Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Black and White Photo Challenge

Did this on Facebook and Instagram and thought I'd share it here as well

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Smattering of pictures from the last few months...



Helping put together the mail-out for the Campbell Vol. Fire Department












Emma helped stack this Gatorade that got donated to the Department


Sam and I at a house that someone donated to the Cash Fire department to do training in and burn and Cash let the Campbell guys come and train with them...and me and the kiddos were able to watch from a safe distance! :)
They spend two days just setting a hay bale in a room on fire, and then different teams would go in and put in out, save a dummy victim and come out, and then Saturday afternoon they just let in burn. 


Training going in and running command


It was pretty amazing how fast it went up once they stopped training and let it burn





And for those wondering, this was perfectly safe and legal. The house had been deemed unsafe to live in, and would have had to be bulldozed anyway. The homeowner got all the permissions he needed from the city and county and they had stripped all the insulation and other nonburnables out of the house before they lit it up. And both the Cash and Campbell guys greatly benefited and were very grateful from the training they were able to get. 



 Got to attend Molly and Eirk's wedding


Sam took me out on the dance floor at M&E's wedding and Abigail snapped this pic of us <3




We got a kitty that someone dumped at Daniel and Deborah's house


We met Daniel and Deborah and Amanda and Russel in Mineola for supper one evening and then walked around downtown and the girls got to get on a caboose, which was quite exciting for them because one of their favorite books is "The Little Red Caboose"



Watching the Greenville fireworks show with these peoples


The girls enjoyed the free ice cream at the Campbell Fireworks stand show



This cutie grew out of his bedside bassinet and into a pack'n'play


We take lots of walks to go get the mail when it's nice out


Fire Department got a new sign


Game night at the Schattes


Cook out at the staion
Pleas, Marcus and Zak


Reading with Papa Bear


We spent a lot of time in the pool this summer as well :)


Matching kiddos


It's such a joy to teach your children something you know they'll use the rest of their life....like how to turn a shirt right-side-out :)


Mrs. Hutchins and Mommy reading to their granddaughters 


all of us snuggling on the couch


new shirt......


bible stories before bed <3



the girls LOVE playing with my shoes....


these overalls.....I was so sad when he outgrew them


Reading with Ima



After a big rain, we went puddle hunting


new little cousin, Caitlyn Ann Hale!


We went on a road trip with our trailer in August that ended up being quite the adventure. The truck had issues and we ended up having to leave it and the trailer in TN for 3 weeks while the truck got fixed and we lived in the add-on at my parents in the meantime


James at a rest stop in PA

Walks with friends


Emma 'doing' Corrie's hair


Surely no one else has had this happen to them.....


Went with the guys to be on call at the high school football game
Sam and Marcus, who and few months later would become the new Chief and Assistant Chief of the Department :)


play hard, sleep hard


there is something about little boys in plaid shirts.....


Aunt Esther put him to sleep at Ruth's shower



Looked out one morning and they were being so sweet and cute sitting out by the flower beds....not 30 seconds after I snapped this picture, Corrie started screaming bloody murder.....turns out she was sitting in a fire ant mound.....poor baby won't go near the flower bed any more


Morning devotions and coffee <3


Sometimes, we jump in the car and go see the horses down our road


playing in the dirt and building immune systems



Mark and Hillary had us over for a lovely hot dog and marshmallow roast


James and I got to go to Oklahoma for the weekend with the Oglesby ladies for a friends wedding. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics at the wedding because my phone battery died



We met Aunt Rach up the the Dallas Heritage village for a fun outing





For my brother David's birthday, we all went to a TAMUC football game


Corrie loved it way more than I thought she would



Me and my handsome man!!! <3


Emma and Caitlyn

James and I

We went to a fall festival at Texas Bee Supply in Blue Ridge


Katie, Emma and Corrie were matching at church, so we had to take a picture


After an incredibly crazy summer at work with tons of overtime, Sam wanted to have a family evening, so we had a picnic dinner at the park one evening, which the kiddos LOVED


and we went to Braums afterwards for ice cream



cooler fall weather means more playing outside


I've been able to work more from home, which has been exciting and a bit challenging, but I love it!


eating a picnic lunch on a beautiful morning


cooler weather also means I can bring the crock pit out more



Sunday afternoon walk


For thanksgiving the Schattes and Benners spent the weekend at a cabin in Broken Bow, OK

The kiddos eating lunch


Sam and I on a miniature train ride

Danny, Emma, Del, Bekah, Corrie, Steven and Andrew on the train


Rach, Sam and I went on a trail ride with Mel and Alex





Emma and Corrie rode ponies




This was really the first time James got to spend time with his Uncle Steven, and I think they got along really well! :)




Aunt Rach coloring with Del and Emma


I try to instill a love of book in my kiddos at an early age



Emma and I at a fun outing at the Heard Museum in McKinney



James is now walking and getting into things just as fast as he can....in this case he snitched an apple out of the fridge and was so pleased with himself!



Putting up some Christmas lights around always make it more cheerful