10 in 10: Part 3

Last Sunday we were visited by Professor Ludwig, who has been teaching in Siberia, Russia. It was such a joy to hear a sermon from him. 

After church, he gave a presentation on his work in Siberia. 

We came home for quick lunch of Melius pancakes and waffles.

I shot a short video during Professor Ludwig's presentation. It's nice that Patricia and I have matching Macs. I was able to share the video by dragging and dropping.

Legos are a staple in our home, and they get played with daily, by everyone.

My Lutheran Stud and 7 children packed up to go camping for a few nights.

They went with a friends from church. The girls are ready to go.

After they left the two little girls and I headed over to the Sampers house for dinner and cocktails!

Here's Carlos the grill master. The chicken was fantastic!

Little Immanuel is going to be a pastor someday.  That's what he told his mother. He prays like nobody's business. There you have it! That's my 10 in 10 or maybe it was in 12. ;) You can't win 'em all, can you? Until next time. . .

7 in 13 or so: Part 2

Our children wake up at different times in the morning, so it's a fend-for-yourself breakfast in our home. I like my beauty sleep, so often times I come downstairs and they're all done eating. The younger children love to color and do workbook work. They usually get that stuff out while I'm cleaning up breakfast or still waking up. 

Swimming lessons is a daily thing around right now. Our little ones have been having so much fun!

You requested some cupcakes right, DeAnn? Here you go! I was asked to make Snickerdoodle  and Strawberry-Lemonade cupcakes for a church member's 85th birthday party. Yum! 

After I finished the cupcakes I had some antsy children, so we headed to our neighborhood pool. I love watching the little ones because they've become more daring in working on their swimming skills in the little pool. Our time at the pool ended when the wind started picking up and it was getting cold for me, who wasn't even swimming.

We made it home just in time. Within an hour of getting home from the pool it began to downpour.  Our street flooded and our basement window began leaking. Ugh! I made Thomas run outside just to get this photo for you.

With dinner time fast approaching we began our weekly ritual of pizza night. I make all the dough, and the kids pick and choose their own toppings, and make the pizzas.

Friday nights are also movie and ice cream night. We've been trying to choose older movies that we used to enjoy as children. It's been fun to watch old movies with the kids.

My 8 in 12 or Something Like That

My friend, Adriane, challenged me and some other ladies to take 10 photos in 10 hours, so we could get a peek into each other's days. It seemed easy enough until I, aka Camera Jan, kept failing to snap photos. I tried to complete this task for several days, so now I'm going to be giving you a peek into a few of our days from this past week. By the end of all of my posts, you'll wish you never asked, Adriane. ;) (Secretly, I am glad that you asked, Adriane, because I do enjoy seeing your days, ladies. It makes me wish wish we all lived closer and could see each other more.)

We were fortunate to get the youngest 5 kids in swimming lessons together. They've had so much fun and now have little fear of the water. It's like private lessons for my children!

Right next to swimming lessons a Panera just opened. This can be quite dangerous since lessons are finished just around lunch time. On this day, I picked up lunch for myself and my Lutheran Stud.

After lunch we all get to do a bunch of chores.  Aren't those vacuum lines beautiful?

The youngest 5 then take afternoon naps and the rest of us have finish schoolwork or have quiet time.

We had company rolling into town for the evening, so Rachel was getting our guest room set up. She loves helping with this stuff when people come to stay with us.

There's nothing better than having a fresh hot cookie as an afternoon snack. Am I right? They're pretty great as a midnight snack too!

On this particular evening we had a foster care training session. They served dinner, so I was off the hook for cooking that evening.

Later that night the Clemmers arrived and we enjoyed a night cap while catching up! There you have it. Here's to a small peek into our day. Stay tuned for a few more posts because I have a ton of photos to share now. ;)