we're here...

well, we've been in michigan for a couple days now and what a blessing it is! we were able to go to church and REALLY be fed the word of God. we also had a party to see everyone here in michigan and let them see the kids. we had a lot of people come and it was a busy fun filled night. thank you to all of you who came and spent the evening with us. we had sooooo much fun seeing all of you. oma and opa have had a wonderful time with the kids and great oma has been spoiling them too. greatgrandpa was surprised how big his little man has gotten and is pretty proud of his great granddaughter. what a wonderful time we're having. my little cousins are really enjoying the kids and jacob enjoys entertaining them too. of course, he loves to be the center of attention. ;)

michigan or bust!

well, we leave tomorrow for thanksgiving in michigan... PRAISE THE LORD!! i've wanted soooooo badly to see my family and friends back home for such a long while, this will be good for me i think. you don't realize how much you appreciate your family and friends and church until you leave it and then you realize what you're missing. i can't wait to really praise the Lord with our church family there. jayden will be dedicated and we will celebrate thanksgiving, Christmas, my dad's birthday and jacob's birthday. we will also be getting pictures taken and partying some more. it will be a busy but fun filled week with family and friends. jacob was helping feed the baby the other day and decided to feed "his baby" so i took a picture and here's also a couple other cute pictures i thought i'd send on as well... hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving and just remember all the things we have to be thankful for.

sooooo sorry!

i'm soooo sorry it's been so long since i last blogged! i've been extremely busy with the kids, work and training a new lady at work. i did finally get someone hired to help me in the office and with the kids. she has been a blessing in that she is willing to help me with the kids too, without complaint, and also has been cleaning and helping with the things that haven't been done in a long time... like cleaning the nasty bathrooms, washing the windows and mirrors, and sorting through things.

the kids are growing like weeds and doing well. part of my busy-ness was that i had to take jayden to the hospital for a day and do lots of things with her. she was a sick little girl, but we believe it was just a viral thing now. she also had to have a ct scan of her skull, because i found a large lump on the back of her head, but the results from that came back normal. we are just praying that they stay that way. the dr. will continue to monitor that as we go in for check-ups.

the kids got their pictures taken recently and they turned out really cute! but then again i am a little biased. ;)

saturday's garage sale

saturday we spent most of the day at grammy and grandpa's house helping with the garage sale, watching the football game and painting. jacob helped with the garage sale, daddy and jayden watched the game and mommy painted. it was a LONG day! jacob had lots of fun helping out and finding treasures. one of those treasures was a "microphone" a.k.a. an old lamp and a "guitar" a.k.a. a rod of steel. enjoy the video... he was imitating uncle perry...

jayden's 2 months

it's hard to believe that our baby is already 2 months old. she is growing into such a big girl. she sleeps pretty well in the night, but doesn't like to nap much during the day unless you feed her LOTS, and boy, can she eat! she likes to smile and make us laugh. her big brother likes to kiss her and she's been kissing him back by licking him. yuck! he just thinks it's love and keeps kissing her. how sweet the love of a newborn!

yum!

jacob is going thru a little fun phase of eating his grammy's food. yesterday she looked down and only had half of her half a sandwich. jacob had taken the top piece of bread and the tomato off her sandwich and he was eating it. then today she went back to get some soup off the stove top and when she came back he was eating her chunk of cheese. straight off the chunk too, he didn't want to wait for anyone to come and cut it.

4 years

four years ago today i married my sweetheart and we started on this venture as man and wife. how exciting! each day gets better and better and i fall more and more in love. i am so blessed to have that one in a lifetime love. as i look back and recall that day it's so fun to remember all the happy memories and silly ones too. we are sooooooooo happy and excited for the many years to come.