Packing Phase 1....Storage, Placzeks and Poppy

The day the packing party officially began.  Always better with friends. :)

Half in and half out. Creativity in dishwashing! Love it.  

Hot tea & a Persian lesson.

Packing tip #1: No four year-olds mixing paint in your PILES!

Enjoyed a quick visit from Poppy!

Empty garage = GREAT acoustics 

1/25 of the AGENDA packing room squeezing into the allotted bay

Happy Placzeks added " positive peer pressure" and made us all sweeter. :)

Manpower of America. :)

The question of the month: "Where in the WORLD did all this stuff come from!!"

Practicing aim on the willow tree

Ultimate Frisbee Fest: Littles play better than a few siblings who shall remain unnamed. :)

If it doesn't quite come together we just call it exercise. :)

The little girl who never lacks a lengthy description.

Snapshots from the New Year!

Tilling the field, testing equipment, and having a marvelous time!

Sibling time on the driveway. Drawing Happyville.

The only thing better than an engine: BOYS!!

View from the Kitchen window

Ah... Gotta love ya brothers!

Gini loves her Momma!

Carolina's gift to Crockett to help him through school. Nose aerobics! Yahoo.

Governor Cassidy Bowers at Capstone Student Legislature....vetoing bills. :) 

 Representative Gayle Batt. Sweet friend and favorite legislator.

In an uncertain world, apply PINK!

Taking dominion of the front yard bushes.  

A Crosby Tea party is the BEST.

Because any line up of chairs is really a train....

Christian: Family connoisseur of fabulous and tasty bread (Age 11)

Christian: Beginning his baking career. (Age 4)

On our favorite bridge in ID!

Winter Things

Ornaments and door hangers made for friends & family with the names of God.

Little people aerobics led by Christian

Friends performing at an amazing Christmas handbell concert.

Looked at millions of twinkling lights on the river
 with Mrs. Johnson's World Famous Banana Bread and lots of cozy scarves and mittens.

Sticks + whatever "needs to go" = family favorite: BONFIRE!

There's no place like home sweet home, especially in the snow.

Favorites from Fall

The sheep that travel and graze in the area. Tradition for the past 70 years.

Shepherds from Peru named John and Jordan.
Practiced Spanish, sang hymns and had apple cobbler while they charged their phones
 (and celebrated  Crosby's  birthday!)

Already FOUR! So thankful for our Gingersnap!

Recorded "We Gather Together".
Carver, the family songbird: anonymous folks say he sings like an angel. 

Stocking up for the Winter!

Team work at its finest.

Family Picture Practice Round One: Decided this was neither proper location nor correct apparel. :)

Practice Round Two: Still not there, but at least sitting down?! 

20 minutes later: parental pep talk for the Next Round. 

They even smell sweet. :)

Final Round: Four hundred pictures later.  :)

Soup & Singing Night

Gathered friends and neighbors to sing hymns and share God's blessings from the year.

Good conversations; lovely songs.

Cassidy made it all sound so much BETTER!

Love these sweet sisters.

Took turns reciting, singing, playing and finished off with dessert.