Today, we took all the toys out of the boys' room and play room,

                             and dumped them in the middle of the living room floor.

                              A lot of things were thrown away, but some made it to the get rid of boxes.

It may not look like much, but these are pretty big boxes!

           The toy room (a.k.a foyer) is looking much cleaner. If someone unexpectedly rings our doorbell, maybe we'll be able to get though easily this time (That would be really nice).
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I just tried to get a photo of the finished result, but all the cameras have dead batteries, so I'll try to post one tomorrow.  :)

             Sarah

Busy....

I know, It's been ages since I posted!  In the past few weeks,  I've been doing a lot of brother/sister watching. Momma has worked hard to meet a house-painting deadline she set for herself. She quickly finished painting a hallway, a bedroom, several doors and one of the bathrooms. Primed doors are so dark compared to the bright whiteness of painted doors! Mommy did a wonderful job, and it all looks great. :)

   
        Momma, Anna and Lydia went to Birmingham for two days. Anna is nearly blind in one eye, so she has started doing eye therapy.  Every month, Anna goes for therapy sessions, and  Dr. Snider checks on her eyes to see how she's progressing.

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There are flowers all over the place! It smells so yummy and sweet when I ride, or walk, around our neighborhood.

  Here are pictures of some spring flowers:

Orange Blossom

An Azalea

More Azaleas

                                                    


                

Blueberries are growing as well

        Until next time!
                 ~ Sarah

P.S. We have a very special surprise coming to our house soon. I'll make sure to post about when the surprise gets here. ;)

Lydia's New Leg

      By special request from a friend, here's a picture of Lydia-Badidia's new leg:

The new leg has a squishy pad in the bottom of the socket (the cup-like top part), which makes it more comfortable for her to wear.

And here's the old one:

I think the purple one is much more fun, but she wanted skin color this time.  That surprised us, because her favorite colors are purple and pink. She says, though, that purple is still her most favorite color. She just likes pink a Little bit :)


                                       
    -Sarah

Happy Birthday Daddy

Today is my Daddy's sixtieth birthday!!



Yummy Pea-Picking cake

Five things I love about Daddy:

1.   His leadership

2. How he seems to know everything about everything!

3. When he tells us stories

4. His smile wrinkles :)

5. When he lets us (even me) sit in his lap


       I love you Daddy.
                       
              Sarah

Anna's Glasses

                                                  A couple of days ago Anna got glasses!

Trying them on for the first time

  She didn't really like the idea of glasses at first, but now that she's had them a bit, I think she's changed her mind.



         I decided to take some pictures of Anna in her new eye wear, so here are a few of them:

Momma likes this one

 

They make her look grown up. :)

Happy Birthday To....

                                                    Samuel!!

                                Yesterday was Samuel's seventh Birthday. 


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What could it be?



A camera!



Brothers

 I'm so thankful that the Lord answered our prayers and gave us a brother.





Samuel is growing into a fine young man and we love him very much. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!







play dough hearts (Valentines Day last year)



And Thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.  Deuteronomy 6:5







paper hearts



hanger heart :)



I hope you all had a lovely day!

His Eye is on The Sparrow

The children found this little fellow outside one day. We think he probably froze during the night.

            

      Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:29-31

Feelin' Feminine Challenge: Days Four Through Seven

The skirt is from the thrift store, the belt/scarf was made by me, and I can't remember where the shirt came from. :)

The jacket is from a yard sale, the shirt from the thrift store, the skirt from Momma and the shoes are hand-me-downs.



the skirt is from one of Esther's dresses, the shirt from Eddie Bauer, the vest from the thrift store, and the boots from Shoe Station.






The skirt is from Chadwicks and the sweater is from the thrift store.

                       
                        Thank you for hosting The Challenge Livvy!
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Sarah



P.S. Can you tell we like the thrift store? ;)

Feelin' Feminine Challenge: Day Three

There were some really pretty (and creative!) outfits today!

                                   

                                                         Here's mine:

The shirt is from Momma, the skirt is from one of Esther's dresses,









And, the necklace is from my Grandmother.

                                      
Thank you Anna and Esther for taking pictures. :)

                        

               

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  A super easy way to have a new skirt

Simply take a knit girls' dress like this one,

Cut about two inches above the skirt of the dress, and wear it!  It isn't even necessary to hem it, since knit doesn't unravel very much. :)


Sarah