Happy Birthday, James!

Yesterday was the birthday of my youngest brother, James! I can’t believe my little boy is three now! 😮 😳😍 He’s still supposed to be a baby! I asked him not to grow up, but he didn’t listen to me… Oh well. 😂

James Jonathan Marr was born on July 17, 2016… 🙂

James, soon after he was born. Look at those eyes!! ❤

Haha! XD

So sweet! ❤

Happy boy!

Something didn’t happen quite how he wanted here!

❤

Eating makes you tired…

Caught red-handed! (Eating raisins) 😉

Muddy boy! XD

What healthy food choices! ;P

Washing dishes together! 😀

Love that spiked hair!

So handsome!

This was taken on his birthday yesterday. 🙂 He’s trying to make three on his fingers.

His siblings loaded him up with lots of gifts and presents from their drawers. 🙂 ❤

(Woah, I posted way more pictures than I meant to… They were all so cute, I had to share them, lol! XD) ❤ 

Happy birthday, James! I love you very much, even if you are going to be taller than me someday! XD ❤

Rosy

 

 

Recent and Not-So-Recent Art

A friend requested that I do a post about my drawings, and I was kind of inspired to actually do it when I saw Amie’s post, here. So, consequently, you are going to be forced  to get to see some of my recent, and not-so-recent drawings! 😀

We’ll start with my not-so-recent drawings. These were done several years ago, back when we lived in Arizona.

The pilgrims. I think… 😉

A dolphin!

This boy is either praying… or he really does not like whatever is in his bowl.

And then I improved a bit… (These are mostly after we moved to Mexico three years ago.)

This one was supposed to be my dad preaching. It doesn’t really look much like him, lol…

And it was only recently that I got serious about drawing… Here is some of my most recent art. 🙂

An interesting looking chipmunk

A praying mantis

Some random hand lettering I did. I really want to practice and get better at this!

This was going to be a bald eagle… But it turned out to be a seagull instead, lol!

These last three are all my favorites!!! 😀

A ship. (Since you probably couldn’t tell… 😛 )

I love this one! 😀 ❤ 

Last, but not least, is my so-far, absolute favorite! It’s still a WIP though. 🙂 I’m really loving how this is turning out! Besides, it’s horses!!! 😀

Aaaaand, there you have it!

Have a great rest of the day! (Or if you live in Australia, night!) 😀

Rosy 🙂

Which picture was your favorite? Do you like to draw? Does anyone else dislike the new WordPress editor? I just can’t figure out these block things! 😛 

Morning at the Marr House

Merry Christmas Adam!!! (For those of you who are unfamiliar with that term, Christmas Adam is the day before Christmas Eve. Get it? 😛 )

Today, I am going to give you a small glimpse of our life… At least, of our life this morning!!! 😀

In the mornings it’s usually pretty cold, so Dad starts a fire in the stove before most of the family is up and going. (Well, they are often up, just not going…) 😉 I usually get up at about 6:45 or 7:00. It’s so hard to get up early these days, because it’s so cold in our bedroom! There really isn’t any heat source in there, so we’re freezing we we first get up. xD ❄️☃️🧥 When I get to the main room, which is our kitchen, dining room, and living room, I sit on the couch. Within minutes I have at least three small kids on my lap, and/or around me. ❤️

This morning was no exception. In fact, the amount of kids there were was doubled this particular morning, as I was reading aloud the book, “Go Dog, Go!”, my little brother Philip’s favorite book.

On the other couch are my sisters Gracie and Lizzie… (And Andy, who apparently thought that this picture needed him! 😛 )

Mom, James and Bekah on the other couch!

Aaaaand (this last pic was taken a few minutes later), Mom and Dad standing by the fire! 🙂 ❤ ❤ ❤ Oh, and Susy is there too. 🙂

And then, we ate breakfast, which was oatmeal, listened to a sermon by our pastor back in the U.S., and ate lunch, etc, etc, etc… 😀 😛

Welp, that’s wrap!

Love,

Rosy

Let’s Talk!

Have you ever heard of “Christmas Adam”?

What did you eat for breakfast today? 

What time do you usually get up in the mornings?

Are you ready for Christmas? 

 

 

 

 

James’ Piano Debut

Hi guys, we’re back! We had a super great time while we were there. I will tell ya’ll all about it later. Lord willing, I will be vlogging about it, too!

Anyway, while we were in Colorado, James was was drumming on the piano, and I got an idea… This is the result of my creative mind… lol, jk!

Don’t you think that James is sooo very adorable?

 

Oh and if you want to see more of my videos, you can visit my YouTube channel!!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaH24NrljqvtFhXhdDzuGQ?view_as=subscriber

I have a few special posts in mind, so stay tuned!

I’m gone. *Poof*

 

Trip to Couihila Part 1: Time with Relatives

For those of you who are wondering, Coauhuila is a state here in Mexico. That’s also the state where I was born!

I am planning to break this trip up into a few parts (I’m not sure how many yet!), and write about it over the next few days. (That includes pictures, of course!)

So, we left a few weeks ago, on Monday, at about 4:00 am. We drove all day (almost), and arrived at my grandparents house at about 4:00 pm. We had a good time visiting, and catching up.

Mom with my Grandma, and Dad with my Grandpa and Uncle.

Walking with Uncle Benjamin to watch him feed his horse.

Playing on the big, concrete slide that my grandpa made. The lady in the black and white striped shirt is my aunt Ruth.

Mom wasn’t too thrilled about this…

This is a funny picture! He looks like he’s hitting her, but he’s not. I’m not sure what he was really doing…

Lizzie and Abigail washing dishes. Then Lizzie took a silly selfie with my camera.

Devotions and singing.

Lots of games.

Dad playing the Banjitar. That’s a cross between a banjo and a guitar.

Uncle Timothy and Susy.

The room that we all slept in.

I found the title to this book really funny!

Here is a quote from my 9 year old aunt Abigail.

“Rosy, you know, you’re lucky! Not everyone gets to hold their aunt on their lap!”

On the next part, I will post pictures of Family Camp!

A Trip to the Border

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, Dad, Bekah, Ruthie and I went on a trip to the Border (as the title indicates…). It’s about five to six hours there, depending on how many of our family are going.😉

We got up early on Tuesday morning, at about 4:30 and left at about 5:00.

This is what the lights of Cuauhtemoc (where we live) look like when the car hits a bump… It was the best I could do on a dirt road.

More lights.

We ate somewhere around 7:30. Breakfast was peanut butter sandwiches and oranges Lizzie made the night before. (She didn’t make the oranges, though.)

We stopped at Oxxo, and Dad got some Coffee to keep himself awake.

*Skips a few hours…*

When we reached the border, the line wasn’t too long, thankfully.

While we were waiting, I photographed the Mexican flag.

We made it across uneventfully, and we were soon zooming down the road in New Mexico. I don’t know if you can see it very well, but El Paso is right up against that mountain, in Texas.

The city on our side of that big red X is El Paso, and on the other side is a city in Mexico. Don’t ask me what the X stands for…

Dad put his hat on backwards.🤣

The clouds were so pretty!!!

 

And this is a picture of me… eating a grape?

The building where we get our mail.

Opening boxes, so that we can fit everything into the car.

This is… the building next to the building where we get our mail. I was bored…

While I was waiting in the car, I also took some pictures of planes going by, using my zoom lens.

El Paso Sky-line

In the evening, we went out to eat at Chilis with a friend, and then we went to a Bible study with him. We stayed in the home of one of the families from the study. In the morning, we got up at about 5:30, and left at around 6:00.

This is the rosing sun, through our dirty car window.

“Welcome to Chihuahua-The big state” Chihuahua is the name of the state in Mexico that we live in. It’s the biggest state.

We made it back across the border with no problems, again, praise God. And then we were on our way home!

“Don’t leave us!!!”

Scenery on the road. It got really pretty in some places. Well, in most places!

Getting closer to home.

Almost home! You can see the big white van.🙂

Our house. Complete with a few bikes strewn here and there…

 

Homecoming hugs and kisses☺️

Aww, my sweet brother Philip! (My sweet, dirty brother Phillip!…)

What about you? Do you like car trips? What do you like to do to pass the time?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Condensed Version of the Month of January

Here is a basic review, made up of mostly pictures, of the month of January at the Marr household.

WARNING : PICTURE OVERLOAD AHEAD

I got to capture quite a few cool sunsets this month on my camera.

 

And some pictures of the moon. Taking good pictures of the moon is really hard! You’d know, if you’ve ever tried.

 

A lot of hair cutting, too. I got to cut my little sisters bangs and Mom cut my hair shorter. I really like the new look!

 

Little James is growing up so much! Here he is, wrestling with big brother Philip.

 

And of few other cute pics of him.

 

I have been enjoying learning to drive a lot.

 

Visiting after church

Over the several days, I have made three different flavors of marshmallows, each a double batch. And, just so you know, we don’t usually make marshmallows nearly so often, but we were going to have our Grandparents over. Unfortunately, they were’t able to make it, so now we have a lot of marshmallows in the house. The flavors I made were, in order from right to left, chocolate covered cherrie, eggnog and chocolate peppermint. Now you may be thinking how strange eggnog might taste. I was thinking that too, while I was making them, but they turned out better than I expected they would. (There is not actually any eggs in them, BTW. It’s just regular marshmallows with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice in them.)

 

Well, that’s pretty much it for this month.

~🌹

P.S. I would love to hear from you in the comments!

 

 

 

Susy and Julius

A few days ago, Susy (2) was adorable, playing with our dog, Julius. She was pretending he was a horse, unfortunately to the poor dog… She loves him, but he pretty much just tolerates her. Look at the pictures and you’ll see why, lol.

 

 

Recent Happenings

 

Last Sunday was our church’s first anniversary! We got a church picture. (Note: Not all the people were there that Sunday.)

 

James is growing up!!!

 

7 in a Row! James and I aren’t in this photo, because James was not even born yet, and I was standing on top of the dresser, taking the picture.  Sorry Ruthie’s face is blurry!

James is sitting up!!

Orange moon!  Note: The line across the moon the electric line.

I got to take Mom’s and Dad’s Valentines Day picture!

Pictures of Susy

This picture was taken a long time ago, but it was so cute, I had to post it!

Pictures of Ruthie

Philip naming each letter, as he goes through the stack. 

Philip on a walk. Barefoot!

Carrying our totally demolished trampoline back home, after a severe wind storm!

Lizzie and Andy looking at a book.

Mom reading a book to the Ruthie, Philip, and Susy. I love how they are both pointing to the same picture at the same time!

James is always passed around at church!

Reading a book.

Lizzie doing school, Chipi and Rebekah, coloring.

That’s all that I’ve got for now! Hope you enjoyed!!

 

Philip and James

Me helping Philip hold James… Aren’t they cute!?!

 

 

Here he is with Susy

 

“Washing” dishes.

Taking a nap with Ruthie. Cute!

 

Reading a book. Or rather, looking at it..

Okay, Philip looks a bit,um, odd, in this picture…

“Hi their!”

He is so cute!

 

Lots to see!