The Siler family

July 19, 2013

Catching up... Easter!

March 17, 2013

A date with little Miss Maddie

Lucy and Ava went to a birthday party, which left Maddie to be all alone with her Momma and Poppa. ;-) We decided to take her to Dianda's, a little Italian Bakery. Madeline had hot chocolate, an eclair, a cup of soup, AND part of an apple fritter. It was nice to have alone time with our big 10 year old! She's growing up way too fast.

Vernal pools in Pheonix Field

These pools were not quite at their peak... okay, maybe not even close, but the girls still had fun walking around and looking at all the amazing wildlife that surrounds this area. At this vernal pool, the girls found a bunch of tadpoles. The caught 12 and we are now raising them at home. They are healthy and doing great! Once they become frogs, we will probably release them into our pond. How fun! :-)

March 16, 2013

Busy, busy, busy!!!!

Life has been more than busy lately... I feel like I'm going through in robot mode, doing what needs to be done even though my fatigue level is incredibly high. This last semester of nursing school has really taken a toll on me, and my family. The girls are tired of babysitters (though we are ever grateful for them!!!), I'm a walking zombie, and Chris is working super hard to support our family and our future dreams. I think that one day we will look back at these times and realize we were a little crazy for taking on so much... Chris works more than full time at the fire department, plus overtime, plus he goes out of town for "shows" quite frequently, we have three small children at home that need lots of attention, I'm in nursing school for 30 hours a week (not including study time!), we are trying to keep up a home and take care of our animals, AND we are designing/building a house in another state! Anyway... here are some photos over the last three months!