I can roll!!!

Our Christmas Tree

Even though we ventured to Ohio this Thanksgiving and Daddy was off to Africa, we still made time to get our Christmas Tree! We went to the same tree farm we have been to for the past 5 years. This year we decided to let the boys pick what tree they wanted for the play room upstairs. The only rule was it had to be shorter than Daddy! They loved it! They went running from tree to tree, sometimes so fast we could not keep up or see them!! It was fun to see them work as a team as they picked "the perfect one." They even used team work to pull the tree back in the wagon. (Avary slept through the whole thing in her sling)

This is a riot!

This is from my friend Megan's blog! I thought it was so cute, I had to share with all my friends. Enjoy!!


Emily calls all meat "chicken". It doesn't matter if we're eating salmon or steak, her request is always "More chicken please". Last night as we ate pork tenderloin Dave decided it was time she learned the real names for meat. So we had a discussion about how this is pork, this comes from pigs, not chickens. Tonight we had an interesting dinner conversation....
Me: What do you want for dinner?
Emily: I want pig please.
Me: Oh, you mean pork.
Emily, in between bites: Yeah, pig. I love pig. Pig is so good. More pig please. Mommy, do pigs sleep in bags?
Me: No, in barns I guess.
Emily: Oh, cuz I saw the pig sleeping in a bag in our fridge before you cooked it. It was dead. So pigs must sleep in bags.

Thanksgiving Trip! ( Beane family)

Thanksgiving Trip to Ohio (Swineharts)

Avary Joy is three months

silly prayer request

Ok I know it is minor and may not to some seem like a legit prayer request, BUT for us, it is pretty important.......can you pray that we find our camera! We can not find it and it is really sad. We pretty much take about 15 pictures a day. I have been trying to get a few here and there on my cell phone. Reason for the last 4 pictures looking like they do!! Thanks friends

our week in a picture

did that really just happen?

I mean really, "Did that really just happen?", goes through my head at least 10 times a days and this week, it may have been 25!! Picture this, Angie and I are talking while I am fixing lunch for the 5 big kids and the 2 babies are patiently waiting to get their lunch when we look over to see Dylan with two fists in the jar of marsh mellow cream! He was covered as he tried to shove both hands into his mouth as fast as he could before I took it from him!! "I love marsh mellow" is what he said. (we think:-)

So the best time to buy cute costumes is of course after Halloween when they are only 5 bucks each! So I got the boys the cutest skunk outfits from Old Navy! They wanted to wear them to play group, so I said sure why not. When we got there we went outside to play. They have two dogs that just love little kids......and little kids in skunk outfits are even better! Bryce got "tickley" kisses from Aspen. Ty kept saying the dogs were going to eat Bryce because they thought he was a skunk!!!

Do you know those days when you wake up and you are still a bit out of it, but know you have to get up and just get on with it? Well I had one of those days yesterday......i got up a bit groggy and came out to the living room to complete chaos when I ran right into the HUGE WHITE PILLAR in my living room. YES it has been there for TWO whole YEARS and YES I just ran right into it.....with my toes!! And my poor ring piggy got broken! It is purple and hurts so stinkin bad! I nearly cussed when Dylan stepped on it four hours later!! Instead I fell to the ground moaning....poor Dylan thought I was laughing at first, then was like "Mommy, you otay?" (yes I know I am in need of a pedi!)

Lots of fun and lots of pictures!

Well we had a GREAT weekend!!! My best friend from high school, Devon and her kids (3 of them), came to visit for the weekend. Devon is photographer, so we havelots of great pictures to share! We went to Tyler and Bryce's last soccer game for Team Kenya. Daddy went to watch the bucks game while Emy, Dylan, and Avary napped, and the 4 big boys played out back. They climbed trees, played in the leaves, ate Popsicles and just got down right dirty! Devon and I had a great time catching up at dinner with "girls only", while Daddy took all 5, yes FIVE, boys to church and a magic show! It was so much fun. Devon's boys are still asking to move here, while mine are counting down the days when we get to go to TN to visit them! To check out the pics, just click on the top picture and it will take you to a place to view them all album by album. Enjoy!

Swinehart Family Pictures - Nov. 4th

Nov 4th - Family Portraits

Swinehart Soccer Game Pictures - Nov. 3rd

Nov 3rd Soccer Game

Fun Times with the Swinehart's - November 2007

Fun Times with the Swineharts

What would you do?

If you had your sweet little girl in the tub and your super cute two year old wanted to bath with her......of course you would let him in, even though there is only 1/2 inch of luke warm water. So he jumps in and is kind of sitting above her, straddling her head, (Got the picture??) when he decides to pee. Yes, right on her head! So the question is......would you a) empty the tub and rewash her hair, b) just rewash her hair, or c) think that the pee is sterile and she should be happy she is getting a bath this week! Well, not going to tell you which one I opted for, just wanted to hear what y'all would do!