We've Got Talent ;)

Miss Shay likes to get in on the singing action with her sister.  I think the vibrato is what really makes the song!

 

 

And better late than never....Mr. Kale making a nice run during football season.

Speaking of Bailey........

For some miraculous reason my phone, computer, and Blogger all decided to cooperate and let me transfer video!  Here's one of Bailey's many original tunes :)

Watch Out For That Girl

 I love this girl and her imagination.  She has the ability to take a simple topic and develop it into a story that is totally crazy....and yet completely makes sense. 

 

Last week she asked for a tortilla as part of her snack, but before eating she picked up two Sprite cans that were sitting on the counter and told me a three minute narrative about sodas in love, an evil tortilla, and a plot that had me cracking up before concluding with a romantic tune.

 

A couple of days ago I ran across this quote on Pinterest and I immediately thought of her....

 

 

I'm not sure yet what she'll grow to be,
but there's not a doubt in my mind that our Bailey girl can bring change to the world....

One joyful story at a time.

 

Snow

Nothing beats a little snow day fun on the farm!  I went into the "event" knowing that I would spend 20 minutes gathering gear, 20 minutes dressing children, and 20 minutes driving to the farm.....

For (at best) 20 minutes of playing in the snow :)

We were really close to meeting my 20 minute goal when Shay got snow in her mitten....

And in a matter of seconds she was crying, "I want Grammy Hammy's house!"

Of course, if one sister gets to go play (and eat snacks) in a warm house, the other sister wants to go, too. 
So I spent 20 (okay maybe not quite that many) minutes undressing the girls from their snow gear.

 

But really, it worked out well for me because that meant I got a turn behind the tractor....

and not only was it fun,

I managed to avoid any embarrassing falls or injuries :)

 

 

 

And that my friends is a successful snow day!

 

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Trick-Or-Treat...

 

Smell my feet

 

Give me something good to eat

 

If you don't.....

 

I don't care.....

 

I'll pull down your underwear!

 

I'm so glad Uncle Brett teaches my kids awesome songs like that ;)

Happy Halloween!

Costumes, Worms, Football, Bowling, and Prayers

This is what happens when a month passes and I haven't updated the blog ;)
A clever person would find a way to weave all the random photos together into a coherent story, however, I'm a busy mom so you'll have to settle for a random hodgepodge of events!

Grandma Ballard came through again and a couple of weekends ago she delivered sparkly, hand made ballerina tutu's much to the delight of the girls.  Bailey's dark purple tights and shiny black leo kind of remind me of an aerobics instructor circa 1985, but she thinks it's wonderful and that's what counts!

 

The girls also convinced Grandpa Ballard to take them to the store to get supplies for chocolate milkshakes.  I'm pretty sure that was quite a scene given that they were still wearing their costumes!

 

Last weekend I decided it was time to dig up the garden and get it cleaned out for the winter, which of course took twice as long as I had planned because my helpers needed to collect every worm, roly poly, bug, and sunflower seed they could find.  On the bright side, it's nice to know my princess loving girls don't mind getting a little dirt under their nails now and then :)

 

Kale's football season wrapped up.......with a win!!! Yea!  Kale Bug scored two touchdowns, and it was a much needed morale booster after a hard season.  Here he is writing his own plays:

 

A random pic from the bowling alley...

Thank you for your support for my dear friend, Layne, who fell nearly 40 feet while mountain climbing on Monday.  She is doing incredibly well (all things considered), but faces several more surgeries and a long healing process. Our family continues to pray for full recovery, and that she knows this trial will be just a stepping stone on the path that God has planned for her.  Will you do me the favor of continuing to pray, too? ~Katie