Category Archives: Kids

The kids found an oragami book on the shelf this morning and began making for paper things. Well, next thing you know Ali shows me this… Then Mark gets the idea to use big paper taped together to make a … Continue reading →

The kids decided to enter the coop with the chickens so they could help us tie the chicken wire at the seams. Better them than me! I am so grateful for their help! Here is Caleb working hard! Micah is … Continue reading →

These are just a few activities going on in the Spangler house. We have also been busy hosting folks (missionaries) who are passing through, baking cookies and making Christmas cards for the kids in the hospital. We are all enjoying … Continue reading →

Hahaha. We love that our chickens like to roost. These birds are just so interesting. We are sad that one got eaten by a stray dog yesterday but we are thankful for these four. Mark has divided our dog run, … Continue reading →

Here is Caleb after his first guitar lesson! He is practicing Em. A strange first chord but it is the first chord in his favorite Christmas Carol. He is already asking all about an electric guitar! His mom will be … Continue reading →

I organized the game cabinet and left the room to go make coffee for My Love and I. I walk back to the game cabinet to make more progress unpacking ect., then I turn around to this… Mind you I … Continue reading →

Some friends were over and the older kids were making Christmas cards at the table. This little one, Gift, was propped up on our couch until Mark came home and saw her. “Gift is looking tired,” Mark declares as he … Continue reading →

These suckers are growing like weeds. They love to roam the front yard all day eating bugs!

Happy Saturday! Mark is repurposing some weird shaped wood around the house to make me a chicken coop. Here are the chicks enjoying the bugs in my garden and resting in the sun. Here is the beginnings of our chicken … Continue reading →