Sky Top Orchard

Last weekend we took our annual trip up to Sky Top Orchard…and it was pretty late in the season when we went up but it worked out good bc then there was not a lot of people there which equals no line for the apple cider donuts..them alone are worth the drive up there for us.. one other bad thing about waiting so late to go up there…not a lot of options for apples..most of them were off the trees already and if not they were all picked over.




Yes I know im missing a child….one of the twins is standing in front of the other ones face



She amazes me…she does not care that she had a cast one..she still wants to do everything..it def does not limit her..she was swinging and climbing all over everything so she could slide..she had a little trouble trying to sit down on the slide…she would just plop down at the top of the slide..she didn’t care..


Jianna

Jayla

Day 31 for 21: Day 14 Pumpkin Patch

We went to a church that had a pumpkin patch..thought it was really neat bc on the sign it said Pumpkins for charity..and so I asked them about it and they told me  that all the money they raise from selling pumpkins goes directly to a charity.

Very hard to get both looking at me…but I can usually get at least one to look at me;)

Well one out of five isnt bad for looking at me either….haha!!!

They found there pumpkin right away and wouldn’t let go of it..and of course had too  carry it around by the stem..Jianna on the left and Jayla on the right


Even though Avery couldn’t walk she made it very clear as to what pumpkin she wanted..and was very happy with her pumpkin that she chose!!!

Back to School Haircuts..Avery’s surgery date

Yes along with going back to school you always gets haircuts..right????   Well it should have been done before school started but it wasn’t so this past weekend I took the older girls to go get there haircut…
Before:…and after picture…

AS you can see in the picture…Destiny only wanted a few inches off..she’s growing her hair out..she likes it long..Brielle wanted it short again…I think she looks better with short hair too..her hair gets soo scraggly when its long..she says she don’t care my hair grows fast anyways..and Avery went short too…she went really short..I was tired of her hair always in her food…and last time when she had her surgery it got all tangled from constantly being on her back..it was an absolute disaster every.single.day! So I am hoping to avoid that headache by cutting it short. 

Destiny didn’t want a picture bc she said u cant even tell…its not a big deal mom…so I guess its just Brielle and Avery..:)


ps..for those of you that aren't on FB or family…so u haven't heard yet..but Avery is scheduled for September 11, for surgery in Boston for her other side on her hip. YIKES..that is only two weeks away!!!!  I am not really ready but I am ready to get it over with…I'm tired of it just hanging over my head..Please be praying for me as I am going to have to do this alone this time. We couldn’t get into the family housing program like we did last time bc they were all booked up…and are only other option is a motel and the motel is $150 a night..that is medical rate…so if we both went we would spend OVER $2000 just in motel..so we aren't going that route for obvious reasons…so we have decided that I am just going to go up there..bc I can stay in the room with her in the hospital…but I am really nervous bc there were many times when I really needed Jared there for many reasons but mainly bc he can just calm  Avery down so much easier..HE has WAY more patience then me too!!!   I don’t want to do this alone but we have no other choice so please say a few extra prayers for me!!! But we are gearing up for the surgery..we have upped the vitamin C…the extra hand washing…the extra hand sanitizer..I have asked her teachers if they would up the hand sanitizer on her for a couple of weeks…she CAN”T get sick!!!!!  If she gets even a cold they will not do the surgery..and that would be horrible…we have Jared’s parents coming down here from SD again to stay with the girls..of course Jared will be here with them at night now too..So hopefully that will help my girls some too…bc last time it was really hard on them too for us to be gone for so long..Typing this all out just makes my stomach quiver…YUCK!!!!! 

Oh June where did you go???

Wow it is already July 1st, well actually it’s the third now..boy did that month just fly by..why does the summer always fly by and the winter seems to drag on and on…at least it does for me..Well what have we been up to???? Well we have been living up the summer and enjoying every minute of it.. I love love having my kids home and we are having so much fun…So to catch you all up on the last month..here is what we have been up to…
*The girls planted some flowers..

*We made some strawberry jam, and we are waiting for blackberries to make some blackberry jam
*Swimming..LOTS of swimming…Avery is getting to be quite the fish..she loves to jump in..and she will plug her nose and put her head under for awhile and try to swim…in fact everything pretty much goes to pot in the summer bc we spend too much time outside swimming or just being lazy by the pool..and then nothing gets done..but that’s ok bc its summer..

This girl loves to jump..she is all smiles..even up until she hits the water…

*Grilling LOTS = easy suppers
*Avery is still trying to practice riding her bike…we will get there someday..she keeps wanting to push the pedals backwards and then that stops it of course..I got her a little bigger bike at a yard sale to see if that would help and it did some..

*Spending time at the lake on the boat



Avery jumping off of the front of the boat

Do u see where Avery is?? Right up there fishing with Daddy…

Where are the other girls while dad tries to fish a little bit…??



*VBS..this was the first year Avery went and she had a blast..and this last Sunday I caught her singing away in church…maybe a little to loud but that s ok;)

*Eating our fresh vegetables that we grew

you win some you lose some..not sure what happened to these squash plants but they didn’t make it

Almost ripe

Jared’s grapes..hopefully they taste good this year..we haven't had any luck with them in past years  but then we only got a handful of grapes last time..

and this year we have lots of little cluster of grapes

*Making homemade popsicles, and fudgesicles. Destiny has been going on pinterest and finding great recipes to make..they all love em…we have only have one bad one so far..but I think it was because our watermelon wasn’t that great to begin with


*Sleep overs
*Staying up late and sleeping in…ooh the best part of summer…sleeping in and not having a schedule
*Making our quilt

*Eating lots of Destiny’s goodies that she has been making..she is def my baker..and cleaning out the bowl and mixer of course

*Made it to week 4 of the Couch to 5k program..Here’s the link if u are more interested..(Its a iPhone app that gets u from the couch to 5k slowly through 9 weeks but you don’t have to have an iPhone to do it..the app just makes it easier bc it talks to you and times you to tell you when to switch over to walk and run plus it tells you how far u ran..how many calories u burned..and so on..) ..I'm not a runner..I'm a runner wanna be but so far this program as been great if I can stick with it I might just be a runner.ha! I haven't made it this far yet so I am soo pumped.This is my third time retrying it..Third times a charm right It has been going good..I do it every other night faithfully by myself or with Jared and it has been the best thing for me..Afterwards I usually just jump in the pool and go for a swim after to cool off..But I'm not sure why they call it the couch bc its not like I've just been sitting on the couch or anything..but we all know that right;)

*Going for Ice Cream of course..we tried out a new place Tutti Frutti- frozen yogurt..it was sooo yummy def will be going there again..you can pick what ever flavor you want and get it yourself which the kids loved doing..and then any topping you can imagine you can put on..and put on as much or as little of the toppings that you want..and then you weight it and surprisingly it wasn’t overly expensive. I think it was ten bucks for all of us..not bad for a little treat once in awhile I think..


*Fishing- cant leave that one out..Jared and I had a fishing date which was so great…and so peaceful..just being out on the lake where it is nice an quiet and you can talk and don’t have to talk over all the music that the restaurants play so loudly down here..watching the sunset…aww my kind of date even though we didn’t catch any big ones..just little ones..but Jared can never catch anything with me… Avery has also turned into quite the little fisher lady too…she LOVES it..if she hears daddy is going fishing well its all over and she ends up going with too..she will climb in the boat and stay there until Daddy says she can go..she caught a big 5lb bass with Jared one night and the minute she caught it she says “A-a-all done” she caught her fish she was all done and ready to go home.haha!!
Our big one for the night

Sorry for such a long post..that was like five posts in one..Well that pretty much sums up our June..Bring on July…we are planning on making a trip back to SD again for a couple of weeks..just me and my girls.we did that last year and it went good..but this time on the way back Grandma is going to ride back with us and then spend a couple of weeks down here..She don’t know what she is in for but she’ll learn quickly she wants to see the country so she thought it would  be a good idea..ha!