Thursday, June 25, 2009
MJ's loss is a little easier to take after hearing the hope we have here!
Boyce has become the rolling fool
Snodgrass Snippet
Mother Talk Part 2
Friday, June 19, 2009
Things I never thought I'd say (or hear)
K: Did you know my name is Spanish
Me: You are hispanic, of course your name is Spanish
K: I don't speak Spanish
Two down, two to go
Well, Jake has been gone for two weeks now. That is two weeks that I have successfully woken up on time to get my kids up in time to catch the bus. (I'm so thankful that it is now finally summertime) While it is easy to function this way--we still manage to live our daily lives, go places, play sports, go to church--it is just not complete. As I've sat and thought of this, especially around 8:00 at night when everyone is supposed to be going to bed, I've been reminded of my own relationship with Christ. I often find myself "functioning" in life, but not living a complete life. I am a pretty self-sufficient person so it's easy for me to slip into survive mode and do what needs to be done. It takes more effort for me to stop and realize that He is sufficient for all my needs. It seems like that is my fallback when I'm at complete frazzledom (new word!) And yet, I know, that if I rested in his sufficiency that I would be less likely to reach those areas. So, with two weeks left to go, I want to continue to realize my complete inability to do this on my own.
2 Cor. 12:9-10
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefor I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Mother Talk
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The things I never thought I'd say (or hear):
Let's not lick our brother.
Please take your foot out of the toilet.
M: Can we take one of those ferrets over to the island
K: That stuffed animal I got, it says it's homemade in China.
We don't actually eat markers.
For Jake...
and the rest of you, but the first one is to show Jake that Gage finally learned how to wheel his golf bag around! The second one is Gage drawing some pictures for Jake. He keeps saying "D Dad" because we say D is for Dad all the time.
Weekend Update
We had a fun weekend. We went to Olympia on Saturday to a Farmer's Market. We got some yummy fruit and some things to plant in the garden. We then walked along the Port area. It was crazy because you could look down into the water and see crabs, jellyfish (huge ones), sardines, etc. The kids (and I) were pretty amazed at that. We then went for a hike in this park that was basically like a rainforest. It had gigantic leaves and was very lush. It took us a lot longer to do that than we anticipated as Gage wanted to walk a lot and the stroller was kind of hard to get through parts of it. But we all had a good time. The boys came home and took some crazy naps and we played some wii to finish off the day. Sunday we didn't do much, grocery shopping, Sunday School lesson and then went to Seattle to go to church. We stopped at Whole Foods on the way and I bought some fake cheese to try. Haven't done it yet so we'll see. Okay, so on to what you really care about...
Yummy Dairy Free Strawberry Muffins I made from trip to Farmer's Market
Gage enjoyed the strawberries
Yes, it's even on his head!
Hiking in Olympia
Okay so this picture looks like he is really uncomfortable but we totally supporting him from behind! We were just trying to show that Boyce and the leaves were the same size!
The Capitol Building
Boyce "taking a nap"
Friday, June 12, 2009
Our family is officially awkward
Family Pics
We got our family pictures taken before we left Oklahoma by Stacy Lee. She did an amazing job. You can check them out here Thanks Stacy.
Little Boy!
Boyce just turned four months! While we can see that he is definitely growing up he is still a little guy. He is barely 13 lbs and about 24 inches tall (in comparison Gage was 16 lbs, 27 inches at four months). He still looks a lot like his brother but is starting to get his own look too. He is a pretty happy guy and has found the joy of toys! It's so fun to watch him explore and play. Of course Gage wants "Bece" to do everything he does so here a few pics of him playing with letters and riding the horse
Mother Talk
Things I never thought I'd say, but now seem necessary:
Don't pee on Mickey Mouse (these are the characters on the underwear)
No, people have never been able to eat through their ears. (to my 11 yr old!)
There is no way you can have two cakes, eat six pieces and end up with 22 cakes. That is unless you are Jesus. (9 year old math woes)
Pictures are worth a thousand words
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Here's What I learned this week:
Kid's don't hesitate to test their parents as soon as one of them is away. I have already had to conduct numerous "this is not going to fly just because your dad is not here" seminars
Maps on the iphone are not always the most direct route. They do actually get you to where you are going but you will also find out after sitting in traffic for an hour that there usually is a much quicker route
Taking your kids to an exhibit that has about fifty pictures of people, including babies, completely messed up on Meth might actually be a sure-fire way to get them to stay away from the stuff
There truly is such a thing as language explosion. Once this explosion happens you have to be very careful what you might say. This saves you from having the embarrassing experience of your kid yelling "poop" over and over again as you walk through a restaurant.
If you don't give a baby a bottle for several months they have no idea what one is. They will glare at you and wonder what you are trying to choke them with. This will be followed by much screaming and refusal to eat. The Dr. office is not the best place to conduct this experiment.
Growing into such a boy
Monday, June 8, 2009
Gage's vocab has increased tremendously over the last couple of weeks. We are so excited to hear him talk, although he doesn't ever stop! He has started needing time-outs and even rolls his eyes at us sometimes. He still is a super cute and happy guy though. But here are some pics that help you understand Gage a little more. (btw, I do realize that I have more kids than just Gage, he is usually the one around providing entertainment though!)
finding rocks
enjoying some bread and butter
He loves the carseat!
Wearing Dad's Stetson
Being Sassy!
He's loving hats lately
And his classic watching tv pose. Usually his other hand is scratching his belly though.
Weekend Update
We went to a Duck Parade on Saturday to celebrate the end of the rainy season. We enjoyed a parade, getting to sit on the firetrucks, free lunch, free samples from the melting pot, and many other perks including a board illustrating the effects of Meth (I think my kids had nightmares) all in the rain! 
Enjoying a smoothie!
Mother Talk
Friday, June 5, 2009
Things I never thought I'd say, yet seem to be necessary:
We don't brush the walls with our toothbrush
Please take the banana out of your shoe
Let's go make bubbles (going to the bathroom)
Over-all buddies
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Yes, I'm that mom that dresses their kids alike, occasionally. I love overalls and as I was getting out summer clothes for the scorching weather I found they both have them. So needless to say, they both wore them on the same day. Boyce is really starting to notice Gage and laughs at him all the time. And Gage absolutely adores Boyce and always wants him to be a part of what is going on.
Gage has been obsessed with the exersaucer lately. We really don't care, it's taught him to say in and out and keeps him away from sitting on Boyce! Anyways he wanted Boyce to come in with him today so I sat Boyce next to him and took these pics.
He doesn't really fill out the pants!
They really were having fun in the next couple pictures. They were waiting for me to tickle them
The art of entertaining
I'm stealing this idea from another blog but everything else in it is original!
Here's what I learned last week:
*3 month olds really don't enjoy hiking as much as everyone else.
*Memorizing books is a great way to entertain the entire family at the end of really long car rides. It especially helps if each of the characters have their own special voice. (a good choice is Barnyard Hullabaloo)
*Never sell stuff to Once Upon a Child (sorry, OUAC) because they really rip you off-use Craig's list-unless you are getting a trade for a really awesome stroller that you've always wanted. You'll also feel better about getting ripped off if everyone comments on your awesome stroller whereever you go and you realize it was totally worth it.
*Washingtonians think 80 degree weather is scorching! I love it here!
*Three month old's spit bubbles can also entertain the entire family
*finding a good church is a lot harder than it looks and might require you to drive a lot further than you thought you'd need to.
*having a brand new house takes on a whole new meaning when you have six people living in it. These brand new carpets have already had numerous cups of water spilt on them, they have been peed on, spit up on, and have also seen spaghetti, crab, eraser shavings, lots of cheerios, and grease. and that was just in one week.
What did you learn this week?
Our new life
Monday, June 1, 2009
Well, I'm finally getting settled and feel like I can spend some time catching up on here. We are moved into our brand new home (the house that was here before burnt down) and almost everything has found a place to go. Jake is enjoying himself, but feels weird being on such a regimented schedule. He is up and gone by 5:50 every morning and is back again at dinner time. Occasionally he joins us for lunch for 15 minutes or so. The older kids are at school until June 19 which has been nice for them to make friends and have something to do. Gage is loving his new home and especially enjoys all the water, the mountain, and ha-ca-cas (helicopters) that he gets to see all the time. He is also almost two and we can definitely tell. Argh is all I have to say! Boyce is about to turn four months. He rolls over, scoots as he is on his belly, smiles, laughs and talks all the time. If he is awake he is watching the constant craziness...I'm going to post some new photos and I'm stealing a new idea from another blog.
I'll be back blogging more often so check back soon.
