Beauty Nature Walk

Porter Ava and I headed out for a Nature Walk taking in the last few nice days of fall.

I then handed Porter the camera and told him to take pictures of things he thought were beautiful.























































Then I took a picture of what I thought was beautiful! My sweet kids!

A Baby Brings the Family Together

My mother-in-law always says, "don;t you just love how a new baby brings the family closer together"? She is right. This little Ava Marie is so loved and adored. I think she is the most kissed on baby there ever was. Ava and I spend a lot of time out on our new porch swing. But we are never there too long until one of the brothers finds us and joins us.

Trying to take pictures of just Ava is impossible.... Porter has to be right there next to her.


"Wait guys not without me...!"

"OK, I'm Ready!"

This is where you will find the boys in the mornings. The minute they hear one little peep out of Ava they all go running....




Ava fell asleep on the couch next to Ethan and he was so fascinated by her, he took this video.


Our baby Ava has sure brought a special spirit into our home.

Flowers

Here are some flowers that my neighbor has been teaching me how to make...

Sweater Flower....

Wired Ribbon Flower...


Lace flowers...


Scrap material Flowers......


Real flowers from another neighbor, after they rescued me off a mountain... an embarrassing story for another time. :)

October the month to Create!

This October has been much nicer weather vs. last year. I do love the fall it is such a creative month don't you agree. It is also a time when I love to bake a lot....

Porter's favorite - Chocolate Minty's he calls them...


2 Cups sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Cups Shortening
(Creme together)
4 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup cooking cocoa
(Mix all ingredients together well)
4-5 cups flour (until cookie doughish :)
3/4 bag of Andies Mint chips, found by chocolate chips
Bake at 325 degrees until done about 7 min.

Kaden's creativity has been going strong this month as well....
Here he has made a mask for Karl and insisted he wear it...

Here Karl is making us Sunday breakfast. yum!
Kaden made this beautiful crown for Ava.

Karl, Ethan and Wayne are making more rocking horses this month.

And look what I made... A beautiful Ava.. OK with a little help!

It's time... go Create!