The battle of the leaves.

We are in a battle right now. The Crofts vs. the trees. The winner, as of now, THE TREES!! So instead of raking we have decided to give up for now and play instead. The kids had a ball. (as you will notice we did some work, but Abby mainly supervised!) And yes, Samuel did drop the leaves on Claire. (see picture below.)

"Polar bear, polar bear what do you hear?".......

Claire has discovered books. In particular polar bear polar bear. It is her favorite and the only way to get her to sit still. (caution we are quickly approaching toddlerhood and our blog may not be full of such cute pictures so enjoy them while you can.)

Batman,+ gymnast, + princess= Reformation Day

We celebrated our annual Reformation Day with the church. The kids enjoyed dressing up, but enjoyed getting LOTS of CANDY even more. Even Claire enjoyed the party.



Isabelle, aka the princess (though we don't EVER call her that!!) And her picture with her fellow princesses.


Abby, aka The Gymnast. (also with her friend Charis)


Samuel, aka Batman. (also with his friend Grazzin)




Guess Who?? Batman? Nope. Samuel? Wrong again!

Surgery is over!!!!

Claire's surgery went well today. She was a model patient for the nurses and doctors. She cooperated with the nurses really well, which was great because it allowed them to not have to give her medicines to sedate her before putting her asleep. When she came out of the anesthesia she cried for a brief second (mostly moaned and groaned). When we came into the recovery room to see her she was taking a bottle of fluids and sitting happily. She has remained that way ever since. She was quite drowsy at the hospital but, since we come home, has perked up quite a bit. Thanks for the prayers. (Her finger is not completely straight yet. We have to do some exercises with it for the next two weeks. If it still isn't straightening on its own at the point we will have to put a brace on her finger, temporarily.)



Pre-surgery. (One grandma who reluctantly gave her grandbaby over to the nurse for surgery.)



Post surgery. (One relieved mommy, and one kind of cranky but still drowsy baby.)

Life back at home. (Samuel even shares his new hat with Claire to chew on.)

Claire's having surgery

Please pray for little Claire. She is having surgery to fix her finger Tuesday morning. Pray for her and the doctors. The surgery is outpatient, but she is being put under for it. Pray everything will go smoothly and that God will be honored through it all. Thanks, The Crofts

Dress up fun

The wigs were for my brother's 40th birthday party. (Theme: 1967) The girls wanted to try on our wigs. (Samuel wanted NO part of any of it!)

A stormy night in Kentucky

This past Thursday was one of "exciting weather". After loading the kids in the van, and before leaving the house, the Tornado warning sirens went off around our house. There were 5 tornado touch downs in Kentucky, one of those in Louisville, and one just south of us in Bullitt County. Fortunately it was not near us. However we had a long night of storms. So what do you do? Camp out in the basement! Yet another use for our pool table. (the other one being folding laundry)

You might be a redneck if........

What did you expect, we are from Kentucky.

Abby perfects the art of multi-tasking

First time for everything......

Claire figured out how to pull up to standing, both in her bed and...

.....everywhere else around the house.

Abby loses her first tooth. (with a second one soon to fall out)

Claire's first time in the swing.