It's a start...

It isn't much, but here are a few pictures I took on Saturday afternoon and evening. First we have The Darling all ready for church. She is only forced into shoes once a week for church (or less- she has gone to many a Mass barefoot!) and boy, does it drive her nuts! (Notice in the second picture how she won't put both feet down!)


We ate pizza for supper, and here you see my kitchen helpers. We make them three at a time: two for the meal and one to save to eat cold the next day. Cold pizza makes a great snack! Well, the kids like it, at least. I much prefer pizza fresh and hot from the oven!

We had a wonderful day today. We went for a hike on a trail down to some falls on the Baltimore River here in Ontonagon County. The trail is about a mile and a half, medium difficulty I'd guess. We got soaked by a good rain on the way back. I'm always impressed with how the younger boys handle hikes like that. They double the distance, since they pretty much take two or three steps for every one of mine. That doesn't even take into consideration the fact that they tend to run ahead, then double back, only to run ahead again.

Right now all six kids are in the living room with Chuck while he tells one of his crazy stories. He takes names and ideas from just about every book, fairy tale, story, song, movie, even commercial that you could think of, with a good dose of "inside" family jokes that only we would understand. It's been one of those days that makes my heart swell with appreciation for this family we have been given.

God bless!