6 years old!

Luke Michael

Happy Boy!

Come on and blow those bad boys out!~

Luke decided to have Tie Dye cupcakes this year for his special treat! They were very fun to make!

Luke got to have his best friend over for a fun day in the sun! Due to a long vacation and fourth of July weekend, we were all in need of a low key celebration! He was delighted and it was a great day!

Noah sneaking in a brotherly birthday kiss!

Nothing like sliding down a wet slid into a puddle of mud! BOY PLAY!

Little bro Noah

Luke and his buddy Isaac

Luke loves A LOT of things but most of all Luke loves to LOVE!
He has taught me so much about love in his little life!
I thank God everyday that He has given Luke a heart to love others and to love them well!
I know that God has big things in store for this little man!

Happy Birthdays are the BEST!

The almost finished project!

Just a little more soil, some seeds and starter veggies... the garden project will be complete!

NEW RETAINING/ROCK WALL

I love that Abe was very confident in his abilities to build a great retaining/rock wall for our beloved garden. With my full confidence in him (when it comes to fix it to projects this is not always the case) that he could do this job, he solicited help from some amazing friends and away they went. I have heard music, laughter, and great conversation coming from our backyard throughout the day as I have been in and out running kids to rock climbing class, swimming lessons and birthday parties. I love it!
I am amazed at how hard my husband works. He gives 100% in many, many, different ways....Oh I am a very proud wife!

Measuring and planning to be sure the first row is perfectly flat and level...

Abe is spending a lot of time with our dear friend Matt...mentoring and forming a great friendship with him. Matt showed up right at 9:00 am and is still out in the yard as I type (4:30 pm) This is what a leader does folks....SERVE! We are proud of you, Matt!

This is not what mentoring looks like! LOL!

(this was a posed pic) :)

We are so very blessed by Miss Emili!

Out of the mouth of a babe...

Abe and I were suppose to be sitting down eating, but because we were getting ready for our babysitter to arrive so that we could hurry off for our counseling training, we were running around like "chickens" with our heads cut off. Abe eventually enters the dinning room to find Noah at his seat....he asks, "why are you not in you own seat, Noah? Noah looks up with a hilarious grin on his face and in a voice that only Noah can speak he replied "it's a chicken butt!

I will let the picture speak for itself!

Adventure Day!

After being stuck in the house for a few days due to Luke having the flu, we decided to head down to Cabela's for a little "outdoor adventure" indoors! The boys (including Abe) went nuts! It was so fun to see them all excited and the little guys could not believe that all the animals were at one time alive! As I watched them I thought about the book Wild at Heart by John Eldrege and was reminded that the need for adventure was inborn in them by our great God!

Honestly, I took a picture of this (can't remember it's name) animal because it illustrates how I sometimes feel! LOL!

Luke looking tough with a gun!
I tried to avoid the gun section of the store...but nonetheless it's were we ended up!

Luke holding his first bow!

Our little guys, who without a doubt are FULL of adventure!

Just how God created them to be!

DAILY DEALS

Alright friends here are my daily deals for Wednesday, October 21st....
I was at Fred Meyer just picking up a few things with five kids in tow and this is what we found...

Colgate toothpaste 8.2 oz with an in- store coupon .79 cents and there is no limit to how many you can buy! GREAT DEAL! I brought 20 tubes...10 for my team and 10 to give away in holiday gift baskets for the needy!

Lady's Speed Stick same deal .79 cents with in-store coupon, no limit! I typically do not use this brand of deodorant but because of this price I stocked up to save and share!

If you are in to cutting coupons you can use manufacturers coupon with the in-store coupon and your items will be free! I got 4 tubes of Colgate and 3 Lady's speed stick for free!!! Yeah!
Now for my PNW Friends...and anyone else who has a Fred Meyer near them... go out and stock up!!! This is great way to save $$$!

Oh, I almost forgot....Freddies also has COHO salmon for $2.99 a pound if you buy a whole fish ( not the head or tale)! The butcher will get all the bones out and fillet it for you right there so you don't have to worry about getting messy! :) It is a lot of fish but you can't beat the price.
I got 5 meals for my family + some guests out of my fish. Yummy!

Loves!

A day (or two) in the life of Abby

Hi friends,
Welcome to my weekly part of the Meysenburg’s “Happy Days” blog. Each Sunday afternoon(okay this week it was Tuesday, the picture loader wasn't working on Sunday) I will be blogging, about something that happened over the week. This week was a very interesting week. My Grandma and Grandpa were here till Sunday afternoon. Luke has a very high fever and has influenza A. Thank God its’ not the swine! Although please do pray that that the rest of us do not get it, he is very contagious. On Friday while Julia and I were at school (Luke is in Kindergarten but since he has the flu he stayed home), Grandma, Grandpa, Luke, Noah, Mom and Dad went to Cabelas. I saw the pictures, and it looked very fun but you will have to wait to see on my moms post.
On Saturday everybody was going in different directions. While Mom took Luke to the doctor, Dad and Grandpa went to the Puyallup Ram to watch a football game-Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders. Unfortunately the Huskers lost. Then Mom came home and Her, Julia, and I went to fall festival at our school. We had loads of fun. We painted pumpkins, did mosaic that will spell out G-R-A-N-T (Our school is called Grant Center for the Expressive Arts) in tiles! My sister bought me Apple Cider. I also got a bag of popcorn but I took a bite and realized I CAN’T HAVE POPCORN. I got braces a few weeks ago, there orange and green. Anyways it was lots of fun. Then today we had church except Luke, Noah, and Mom stayed home. This morning mom and Dads thin mattress (borrowed from some friends) was on the floor since Grandma and Grandpa are sleeping on their bed and Julia had layed 4 pillows on the mattress and her and Luke were laying down. So Noah and I layed down and Grandma snapped a picture. I have put it below. After church Mom had a meeting. After that the 4 of us (Abe, Jenn, Abby, Julia) went home. When we got home Mom, Grandma, and Julia went to get a microwave. Grandpa and I played Monopoly.
These last 4 days have been very fun and exciting to me and I was reminded and I am so glad that God has a plan for everything and everyone and I don’t have to worry about that!
If you have read this far this is my 1st blogpost ever I promise the others WON’T be this long!

Bye for now,
Abby

P.S. Below I have put I picture Grandma, and Grandpa and the 4 kids today.
P.S.S. I have also enclosed a few pictures of us making Carmel Apples after Grandma and Grandpa left. (Sadly, because of my braces I cannot have one) I ended up eating a (chopped up into tiny pieces) milky way!

Luke, being the first victim of the flu this season on our team!

This was how interested Luke was in making Carmel Apples!