Landon :)

Katya's pictures

Some Pre-Christmas pictures

Yesterday we went to Wild Adventures. It was only for a few hours because it was so cold. The kids had fun and it was not crowded at all. I also was able to get some really cute pictures of the kids before we left for church yesterday morning. I will share them if I can get them to upload.

Thanksgiving we went to Atlanta. We all enjoyed playing the wii. For some reason I have no pictures (guess I was too busy playing the wii). I think Summer took some so if I find any I will definately upload! We had lots of yummy food and even found some sales on Black Friday. The kids are back in school and all doing very well. Bryce is getting ready for a Christmas concert with chorus. He and Landon are reading so many books!! Parker Reid is improving on his sight words everyday. Sydney Katya is Sydney Katya, a princess and has developed a love for dancing. All is well and we are putting up our tree tonight!!! We are all excited about this (espcially Ryan :) ) The kids are ready for their elf to return. His name is Jackson. Hopefully he will make his appearance when our house looks a little more like we are in the Christmas spirit. I am trying to figure out how to upload more pictures but blogger is so slow. More to come...goodbye for now.

Katya's 3rd birthday (a little late)

Sydney Katya's birthday party!

Promised pictures

A few pictures from Disney World (sorry it took so long)

end of October activities.....

So for all (few of you) that are waiting for me to change this blog, this is for you!! We enjoyed our time at Disney World. It was VERY cool the day that we went so it was such a beautiful day. Thanks to my brother, Samuel for treating us to a wonderful time there. The kids really enjoyed seeing all the characters and riding the rides. It was cool to see everyone as a "kid" for the day! I loved watching my mom experience Disney World for the first time. We also enjoyed Summer being there with us. Thanks so much for the wonderful weekend, Samuel~(in case you even read my blog)

So after Disney, we have been going to lots of soccer games and practices. We also have been busy with homework. I am still working in the garden at school because we still have peppers (bell, jalepeno, and cowhorn) and LOTS of them. I have been able to sub one day so that was nice. We had a trunk or treat party with the church. Halloween we went to our friends' house for a party! It was a fun and she had planned lots of activities for the kids. Our family also celebrated two birthdays just 2 days apart. Ryan and Sydney Katya had birthdays at the end of October. They both had parties and cakes and we just finished off the cakes last night. I think that is about all for now but I will try to get pictures up soon.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.....

My brother, Samuel has invited us to go to Disney World compliments of him. YEAH!!! The kids are sooooooooooo pumped. He told them today now we only have a few days of "when are we going to Disney World, mommy??" We are excited though. They can't remember ever going because Landon and Parker Reid were very young when we went last time. My mom and dad have NEVER been either so this will be so neat. Pass on any advise for those of you who have recently visited Disney. Thanks so much. Pictures and stories to come soon.

Picture updates

A chrysallis! They are this beautiful color.

Me with my boys!

We also went to Destin for Judah and Kim's wedding!

The caterpillars

An update....

I have been putting off blogging because things are soooooooo busy. Since I last wrote, I had a friend visit from Ukraine. She was here for 1 whole day and part of 2 other days. In those days, we drove to Gainesville then back. Then we went to Jacksonville so she could see the ocean for the first time and then back to a party at a friends. She left the next morning at 5 am but we stayed up till about 1 am the night before she left. It was so hard to get up to take the kids to school the next morning;) It was so wonderful to see her though. The kids have all started their ball practices too! We have no less than 3 nights of practices a week and then a game every Saturday (and 3 haven't even started games yet). The kids are enjoying it though. We also celebrated Landon's 7th birthday at the park. It was so much fun and he had lots of friends at his party. Ryan made his icecream cake which was BEAUTIFUL! We are blessed with so many friends. We have had bridal showers and birthday parties too over this past month. I am also taking care of catepillars at the boy's school. It has been so much fun. I feel like a midwife going in to check on them every morning. We have had several successful births and LOTS of chrysallis are still getting ready. They are so interesting and unique. I think last weekend I had 15 caterpillars eating on the milkweek. It was fun though! I have been trying to sew Sydney Katya's winter waredrobe and hope to finish sometime. We also had cooking hour at the house for my Russian class again. Needless to say things are very busy but fun. Sorry for lack of blogging and lack of pictures... Love to all!