* Walk In His Ways *

Friday, March 8, 2013

Photo Update! Family Activities February

I'm fairly certain no one follows this blog anymore... or really, ever did? ;o) BUT... I figure I'll still keep posting for the rare person who does check this... maybe? :) Oh wait, I think my husband might check it! that's encouraging at least! I could write him love notes! Ok, don't worry, I won't turn my blog into mushy love notes... tempting though. :)

So... what to write. It's Lent. I'm doing terribly. At LENT that is. I just haven't had the time, energy, or motivation this year, and I feel badly about that really, but I'm not sure how to fix it. I think I will try to do better in personal prayer time for the rest of Lent. That is what I seem to be hearing most from God (read: on the rare occasion I'm still long enough to hear God speak to me.) Just PRAY. if you spend time in PRAYER, you can be the Christian that He's calling you to be. I heard a great talk last night by Fr.Pat, the Priest who witnessed our marriage and baptized Josiah (6 yrs ago- phew!) and it was such a pleasure to see and hear him. He reminded me of those things again... to be the Christian God's calling you to be, you must pray. A personal, loving, relationship with Jesus is what you need. What you need to feel the courage and grace and strength for what He's calling you to be. So... there is my second-half-of-Lent goal. pray more!

In the meantime, what else is new? Little pumpkin (okay, orange?) is about 12 1/2 weeks now, hooray! I get a bonus sonogram today which I'm SUPER excited about. Love getting to see this little one grow! :) ** Photos from this will have to come later ;)

The other little clowns are doing wonderful too. They are just so fun and sweet. Let's see... photo update!

Baby Henry- sweet, lovable, squishy, LAUGHS a lot (turns out his middle name means Laughter, how perfect!) almost 8 months now!

Hi baby boy! here is proof your mommy exists- I took a picture of me with you ;o)

Benjamin turned 3!!!!

He had a few friends over for PIZZA, CHOCOLATE MILK, CAKE and ICE CREAM!

(all his choices, of course!)

On Benjamin's actual birthday since it wasn't TOO horribly freezing, we bundled up and took a walk to the playground- hooray!!

Henry rode the slide for the FIRST time! (with big brother assistance) ;o)

Henry on the slide....

I love this picture... looks like he's saying, "BOOYAH!! what's up!?" haha. so cute.

3 climbin' crazies

being silly

Perhaps one of the BEST birthday pictures. Grandma and Grandpa got Benjamin some dress ups for his birthday. Daddy said, "MAKE A FIREMAN FACE!" LOL ... oh man, Ben, hilarious! Michael just loved this pic!

He also got some elmo boots- and a super cool McQueen shirt from Nana!

...and a new copy of his favorite book!! (The first copy was unfortunately destroyed in a "read-this-book-right-before-bed-then-wet-the-bed" incident... oops!)

On President's Day when Grandma had off work (and Daddy!) we all went to the aquarium!

Hey handsome Josiah...

Henry playin'

All playin'!

HEY it's ALL OF US!!! This happens so rarely- enjoy! ;o)

Michael and I also hosted a CHERISH marriage retreat at our parish recently, it was a great success!!! This is probably the coolest picture of the evening, my Dad's veggie tray he made for us! So cool! thanks Dad :)

Alright... that's all for now. I'll try to be back soon :)

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Cherry on top!

"Just when we thought life couldn't get any sweeter..."

God had something sweet in store for this new year.

Please keep us in your prayers as we joyfully anticipate the arrival of our newest little one, due mid-September! Lydia's praying for a sister, Ben wants "another boy!" so... at least I will please one of them! :)

Once I know more (like gender and cute 20 week pictures) we will share... for now...

say hello to our newest little miracle.

(9 weeks new!)

Monday, November 19, 2012

The Blessing of Friends!

We recently had a spontaneous super fun weekend with one of our best friends, the R family. We love them all so much and cherish their friendship, and we are so blessed to have them in our lives! Thankfully they put up with us for a couple days, and we were able to visit with them and their 4 beautiful children.

Here's Michael with Henry (left) and our godson Luke! Luke is 8 mo, Henry is 4 (in this pic) and they are the same size, teehee! Yes my best friend makes teeny babies and I make huge ones ;)

The big kids all had SUCH a great time together being silly and just playing and playing!

Leah, Lydia, Josiah, Megan

Who knew so much love and so many miracles could grow out of our two families?? When we first met it was just their oldest Leah, and Josiah and they were just 2 months old....

Now look how we've grown! :)

Leah with Luke, Lydia, Josiah with Henry, Megan, Benjamin, Peter

The one time they all settled down a bit, thanks Backyardigans! ;)

Megan (our goddaughter) and Lydia, having some lunch and some girl time! ;)

Field Trip! Walters Art Museum

Also in October we had a field trip to the Walters Art Museum, where Josiah took a class called "Art Detectives!" He learned SO much and came out talking about museum conservators. I was so proud of him and I'm glad we all had a good time. Daddy was able to meet us there mid-day and then spend the rest of the day with us, which was just icing on the cake.

I can't remember the older child's name, but Henry was charming these fellow homeschool boys who came to visit him. They were making him smile and then one little boy said, "He has the best smile ever! I love how his eyes get all squinty!" haha. Adorable :)

We ran into our friends Matthew and MaryAnne which was also a pleasant surprise! (brown shirt and rainbow jacket) Josiah and Lydia (white shirt with flowers) were building with blocks before his class began.

Josiah built this fantastic castle/garden/fortress thing.... Definitely could be an architect one day, right? ;)

I got a quick shot of Josiah's class (he's in the back you can't really see him!) before they went off to explore and learn.

Daddy with all the kiddos in the "Knight" room!

cool insect display- beautiful butterflies!

Short but Sweet! Soccer Season 2012

Josiah played soccer again this year, he was on the purple team. But since he broke his ankle after the first couple practices, he wasn't able to make most of the practices or games this season. He is finally all healed up and he was able to play goalie for the last 2 games of the season. He loved it and did a great job!

Warming up before the 1st of his 2 games left in the season.

got it!

Grandpa and Ben- his cheerleaders in the FREEEZING cold! haha

Josiah in action!

Way to go my goalie!

Backtrack- Halloween 2012

Now that I have a new computer (after my laptop died) and I found my camera, I can finally post updates and photos about everything else going on around here!

Here are some pictures of our cutie pies on Halloween. I told them "go into your dress-up bin and see what you can find to dress up for Halloween." genius! easy and they were happy as can be. They also got lots of candy and Mommy cheated way too much on her diet. ;) Fun times all around.