OK. So I forgot to post Baby Josh's 5 month pics......oh yeah, and Eve's 16th b-day pics, and Lily's 4 year pics and probably a few other things... I will get them on here soon. But for now, today Baby Josh is 6 months old! He is already sitting up, semi crawling and gets himself up to a sitting position from playing on his tummy. He is such a handsome little man (in my humble opinion).

Major Cuteness!

Baby Josh is now 4 months old. It still feels like yesterday that he was born (my body still feels it too LOL)! Here are some recent pics though I am a little late posting them.

He is getting tired....

A little more tired..

                                                                Starting to lose it...

                                                             Almost there...

Down for the count!

                                                             He makes such cute faces...

The fruits of my labor.......

                                                          This is what I did today...

                            21 quarts of green beans, and this was only my first picking!
                                                     Can't wait to enjoy these this winter.

                              Noah and Katie helped me pick and had some fun playing around.

                            Baby Josh at 3 months! Time flies when you are having fun.

Happy 4th of July!

We did not do anything spectacular this year for Independence Day. We did not even see family but we did stay home and make cookies...well, Abby made cookies. All by herself too! She found the recipe and mixed the dough and icing all from scratch! She has become quite the little baker. I think she will be making desert from now on.

                                                     HAPPY 4TH TO EVERYONE!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Baby Josh at 2 months......

My Girls

Sugar and Spice and everything nice...

                                                        Lilyan (3) and Emma Grace (2)

Baby Josh

Here are some pics of the newest Strunk. 

baby josh's first day!

                                                                       one week

two weeks

                                                                Love him to pieces!

                                                                                 
                                                                          3 weeks

Baby Josh at 1 month.

We have been waiting....

Joshua "Levi" Strunk was born today at 2:44 am. He weighed 7lbs. 3oz. and was 21 inches long. We have been waiting for this precious little addition to our family for a few weeks and he is FINALLY here. He is the first baby to be almost 2 weeks late but the wait was well worth it. Such a blessing to have another gift from God!

So Many Changes

I love autumn and all the changes it brings in our family....Eve is Now 15! Lily turned 3, Abby had her big #10, Noah turns 5 and Jack officially becomes my second teenager in the house!  Not to mention my Birthday and Thanksgiving!  The only thing we did not do this fall was go to the pumpkin patch! But we did go to the zoo.

Joshua and a few of the kids also helped out with Stop Hunger Now! They packed over 22,000 meals in just over 2 hours! the smaller kids got to watch a little and see them load up the truck! It was quite fun!

Signs Of Fall

Fall this year was really beautiful! Some years the leaves change so fast and fall before you have the chance to enjoy them. The weather was fairly mild too!

                                        The Kids had a good time playing in the leaves too!

You win some, You lose some!

Apparently, I am a star!

                                     

Yes that is me! I have actually lost 65 pounds to date! I am really excited except for the fact that when I think about it I can't believe I had that much to lose! I did not know they were going to put it up on a sign!

I am now at the weight I was after Jack was born. Amazing!

                   I would put a before picture BUT I was frightened when I saw them!! LOL

Something tells me though, I won't be losing any more weight for a while!

So, I think this 34 year old Momma of NINE has a lot to be thankful for!

                                                                 Today's harvest!!

Sugar snap peas,

Green beans,

Tomatoes,

Lettuce,

Green Peppers,

Jalapenos,

One Squash,

One Zucchini,

A handful of broccoli,

and lots of Spaghetti squash!

Not to mention I picked the garden a couple of days ago and got the same amount of green beans, tomatoes and a lot of peas and peppers.

Happy Memorial Day!

Memorial Day was soooo much fun!

We were invited to a picnic  and then went to Mammoth Park to check Out Something pretty cool.

We went to a farm and the kids got to try a zip line, ride quads and ride on a peddle boat.

Katie also got to check out some baby animals and

Noah, much to his surprise, got pecked by a chicken!  It was quite funny!