COOLEST THING !!!!!!

Okay, coolest story! First, look at the picutures below...see the butterfly? We came home from church and Faith saw it on the floor, by the kitchen door...we were amazed at its beauty! and amazed at how it came in the house! We took pictures, and I had them put it outside, then Faith said something about a cocoon, and I went to look at our lemon tree I have been keeping inside the house b/c it's been cold outside...and found its cocoon on the tree!!! I was so excited that a butterfly was born today in my house on my lemon tree!!!! I assume it was this morning b/c when Hannah put it outside, it couldn't fly.....

See the butterfly on the pot, near the bottom?

Hannah wants so bad to "pet it"- she wanted to keep it, too

Look at it!!!! It has blue on its legs!! It was trying to climb up the pot..(I think it was trying to get away from the big hand - Hannah's - coming at it!)

God is so amazing! Faith like the red design on its back, near the bottom...

Boys!

Baby Bregan (Elizabeth's boy) and Toby last night.

I'm going to send this picture into ACU Today.

Just stuff

The girls made a "day care"

This picture was supposed to be of Mark and I, but he chickened out! The girls were playing wii and Mark and I were both on the couch knitting- Yes- Mark wanted to learn too, but I guess he is keeping this activity of his a secret!

Here's What We're Doing Today!

Backpacking Trip

Tim and Mason went with the High Adventure Scouts on a backpacking trip. The was the first time for them to go on a trip like this where they have to carry everything on their backs.

Tim's tent was quite small. He found it a challenge to change his clothes while in a horizontal position!

Yes, this was self-taken.

All the food they took was prepacked. Most of the entrees were freeze dried - just add water and enjoy! Well....it was more like just add water and try to choke it down!

Backpacking stoves are quite different than your traditional camping stoves.

The guys said that the green beans were terrible.
This is an easy way to do it.

This "Homestyle Chicken" was a bit hard to choke down.

It drizzled on them so they were glad to have their backpack covers.

Lunch of Ritz crackers, tuna, cornnuts, and a rice krispie treat!

This sign is not too intimidating.....unless you are carrying all your supplies on your back!

They actually had a place to "rest." See how the building goes below the floor line. The ...umm....products of the rest time drop down to compost. No, there was no place to wash their hands.

Fancy Date

Corbin and I attended a "fancy" or, should I say "formal" dinner for his work- it was at the Doubletree in Memphis. You won't believe this, but I actually kept my eyes open until we got home at 1:15 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The evening had a detailed program, and it was not all serious- in fact, most of it was in jest, with funny skits. But, it was not the kind of program we could leave early without being noticed (sort of a mandatory type attendance, a check in the block if you will).

I was not about to be cold all night...gotta love the floor length dress that accomodates my long-johns!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have only worn this dress one other time, and that was in North Carolina, I don't even remember when I bought it, but it sure has come in handy:)

Funny boy!

This was the house

While this was downloading, we were in the girls room singing tonight (this video was from a couple of days ago). Toby put on a dress up hat and was totally raising his hands- we got so tickled! Also, he walked from the girls' room all the way to our computer in our room today!

We Got Luke!

We surprised Luke tonight with a party!

Luke's Surprise 16th Birthday Party

Post Procedure!

Dog!

We had a dog come to visit today!

This and That

We missed the beautiful snow in Ft. Worth last week, but managed to make a snowman when we got home.

The girls were folding laundry and decided that they needed underwear on their heads!

OK- Kelly taught Abby Kate school while I was at the gun range when we were in Houston. It wasn't until today that I looked over her Language lesson that Kelly did with her. Now, either Abby Kate has been paying really close attention when I watch Fox news, or her aunt Kelly gave her some ideas on what to write. The picture above shows the words Abby Kate could use in her "Why I love America" paper, and below is her paper..... hmmm....

I got a pretty good laugh from this! Thanks Kelly!