Mr. Plumper Dumper

You can see he hasn't been skipping any meals!

Thanksgiving tradition of grave blanket making

We finshed our 3rd year of making grave blankets for the Youngblood/Parr side of the family. We made 7 again this year for Dave's dad, great grandparents, great aunt, grandparents and great uncle. They turned out just as pretty as ever and we are so proud and happy that we get to do this for them. We used the spruce trees from our farm and I handmade the bows and bouquets. We keep them on the graves for about 4 months. Because it is so cold here, they look lovely and festive for months. I've never seen grave blankets anywhere but Michigan.

Wyatt FINALLY gets his first tooth!

It's just a little tiny speck, but I felt it for the first time yesterday. He's such a little sweetie:)

Going through our crates from storage

Dave was in D.C. all week and the girls wanted to make him something special for his return yesterday. Georgia insisted, despite the green frosting all over her face, that she was NOT eating the frosting and only decorating with it!

Thank you Miriam. They finally fit the girls! I've been waiting for this day and they fit absolutely perfect! You are the best and these are so special to me:)


Thanks mom for last year's outfits and this year's jammies. Georgia added the witch hat to her Christmas dress!



We've been packing up all our stuff from the old place this weekend. We are all set to demolish the house in 3 weeks. Yikes! Not enough time to get everything out!! We pulled out our winter clothes since it's been in the 20's this week. Here are some pics of the kids being goofy and trying on everything in each crate. Unpacking sure is slower with kids!