Afternoon escape. This was not nearly the feat I thought it would be to do with shift husband working. With many, many thanks to great, one street over neighbors and amazing church family our children all know how to swim, as of this year. Babies stay in life jackets and boats while Gavin and Ivye are required to keep their's on unless someone is one on one with them. All others are swimming like fish. While Gavin and Ivye both are learning well they are still too young and inexperienced for me to have great confidence in them. Having come from the desert with no pool around they have all made great strides in their water abilities in such a short amount of time.
My sweet little laundry man.
Evidence of Baby A having been around.....
Watching Daddy roll.
He's preparing for his future hunts.
Wild forest finds.
This sight never gets old. How I continue to stand in awe at these miracles of ours. Two of everything. It's an amazing thing....despite how much they get into every hour of every day.
I am in love. Wholly, totally, head over heels in love with this boy.
It didn't last long.
A picture says a thousand words. Uncontrollable laughter followed while Grayson saw fit to run through the house with door in hand. The knobs have all fallen off the 1972 dishwasher, the dish racks fallen out, the oven drawer now sits on the floor due to supports having rotted away and oven racks fall every time a heavy dish is set upon them...due to cheapy having brought the most inexpensive he could find....rather than ones that actually might FIT THE OVEN. And we are not allowed to have anyone come in and fix anything or fix, touch or buy anything ourselves. Landlord's response to doors falling off everywhere...and I mean everywhere...closets, glass storm door, shower doors, bathroom linen closet door.....excessive rough use by kids. Last time I checked our doors at home we're still swinging after 5 years and 10 kids worth of use. Oh the memories we will have of this place. Suffice it to say, we now have a rather modern looking walk in shower....with no door! Admiring husband doesn't seem to mind. One of the surprising benefits that came in the deal was finding that no door substantially cut back on the shower mold and mildew issues. Pretty cool!
When you can't get in the frig cause of a baby lock....
Settling in. Unpacking and finding contentment in the here and now. He said we couldn't put nails in the wall....he never exactly said anything about tacks. And it took about 50 tacks to get this all up! I laughed every time I stabbed one in the wall.
Shift night dinners. Doesn't get much healthier than this!
Meet Hulu, Vudu and Netflix. Our mice solution. So Netflix and Hulu ended up being feral basement cats while Vudu and Bing are quite the family friendly felines.
Yep. Two of the 3 bedrooms reached 89 and 90. Little bit warm.
10:30 pm waiting for the house to cool down. Nothing like a little late night Walmart with 11 kids in tow.
Bing and her fan club.
With Grayson at scout camp and working husband on shift this is where the other 11 of us spent July 4th. We waited 30 minutes to see all 5 spectacular minutes of this fireworks show. Awesome.
How he walks around all day long. Surprisingly, the cat's still alive.
Almost 4 months old. Happy, handsome man. My little promise that God will raise us up in the gates of the water land. Doesn't get much sweeter than you, little man.
1 comments:
OMG! I'm still laughing all over again and just as hard after looking at the door already off the "pantry", the shower door and the "firework"....no plural!!! The only thing that seriously comes to mind is that God has undoubtedly GOT to have a sense of humor!
So glad that Graham's stitches have already come out. Sure do miss you....those pictures of Gates make me want to cry. I've not even seen him yet just to hold him. This is a major first for both of us. And, I gotta tell you, it hasn't really been a lot of fun!
When you finish your book, you can go into photography! The pictures are awesome! Love you.
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