Catch Up......

What can I say, life has been busy at our place. I'm realllllly going to try and  to get back into the grove of the blogging business for the sake of the kiddos. I know years from now they will enjoy going back and remembering their childhood. So for today I will play a little catch up with what life has been like at our little abode.

Nate played a shepherd in the Christmas program at church. 

Maddy was a lamb. 

Boys at breakfast with Santa

Annual picture with Santa (Maddy refused to get her picture taken without mommy)

Maddy got her first haircut! Jeff thinks she looks like Bonnie from Toy Story.

Making Christmas cookies.

I don't think they will ever get to old to make them.

We visited Great Grandma Christmas morning.

It was so cute how Maddy held her hand as we walked the halls.

Time to celebrate New Year's Eve with our annual get together with friends. Maddy enjoys hanging out with her buddy Emery!

Time for a tea party....this happen quite frequently around here now with a two year old. 

What snow we've had this winter they have enjoyed playing in it. 

Maddy and pudding are not a good combination!

Making snow ice cream. Yummy!

It's rough being a daddy :)

Liv was with Jeff when he got a doe this year. She was so excited...Jeff was a little bit too.

Do I need to say more!

There was a little excitement that the Bronco's won the Super Bowl this year!! 

Nate busy working on his go-cart they got for Christmas. 

The plan was to have it all put together by Christmas  for them. However, several parts were back ordered. It worked out though. Now they get to build it with dad. 

In October we were blessed with some wonderful new neighbors! They have four girls and our kiddos are beyond thrilled to being hanging out with them. Here's Liv with Josie. Plan on seeing lots of pictures of them together this summer!

Liv's girls group at church made 150 pillowcase dresses for girls in Africa. It was such an awesome experience for these girls to work together to help those in need. They pulled an all nighter this night to finish them up. 

While the snow is falling today, we are looking forward to the warm, lazy days of  hanging out at  the pond again!!

                                                            Guffey Acres

Sunday night our church went to Guffey Acres. Here is Maddy playing in the corn

Mommy and Maddy on the tractor ride

In the corn maze!

Me, Ellie, Maddy, and Nathan on the corn shaped trampoline

Josh and Ellie on the hay ride

Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing!

Dad and his "buddies" on the hay ride

         

New writer:)

Mom let me (Liv) take over the blog!! Mom is behind, no, she is behind A LOT!!! lol. This is what has been going on!!!

Field day!! 

Nate running with a bean bag!

Passing the sponge

Nate hula hooping

Mother's day!!!

:)

Messy Maddy

Going into 1st grade!

Going into 5th grade!

Going into 7th grade:)

Finally summer!!!!!!

Maddy loves to play dress up

Someone ended up in mom and dad's bed!

Ok, is it just me, or can Nathan rock a selfie? Lol!

Loved playing softball!

So sad the season is over:(

VBS!

Having fun painting

Music time!

Play dough is so much fun

Hope ya'll had a great 4th of July!

This year, our church made a float for the 4th of July parade! It was so fun!

The boys hangin' out on the float

Madison hanging out with her friends

In the bounce house

Josh hanging out

Maddy and Natalie:)

Church camp!!!

One of my favorite events of the year!

We slept over the swamp. We were so worried that one of us would sleepwalk and fall into the swamp! Luckily that didn't happen:)

Right after mom picked me up from camp, we all went to Kokomo beach

Josh and Caleb

Delaney and I

Madison is such a big helper!

I cannot believe she is already 2!

Hanging out!

Maddy opening her presents 

So spoiled!

She is getting WAY to big

She loved having the song "Happy Birthday" sung to her!

Have a feeling she is going to have a sugar rush...lol!

Time to start school back up! I'm going into 7th grade

Josh going into 5th grade!

Nathan going into 1st grade!

And Maddy going into pre-pre K!

Summer went by so quick!

So this is how I spent my first day of school!

Teaching Madison how to fish

Maddy always makes a mess with her food!

Seriously, this is day 2!

Josh  and Maryn got baptized! 

Josh and Nate at Lego Club!

I love this picture I took of Madison!

The boys shooting! (Notice Nate still has on his church clothes. Haha)

Maddy feeding me a raspberry:) she is so sweet

Maddy and Daddy taking a break!

She is such a little tomboy! I've never been so proud of her! lol!

Maddy and Mom out in the shade chillin' out

Watching a show

Josh getting his braces on!

:)

Mom and Dad went to Shipshewana for their anniversary.

Lego club!





So that's pretty much everything that we have been up to! Bye!