiring me to lay my toothbrush on the counter, which would be ludicrous. the other night, much to my demise, i noticed this little tidbit on the tube. how dare you aquafresh?!? youve lost my business. i will be making further toothpaste purchases from a company thats not prejudice against people with small hands.

this week molly starts dance, and co-op kicks back up on friday. fun times will be had by all.

be blessed!!