365 Project | Week 43-44

Pschew! It's been a busy, fun couple of weeks. :) Hold on to your seatbelts ...

 

Day 295. Snail watching is a nice, quiet activity for that lull of time between "I'm in my pajamas" and "Popcorn's ready!" :)

Day 296. Yes, they were laughing and having just as much fun as it looks like they were! :)

However, when did my little girl start turning into a young lady? Sigh. Love you, Doodle-bug! So thankful for you!

Day 297. Our crew can manage a set of shovels pretty well. :)

Day 298. And here's our energetic, busy young man. He has been delighting in the yard work that fall brings to our household. :)

Day 299. Nothing's much better than waking up to a bag of new books from the library. :) We try to make it a family trip, but some weeks Mommy catches the library during an evening grocery run.

Day 300. Ahhh! What a wonderful evening of fellowship with good friends! (The mommies hung out in the kitchen with dinner preparations while the daddies watched the kiddos outside. Somehow dinner prep seemed to take a wee bit longer than was originally anticipated.) ;)

Day 301. Yay for new plants!!! :) While the big kids enjoyed a party with one of their children's church classes, Mommy, Daddy, and Matthew went to the nursery to buy plants. We came back with a loaded truck and a full afternoon and evening of work. But what fun to see the finished results! :)

 

Day 302. And here be the results of the previous day's labor. :) (Somehow pictures don't work out so well when you're finishing the job with flashlights ...)

 

Day 303. Woo-hoo! Grandma and Grandpa arrived! What a fun week! :) School continued as usual in the mornings, but the afternoons were filled with lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa. Hannah and Grandma played lots of rounds of Uno. :) Grandma also read lots of Curious George with Matthew, introduced us all to the wonderfully delicious, delightfully simple "candy corn fudge," and helped Mommy keep up with Matthew's very runny nose. :)

Day 304. Grandpa and Peter did lots of coaster building with the K'Nex set. Grandpa also repaired my washing machine, helped repair the radiator leak on the van, and handled the minor flood in our basement when the main drain from the kitchen decided to call it quits. So thankful for the Lord's timing in all of those things! :)

Day 305. And we remembered to take a picture of the grandparents and grandkids! :) Thanks for coming to visit, Grandma and Grandpa!!! :)

We also enjoyed a fun hour or so outside. :) We had planned a bit of an outing, but decided the backyard was a good destination considering the runny state of noses.

Concentrating hard to hold on through Grandpa's BIG pushes! :)

Day 306. We enjoyed a fun last evening with Grandma and Grandpa with some rousing games of Dominos. :)

Of course, Dominos can be used in multiple ways ...

Day 307. Hannah was happy to oblige Matthew's request to cuddle on the couch. :)

Day 308. Our garden plot is (nearly) tilled! :) 600 sq. feet of planting coming up ... hmmm. Guess we better start figuring out what to plant ... Suggestions?

And such be our last few weeks.

Rejoicing in the blessings.
Thankful for His grace through the challenges.