You know those times when you catch something so cute...and you wish you just had a camera permanently attached to your hand because you know it will be over before you get the camera? Well I've had a couple of those lately. Last night it was awful quiet so I walked into the living room to check things out. Brad and Jake were cuddled up on the living room floor watching "Finding Nemo." It was precious. Then tonight when we got home Lijiah went running up the stairs yelling "Dad, help me with my homework please!!" So Brad and Lij sat at the kitchen table learning all there was to learn about Kindergarten homework.
I am continually surprised at how much Lij is learning in school. He is getting to be such a good reader. It's awesome. He loves going to school. Hopefully that attitude continues through college. Lijiah always tells me "guess what?" I say "what?" He says "I love you." It's just plain precious. He is such a sweet and smart boy. I am convinced everyday that he saved me from myself all those years ago. I shudder to think what my life would be like without him.
Jacob is such a charmer. He has a smile that could melt a heart of steel. He loves to cuddle and he loves to wrestle. He is learning so much at "school." It's actually daycare, but he calls it school. And whatever makes him happy to be there in the morning is what makes me happy.
I love my little guys. I'm greatful every day that I have them in my life.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
My Ninja Sister-in-Law
So I've been battling with the blogging thing. Trying to make it format like I want to. Today I gave up and let Jamie fix it for me. And she is a NINJA!!!! She made it look just like I wanted it. Thanks Jamie!!!!
Monday, December 21, 2009
ARG!
This blogging business is going to drive me insane. I just want my pictures to be not HUGE!!!!! But anyway. I wanted to share some of the family pictures we had done a couple weekends ago.
Steph took about 80 pictures. There were 23 that were usable. Oh well, at least we got some.
Steph took about 80 pictures. There were 23 that were usable. Oh well, at least we got some.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Good vs. Evil
Lijiah and Jake have picked their Halloween costumes. Lijiah was being red Spiderman and Jake is being black Spiderman (Venom). We got the costumes home and tried them on. Then the battle ensued. There was all variety of jumping, running, and punching. In the end the "good" big brother let the "evil" little brother win.
I made Lijiah take off his costume so we could trade it for a bigger size. When we got back to the store however he decided he wanted to be Ironman. So I'm glad I got the pics when I did.
I made Lijiah take off his costume so we could trade it for a bigger size. When we got back to the store however he decided he wanted to be Ironman. So I'm glad I got the pics when I did.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Jake's Birthday
Jake turned 3 yesterday (Oct 17th). It makes me feel awful old for my baby to be not a baby anymore. He had a good party. We had two sets of grandparents, several aunts and uncles, some cousins, and a couple friends. It was a good time. Jake helped make and decorate his own cake. Which he thought was pretty cool.
When it came to cake and ice cream time Jake was hiding in the corner during the singing. Then he was just wandering and crying and not sure what to do. I took him to his room and tried to calm him down. I asked him "Is there just a lot of noise and confusion? Are you a little bit overwhelmed?" I'm not entirely sure if he new what I was asking (overwhelmed might be a big word for a 3 year old) but Jake threw his head back and wailed "Yes! They're all looking at me!!!" The poor little guy. He was just embarrassed to have everyone concentrating on him. Everyone was in his face, wishing happy birthday and such and he just couldn't take it anymore. So Jake, Jordan, and I stayed in the bedroom for a couple minutes to let Jake kind of reset. Then he was off to eat some cake and ice cream and play with all his new toys.
He was so funny with his new toys. He wanted so badly to play with all of them at the same time. So instead he played with each toy for about 2 minutes. Then move on to the next. He'd just go from one to the other. I think this morning his favorites have ended up being the Gator Golf (thanks Gma and Gpa Hall), the Ironman car (thanks Dad-Brad), and the Croc Crusher race track (thanks Gma and Gpa Buys). He has also had to go to bed with all his new cars for the last two nights (thanks everyone who brought cars). Last night the firetruck was very popular (thanks Jar and Jamie) and the footballs. I can't wait until the present from Jason and Monika gets here. It's a Dolphins football uniform complete with helmet. All except for the Dolphins part I think it's gonna be awesome. But why couldn't it have been the Broncos!?!?!?!?
Anyway it was a good party. The boys stayed up until about 11 playing with all the new fabulous stuff...and since I was only up until about midnight it actually felt like I got to sleep in when then didn't come jumping on me until 9:30.
Happy Birthday Jakie!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Labor Day Weekend
I'll have to add pictures later...I'm at work...wasting time...and my pictures are on the computer at home. So the pictures will come later, but I'll fill in some details now.
Over Labor Day weekend the boys, Brad, and I went up to Manila with Brad's sister, Brooke, and her family. Okay there were lots of us up there. Brian (Brad's bro-in-law) has a cabin, and two of Brian's siblings have cabins just yards away. Staying in our cabin were Brad, the boys, and I, and Brooke, Brian and their girls. Jason and Monika (Brad's other sister) and their 4 boys came up and stayed in a neighboring cabin, along with Shanell (Brooke's friend) and her two girls. Oh yeah...and we had 6 dogs.
We had lots of fun. There was a parade on Saturday morning. They just shut down the highway and have a good old time. I was impressed. There was a fly-by, a motorcycle gang, candy throwing, Smokey the Bear, and lots of horses. Saturday night they do a boat parade out on the Gorge and fireworks. In usual fashion, Jake was not impressed with the fireworks. And like always, he fell asleep in my lap during the fireworks. Everyone else enjoyed it. Hiking to and from the firework watching spot was a little sketchy in the dark...but everyone made it with no real injury.
I was also VERY grateful for some good lookin' out on Brian and MacKenzie's part Saturday afternoon. Jake, Lij, and Kenz were playing in the weeds near the irrigation ditch trying to find critters and bugs and stuff. Brian was near by doing some yard work. Let me preface this with...when the ditch is FULL in the spring we don't let the kids anywhere near it...however, now the irrigation season is over there is not a lot of water in the ditch. I suppose you can guess what happened. Lijiah got a little too close to the edge and fell in the ditch. He screamed and cried and MacKenzie yelled for her dad and then ran for me. Brian had Lij out of the ditch and 1/2 way back to the house when I got outside. (I was taking a nap.) Lij was soaked up to his armpits. Brian said he was sitting in the water...so it was not even quite waist deep on Lij...still enough for a disaster...but thanks to the careful watching of Kenzie tragedy was avoided.
We got Lijiah stripped down and in a warm shower, put in his cozy jammies and watching a movie. He was fine. Jake, on the other hand, was still crying, "my brother, my brother." He was VERY upset that his brother had a mishap. He cried for a good 10 minutes after Lij was out and dry and in bed watching a movie. That brotherly bond is strong. The kids learned quick though...no one went near the weeds after Lij fell in. They all stayed well away from the ditch bank.
Jake didn't have anything near as dramatic as falling in a ditch. But he did get a whopper of a sliver in the bottom of his foot. It was about an inch long. It took Trey, Me, and Jorge to hold him down while Monika dug the sliver. We put some ointment and a band-aid on to try to protect the gaping hole in his heel, and wouldn't ya know...the stinker was out running around barefoot again in no time flat. I've kept an eye on it and I don't see any signs of infection, so I guess he's no worse for the wear...so far.
Monday Brad, the boys, and I drove down and took the dam tour. Brad had never been to the dam, and I hadn't been on the tour in years. It was a fun little outing. The kids especially loved feeding the fish at the bottom. They also wanted to play in the water. But since I didn't have life jackets, swimming suits, or dry things for anyone to put on we stayed out of the water.
It was a nice restful weekend. I just love going up to the Gorge. The peace and quiet (kind of, nothing is ever really peaceful and quiet with that many kids and dogs around), the beauty of nature, and good friends and family. It was a delightful weekend. Thanks to Brookie and Bri-guy for the invite.
Over Labor Day weekend the boys, Brad, and I went up to Manila with Brad's sister, Brooke, and her family. Okay there were lots of us up there. Brian (Brad's bro-in-law) has a cabin, and two of Brian's siblings have cabins just yards away. Staying in our cabin were Brad, the boys, and I, and Brooke, Brian and their girls. Jason and Monika (Brad's other sister) and their 4 boys came up and stayed in a neighboring cabin, along with Shanell (Brooke's friend) and her two girls. Oh yeah...and we had 6 dogs.
We had lots of fun. There was a parade on Saturday morning. They just shut down the highway and have a good old time. I was impressed. There was a fly-by, a motorcycle gang, candy throwing, Smokey the Bear, and lots of horses. Saturday night they do a boat parade out on the Gorge and fireworks. In usual fashion, Jake was not impressed with the fireworks. And like always, he fell asleep in my lap during the fireworks. Everyone else enjoyed it. Hiking to and from the firework watching spot was a little sketchy in the dark...but everyone made it with no real injury.
I was also VERY grateful for some good lookin' out on Brian and MacKenzie's part Saturday afternoon. Jake, Lij, and Kenz were playing in the weeds near the irrigation ditch trying to find critters and bugs and stuff. Brian was near by doing some yard work. Let me preface this with...when the ditch is FULL in the spring we don't let the kids anywhere near it...however, now the irrigation season is over there is not a lot of water in the ditch. I suppose you can guess what happened. Lijiah got a little too close to the edge and fell in the ditch. He screamed and cried and MacKenzie yelled for her dad and then ran for me. Brian had Lij out of the ditch and 1/2 way back to the house when I got outside. (I was taking a nap.) Lij was soaked up to his armpits. Brian said he was sitting in the water...so it was not even quite waist deep on Lij...still enough for a disaster...but thanks to the careful watching of Kenzie tragedy was avoided.
We got Lijiah stripped down and in a warm shower, put in his cozy jammies and watching a movie. He was fine. Jake, on the other hand, was still crying, "my brother, my brother." He was VERY upset that his brother had a mishap. He cried for a good 10 minutes after Lij was out and dry and in bed watching a movie. That brotherly bond is strong. The kids learned quick though...no one went near the weeds after Lij fell in. They all stayed well away from the ditch bank.
Jake didn't have anything near as dramatic as falling in a ditch. But he did get a whopper of a sliver in the bottom of his foot. It was about an inch long. It took Trey, Me, and Jorge to hold him down while Monika dug the sliver. We put some ointment and a band-aid on to try to protect the gaping hole in his heel, and wouldn't ya know...the stinker was out running around barefoot again in no time flat. I've kept an eye on it and I don't see any signs of infection, so I guess he's no worse for the wear...so far.
Monday Brad, the boys, and I drove down and took the dam tour. Brad had never been to the dam, and I hadn't been on the tour in years. It was a fun little outing. The kids especially loved feeding the fish at the bottom. They also wanted to play in the water. But since I didn't have life jackets, swimming suits, or dry things for anyone to put on we stayed out of the water.
It was a nice restful weekend. I just love going up to the Gorge. The peace and quiet (kind of, nothing is ever really peaceful and quiet with that many kids and dogs around), the beauty of nature, and good friends and family. It was a delightful weekend. Thanks to Brookie and Bri-guy for the invite.
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