Some new pics

Aren't they just the cutest??!!!!??

Crazy to think in 10 weeks or so there will a new little one to take a million pics of. Lillian Grace Ackley will be here before we know it!! 

Can anybody tell me how I can make this blog look better. I cant figure out how to put who I am following on the page. Every time I try to download a new blog from another site I cant get it to load. GRRRR this blog looks so boring and I cant make it better..... HELP

Mommy of 4????

Soooooooooooooo I found out back in April that we are expecting our 4th kiddo. Im currently 14 weeks along and finally starting to feel somewhat normal. The 1st 3 months were the most difficult I have experienced with all my pregnancies so far. Maybe because I have 3 other little ones that want attention whether or not Im puking every 10 minutes. :) This pregnancy is hard on me physically because Im not sure my body was ready, but also mentally I have a ton going on with the other 3 so having another kid is a little overwhelming. Through all the struggles we are thankful God has chosen to make us parents once again.

I really haven't done anything or gone anywhere in the last 3 months. I've barely been making it to church. Now that Im feeling better I am looking forward to starting new things with the kids and finishing up our alphabet.

Spring!!!!!

Hey there people who read my blog! Sorry I stopped posting every week, but things have been crazy round here! :)

1st off we had a huge answer to prayer .... Naomi is all clear by the doctors and she has one great kidney that is working just fine. A huge relief! 

2ndly Todd and I are now teaching the teens at church. We both are enjoying it and we had our first activity the other day at a trampoline park. I wanted to start with something big because I wanted them to understand that we are real people and thoroughly enjoy some of the same things they do. Todd impressed them with a double front flip! Haha but yea he pulled a muscle! I only laughed a little cuz he forgets he is not a teenager... He turns 30 next month!! 

Hard to get good pics when they are moving :)

Pray for us as we plan our next activity that we will put the time and effort into it because these guys are worth it.

3rdly what we have been up to at home..

Dirt!!!! Kids think it's a mountain just for them, but truth be told it's for under the pool and filling in holes. 

Been hauling the dirt around back trying to get the ground level so we can set up the pool. I'm sooooooo excited!!!!

Finally got my little garden all planted so we shall see if we get anything. God is the one who makes it grow so pray for it:)

Christiana helped me plant some flowers so I do hope they grow cuz she will be super excited to see it. 

As for preschool..... Well haven't been as faithful. But we did do the letter k and a little on L. By next week I hope to have accomplished L and M. Il keep ya posted!

 

Letter f and g

Been doing more worksheets than crafts. The kids are learning and that is what counts. We are still enjoying doing this together! Todd even joined in in the g craft.

The guitar was not worth making! They were hard and the kids couldn't help much. But the letter was learned. 

We got snow!!!!!! Kids were so happy

Kids need more veggies in their diet....so I am making fruit/veggie smoothies for them n they love them. 

Wednesday we went to the zoo with my dad! 70 degrees!!!! Of course the next day it was in the 20's again. 

Well that's what we have been up to :) 

Letter Ee

Not so great a picture. They didn't want me to take it :)

So again we had sick kids this week. Christiana is now sick... Well after this week we should be in the clearing. :D so not much crafting went on. But that's ok cuz I believe we learned the letter. I'm doing more this week because we are snowed in. Or should I say iced in. We had snow then Lots of sleet. More coming to tonight I believe. 

But we did shape sorting with envelopes. The kids were not very impressed... Bummer. But with them being on antibiotic the world is a different place called crankyville!!!! Have a great week!!!!

Letter d week

We did quite bit this in making our music wall/ d wall. The maracas were added this week. Kinda ugly but they work and the kids loved making them. The drums were a success and the kids love it when they can play with what they made. :)

We had a picnic in the living room. Our theme that day was dinosaurs. So we watched land before time during lunch.

Here are some pics of making our crafts and finger painting. I made the finger paint but it went bad the day after we used it. Gotta do a better recipe. :)

The other kid in pic is my nephew Ryland. 

We made play dough mats!

We made a car garage out of a cereal box!! 

Making the maracas! 

I just wanted to add one last photo. The kids were not getting along so I separated them. So this is what they did and they were playing good. 

Letter c week

We didn't get to do too much last week. Naomi got sick so most of my attention was on her. Now Joseph is sick so yea... :) But I wanted to at least post what we did do. 

They really seem to enjoy doing crafts with me. I love watching them have fun!!

Not really much else to say so il leave it there :) 

Letter b week

We did quite a few fun things with the letter b this week. 

We did a balance beam! Christiana thought that was awesome. 

We also made a b box to find things in our toy room that started with the letter b.

Iv been organizing a few more things this week

Made Christiana a reading spot in her closet.

Started a music wall

We had so many magnets that I had to find something better than the fridge. So my sisternlaw gave me this idea to use large oil pans. :) works great. Project soon is cover them with light fabric so they look super cute. 

I managed to get Christiana to stay still long enough to accomplish French baud pig tails:) 

Ok il try to post more next week after we finish the letter c

Learning new stuff!!

I finally learned to French braid!!! Definitely need to keep practicing but not bad for a second try!

I even did mine!! So excited to discover I can do something with hair. Now I will try new things and see what we can do. 

I have started preschool with the kiddos. So this week we are learning the letter Aa. We do a craft, a color page and a game every day to help them learn the letter. My goal is to have them know the letter and what it says. Christiana already knows all of them, but it's a great review. Plus she is helping Joseph learn them!!

I will do my best to keep you updated on what we are doing :)

Christmas photos