Leaves

So, I was looking back on my blog this morning and realized how much I have been slacking. I was looking at pictures and posts from when Rachel was a toddler and saw how many just normal every day moments I had posted. It was so fun to look back and see those pictures and remember what life was like back then and remember Rachel the way she was back then. Each child we have added to our family has made us more happy, but also more busy. Way more busy. In being so busy, I have neglected, not only to blog about those simple moments, but also to even take pictures of them. I remember growing up and looking at our baby books. LeAnn's and Julies had the most pictures, and then each subsequent child had less and less pictures of them, until mostly all the pictures there were, were just the yearly school pictures. That is basically the way this blog has been ending up as well, but for now, I am going to do my best to post more pictures of these precious little ones while they are little. Here are a few of my Sweet Elijah boy a few months ago, playing in the leaves that fell in our yard from the pecan trees after a huge storm. 

Love this sight

Rachel is such a good little reader, and Kent has discovered how to use that to his advantage. Kent LOVES books. If I sat down and read to Rachel and Kent all day long, they would be in heaven. Since I can't just sit and read to them all day long, Kent frequently takes books to Rachel and asks her to read to him. Other times, Rachel will pick up a book to read and ask Kent if he wants to listen to it. I often see them sitting just like this, and it makes my heart so happy to see it. I love that these kids love to read. We've been working on teaching Kent to read and he has read quite a few Bob books. It is so fun to see him learning! Homeschooling is the best!

Kent-ism of the day

"My mouth feels like it needs more cheese in it."

Rachelism of the day

I just need 5 more birthdays and then I can be as old as my fingers!
I need to be 5, 3 more times and then I will be as old as my fingers and toes put together!

Portales Peanut Festival

Can I just tell you how much I love this little town? This is the smallest town I've ever lived in and it is sooooo much fun! This is one of the many examples of annual activities they hold. The Peanut Festival. They had a bunch of activities for the kids to come and participate in. This one was the peanut sack race. Rachel was the only one of the kids old enough to participate.

Ever since we went to the festival (it was on a whim really) the kids have been pretending that they are going to the peanut festivel and they have all sorts of little competitions. It is super cute.