Middle of March Update :)

So it is already the middle of March!!!  Yay!!!  I'm so ready for spring to arrive along with the warmer weather, spring breezes, open windows and all that goes along with that.  :)  Come spring!!!

This past week went by so quickly!  Since the girls had no school, I kept our homeschooling week very light.  My plan was to just do math, but one son got sick, so we did math on 2 or 3 days.  That is ok, next week we will begin in earnest and see if we can be done school for the summer by May.  :)

In other news, we have a goat/s!!  We have selected two does, and we brought one home about two weeks ago and she kidded last weekend.  She had a healthy boy and he is so adorable!!  Both are doing well.  :)  The other doeling is still with the buck and we will bring her home the beginning of April, so just a couple more weeks.  

We named the doe Morning Star and her baby is Moon.  :)  Moon is a frisky little fellow and when we sit in the pen, he loves to jump onto our laps, we like to imagine that he thinks he is mountain climbing.  LOL  K. just loves being with him and giggles when he is jumping all over her.  So cute to watch!  I'm hoping to milk the mama at some point.  Right now I'm letting the baby drink all he wants.  :)  So that has been a bit exciting!!  I was there for the birth....  Morning Star is such a docile doe, I'm hoping it works out well for us to milk her and we LIKE the milk.  :)  Growing up we had goats and I don't remember goat's milk tasting any different then cow's milk, but now I'm older and I'm not so sure.  LOL

In the sewing "room",  I was able to sew one skirt last week for R.  She really needs some new skirts.  I was hoping to get a couple more sewn, but the week just went by to quickly.  I sewed up another diaper last week!  Now I'm out of snaps....  So I need to order some more, I do enjoy using cloth diapers and think of the money I'm saving.  hee hee  :)

At church, we just started a monthly ladies Bible study,  we are going through "True Women 101 Divine Design" by Mary Kassian and Nancy Leigh DeMoss.  It's an eight week study, but we will be doing it once a month instead.  :)

"True womanhood is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of His Son in the ways that would not be displayed if there were no womanhood." John Piper

It was a good discussion.  Our purpose in life is to put God on display - to reflect His glory in ways we as women were uniquely created to do. I never quite thought of this before.  I'm so enjoying our church!  It's been so good.

So that is in a nutshell of what I've been up to lately.  :)  Life as a wife and mama can keep one very busy, but I'm happy and content in my calling here.  God is so good and I've been so blessed.  :)

Our Funny Boys Plus

Yes, I'm still here.  :)

 I often think that once the little ones are in bed, that I'll take a few minute to blog, but it just doesn't ever seem to happen. 

Our little boys like to make us chuckle....  Here are just a few pictures to show their cuteness.  :)

Our little turtle??

Nice hat!

I can still see you, mommy.  :) Can you still see me?

Cool hat, it matches your clothes! 

If you noticed, you will see the house is very cluttered!  It never ceases to amaze me on how quickly the clutter/dirt on the floors appear.  I should add the counters and table too!   Some days I just want to get school done and then tidy up, other  most days we are able to start out in a tidy house.  Those are nice days, it just depends what happened the evening before.  Most days, I like to have the house tidied up before bed, such a nice feeling to start out the day fresh.  :)

I've had some time to sew this past week and this time it was sewing cloth diapers.  :)  FUN!!  Last night, I tried sewing a diaper with PUL on the outside and micro fleece on the inside.  I had never sewn with PUL before, but that diaper turned out and it's so cute!!!  The mirco fleece is so soft....   I'm hoping to sew up a few more next week.  I back to using cloth and it's been fun.  I also like wool covers.  My mom knitted up a couple for me and those are nice to use.  I'm slowly restocking my diaper stash, ones I had sewn several years ago are needing to be replaced.  :)

This is a pocket diaper....  I love the owls!!  :) 

The Weeks....

His love for horses has started young....

Weeks come and weeks go....  Time has a way of ticking by quickly!!

It was a good week here, school went very well and what a change today, our now 10 yr son started school on his own accord this morning!  I can handle that!!  :)

Since I wrote last, we do now have a son who is 10!  He has entered the double digits...  :)

Today, we were suppose to have LITE Day with our homeschool group, but because of a blizzard that passed by today it was canceled.  I was thankful I didn't have to go out and we could stay home safe and cozy in our house.  The children had fun playing out in the snow too.  It was a snow day for the girls, so it was pleasant to have then around today.

Last weekend some of us enjoyed a lovely walk in the nearby forest.  We have a lot more snow now!    I think we will have to venture out there tomorrow... 

Sweet girl with her new hat. 

Our busy 3 yr old...  

Our inquisitive 7 yr old. 

Look who is 10!!!

I took this picture through a hole in the tree!  B. was on the other side looking in.  :)

Easy way down the hill....

One afternoon this past week, I was able to get some sewing done.  Our much used highchair needed a new seat cover, so I sewed one up.  While looking through my material stash, I found some denim and sewed up myself a skirt.  It was a productive afternoon.  I was able to sew while the baby napped and the children played outside.  Such a rare treat!

Blessings to you today!!