Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Here and there...

This post is gonna be totally random. I've been taking pictures throughout the last week or so, and I just wanted them off my camera. So here we are...

For Father's Day, Mike told me he just wanted the downstairs play/media room re-organized, so that's what we did. We went through all the kids toys and put them in their neatly labeled bins. A little over a year ago, we went through all the playroom toys and sent about 5 trash bags full of toys to the Salvation Army. To keep the toys we wanted organized, I made bins with pictures on the front of the toys that went in them (Barbies, My little Pony, dolls, dress-up, etc.) Mike installed a projector, complete with surround sound down there, and he wanted it to be more of a media room than a play room, so we went through all the toys and cleaned up really well down there. He even helped...what an awesome guy! So here are the pics from our fresh new play...er, media room.








Here's some of my sweet baby boy. Poor little sick, teething, runny nosed, watery eyed baby boy.





In literally every single room of my home, I can always be sure to find at least one of these babies on the floor.
Elijah is obsessed.with.CARS!!!!!


And here are the girls with their plants. Laney made hers at Paradise Park on a field trip and Chloe made hers at MOPS. They grew really well, I was just tired of looking at them, so I made them take a picture with them, then threw them out!


Monday, June 9, 2008

On the move

I now have...drumroll please...4 mobile children!! *gulp* Isaac started getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth last week. He's now into EVERYTHING! He isn't exactly crawling yet (almost!), but he lunges forward and rolls to get whatever he wants. Mike's younger sister walked...yes, walked when she was 7 months old, so at least we're not there yet. I told Mike that if he started walking, I would do everything in my power to get him not to. :) I'm pretty confident that he won't be as energetic as Elijah...thank goodness! Here's a few pics of him on his hands and knees.













My little angel boy! :)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Playing at the park

My neice Bailey
My nephew Dustin drawing caricatures



Elijah running away from daddy

















My neice's birthday party was last Friday at the park and the kids all had a great time there! I love when they can just run and run and burn off a ton of energy...especially Elijah!! The car ride home from the park is always the best! :)





Mike's birthday is this Thursday and his boss is letting him take a day off, so he chose to take Friday instead so he could have a 3 day weekend. We're planning on taking the kids to the zoo, if the weather permits. The rainstorm we had tonight was frightening!! I had to run a couple of errands this evening and I got completely soaked...even with an umbrella. I was listening to K-Love on the way home (I love that station!!) and the song "You Are Everything" by Matthew West was playing, and I was just amazed at how God can show himself so clearly to us in simple things like thunderstorms. Like it says in the song...He's "standing right in front of us with arms wide open." I just put the song on here. It's so good.


Here are the lyrics to that song:
Matthew West - You Are EverythingFrom the album Something To Say
I'M THE ONE WITH TWO LEFT FEET
STANDING ON A LONELY STREET
I CAN'T EVEN WALK A STRAIGHT LINE
AND EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT ME
I'M SPINNING LIKE AN AUTUMN LEAF
BOUND TO HIT BOTTOM SOMETIME
WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT SOMEONE TO SAVE ME
SOMEONE WHO WON'T LET ME FALL
CHORUS
YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT I LIVE FOR
EVERYTHING THAT I CAN'T BELIEVE IS HAPPENING
YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN ALL I KNOW IS
EVERY DAY IS FILLED WITH HOPE
'CAUSE YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT I BREATHE FOR
AND I CAN'T HELP BUT BREATHE YOU IN, AND BREATHE AGAIN
FEELING ALL THIS LIFE WITHIN
EVERY SINGLE BEAT OF MY HEART
I'M THE ONE WITH BIG MISTAKES
BIG REGRETS AND BIGGER BREAKS
THAN I'D EVER CARE TO ADMIT
BUT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO LOOKS AT ME
AND SEES WHAT I WAS MEANT TO BE
MORE THAN JUST A BEAUTIFUL MESS
WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT SOMEONE TO SAVE ME
SOMEONE WHO WON'T LET ME FALL
CHORUS
BRIDGE
YOU'RE EVERYTHING GOOD IN MY LIFE
EVERYTHING HONEST AND TRUE
AND ALL OF THOSE STARS HANGING UP IN THE SKY
COULD NEVER SHINE BRIGHTER THAN YOU

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