One Sweet Day!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

We wish you were here because we have a lot of cookies to eat! Since we've all been sick we didn't make our traditional valentine cookies so Grandpa Ron "ordered" cookies from cousin Tom. There will be plenty to go around.

In honor of the day, I wanted to share with you one of our sweeter days when we did make cookies. David's college class schedule is thinner this semester so we've enjoyed our Daddy time. These pictures are from a day when we just decided to bake. The kids had a blast!

I think we can all agree...

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE!

Joshua's Jobs

Being the baby of the family is hard work! These seem to be some of Joshua's favorite jobs, in no particular order!

1. ZACHARY'S BROTHER!
2. FOOD QUALITY CONTROL!
3. LAUNDRY MANAGEMENT!

4. HOUSEKEEPING! A definite favorite!

5. ACTING CUTE! Mom's favorite!

Afterall... A BABY'S GOTTA DO, WHAT A BABY'S GOTTA DO!!! It's just his job!

Simple Reminders

Occasionally something crosses my life-path that reminds me to take note of God's creations. When called to recollection a little something inside of me swells with gratitude for a kind and loving eternal father who blesses me with all the things that bring me true joy. One such occasion manifested itself to me in the form of FROST...

I'm not the best at picture taking and photos don't do the days of frost justice, but here's a fun one of the bell at the gate to my parent's property. It really was a beautiful morning!

Christmas in February?

So, better late than never. I wanted to post some of our pictures from Christmas because we had such a great day!

Here's Grandpa Ron educating Joshua in the history of the New Testament. He got a new family friendly copy. It's nice because it defines hard words and explains things in simple terms to teach the kids (and grown-ups!)

It was fun to spend time with Jodi while she was on break from college. She is so good to help the kids with anything. And I mean anything! They can talk her into all kinds of mischief!













A fun picture of Zachary patiently waiting his turn. He is a very insightful kid. At breakfast Christmas morning, after all the hoopla of seeing what Santa brought, Zachary looked gloomy and we asked him what the problem was. He said, "I was so excited, now it's all over!" We never know just what he'll say next!

Here's Joshua coming down the track astride his new inch-worm. He is always such a happy kid!

Did you know that divas aren't made, they are born? Macey was too, too cute waiting on our bed for her chance to race down the hall with everyone Christmas morning. She is sporting her "I Love Santa" shirt from Grandma Jana!