Sweet Girl, Simple Evening

Olivia loves to climb up our stairs. She stayed on the bottom step for a long time this evening and was very proud of herself.

She was gaining confidence and thought she would try stepping down. She's not ready for that just yet. :)

Josiah has lots of fun playing with Olivia. He likes that he is a big brother to somebody.

We were blowing on her face and she was laughing so hard.

Always a tongue out...

These are Josiah's socks. I can't believe how long they are on her...they don't even come up to Josiah's calves. Liv likes to wear socks and shoes. She will stick her feet out for me to put them on her. My boys hated things on their feet.

Ah...wrestling...boys!

Olivia working hard to get off the socks...

Josiah working hard to get off the same socks, ha!

Jaybo

Emily tagged me with a challenge to list Jay's favorite things. There are quite a few, so let's get started!!

Me! And I think that Olivia is in a pretty close second!!

Our kids

Music...and I had to make sure to put MY favorite instrument in the picture. :)




Waffle Day...Jay makes waffles every Friday morning after he gets home from the YMCA. We like Waffle Day, too!



Early mornings...poor Jay, he married a night owl. Oh, and this picture looks like it could have been taken a couple of miles away from us (not literally...I mean, yes, it does look like this a couple of miles away, I just don't think that this actual photo was taken here). It's crazy to think that we live near water!!

Good friends. I'm amazed at how well he keeps up with the guys that he grew up with. It's lots of fun to listen to them interacting.




His computer.

School/Learning...and another great friend.

Church

And two of his favorites that you can find him taking part of often...books and coffee.


I love learning about Jay. He's great at everything he does and has the best heart of anyone I know. I love you, Jay! Thanks for making me your #1 favorite thing. :)

Another Tooth Fairy Night (Post #2)

Isaac was having a hard time pulling this tooth. It has been hanging in his mouth for days. Tonight, Jay told him that if he pulled it out, we would all jump up and down and clap for him (he LOVES to be praised). I also told him that he had 2 more minutes to get it out before I pulled it. That did the trick, ha ha!




Jay doing the tooth dance.

Josiah doing the tooth dance. He was just as excited as Isaac. After Isaac pulled the tooth, he was ready to jump right in bed so that the Tooth Fairy could get here, pronto!!

What a happy guy after all of that hard work.

Two excited boys about a lost tooth!!

Another Tooth Fairy Night

Isaac's such a brave guy! He pulled his second tooth and is trying so hard to fall asleep upstairs so that the Tooth Fairy can come. I sure hope he's not tired tomorrow. :)
Again, I will have to post 2 blogs to get all of the great pictures in.

Post #4

Attempt # 1

Attempt # 2

Third time's a charm.

Zach, I was nice and put the best picture of you up...I sacrificed.
I am so proud of you, Zach, and all of the band. Not because your band sounds great (which you do!!!), but because you all have great hearts and really love God and people. I admire you and am so thankful that I have you as a brother...and that you weren't a girl. :)

AND....on a side note!!! WE SOLD OUR HOUSE!!!! I AM SO THANKFUL!!!

Post #3

This is my attempt of taking a picture of the band while holding a 14 month old and standing on a chair. :)

Josiah was mesmerized.

Isaac sang every word to the songs. He's wearing an ARLT shirt...he and Josiah are both sleeping in their shirts tonight.

Jay is also a big fan. :)