May photos!

Anna completed her Sparky years in fine form! She did a wonderful job memorizing Scripture, playing the games and making friends.

Maggie finished her first year as a Sparky! In this picture, you can see how disappointed she is that she did not get a plaque like Anna. Sorry, girlie!

Jordan doesn’t think too much of award ceremonies.

Grammy was able to come! We are so grateful for her showing her interest in the kids. It means a lot to them and us. Thank you, Mom D!

Time for the kids to get their teeth cleaned! This is the first time Carolyn has been in the chair.

Maggie is an old pro, even though she takes up just the backrest of the seat when she is lying down.

Big girl. No cavities for anybody!

I rocked that day. Mostly because Jordan did. See, I had a babysitter lined up for Jordan, but she called in sick so he came with us. But he was awesome and stayed (mostly) on the bench so that I could give at least a fraction of my attention to the girls!

Like this one! The hygenist was soooooo impressed that she opened her mouth and let her clean in there. So was I. 🙂 Watching older siblings is so helpful. She was pretty sad she didn’t get to keep the glasses, though.

Birthday celebrations with the family for Anna, Jordan, Jennifer and Dad D. It was a good gathering.

At least Anna is stylish (and dressed) right?

A new day! Anna got a new, big bike for her birthday. Maggie got her old bike and she got to pick a new color to paint it and new handle grips too. She is so fast!

Here are the chicks shortly after we got them! The ones that are 5 or 6 weeks old now.

Soooooo cute – Maggie and Carolyn bringing in the empty garbage can together.

Favorite posture of the Cornish Cross meat chickens. They didn’t walk a whole lot. I think if we were better at feeding them only at certain times and free ranging them, that they’d be healthier and happier. As it was, I was not happy with the way they looked and behaved.

Their legs were just so thick too, to support their huge weight! These birds are just 10 weeks old! They dressed out at 5.5-6 lbs.

They grow wonderful meat. And despite the less than ideal conditions, they were raised much better than commercial chicken. Commercial meat practices are disgusting.

Jordan’s sixth birthday present! This and a trip to a frozen yogurt place. It’s considerably too big, but he likes it, so I think a few short rides and a few short years and it’ll be a winner. The back rest has a chest strap so he doesn’t scoot forward too much.

Yippeeeee! The only thing he didn’t like about his birthday was when the frozen yogurt bowl was…. empty.

Sweet 2 1/2 year old girl.

Joy-givers

River time!

One of these is a snail and one is an insect. See the one on top? It’s actually the larval stage of a caddisfly!

hehehe

wheeeee!

Wahoo!

How. How? How!? How is all the really important stuff on my desk always like this?

Cool!

Mama took the girls for a walk on one of the last mornings before Jordan’s school was out.

The playground at the end of our walk…. with a couple of very large spiders.