Hay Happens and Hay's Happen

When I went out to visit too, Coopy supposedly followed me.
Upon coming inside with the Tot, we wondered what happened to Coopy. Where are you, Coopy?
Oh my….

Mommy? Taties? Someone?

He would be pure bait out in the world; absolutely has no clue what to do. Oh, Coopy.

“Circle any words we do really well.” This was the directive for our Hay Happens Meeting this week. Tatum has a Turkey paper she has to complete with the family involved. So…..this was a good brainstorming activity.

Daddy and Tot were pretty generous in their word counts.

This was my paper:

We all agreed that we are definitely a grateful family, we honor God and each other, and we are filled with kindness and grace. We also work hard and try to laugh along the way. Hopefully we are others-centered as well.

Then, we looked at the 6-G and I filled in my turkey with that. I surrounded it with all the things we say in the house. heehee.

We ground all we do in this verse too: the BUTT! Yes, but, God!

And here is the final product!

Last year, we launched a new tradition. We would celebrate being grateful with some of her friends, and we would model how to be grateful with some rocks! Let’s do it again this year.

Daddy worked extra hard in getting the back and front ready. Just look at our cute entry way! Thanks to a HUUUUUUGE pumpkin from Costco. The seeds from that guy….endless I’m sure.

Tot helped a bit in the back….

Go Tot!

Oh, Daddy and Tot..it looks so good and COZY out here!

Oh, I’m so excited about this party! I’m so full of GRATITUDE, I had to wear it.

The girls started showing up after we got all set up!

We all got started after Emma showed up.

Look how creative the girls are! Here is Isabelle and then Maddy!

Isabelle and Zoe

Emma, yours is looking great!

Tot and Daddy!

Lilly hard at work

Wow!

Now it is time for our ice cream bar.

Delicious!!

When it was time to go, we snapped a shot of each girl.

Emma wanted to take Coopy home

SO GRATEFUL!

When Kate came to pick up Lilly, she brought Levi. (These are Noah’s siblings)

See you next year. We live in gratitude.

The Hay family believes in adoption! We also have a heart for kids in Foster Care.

There is a home that Scottsdale Bible supports named Gigi’s House. It houses about eight girls who are in the system. Our small group made baskets for each one of them!

We cannot wait to do more.

Our mornings always start with our devotion and Bible. Glorious. Then, she surprise me with my yoga setup. She got the TV ready, my mat setup and the furniture all moved. WOW! So thoughtful. (Cooper is ready too).

I love you TOT!

Then….it’s FINALLY cooled off, so we headed on our bikes to Butters.

One mile later…

We made it!
We wore our matching shirts, and it made many stare. Hopefully they read the back!

(Living the 6G life!)

She ordered silver dollar pancakes (and crispy bacon) and enjoyed every bite. We shared our hearts about friends, Jesus, our God-centered walks, and the party tomorrow!

The party tomorrow…yes. Our annual “Gratefall” party is here! So, we spent the rest of the day getting ready for it.

We needed to make: Ghost fruit Kabobs, Boo chips with jack-o-lantern hummus, and pretzel, cracker and peanut butter spiders.

Tatum had fun putting on the eyes of the spiders.

Oh, I also made a topping for our ice cream bar. Ghost marshmallows!

We are now ready for tomorrow! Stay tuned!

It’s a year of success and growth for the Tot. She is experiencing more challenging school work, and she also is learning how to handle and negotiate difficult social situations.

It was great to meet with. Mrs. Denmark and hear how she is doing in the class.
She noted that Tatum is a HARD WORKER; she is FOCUSED; she asks a ton of questions and loves to answer questions. She is KIND; GENEROUS (loves to give notes to teacher and gifts to friends)

In her work, she has gotten neater too! We are always working on the neatness factor.

Compare the two: (beginning of year 5.1…now 5.8 (and much neater)

Some more papers: Pretest in grammar…and NOW! WOOHOO!

The one I love is her writing and READING!

See her scores: 7th grade level~

She continues to make me proud in her character and her academics. The fact that she works hard is so good to hear!

That’s right!
Be Grateful

Be a Giver

Be God-centered

Be Grace-filled

Be Glad and

HAVE GRIT!

AMEN!