Sammy Turned 5!!

Well our sweet Hosea "Sammy" turned 5 on November  14th, the same day as his beloved Uncle Herschel! (although Herschel is a tad older)  We were able to have a party for him this year and was thankful that he is at the age to really enjoy it.  Over the years he has had a lot of cakes at community group, so it was time he had an actual party.  He wanted Spider-Man and had a great time.

Sammy's chocolate chip pancake breakfast:)

Eating at party with his friends.

Playing games at his party!

Sammy with his "twin" Caleb they were born same day, same hospital:)

Of course his favorite part, the cake!

Sammy at 5:

He is full of energy!
He wakes up full of joy, ready to talk your ear off and get going-not like the rest of his family:)
He still loves to give hugs!
He has a very thoughtful and sweet side to him, we often say he has the gift of encouragement.
He loves school and loves to learn.

Other Fall Stuff

We continued in our homeshool co-op that Isaiah, Sammy and Shiloh attend on Tuesdays while Micah and Anna are still in Oak City Academy.  This year Sammy got to be in a class and he absolutely loves it!  He talks about it all the time and loves the little boys in his class.  He also has been able to do science class with Mrs. Dana some this year and has loved this too!

Sammy and Mercy showing their food chains!

We moved into our new house at the end of October, so this allowed our kids to go out in the new neighborhood and meet a lot of people and enjoy some candy in the process.  We were able to do pumpkins and they really enjoyed this.

Shiloh did stay home with me to help pass out candy along with another little friend.  Someone had advised me that it might be a good idea as she could get scared in seeing some of the people walking around on Halloween.  Boy was she right.  Our neighbor happens to work at a local corn maize so she is all dressed up, face painted in black and white and came to bring candy to our kids.  So I answered the door and Shiloh totally flipped out, which I guess makes sense.  This happened a couple more times with a couple of the darker costumes, but she does love herself some candy-guess she gets that from her mama and papa:)

Shiloh as princess

Mei-Lin trying to get some candy out of the bowl:)

Soccer in the fall

All the boys played soccer this fall.  Of course this was tons of fun, but did provide for a lot of running around on the weekends.  Sammy played this season for the first time and really enjoyed it, he liked watching himself run around sometimes more than watching the ball but at his age that is usually how it goes.  And we would much rather him do that than push other kids down, like many have the habit of doing at this age.

Micah had another season with the Crusaders, where Travis was his coach.  These boys had a great time playing together and pretty much dominated the league, not loosing any games, and tying one.  Micah improved a lot and even got to play goalie a couple times which he enjoyed.

Crusaders-of course Micah has head down:(

Micah coming in!

Isaiah also had another season on the same team, although they changed their name to the Spartans in hopes of having a fresh start with coaching changes and a struggling season.  Isaiah did well this season having a good attitude in the midst of a lot of losses and of course that is a good skill to acquire:)  He played a lot of defense this season and proved to be a great defender!  Since we moved he will tryout for a different team this year.

Anna turned 7!!

Anna turned 7 in July!  We had our standard pancake breakfast for her and were able to go to Monkey Joe's, which is a big indoor playground with inflatable slides and take her dearest friend Mercy with her.  They all had a grand time.

Anna at 7:

She loves to still role play with her dolls.
She loves to read.
She loves to eat.
She likes to take care of Shiloh.
She loves school and works hard.

Anna is full of joy, she loves to care for others, pray for others and is full of life.  We are so thankful for her.

I know it's been too long!!

Well my last post was in July and needless to say ALOT has happened since then.  I am going to try and update and do some recap of time that has passed as best I can!  Some of the major changes are that   we sold our beloved home on South St., moved into temporary housing for 3 months and then bought a home in Garner the end of October.  We also found out that we are expecting baby # 6, that is now due January 12th, so we have been quite busy!!

Stay tuned, will post some updates with pics!