One BLESSED Mommy!

I was sitting on the couch and my loveable 8 year old came up to me and said...

"Do you like your parents? I like my parents!"

I couldn't be more blessed!

To God be the Glory ~ Great things He has done.

I LIKE You too Jared!

Fall Camp Out

Waiting!

Hiking!

My

View!

 

 

 

  November 6th we camped out at Jubilee State Park in Brimfield IL.  The park is near Princeville and just across the road from where Chad grew up.  He decided we should stay local since we only had one night.  We hiked after we got set up then had a wiener roast complete with s’mores.  Played a couple rounds of Phase 10 in the camper and had an early lights out.  I think Jesse and Javan may have read books for awhile but the rest of us had no trouble going to sleep.  In the AM we went for a bike ride before Chad’s family joined us for a picnic.  After that we packed up and the children roller bladed with Chad for a bit before it was time to head home.  I am thankful we had the chance for a good camp out before the weather turns cold for good!  It is a “new to us” pop up, but I forgot to take pictures to share of the inside.  It is a luxury pop up, plenty of counter space and floor space and a slide out eating area.  A total of four beds which left plenty of room for us to sleep comfortably!  We have usually slept in tents, borrowed a couple campers but I was of the opinion that if we didn’t have room to move it wasn’t worth purchasing a camper.  I am SOOOO thankful for what we got!  Most of my pictures are from the backside of the hikers.  The one I got from the front I had to run ahead.  Usually I am in the rear making sure the stragglers don’t get left behind.

 

 

Pyromaniacs?

 

 

 

 

 

I was playing with my camera trying to get a good shot of the sunset.  I have a lot to learn!  Chad told me they had posed long enough!

 

 

 

Mom and Dad Plattner and Uncle Kyle met us for lunch and brought a surprise for the girls ~ Chelby and Emily were visiting from Indiana so they were the surprise.

Jesse and Chelby playing Battleship.

I don’t have any other good shots from their visit.

 

 

 

 

Jolene caring for Johanna.

The view

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naptime

Cutie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We purchased 5 pair of roller blades at a garage sale and the children enjoyed using them on a cement pad at the campground.  They don’t all fit, but they did well enough that we hope to purchase some blades that “fit” for some safer fun!

 

 

 

 

 

  

We parked pretty close to the playground which was pretty nice to be able to allow the children to go play and keep an eye on them from a short distance. 

 

 

Johanna’s ride!

Javan captured a grasshopper.

 

 

 

How many Plattners does it take to direct the driver for a smooth connection?

We had beautiful weather and a great time together.

Benefit Garage Sale a success!

I copied this from the Horsemeister blog about the benefit garage sale for Haiti. Thank you Judy for keeping us updated.

Yesterday in the mail, Joan received a special book all the way from Haiti. One of her friends from Haiti, took pictures she had taken of Gabriel and made them into a book. Joan brought the book to the garage sale to show the rest of the family. The book is so touching that anyone that looks at it automatically starts tearing up. Beth was looking at the book during one of the very busy times when a man came up with some fishing equipment and asked Beth if she would take a $1.00 for it. There was 2 lines of people behind him waiting to check out. Beth showed him the book with the picture of Gabriel and told him that all the proceeds go to the school in Haiti that Gabriel attended and she would go down. All of a sudden Beth started sobbing, mom loudly lost it, Joan starts sobbing, then Karin seeing them all crying broke out sobbing. The man was so flustered he opened his wallet and told Beth, just take it ALL! The ladies at the front of the line all start to cry sympathy tears. Then one of the ladies in the back of the line asked "What Happened?" She was told "that man at the front of the line just asked down!" So the word went out, What ever you do, DON'T ask down!
Once we realized how that looked and sounded it was cause for laughter.
The garage sale is now over and yes, we would call it a success, over $7000.00 was raised for Gabriel's school but how we wish that the last 3 weeks could be erased.

Jonas

The other morning Jared came into my bed when Chad was already up and fell back to sleep.  When Chad got Jesse and Javan up to start school Jonas woke up so Chad put him in our bed beside Jared.  Chad went to take his shower and when he came out Jonas was giggling at Jared; he snores!  Chad saw Jonas get in his face trying to imitate the noises he was hearing; he must have thought Jared was playing!