school days

Here's Ethan on his first day of Pre-school this year. He was really excited and we look forward to a great year for him.

Here he is at The Cupcakery on his actual birthday---YUM! We enjoyed a fun afternoon with Mi-mi and the boys.

Ethan turns 5!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

We had a really fun celebration yesterday for Ethan's 5th birthday (although he really isn't 5 until the 19th). It was complete with all a little boy could ask for-fun games in a great gym, friends and enough sugar to last for weeks. It was a real treat to have ALL his grandparents there too. I think he may now own evey Indiana Jones toy possible-it was too funny. He lined everything up on his dresser last night to "watch him sleep"---it was like an batallion...I assured him he would be safe sleeping. Getting to church this morning and leaving everything behind was quite a sad scene. Here are a few pictures to share the fun.

Boys Being Boys

Here are a few shots of my guys- Ethan at the park and Andrew jumping off the chair (after counting 1,2,3...go). I gave up the battle of no jumping on the den furniture----I guess it will be going to our next basement. Boys being boys.

Bringing the trials

A dear friend of mine (who will remain nameless) and I recently had a phone conversation in which we were recounting the various "trials" that we have been faced with in the past months and agreed to pray for one another that we would ask God to "continue bringing them" until we learned the lesson we were supposed to learn. (Admitting that we were often grumbling and not receiving them in the spirit that we should.)

This post is a testimony to the reality of the power of prayer.

Needless to say I've had one of the worst random health years I can remember. Kids came down with fevers on Sunday---today I literally was maybe on my feet for a total of three hours---and yes, I do have 2 kids at home.

Conclusion: Walgreen's clinic says I have "one of the worst cases of step she's seen in quite some time" with a nice dose of ear infection on the side-just for kicks! It really has brought back a sense of nostalgia as I haven't been stricken with either in at least 15+ years. Bring on the antibiotics for the 3rd time in 3 months!

But seriously, it really is in times of "trial" that we can trust that God has a purpose for all things and cares for us more than we can imagine -not to mention, my sweet family has been awesome.

I will try and let this one pass with a better attitude and heart of thankfulness.

Moses for President

This is too good not to share. John McCain finally hired a media team with a sense of humor. Our favorite line: "this is the moment that the oceans slowed their rise, and the earth began to heal". Laugh. Out. Loud.

Only Romney could have done that.