Meet Maggie!

Margaret Raylynn Elder

I just had to post this picture of the new baby girl in the Elder Family. My friend, Teresa finally got her baby girl. I got to stop by and see this precious baby right after she got home. She's 2 days old in this picture weighing in at 8 lbs 13 oz. The name "Maggie" is very special to Teresa-due to the fact it is her grandmother's name Ms. Margaret Wiseman who passed away this year. When Teresa told me she was expecting, (after she had to pick me up off the ground at the baseball field this past summer) I knew then this baby had to be a girl because she MUST be named after her grandmother. Ms Margaret was a wonderful person and "Maggie" is the perfect name for this special baby girl.

Gingerbread House Time and the Arrival of Elroy

Not sure if this can be seen, but Elroy mailed the boys a letter mid November.

Yes-Elroy arrived again this year...Elroy told me (the MOM) that each one gets a small gift a day only if they are good. I even had to buy several bags of coal on the days they were bad...AMAZING HOW THIS LIL ELF OPERATES????

First Science Project

Cade Carter was given his first project in third grade for the year.  He was to build his own habitat.  We knew that we were headed for the mountains so he decided to do a "WOODLAND FOREST" habitat.  We made the bear cave out of play doh and the box was covered in leaves.  We worked on it for several days and this was the end result!

House of Rock?

Some of us play guitar hero, not Cam.  He prefers to rock and roll on his new (REAL) guitar he got for his birthday.  By the way, he performs best in his underwear!

I'm a combine driver!!

Camden's plan is to be a farmer someday so when he got a chance to ride the combine when they picked the beans around our house he was so excited.  He even let "big brother" take a ride too!  Mr. Justin and his helpers are wonderful to let the boys ride with them!!!

Happy 6th Birthday Camden!

For Camden's 6th birthday this year we celebrated at Dustin & Sarah's new house with the lake so the kiddos could fish.  Camden told me he wanted a hunting and fishing party.  The fishing part was a breeze but the hunting part was a little difficult.  Hunting animals with guns was definitely a safety issue, therefore, it took me awhile to figure out what Hank & I could do to make this happen.  We ended up getting bb guns and several wild game targets and let the kiddos do some damage to them.   Cam ended up catching a very large bass fish which was the highlight of his day.

Camden's Hunting & Fishing Party!

                           Several of these deer were the aim for the little ones with their BB guns!