Aaron's 2 Birthday!!!!

November 29th was little Aaron's 2nd birthday!!  We can't believe it!!  We had (as usual) a small little family party for him and he opened his gifts. :) It was sooo much fun to watch him open them, but most of all to see his little face...it was priceless. :) God has really blessed us! :) <3

An awesome Photo Video!

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Becky's 12th Birthday!!!!! :D

Sorry for the RED EYE!!! lol but lighting was pretty bad...lol :D
Allllll Riiiigggghhhhtttt....So Becky's 12th birthday was today!!!! YAY!!! We all can't believe that she is actually 12!!! lol But, she said that today was the best birthday she has ever had!!  And as you can see from a few of the photos...somebody else can't wait for HIS birthday to come here in a couple weeks! :) He "helped" Becky open a couple of her gifts/ eat them...and when cake time came...he "helped" put his mark on the cake by dipping and eating the candles. Can you tell that he is a little excited???!!?? lol One birthday down for the month...another to go. :)

God Bless!

~Chelsea~

Having Fun with Friends! :)

A couple weeks ago we had our super good friends over and had a BLAST!!! Here are some pictures of what we did. :) Enjoy!!   ( and I MEAN enjoy...some of these photos you can ONLY get HERE) lol :)

Becky's Build-A-Bear B-day Party

Here are some pictures from when we went to Build-A-Bear Workshop for Becky's 12th Birthday party. She asked her dear friend Halle to come with her and they both had a blast picking out their Bears. :) After we got the Bears, we all went out to eat and Becky and Halle got to play with their Bears after on the way home. :) It was a busy an fun-filled day! :)

Playing with Tractors

These pictures were taken at our little County Fair that we had a couple of weeks ago. As soon as the boys saw these tractors...they got excited. :) They were the "big boy tractors". :) So, I decided that I would get some photos of them playing on them, and they loved every second of it. :)  The tires on the Harvester were soooo big, that Matthew could sit right inside of it! Matthew said that as soon as we are able to move onto bigger property, he wants to get a tractor. :)

Blessings!

Chelsea <3

Lazy Days In Ohio...

The days just keep on getting shorter and shorter, and the leaves are gradually getting all of their beautiful fall colors on. The animals are getting lazy and the insects are getting ready for the cold weather that is just knocking on our door. I love fall and all of its wonders! :) It is my most favorite season, and I always look forward to it. :)  I mean, just the way it smells is wonderful! :)  Autumn in Ohio is awesome... especially in Amish Country. All of the bright colored leaves falling from their trees, the smell of someone baking a fresh Apple or Pumpkin pie, walking through a large pumpkin patch, and drinking hot Apple Cider... it is all something to look forward to. :)  I just keep on counting down the days until the actual day... :)

Have a Blessed day!

~Chelsea~

Matt and the Turtle...

We found this little Turtle in a Library parking lot a couple days ago. We brought it home and Matthew ran up to his room and brought down his book on Turtles, and we all had a wonderful time trying to find out what kind of Turtle it was. Well, he found out that it was a baby 'Snapping Turtle'. Matthew was so proud that he was able to figure out what kind it was all by himself. :) He even went down to the creek that is next to our house (with the handy-dandy book by his side) and  found all of the things listed that the Turtle ate, lived in, etc. :) He had a blast and in the end learned a whole bunch on Snapping Turtles! :)

I'm back!!! :)

***Update*** Hello! Just here to tell you that although I didn't win best of show...I did win 2 1st place ribbons, a 2nd, and a 3rd place ribbon!!  I am EXCITED!!!!  :)
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Well, I have decided to open up my blog again!! We've been pretty busy these past couple of weeks, and have had very little time for Internet things. We are still going to be pretty busy for the next few weeks with the County Fair coming up, and my brother Jacob and sister Becky are getting baptized at the end of this month! So everything coming up is pretty exciting for us!! I decided that am going to be entering some of my photography in the Fair this year...here are a few of the pictures that I will be entering:

I really want to place Best of Show on at least one of them!! lol :) But even if I don't...it doesn't really matter to me. It is fun to do! :) I was finally able to find a job this summer! I now am an Intern for an Art Studio! I had my first assignment a couple weeks ago at a Hospital. It went REALLY well. :)

Graduation pictures from Church

Amanda

Abigail

They both did such a wonderful job singing together!

Abigail playing "Be thou my Vision" before church starts

All of the above pictures were from my friends Abigail and Amanda's graduation at our Church. They did such a great job on everything! :)

CONGRATS ABIGAIL AND AMANDA!!!! :)

P.S. Sorry that the pictures didn't turn out very well, but the lighting in the church wasn't the greatest so they turned out dark and fuzzy. Sorry! :)

An awesome sky!

Here is an awesome picture that I took of the sky! It was just before a big storm, and turned out beautiful! :)

Becky

--*--Chelsea

Jake

These kind of pictures are very HARD to get of Jake, but luckily for me, I was able to get them "this one time only". lol :)

--*--Chelsea

Tractor Play

BBBBRRRRRRR......

::Chelsea

Our Kittens

-Chelsea-