Life….More Abundant

since my last post……

Things here are going good.  School is winding down for the year.  I am plase with the progress we made this year. 

Avery is reading fluently, and has advanced in math (despite the short comings of his teacher).  He is also learning to do laundry, care for the animals, and he pitches in to help whenever I need it.

Trenton is reading and can now add and subtract.  He is also learning some simple house cleaning chores (doing the floors is his biggest job).  He also helps care for the animals. 

Isabelle being a preschooler this year she has been working on following directions, letters, numbers and the like.  She is doing great.  Her big job is dusting the house.  

Darro is still enjoying his job.  He like the fact that everyday isn’t the same.  He is also playing softball on the church men’s league.

As for me… Same stuff…different day. 

Blessings

Adrienne

I pray you all had a wonderful and blessed Easter.

Blessings

Adrienne

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Its a picture of the Lion and the Lamb.  HA!!! Well Thad has been in the family for right at three weeks now.  He is such a sweet little guy (when he wants to be) He and Sadie will fight to almost the death and then 2 minuets later we get the sweet little picture you see here. 

I will update more later. 

Blessings,

Adrienne

Okay,  I know it seems like we are building our own little zoo around here, but we are adding another four legged child this week. 

When we were looking for Sadie, Darro found a puggle.  I didn’t want a puggle and since Sadie was a gift for me he got what I wanted.  Well, our anniversary is March 5th and I have found a puggle for Darro.  He knows he is getting it but he doesn’t know that he is getting it tomorrow (He thinks he has to wait for another 2 weeks).

So without further ado:  Meet Thad ( he doesn’t have a middle name yet)Kleeman.

 Isn’t he adorable.  I will post some better pictures later.  And Shh….. dont tell Darro.  He doesn’t check my blog (he thinks blogs are silly).

Blessings

Adrienne

Meet Zack the Chinese Water Dragon and Leopold the Leporad Gecko.  These are the newest addition to the Kleeman Family.  The boys have been waiting and saving to get their very own “lizard” and we picked them up last night.  The boys are so excited.  They worked very hard to set up the cages and get everything JUST right. 

 Blessings

Adrienne

This has been a long weekend.  On Friday morning my Grandfather passed away, and today (Sunday) was the funeral.

 My Grandfather was a Christian here on earth and I know he is in heaven praising God as I type.  My Grandfather had a favorite verse:

Romans 8:11    Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,^[a]

When asked why that was his favorite he told my Dad…… Because I am condemed.  I haven’t done it all right but through Christ Jesus I am saved. 

Grandpa was  a man who wanted everyone to know that Christ takes away that condemnation. 

Blessings to you all.

Adrienne

I saw this on another blog and thought it was cute!

1.Aprons – Y/N? If Y, what does your favorite look like?

I have recently gotten into wearing aprons around the house.  The only one I have right now is a red one that Darro and he kids got me for Christmas.  There is this white one with cherries on it that I am dying to get from World Market though.

2.Baking – Favorite thing to bake:
I would have to say …….hmmmm…. Angel Food Cake.  But to be honest I am more of a savory than sweet person so I don’t “bake” all that much.

Isn’t so little any more……but she sure is cute.  She does have a bit of a jealous streak, and she loves to “attack” the kids. 

Blessings

Adrienne

I don’t know about you but I hate to waste money on a toy that my kids will only play with a handful of times.  I always stress about buying for birthday’s and Christmas because I want to buy them what they want but I also know what they want isn’t always what they need. 

This year the hit in our home has been the knights and the castle my boys got for Christmas.  As you can see in the slide show they got alot of pieces to this set so I was a little nervous, but they LOVE it.  We even got Isabelle the princess figure so that she can join in the fun.  She LOVES being the damsel in distress. 

Blessings

Adrienne