Yard Work

I think that this is one of my favorite days of the year. When all of our family is out in the front yard digging in the dirt, we light up.

Before

After

Olivia discovered a sprinkler for the first time. She kept thinking that it was raining outside.

Oh they joy!

I love this freckled girl.

It's Here Again!

Football!!

It's going to be a fun season.

Olivia on the sidelines with baby Lindsey.

This was my baby doll when I was a little girl.

Isaac played flag football with the YMCA sports last year. This year we are trying out a new league and love it. A major bonus is the fact that practice is at the park. So Olivia and Josiah have something to keep them entertained!

Posing

Isaac and I did a little photo shoot together with our new hair cuts.

I had a friend cut my hair and I'm loving it. It's the shortest cut I've had since Isaac was a newborn.

Hmmm...

I love this kid!

Tumbling Around

Josiah has been begging us to sign him up for gymnastics for a long time. We signed him up for a trial period (5 weeks). It's a good thing, because as I'm sitting here writing this post, he's begging me (again with the begging) to not make him go back. I think that if we would have gone with the local mom and pop gym, he would have liked it. My middle child is a homebody.

Leprechaun Traps

Isaac's class made leprechaun traps for St. Patrick's Day. We thought it was a fun idea, so Josiah and Olivia made one for home. Ours looked a little more homemade than the one we made for Isaac. But Josiah and Olivia were very proud of it.

The leprechaun climbed up the fire truck ladder to try and reach the shiny silver (we didn't have any gold on hand, so silver foil had to do). He fell into the trap that we had set up.

But he escaped, leaving a trail of foil pieces.

Since he thought we were pretty clever, he left each kid a pack of gum behind.

Isaac and his class had Kite Day.

Jays said that Isaac ran and ran, only to take a water break here and there.

Isaac wanted "JUST Dad." to come to this special day.

Here is the trap we made with Isaac. The leprechaun climbed up the ladder, but fell through the top of the hat because it was made of felt. He didn't stay trapped, but left gold coins behind for all of the class.

Catch Up

I've been so bogged down with adoption stuff and church directory stuff that I haven't posted many pictures lately. So here are a few of the last couple of weeks.

They are slightly out of order, but you'll get the idea.

While I worked on church directory photos, Josiah and Olivia stayed entertained for 2 1/2 hours! And guess what they made? A trap.

What a mess. It only took about 10 minutes to clean up with my help. Worth it.

And guess what they trapped?

He seemed pretty content under there.

He used to not cuddle. I'm so glad that he does now.

The boys wanted me to take this picture so that they could be published in the Lego magazine. Maybe I should send it in...

This is my tag along. Everywhere I have to go, he has to go. He's a trooper.

Isaac, the fisherman. I think he almost caught a few heads of adults around him instead of fish.

Olivia and her sweet friend.

I watched on, in fear of alligators lurking under them.

Josiah and Isaac had a blast digging for crabs.

Yes, I let Olivia go like this to the grocery store.

A Day To Celebrate

On Friday, we celebrated for two reasons.

1. Jay's 31st birthday

2. Our dossier for adoption was mailed off

Jay's favorite, lemon poppy seed muffins for breakfast.

I love how kids think that adults need big birthday parties. We had to have candles for breakfast so that Isaac could celebrate with us before school.

On our way to mail off the dossier.

That little folder does not come close to showing all of the love and work poured out the last 2 months.

Oh how we HOPE that our Hadassah is closer than it all appears.

Happy Birthday, Jay! What a great way to celebrate.

We ended our night with some good friends.

We went to eat some yumo food and then headed to a Derek Webb concert.

What a fun, fun night!!

Happy Birthday, Jay! You are so loved.