The Clan

The Clan
" Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." James 1:17
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Monday, December 2, 2013

November 2013 Photo Summery

Thanksgiving and Birthday Friends watching Charlie Brown.
 Lost his 1st and 2nd tooth.
 A strong fortruss to shoot down with daddy
 A meal with the Todarov's from Bulgaria.
  A little doll under the tree.
 Rocking
 Resting
 Helping
 Adventure
(She got stuck like this)
Birthday Fun 
 Morning birthday suprise
 Self-made knight in shining armor

Sunday, September 1, 2013

August 2013

Salem is getting so big, she is now 8 months old and has become proficient at sitting up.
 Cheeks, just love em!
 Smiles
 Beautiful Baby
 I was trying to take Salem's picture sitting up and Aggie kept getting in front of me saying "Cheezzz".
 Shiloh was coordinating her outfit with the fan Mema and Papa got her from Spain.
 I asked the kids to go cheer Aggie up, I was cooking.  This is what they were doing, Hosea was hoping on his ball, Aggie loves this and Shiloh was letting her hop on herself.  Sweet little lady. And it worked. I find this scene often, but in different configurations, it almost always involves someone hoping, jumping or bouncing.
 We have accomplished 2 weeks of school!  Hosea is officially a kindergartener and Shiloh 2nd grader. So far we are all enjoying our new schedule, and chipping away at some great goals along the way.
 This is what our kitchen table looked like one day. I can't say it is a rare occurrence. It really captures this season of life for us. Note the portable Dvd player to distract Aggie while we attempt to get her to eat, the iPad, my laptop, mike's bible, Aggie's Mic-key connector, Salem's puffs, bill binder, random cup, 2 kids smoothies, and 2 baby trays (yellow and white). I think i see Shiloh's schedule cards too(no wonder she can never find them).  It is amazing we manage to eat 3 meals a day at this exact same location, I'm guessing this was a Sunday evening b/c of the smoothies? But may be not?

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Photo Shoot

Expressions................

The happy dream

 We get this one a lot
 See what I mean

Surprised!

Smile

Out

 I am forever trying to capture shots of all my people together, looking, and smiling.  I can tell it will be a life long mission as MY mother, and pretty much every mother I know desire the same thing.

So here's what I did get......





So pretty

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve
 Hosea's gift to Shiloh
 Mema and Papa's gift to Aggie
 Mema and Papa's gift to Shiloh, a home-made america girl doll bed, which Jesse is borrowing.
 Hosea's Monster Truck
 Hosea's light saber
 Aggie looking cute
 Matching Night Cloths 
We were blessed with many things including having mom and dad with us this year. Thanks for waiting around with us for little Salem's arrival.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

The day O turkey

We had the pleasure upon our return from our NC trip to host a family of friends at our home for Thanksgiving.  The kids had a blast playing! We also elected to celebrate Hosea's 5th b-day while we had extra children around and he loved it. In the middle of the day he looked at a friend and said "I'm having fun at my party, are you having fun".  Later in the evening when we were all sitting around the fire he sat in his chair and said, " I love my birthday, I'm the birthday boy."  Both made me chuckle to see him so elated.  
 Thanksgiving picnic
 The weather was beautiful
 Watching Charlie Browns Thanksgiving
 Optimus Prime smooch
 Birthday Boy
 Excited!
 Boys playing on the step ladder
Coloring by lantern

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Camping

A couple weeks ago we too a long awaited camping trip. We've postponed for two years now.  We try not to camp with babies or crawlers, but alas we've had one of those for 2.5 years, and aren't seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with Salem coming along, so we seized the moment.  We dove over to Blue Angle Park in Pensacola, a navy recreation area, set up the tent and had ourselves and adventure.  Shiloh and Hosea loved it, Aggie liked it as long as I let her eat sand and leaves and dirt.  Which i didn't , at least not on purpose. 
 Here is Aggie in her princess sand-gaurd, she has out witted the system and is still able to shovel large handfuls of sand into her mouth.  I do think it may have reduced the percentage of the incidence?
 Hosea looking for minnow, crabs, and anything else living he might be able to catch.
 The victims of Schloss family ninja skills, about 15 minnows and a crab. 
 Torture session of the little critters.  They were playing with them on this tent platform, and occasionally one would fall though the crack of the board, so Hosea would go "rescue" it. What a good Samaritan.  We did release the survivors eventually.  There were survivors, if you can imagine that?
 Campfire.
 S'mores, a must have.
 Fishing.
 Aggie, Salem and I.
The kids during a disk golf/walk though the woods. Mike plays golf and we all walk though the woods with him.

We only stayed one night, about a 24 hour camping trip, and honestly that was just about right. Long enough to say we did it and short enough to keep from getting to exhausted from managing a little one out of doors.