3rd Night with the Boys!

Last night, we went to church, came home, and got the boy's ready for bed. We put Jeremiah and Samuel down and then let Matthew stay up with us for a little bit. He asked if he could watch a show and I said, "well there is nothing good on except cooking." He said, " ok, that's ok." So Matthew, Jake, and I watched the food network channel for awhile. After the show was over we told Matthew it was time for bed. He requested to lay on the couch and because he was missing mom and dad we honored that request. It wasn't about two minutes since he was laying on the couch and he was out. It was so sweet to see him all cuddled up on the couch!
Check back later to see what fun we have in store for tonight!

2nd Night with the Boys!

So, today we did not end up going to the library. I thought it may be a little tough with two babies. Instead we went swimming! Matthew sure loves going under water and Samuel likes to lounge around in his baby floaty.



As soon as Jake got home we got the idea to make a fun night by letting Matthew chose where he wanted to go for dinner which was of course McDonald's. I guess Jeremiah must have been the only one who was excited to go!

We then went to Walmart to stock up on some prizes for the night that was ahead of us. When we got home we decided to send Matthew on a treasure hunt. Jake made this awesome map:

which sent him around the house finding his "treasure." Below is Matthew with all of the treasure that he found.

After the treasure hunt was over we had some prizes left over so we played bible trivia to help get rid of the left over prizes. It was a fun night!
I must say though the funnest part of the night was watching Jake and Matthew play with this toy called, "flarp" (a putty looking substance that you push into a cup to make toot noises). Oh my goodness they were laughing so hard trying to make the best tooting noises. Then they got out the other toy they had bought which were giant sticky hands. They choose to start smacking each other with them. I tell you what, they are true boys and I absolutely loved watching them laugh uncontrollably at each other!

The First Night with the Boys!

Tonight as I said before was Jake's softball game. While Matthew sat so nicely watching the game, Samuel played with Ethan and Jeremiah sat on his aunt Cortney's lap! When we got home we immediately threw all three boys in the bathtub to get them ready for bed and wash all the dirt off from playing at the ball field. After the bath the boys had a little fun as you can see from the pictures below...



Jeremiah eating the water bottle after getting out of the bathtub!

Samuel and Jeremiah having their snack before bed!

All three sweet boys loving on each other just like they always do!

Too bad you weren't here to see us trying to make them pose for this one! With kids you only have 2 seconds to get them together and snap the picture if you don't take the picture in that time frame it is to late. Just an FYI!
Check back tomorrow to see what fun we have planned!

Big Week

This week is a very busy week for us. We are watching our nephews as Jake said on his blog jacobandrew.blogspot.com. We hope to do something fun with Matthew and Samuel every day. Tonight, we are going to Jake's softball game. I am thinking about bringing the boys to the library tomorrow to pick out a few books. We will see what else we can come up with that will be fun. The daycare is also opening in just less than three weeks! Very exciting but lots to do!! This week will be a fun, productive week!

Watermelon Boy

Last night we went out to our garden to pick our watermelons! Here they are with Jeremiah who did not know what to do with these big green things in front of him except hit them like they were drums! He had a great time! He sure did have fun with the watermelons!

Birdie

Jeremiah is getting more of his hair in everyday! The back of it tends to stick straight up. This picture is the very reason we call him birdie because his hair is laid out like a little birdie! What a lil cutie pie! The green thing in his mouth is a nummy green bean from Nate and Evan's beautiful garden!

Happy Birthday Jakey!

Today is my Jake's 24th birthday! He is the best husband and best father that anyone could ever ask for! I love him so much and all of the the memories we have created and will create. Jake, thank you for all that you do! I am excited to celebrate your birthday with you!
I remember last year we went golfing twice for his birthday and at the second course it started to down poor but we stuck it out and finished golfing. We also went through massive puddles with the golf cart! This past year has been incredible! I look forward to spending many more birthdays with you!

Our Trip to MN

Well, we got back from MN on Monday morning at about 1:30am. It was a long haul with a baby who is getting two teeth at the same time. We had a great time in Minnesota. Jeremiah and I visited lots of family and friends, did some shopping, and went to the Como zoo. Jake went fishing with his buddies as you can see on his blog jacobandrew.blogspot.com. It was nice to see all of our family and friends but we did miss home and it is nice to be back!

A Day at the Zoo

We went to the zoo awhile back with our family here in Arkansas and I am just now putting some pictures up! I hope you enjoy!

Bubbles

We gave Jeremiah his first big boy bubble bath the other day! He loved it! He loved to splash around in the bubbles and try to find his rubber ducky! He also gave himself a bubble beard. I wish we would have taken a picture of that. When it was time to get out he didn't not want to. I guess he is really starting to enjoy his bath time! What a little blessing he is!

Thank You Pastors

Jake and I just got home from a fun filled night. Prayer, Go Kids meeting, Announcement guys, and chatting with Nate and Evan for a bit! On the way home we were just talking and thanking God for all the things he has done for us! One of those things was awesome pastors! I mean our pastors are so cool! We are so blessed to be able to sit under them! We learn so much from them and because of them we are able to walk in the new insight and revelation that we receive from God. We are so blessed to be hearing the word from them. Faith comes by hearing and when we hear the word taught by our pastors our faith grows every time. So thank you pastors for continually being led by God! We love you!

Testimony Time

God is so good! We have recently paid off our car because God provided the finances! Now, our car feels so good to drive because we actually own it. Then, last night we went to look at a Jeep Grand Cherokee because we really need a second car and my wonderful husband wanted something that can tow things. Anyways, we really liked this jeep. It was super clean and in really good condition. The man is getting married in a week and so he really needed to sell it by the end of this week. So we started the negotiation 1,000 dollars lower than his asking price just to see if he would drop and he dropped 800 dollars below his asking price!! AAAHHH, God is SO GOOD!! So now we have one car completely paid off and a second vehicle that will be paid off relatively soon! God's goodness just makes be want to shout super loud!

Curious Little Man

Last weekend we were printing off different things for Go Kids Academy at our awesome church. Jake and I look over at Jeremiah and he is pulling thing after thing out of the diaper bag! This little guy was in search of something and I am still not quite sure if he ever found it!

83 degree day

It was a hot one outside today! Matthew decided that he wanted to run through the sprinkler so I put sun screen on all the kids and my lovely t-shirts since, the boys did not have their swimsuits!

Samuel and Jeremiah decided that they weren't to sure about this whole running through water thing so they played it safe by sitting in the wagon playing with their toys.

Eventually, Matthew wanted Samuel to give it a try so he grabbed Samuel's hand and took him to try out the sprinkler. He didn't like it very much but overall it was a fun time!

Cousin Love

Today as I was watching the boys I happened to see Samuel leaning in to give Jeremiah a big kiss. I quick got my camera and snapped a picture. As soon as I put the camera down Samuel leaned in again and Jeremiah gave him a big slobbery kiss. Those two boys sure love each other! Samuel is constantly giving Jeremiah hugs and Jeremiah gives Samuel lots of smiles!