March 2, 2012

Friday night, our 2nd round of storms for the week rolled through.  At top, I have a picture coming out of the basement showing the hail.  It was about quarter sized.  In the back of the house the rain was coming so hard and fast that the neighboring pond overflowed into Mom's backyard with minutes.  I thought for sure there was a tornado over top of us.  

February 27, 2012

We have a little "creek" on our property which is really a drainage ditch I think.  The kids like to go into the "woods" and have set up a club house of sorts.  I find lost shoes, lawn chairs and everything back there.  My kids find things like this. It was the biggest crawfish I had ever seen.  Yuck!  Ayla was carrying it around even before we knew for sure it was dead.  I think the country is getting into them.

February 20, 2012

We went to Mammoth Cave this weekend and loved it.  It's been years since I've been down there.  The day was gorgeous, so we were able to get Dad out on one of the trails.  I love the pic of Ayla and Isaac talking by the tree. I'm pretty sure Ayla is trying to get Isaac to do something he's not supposed to do.  I didn't have my tripod, so the cave pics are a little blurry.  The guide didn't tell us until we were almost out about the cave crickets...they were EVERYWHERE on the roof of the cave.  In some spots, my head hit the top so I'm sure I had some of them in my hair.  Ick.  We plan on going back soon though.  Much to do and explore there.

February 18, 2012

Ayla went to her friend's Birthday party.  They got to decorate hats and aprons first.  Then, they got to decorate cookies and marshmallows with any topping you can think of.  It was such a cute party.  I love the flower she made for her hat and the mason jar drinks the host made as gifts for the girls.  

February 15, 2012

Ayla started the month off with Strep and ended it with Pneumonia.  She has fallen asleep at the drop of a hat all month.  Pitiful :(

February 14, 2012

Isaac and Ayla at their Valentine's Day Parties at school.  Ayla's class was making hats and Isaac's was handing out their Valentine's.  I wish I had pictures of the Valentine's they handed out, but I forgot to take any.  They were so cute.  

February 13, 2012

Our Valentine's Day cake!  Isn't it pretty.  No, I didn't make it, but it was yummy!  Thanks to Simply Sweet Small Baked Goods in Elizabethtown, KY.  I requested and she delivered :)  A strawberry cake with chocolate ganache.  Between the two layers, she put both strawberry icing and chocolate ganache too.  The whole family loved it.  

February 11, 2012

I really wanted to take Ayla and get her cute little skirt and top for Valentine's Day.  I thought it would be fun to let her pick it out.  She saw these shoes and that was the end of that.  $22.50 for some shoes from GAP = nothing else for Valentine's Day.  Now she has to hold out until it's warm enough to even wear them.  The pains she is already taking for fashion scare me.

February 5, 2012

It took about 4 hours of my life to (and that of my friend's) to make these beautiful 2 swirled crayons with my daughter's crayon maker.  A burned out bulb, a trip to Wal-Mart for new bulbs, an exasperated attempt to make them in the oven instead and a bottle of wine later, we did it.

February 4, 2012

So, I know it's not perfect, but I am so proud that Isaac put this together entirely by himself.  It's not an easy task in my opinion.  If only I could get him to concentrate on his handwriting like he did on this.