This is the coolest picture - Ricky the Rocket! That boy can throw :) Of course I might be a little bit partial - neahhhh!

Kenny catching the football with our neighbor Tyler.

Got leaves?

This is Ricky Schwartzennegger!! On his new bike - thank you Uncle Jim!!

Cheese!

Dad always lights the fire!! And Kenny is tired of waiting.

Can you tell they are ready for some cake?? This cake was requested by Ricky himself - a milk chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting..............yum :)

Ricky's 9th birthday!!

Blowing out the candles.

Here is Ricky having some fun, I can't believe how big he is getting! He will be turning 9 in two weeks.

Our kids love to bike on the little dead end road. Here I am looking out the window watching them. On the far left is Kenny, then Ricky on Chris' mountain bike, the man is mowing his lawn, then some of their friends are biking too.

The corgi's say hello too. They like our new home and big dog pen.

And of course she sent goodies for the boys too.

Grandma sent a package from Florida for Jessie's birthday. She loved all of the goodies :)

The woods are so pretty.

Here Chris is balancing on a dead log over a creek - he looks so cute! Then the log started cracking!!! He jumped off before he fell in :)

Chris and I have Mondays together now - his days off are Sunday & Monday. We went to Fairfield Glade to look for deer.

This is a picture of Poplar Grove Church. They have a great program there on Wednesday nights called the AWANA program. We go there each week from 6 to 8 pm and the kids learn scripture, do arts & crafts, play games and enjoy a night with their friends. Go to AWANA.org to see if there is a church in your area that has the awana program. It is only 50 cents a week and they LOVE it!! My little ones - even Kenny have memorized a lot of scripture already.

Jessie got a new big girls bike for her birthday!

Frosting always tastes best on a warm candle :)

Then Ricky snuck up and stole some frosting off the side!

She liked tha candles so much she ended up putting them all on her cake. But, then again it IS her cake :)

Aaawwww Man! Empty!!! (I'm thinkin' lick your hand!!)

Kenny really likes to help.

Jessie got to decorate her own cake, most of the frosting made it on the cake :)

We went to Granny and Grandaddy's house for Jessie's birthday.

This is our pantry area. It has been a challenge for me because the area is narrow and deep. I pulled out the big white shelf (another like the one at the top of this picture) and installed a bunch of pre-measured shelves on the left for more storage. Now my ladder and vacuum even fit! Thanks mom for the do-it-yourself inspiration!!

This is the huge stump that was left over from the dead tree.

This area used to be part of the huge dog pen. Ricky and I pulled up all the fence posts and moved them. Now we have a nice sitting area!

This area is right in front of my swing. It used to be a driveway - a circular driveway around a flowerbed. We raked up most of the gravel and made a walkway to the door. Then put down more dirt and Chris happily seeded the area.