These are our 4 children. Samuel-7 Benjamin-12 Keaton-4 Amber-15. We love our children dearly, and There's never a dull moment when all of them are home. Keaton is our little destruct-o. He's managed to break quite a few things in the house in his four short years, including a huge hole in the wall from a falling TV that he pushed over, a pantry door, a CD player, and the list goes on and on. Sam is my little sweetheart, Ben is the clown, and Amber is my drama queen. They all have different interest, Amber loves music. She plays the piano, the trombone, and the clarinet. She is in Marching Band and the Jazz Band, also chorus, and she tries out for the musical every year and always gets a part. She loves going to church activities and loves reading and shopping. Ben loves to play soccer. He's really quite good, he's fast and has good ball skills, he makes the game exciting and scores goals every game. He is also learning to play the piano and plays the trumpet for the middle school band. Sam is also a little soccer player although not quite as aggressive as his older brother. He likes to have fun. He started taking piano lessons this year and so far likes it. He likes to draw, paint, cut, and paste just about anything. He's always making something out of paper or cardboard. The desk off the kitchen has been designated as Sam's desk, because he's always at it. Keaton, besides destroying things, loves to play outside. He started his first year at soccer this year and I thought it might be fun to try coaching, so I have six little 4 year olds to try to coax into playing a soccer game. Keaton being one of them. Most of the time he just likes playing in the goal netting usually getting his foot stuck. He likes to play with his trains, and especially with his big brothers.
We have a lot of fun in our home, Listening to Bret's funny and exciting hunting or ER stories at dinner, playing with the dogs or chickens, eating the apples off the apple trees, looking for frogs or snakes in the pond and tall grass, feeding the big orb-web spiders grasshoppers, or playing with the cars and truck in the dirt tunnels under the porch. We have a lot of friends and family over, especially during the hunting seasons, and it's so fun to play with Aunts and Uncles and cousins. There's always something going on and it's makes life exciting, and even though I like my down time sometimes, I wouldn't have it any other way!