One of the top Homeschool Blogs I follow

I have been homeschooling for 6 years now. I have come across lots of homeschool blogs over the years and THIS year Half a Hundred Acre Wood is part of my top three favorites. She is so talented and has a wealth of wisdom and knowledge too!

She has a great giveaway this week. Go check her out!

Happy New Year Friends and Family!

 December 13, 2015 Tim and I celebrated 12 years of marriage

The Kids and I enjoying the snow fall on December 29th

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

Micah turns the BIG 1-0 on June 3rd

 4th grade baseball

 My 4 awesome blessings!

 Going to Target Field on May 31st

 Getting ready to run the bases after the game

 Opening his birthday gifts from us

 Enjoying one of the gifts that next day.....a hammock!

Holding the Cokes given by LeAnn and Perry. 

Note what it says on them. "Micah" and "Bailey"

On June 15th, five of his buddies will come over for a PARTY!
UPDATED PICTURE:

Ben's 8th Birthday on May 1st

 Lauren and Levi came over for Chaos waterpark, pizza and cake. What a goofy bunch!

 Ben asked for a Baymax cake from "Big Hero 6"

Gift opening with our immediate family. 

Happy Birthday, Ben! We love you and are so thankful for a fun, goofy lovable boy!

Family Picture

Micah & Ben's piano recital 

April 19, 2015

Mister Caleb turns "6"!

11 Years of Marriage

Over the weekend, December 13th, Tim and I celebrated our 11th Wedding Anniversary. Wow, the time has flown! I am more in love with this man then the day I married him. We have been through both high times and low times, but the one constant is the Lord Jesus. He is truly faithful!

We were also able to celebrate Tim's parents' 40th Wedding Anniversary with a party on the very same day - 12/13/14! Their actual anniversary is December 21st. What a fun celebration and testimony of God's faithfulness and rock in their marriage. I feel so blessed to be part of this family! 

Tim and I were able to go out to eat the evening of our anniversary at Red Lobster. Yum! My parents (who have been married now for 43 years) took our four kids so that Tim and I could have a date night all to ourselves. We then concluded our weekend with lunch at my sister's house. Fun family time! What a rich weekend of celebration!

Awana Grand Prix

 All 4 kids excited for Awana on November 19th

 The boys ready for the fun night ahead...racing their cars that they made

 The track set up at our church gym

All 3 boys did GREAT! Micah did get 2nd place with his 

car averaging 2.69 seconds. Great job, Micah Man!

Bow Hunting

Tim shot his FIRST deer with his bow and arrow yesterday morning. 

Here is a picture of he with the deer.

 Tim with Ben taking it over to our shed.This is about the area where he got the deer.

The new hair do...

Once upon a time, just a few days ago, a little girl allowed her two older brothers to cut her hair. She had golden locks of curl that went past her shoulders. She decided one day that she did not want to have "purties" (a.k.a barrettes, hair elastics) in her hair anymore. Mom would daily brush her hair, if not twice a day, and with the tangles and hair accessories it was getting to be too much for this four year old. So, the five year had scissors from his kindergarten craft assignment and he suggested to the little sister that he should give her a hair cut. She kindly agreed. He nicely trimmed up the back side making it into a "bob" of some sort. Then the scissors went to the seven year old brother, who did not want to miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to get in on the hair fun. He decided that "bangs" were in order. Bangs much like his! At the completion of this hair appointment, which was given in the bathroom, they decided that mom should be surprised with this joyous event. Needless to say, the four year girl stood back apart from the brothers as they announced there was a surprise. The girl stated, "I don't think mom will like it."  Mom saw. Gasps inspired. Consequences given, apologies made, and forgiveness extended. It will grow, right?

Life on the Bailey Homestead moves on!

4 Years old!

My sweet Hannah is 4 years old now. It happened on September 20th, but I realized that I hadn't put anything up on the blog. 

This girl is a true delight! A few ways to describe our Hannah are friendly, caring, playful, nurturing, devoted, kind, outgoing, smart (she's reading 3 letter words now!), and joyful

Refreshing...

That word, "refreshing," is how I would describe the changes that have happened the last few days. I'm not sure how many of you follow this blog, but it is my desire to update on family life, kids pictures and the "happening" that are going on around here more frequently through this blog.

I have deleted my Facebook account this week! I was tired how much of a time sucker it was and something needed to go. So, I decided FB was the thing. For the most part, I don't miss it! I'll miss the updated pictures and pregnancy announcements or news that people have sold their house. But, I'm hoping that I can connect with people face-to-face MORE or even over the phone.

My family taken on our July vacation at Gooseberry Falls 

as we ventured up north to Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Toboggan & Outdoor fun!

Over the New Year, my dad brought us Baileys a restored Toboggan he had gotten 

off of Craigslist. He did the restoring and yesterday we enjoyed the fun!

Mmmm, eating snow and snowball fights

Me (Krista), Micah and Caleb trekking up the hill

 

 

 Micah getting ready to snowmobile in the backyard....he's growing up so fast!

  He is such a responsible kiddo

Ben gets glasses

God's Faithfulness

Reflecting on this passage this past week:

Lamentations 3:21-27   (NKJV)

²¹ This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.

²² Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
²³ They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

Sledding Party and Caleb's Birthday

 On Friday, January 24th we celebrated Caleb's 5th birthday! What a joy and delight it is to have Caleb. He is silly, quiet and noisy at times. He is thoughtful and observant of ALL that goes on in our family!

We had our Joy Homeschool Group over for a day of sledding and birthday cake. What a blast! There were 5 of us moms with 16 kids amongst all of us! Here are a few of the pictures from our day of enjoying this winter weather. 

 Playing "King of the Hill"

 Going down our sliding hill

 Here goes another batch of kids!

 Moms and kids

 Brianne with Hannah and her daughter Mary

 Caleb's chocolate birthday cake!

 Our homeschool friends watching

 A chess game was going on between Will and Nevaeh

 Mary and boys having a nerf gun battle

Later on that night, Caleb opened his gifts from us! What a day full of fun!

Winter updates

 Hannah working on preschool

 Hannah in her cute nightgown with dad....she sure is our sunshine!

 Indoor play while it is -20 outside

 Hannah loves to play the piano.

Playing on the giant snow bank plowed off our driveway.

Caleb and Hannah

 Micah

Ben