Catching up part two

We decided to take advantage of the warm weather while it lasted. The family picture was taken at the Apple Cider Mill. We went to the old McDonald Farm in Sackets Harbor. It was a blast! They had miniature golf, bunny trails, horse rides, corn mazes, pumpkin patch, bounce houses and a Wizard of Oz Hay ride in which we got to feed some enormous cows at the end. The kids were exhausted by the time we left.

This picture cracks me up! If you look close see what Britynn is doing in the background.

These are some pics I took back in October... I love to look at these pictures. The kids were so thrilled to play with daddy again! This is at the Richard hills community center just a stones throw from us. It is nice because they have an indoor play area so the kids don't go crazy in the winter.

catching up part one

I cant believe it has been four months since my last post!!! I feel guilty but at the same time I don't. We are finally a family again and the last thing I have wanted to do is take anytime away from that. We have been enjoying every minute with Adam. The kids are thrilled for him to be home. Since it has been so long I figured I would just try my best to summarize the past few months.

 Before we left for New York we spent a good amount of time hanging out at the Arizona science center. This science center has three levels so you can easily spend several days exploring all that it has to offer.

                                                          Aunt Shanna on a bed of nails

 Waiting with much anticipation to see daddy for the first time in over 8months! The kids were up till about 1:30 that night. It took Britynn a little bit to warm up to daddy, but by the time we got in the car she was already making flirty faces with him. Thank goodness for skype, he remained a familiar face because of it.

                                        OH THE JOY!! It seemed this day would never come

         Our gift for Adam's homecoming was a jar of milk, They didn't have milk in Afghanistan

Adam decorated the house for kenidi's party while Grandma and Grandpa Clement took the kids to the indoor playground. The turnout was great kenidi had about seven kids from her class come. We played games and did face painting and watched a strawberry shortcake movie and popped popcorn. It was a lot of fun, but a bittersweet end to the day since Bob and Marianne had to leave right after all the celebration was over.

                                          Best Friends

                                    I don't care about this big lion suit anymore, I have candy Now!!

                                                  Kenidi finally got her pillow pet

                             We visited the Ives retirement home in watertown for Veterans day, We had a nice visit with the veterans and gave them some yummy lion House rolls. We are now volunteering there and have had a good time getting to know the people there.

                                     As we drove into the Walmart parking lot we noticed seagulls flying onto the parked cars I thought it would be fun to feed them and they all went nuts!

                                                                    I love this one!!

                           making all the parts for the cake, it was a lot of work but also very fun!!

                                                                    Finally finished!! Yay

                                                            Adam Receiving his award

                                                                   The classic spike

                                                                    Hello Handsome!!
                                                                

                                                                 A new wreath I made

The soldiers lined up for the award ceremony

                                                

Our new little Friend

                                                                

Kenidi got the good Citizen award for the month of November.

   

 Britynn LOVES LOVES LOVES books!!

  Best pals sitting in the tractor at daddy's work

                                                   Best Big brother anyone could ask for

              

   Playing in the snow with neighbor friends

First day of school and other random stuff

Kenidi started her first day of Pre-First grade today!! She was so excited to meet her new teachers Tar and Cassie. She is now doing full day and so far she loves it. Last year she complained about it and she was always so exhausted so I decided to switch her back to half day, but we had a talk about that and she knows that we just need to get to bed earlier if she starts feeling tired at school.

Britynn started walking on the 8th and has two new bottom molars! She now has 10 teeth! She is so cute walking all over the place.

Kaden read his first word the other day (Stop) I was really surprised. We are going to work together more now that Kenidi is in school.

We got an offer on a house and I am just waiting to see the pictures they send, if we accept the offer then the move in date is the 23rd. I am sure we wont make it out that soon and we have 90 days to move in. I am really feeling lazy lately, I have taken a bunch of pictures but I am just not in the mood to upload and wait forever. Well that's it for now.

Thought for the day

This has helped us. Perhaps it will help you-Linda and Allen

Thought for today

“Of course, attentive parents and loved ones can nurture many aspects of a child’s potential and teach many skills. But each person comes with plans and covenants and predispositions already in place. As nurturing efforts go forward, parents and teachers soon reach that core of the premortal spirit that will not respond to the most skillful shaping efforts. This girl is going to play basketball no matter how many dolls we give her. It is peaceful wisdom to realize the formative power of pre-mortal events and to recognize the validity of many different attributes, strengths and weakness in the people who cross our path, as they work out their own salvation. Since we can never be sure what the Lord is doing with a person, it is our opportunity to consider staying out of the way.”

“Light in the Wilderness,” M. Catherine Thomas, P71

The will of God never takes you to where the grace of God will not protect you

Do what is right for those you love and then TRUST God

Sometimes RIGHT is hard