March 10th

Matthew got a brand-new booster seat. He  LOVED it and thought he was such a big boy!

Tabitha told me, "I see you Mommy!" 

Eric got a call from his folks and Matthew kept grabbing the phone and saying his only words, "BYYYEEEEE" or "HIIIIIII"

March 9th

The girls designed Leah's rag quilt to put together. We just have to put them together now.

March 8th

Matthew loves playing with this calculator. He loves making the numbers appear! 

Bags and bags of gloves!! I was able to buy 746 gloves for less than .13 cents each from my Walmart for Operation Christmas Child. I literally had an entire basket full of gloves! What a riot!

The kids couldn't be happier! I think that we will be able to put  a pair of gloves in all of the boxes this year!!

Tabitha wanted to sew with Mommy today. She does pretty good with help!

March 7th

Rachel's first day of wearing makeup! Going to AWANAS!

March 6th

Today is TEENAGER TUESDAY!

Rachel turned 13th!

So... our RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) Day starts!

#1~ Putting money on the pop machine at Walmart. Rachel was dying that I had to take a picture. Can you tell?

#2~ Putting enough money on the back of a cake box to buy it!

#3~  Money on a gumball machine in Safeway.

#4~ Putting grocery carts away in the Safeway parking lot. 

#5~ Money on the back of a toy at the Dollar Tree.

#6~ Bought a balloon and gave it to a little girl.

#7~ Money for a load at the laundry mat.

#8~ Money to use the computer at the library.

#9~ Letter to Aunt Lowetta.

#10~ Oreos and letter to the local fire fighters. (Rachel shares a birthday with Oreos... this is their 100th birthday!)

#11~ Oreos and letter to our mail lady!

#12~ Picked up trash on Ladonia Court. Tabitha got bitten by two red ants... poor little girl!

#13~ Letter to our Compassion girl... Aisha in Tanzania! 

(RAK is a new tradition for our family. 
Eric and I were both a bit "over" the kids being so selfish on their birthdays. 
I saw this on a blog... and loved the idea! 
We talked to the kids about it and it turned out that they loved the idea too! 
I guess I was kinda wrong about them being so selfish!)

Rachel shares a birthday with Oreos. The Oreo turned 100 years old today. 

Only the Fadenrecht family understands this picture. Enough said.

A massive study Bible that Daddy and Mommy were drooling over. Everything that you possibly could want in one Bible. It rocks!

Whew! Rachel can now wear makeup. She was actually surprised on this one!

March 5th

This actually happened yesterday~ but I had to sneak it in. The girls set up Joshua and Matthew with a "store." Their window was the drive up. It was called "J's and M's store." Original, I know!

"I forgot to give the correct change back!"

TODAY we went to Compassion International in Colorado Springs. This was the best, and most insightful, time that we have ever spent I think. 

We went with the Mantei Family. Picture around Jesus!

Innocent, a former Compassion child from Africa, helped us truly see what an impact that a sponsor has on a child. This was a  "home" that a child would live in. The kids were amazed! Sarah kept saying, "I can't believe that they drink water that looks like coffee." Leah was flabbergasted that they had to bring their chickens in to their home because if they didn't, someone would steal them. I was moved to tears several times.  

We then got to go to Focus on the Family!

Go Whit!

Tabitha posing for Mommy on a flower.

Joshua loved this turtle!

Matthew was trying to step on all the flowers. 

Joshua and his friend, Kaleb.

Tabitha canoeing with Matthew. Looks like she needed to organize him first though.

March 4th

Rachel and I got some good pictures for her 13th birthday!! We got them all in one spot... off of I-25.