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Picture Update

We took our annual trip to Texas this month and as I have the past 2 trips, I've taken the opportunity to catch up on pictures! As busy as our house is, it's an easy thing to do when there's at least 3 extra adults hanging around most of the time to get everyone ready for pictures and out to a different scene than normal. I just did a quick edit on these tonight, but I'll probably be playing around with them some more over the next couple weeks 😉 So here it is! We'll start with Nolan, who just turned 5 this month. He's my easy-going as long it's on my normal schedule guy that makes taking photos a breeze. Next birthday is Callie who is turning the big 1-0 this year and suddenly I'm old enough to have a kid who's reached double digits! She's a great help to me every day and is really creative and musical. We also took her yearly photo for her Class of 2026 as I grow book! Gabriel is 7 and 1/2 now. He's trouble with a ca...
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2 Years Later

Wow -- So I knew it had been quite awhile since I updated my family blog. But let's just be honest: We all knew I'm a "fly by the seat of your pants" kind of girl and there's no tying me down. 😂 So, because I recently changed horses in the middle of the stream (loving the idioms today), I've decided to revive my blog and put some solid effort into updating you all on the happenings at the Booker house. The reason I'm doing this is because I once again have a stack of cards sitting in my house waiting to be mailed to friends and family around the US that I have not managed to get out yet again . . . And this time, I started in September!! 😥 So, in order to minimalize my tasks, knowing full well I am trying to do too much, I have decide to cut my card list out of my life. I only left about 25 people on the list who I know don't have/don't use their FB accounts and to the rest of you: I love you, I truly, truly do, but this is your card! Thi...

It's Christmas Time!

Oh my! How the year has flown.   Merry Christmas from the Bookers! Cards will be going out . . . "soon"! lol I don't really know how things got so behind!!

Callie's First Grade School Pictures

Looking at the top two pictures . . . wow! What a difference. All of the sudden Callie looks like a pre-teen instead of little girl. I can't believe we're getting ready to start this for two of the four of the kiddos this next year either. So excited to continue to watch them grow! 

Meanwhile, back at the Farm . . .

We're having some exciting happenings around the Booker Farm so I thought I'd write a little bit about what's going on with the kiddos. Callie Callie is so excited that we now have two dogs and three cats. Their names are (dogs) Belle and Ariel, (cats) Duchess, Dixie, and Thomas O'Malley -- Tom for short. She is very excited to be wrapping up another school year and looking forward to our travels this summer. She is taking on more responsibility around the house (which I love) and doing an excellent job for the most part in taking care of all the animals. I'm certainly enjoying watching her grow and blossom in so many ways, but this is especially significant to me. Philip and I are really striving to raise our children to be responsible, caring, and kind adults! I'm now teaching her on Wednesday Night Bible Class and I love observing her for the first time in a classroom setting as her teacher as well. She is a delight to have in class, if I may s...

Callie's 7th Birthday!

I cannot believe Callie is 7 years old. It's really just crazy to me! It doesn't seem like it was that long ago she was a tiny baby just like Skylar. But here it is, 7 years later! Callie apparently decided that I needed a good challenge for her seventh birthday. She asked me to do a "Forest Friends" theme. Forest friends?? I guess at least the fox has been popular lately. But seriously, it was not an easy theme to find anything for! Here's our table decor. Fortunately, I did not have to buy a whole lot to pull this together!  Table with the chalkboard in the background. I made the butterflies out of tissue paper. Our games and craft. Games were Forest Friends Bingo and Musical Mushrooms (musical chairs with mushroom caps instead of chairs). Our craft was a fox face on a paper plate. Callie was really impressed with my artwork . . . I'm sure no one else is! lol Dessert table decor Our awesome bakery pulled of...

Callie's Party Preview

Here's a little preview for Callie's party "Forest Friends" as she requested for this year!