Atuntaqui, Ecuador 4 The Woods

A few of us have a Literature Club. We meet once a month and discuss a book that the girls have chosen. It is also a time to dress up and work on manners as we have lunch and tea time. The girls have a blast and the mom's enjoy a time to get caught up and have tea.

Tiffany in her new dress that Hannah bought for her. So sweet.

All the little ladies.

Adorable, Elly. Could she be ANY cuter??

Norgeen giving directions and discussing manners.

All the mammas and girls. Can I just say that I LOVE having daughters!

Liberty is usually at tea time but we had tea right around the corner from our friends, the Limons, so she opted to go to their house. She LOVES her "Aunt" Kellie and "sister" Hannah.

Limon Love

We kept the Limon kids so Mario and Kellie could celebrate their anniversary at Disney Land. We had a blast with them.

Tiffany, Hannah and Hannah puttin' on a play.

Sammy and Micah were so cute. They got into bed and I sat outside their room and listened to them talking and cracking up. It warms my heart to see brothers who love and enjoy each other so much.

Swimming fun!

Swimming with the Parsons at the Temecula Recreation Center.

Blake, Liberty and Nathaniel swimming.

Nevil and Teresa

Liberty on the slide. Look at that "tushy." I want to squeeze her! :0)

Love this "Hunk-a-man!"

Typical Tiffany.

Blake~ Rockin' off the board.

Girl Time

Hannah's friend, Jessica, came over to spend the night. She's a very bright and creative girl. During the first hour she was with us, she turned 3 of the upstairs bedrooms into a fort. We love Jessica Marine

Inside the fort.

Football Fun

The Romans are our dear friends. Their oldest son, Jesse, is playing football so we went to his game. It was fun to visit with friends and cheer him on. Plus, it brought back old, sweet memories of when we used to live and breathe football with our son Jesse.

All the kiddos congratulating Jesse on his win. Our kids are so close they're like siblings. Can ya tell?

Chad, Eddie and sweet little Christopher.

Carri and me.

Late Night Bread Baking

As soon as there is a chill in the air, we start baking and making our home cozy. I have always done this and now my girls are following suit. We borrowed some homemaking videos from a friend and learned a new way of making bread. After all, what can make your home feel any cozier than smelling the sweet aroma of bread baking in the oven?

Well, we should have watched the entire video FIRST (Come on! Everyone knows to read through the WHOLE recipe before starting, right??) because THIS special bread took FOREVER to make...FOREVER! I mean who has ever heard of a bread recipe where the bread has to rise 3 times?? I mean really...3 TIMES!! To make matters worse, we started at 8PM. Finally, when it was midnight, I sent the girls to bed and told them I would stay up and finish the job. I won't tell you what time I got into bed that night but any tiredness on my part was worth it when I saw the joy and excitement in the girls eyes when they saw their own special loaves all cooled and ready to taste.