Emily's 5th Birthday!

I know, I can't believe it either:)- here are some pics of our beautiful girl's special day:

The set up for the big day

 Sarah, watching kids while they all played outside for a while.

 Me and Anya.

 Emily and Myles

 This does not look safe...

 Friends

 Daddy and Owen

 I'm Five!!!

 Daddy Cooking

 Emily and Braden

 Emily and Hayden

 I love this picture.

 This picture is gonna go down in history as one of my favorites of Em.  Perfectly 5. 

With a new necklace from Mommy and Daddy.

 Trin having fun with the big kids

 Boys being boys

 This was so much fun- I'm sure I had as much fun doing this party as they had being there!  We had more kids than we expected and it was great- here's (L-R) Sean, Hayden, Braden in yellow, Owen, Whalen, Myles and Emily.  I made hamburgers and we had hotdogs and Scott BBQ'd them all up for us.  It felt like such a significant B-day- the year she starts school- and maybe the first year she'll remember a Birthday:)  Our little girl growing up:)

 Time for Cake with Dora and Diego!

Smile!

Present time- there's Anya, and Sarah was there somewhere, too:)

 A Cinderella Princess Dress from Nanny

 Note Owen opening away over there while no one noticed.  

Thanks for the gifts everyone!  Jen, she loves her Fur Real set:)

 A big book about the Bible from my mom- thanks!

 And a special toy for Owen from Nanny:)  So thoughtful:)

For the Gentle Shepherd Youth:)

Hi guys, it's Dee.  Well, I thought I'd do a short post about ourselves, so you can get a glimpse into our lives, which we want to share with you all!  Here you go:

Me and Scott

We both play guitar and sing- but Scott plays way more than me:)

I like knitted hats and to straighten my crazy curly hair sometimes for fun.

I love to have my backyard full of kids

                        I love scrapbooking

Here are some pages of places that I've traveled.

 I love photography.
 

 I like to take pics of old rusty things.

 And nature.
 

 And my kids:)  People are my favorite subject!  I can't wait to meet all YOU guys!


 Owen- either smiley or having a tantrum.
 

 I love God, God's people (the Church), and nature-esp the ocean and the sky-esp sunsets:)

I wear glasses most of the time.  They are blue and so are my eyes:) 

Feb and March

Party time at the Flynn's house!

Emily taking after me:):)  Here with Sean (my friend Sarah's oldest) and his grammy.

My morning routine- now sans the sunlamp- thank goodness- now that the weather's better!

Best friend in McAdam- Anya

Anya's littlest- Triniti

I really love when ,y backyard is full of kids!  Here Sarah's over to visit, too- that makes my 2 best buds and our 7 children!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owen, Rowan, Myles, Trin, Emily playing in the garden.

Scott's parents came to visit while he went to visit Duke Divinity School in North Carolina.  It was soo nice having them!

I did the E and the Y and she did the rest- seriously people, she's a smarty pants.

Time to bake!

OK, it's pretend baking today- yummy, construction paper!

 

 

 

 

 

Playing with Magic Mud (cornstarch and water- so fun and such a mess:)

What to do when the power goes out?  Make up your own game...

Read and use candles for heating....

Make a fort!

My friend Alicia and her sister Kendra came to visit from Halifax- it was so fun to have them!

Bubble Beard.

Let's paint.

Can you tell?  I drew it and Em painted it- Dora!  I really think this is amazing!