My Boys

Aren't these fellas gorgeous!

They wanted matching shoes.

Ernie is a great big brother and the littler ones just adore him. They are always playing ball of some sort, running around and rough housing.

It's so hard to say goodbye...

I received a Boppy when Ernie was born. It helped me through the nursing of Ernie, Abby, Emma and Jonathan. As a baby, Jonathan became attached to it. He always had it with him and it became his pillow in his crib and big boy bed. (Thankfully, when I was expecting Christian, the sweet ladies at Community Bible Church gave me a shower. Along with many splendid gifts I received the one thing I really needed ... A NEW BOPPY)

Jonathan's Boppy has seen him through good dreams, nightmares, many hours of peaceful sleep as well as illnesses and not much sleep. It made it through many washing cycles, but all good things must come to an end. Boppy developed a hole that could no longer be fixed. We took many pictures so Jonathan will never have to forget his Boppy.

Abigail turns 8

Precious Abby turned 8 on April 9th, 2010.

What a gift we received from the Lord! Abby is our easiest child at present. She is extremely helpful with a servant's heart. "Lil' Momma" is her nickname and sometimes Christian and Isabella choose her over me. Caring, sweet and a hard worker. Abby finished 2nd grade this year with straight A's and the "Ant Award". She loves art, gymnastics, and Irish dance.

May God always be glorified in your life, Abby! We love you!

Abby's birthday found us, once again, at Cracker Barrel for dinner.

Picture below is of the gift she received from Gram and Grampa Dickmann. It is a purse with other little goodies that once belonged to Great-Grandma Lehr who went Home to Heaven a year ago. The loss of Gram Lehr was rather hard on Abby. She still cries when she thinks about dear Grandma Lehr. Abby loved this gift!

Kara made Abby's birthday cake

Abby with our wonderful former neighbor, Judy.

Tea Party

The girls decided to dress-up and have a tea party...

on the jungle gym.

Izzy did not want to miss out on the fun.

Egyptian Feast

2nd Grade at PCCA is the Egyptain Festival.

My beautiful Egyptian girl, Abby.

Mrs. Doyle had the wonderful idea to mummify a chicken and this is the result: King Cluck I. (No it does not smell.)

Abby's encomium on the Biblical Egyptian midwife, Shiphrah. (Never too early to get teaching my girls about midwifery.)

Mrs. Doyle and the children did a fabulous job. The food was yummy and the decorations were perfect. Yay Ann Hatfield.

4th Grade Medieval Feast

At Providence Classical Christian grades 1st - 4th have different festivals/feasts that showcase what the class has learned that year. Ernie's class has had fairy tale (now Old Testament), Egyptian, Greek/Roman festivals. The last year is 4th Grade's Medieval Feast. Quite an elaborate evening with a meal served by the families, a game of Pass the Parcel and usually a time of learning from a real Knight. Unfortunately, the Knight, Karl M. Kindt III, was unable to be there due to being in Paris during the volcanic ash issues. We still had a wonderful time and wonderful food.

Ernie chose to be King Charlemagne.

During Pass the Parcel, Grandma opened a layer that had her do jumping jacks.

Ernie's 4th Grade Teacher, Mrs. Paske, and her husband, PCCA's 5th Grade Teacher, Mr. Paske, as they made their entrance.

Easter Pictures

Since this summer we have 2 weddings, I went simple on the Easter clothes. Ernie was thrilled, but my little boys LOVE to dress up, so they wanted suits no matter what.

Some days I just can't believe they are all mine and how incredibly blessed I am. God is good! We are blessed to have a quiver full.

My Girls

All My Handsome Fellas

While I was getting Christian ready, Isabella just sat right in his lap. How could I pass up the photo opportunity? Of course, our ham, Emma, saw the camera and rushed over for the picture.