what we did this weekend...

30+ bags

my dream house has only one tree.

the first time in years that we've done the WHOLE yard this early... hoo-ya!

Yay, another cousin!!!!

Will and Emily are expecting a GIRL (in purple) in April.  

Doesn't Emily look awesome!!  

Love a pregnant belly!  

How fun to have 3 girl cousins in a row... 

Paw is beside himself at the thought of 3 sweet squishy girls.

WE ARE SO EXCITED!

Winter Boredom

with the combo of 2 days activity free b/c of a fever and the time change,

we are punchy and a little lot crazy

our feelings 3 days after the end of DST & the darkness that comes with it...

blah.

just glad Mike is home 

the witching hour is once again upon us from 5-6pm with the darkness that began this week

She Won!

 We are so proud!

We are so impressed with her... but not surprised... She is such a hard worker, brilliant, GENEROUS, thoughtful, kind... the list could go on and on!  And... best of all, she loves and spoils us!  We are blessed.  We love you, Nese, and are SO proud of and encouraged by the way you have and will serve your community on the board of supervisors!  Way to Go!

Baby Holding

I got to hold his sweet man all morning at church!  Made my day!

(and I almost made it thru without shedding a tear)

our newest best bud, Isaac Thomas

born 9.27.11 to our besties, the Andrews family

love.

Makin' Mud

My Truck is Stuck is one of Peter's favorite books.  Goo and Pop introduced him to it early on and it's remained a favorite over the years... Now Lily even talks about it.  So Mike relayed this hilarious story to me from this morning...


He and the kids are in the family room.  He's on the computer and Peter is playing with some of his cars in the floor.  He hears Peter spitting repeatedly and looks over to see that he's spitting/drooling on the floor.  Mike says to Peter, "What are you doing?!".  Peter says "I'm doing it so the cars can get stuck in mud."  Mike's chest swelled with pride.  :)


ps- Didn't Mike fancy up the blog so nicely for me?!  I love it!

Wednesday Traditions

This fall, we've been taking Peter to speech each Wed afternoon

 Then going to the park

{see-saw}

 

{slide} 

 {climbing}

 

 {spinning}

 {and falling in the creek}

 ...after this week, I think it will officially be too dark to go after speech.  :(