January in Georgia

We are enjoying life here as we are settling back in to having the kids back in school. Steve left on the 4th of January, and will be back on the 23rd, and to be honest, things haven't been bad at all. Of course I prefer to have him here, but a man's got to do what a man's got to do. And my man has got to WORK. The boys have been so good, despite their sore throats. Except Brandon that is. He has been crying since Steve left. He has a new molar, one that he is working on and a sore throat to blame for all of his crying. He has also been sleeping in my bed so that I don't get too lonely.

Here are a few pictures of what we are doing to stay busy.

Before Steve left he was off for a couple of days for New Year's. It was a bit windy, so what else would you do, but fly a kite. The nice thing here is, we can easily fly it in our own front yard with plenty of room to run it.

Nathan got a hold of an extra paintball that their cousin Daniel left when he came to visit, and Steven was standing too close when Nathan decided to squeeze it.
Landon, Sarah, Aiden, and Anne stopped by our house on their way to and from their vacation in Florida. Even though it was quite uneventful, it was so nice to have their company and let the kids play with their cousins.

They also decided to make dinner the night they were here and made some fantastic homemade pizza, with homemade crust and everything. It was really good, and now I am wanting to try every pizza recipe on allrecipes just for the fun of pizza making. Way to go you guys.
More about food: I taught our little church preschool group today, and had the letter "K" to work with. So for snack we had kabobs with apple chunks, cheese slices and raisins. I let the kids put them on the stick however they wanted. Jacob liked it so much that he wanted to share it with Steven and Nathan for afterschool snack. It was a fun and healthy snack.





Brandon has been a little slow at picking up words, even though he understands a ton. I wanted him to say cheese for the camera and he did a great job. Please ignore how many times I say the word. I guess that is the best way to teach though huh?






And to close..... here is some rare talent from Jacob.