Oh man

Oh man, I got a bit behind in my blogging..... but man what a day. Nathan is at that age, you know the age where no matter how well you think you are watching him, he gets into something so fast that you can't explain it to your husband. Lets see, a few days ago(in the same day) Nathan got red cough medicine and poured it on our bedroom floor, which is now pink. About an hour later, I fed them breakfast, came upstairs to get socks...came downstairs and the syrup from breakfast was all over Nathans hands and face, and my blue couch. Well, today, it happened again. I try to be productive(really honey, I do try to clean) and the more I clean the more mess he makes somewhere else. I was trying to clean the counters off, and I hear Lucas say, "Mom, Look at Nathan" so I did. Vaseline. All over his hair, fingers and now the leather couch. So we cleaned, we changed. An hour later, I am trying to clean out the laundry room. Nathan is quiet. I get nervous. I go look for him....he is in the bathroom and dumped fragrant oil all over himself. This one needed a bath. Lucas was great. He took the role of daddy and helped me take Nathan upstairs and wanted to give Nathan a bath for me. So I put Nathan in and pretended to not watch and Lucas soaped him down and told him he needs to be more careful and proceeded to play the bath games with Nathan that Josh and I do to them. Oh man. What a day. What a period of life. I love my family.

Recently, we celebrated lucas's 4th bday. Instead of people bringing toys for him, we had people bring toys for Toys for Tots. He did awesome, never complained once and I think his heart even grew a little. We had a great night!!!! Wonderful memories, I hope he is old enough to remember.

Also, the boat is in the water:) Let summer begin.....

Spring Break 09

How many more awesome vacations with multiple generations is God going to give us?! What an incredible time we had. wow. First we went to Orlando, spent a few days at downtown Disney and one day at Magic Kingdom. Those memories will last a lifetime!! Lucas did not know how to react at first, I think he was overwhelmed- but as the day went on, he loved it. Especially when Buzz made his deput to our day. He has been asking to go back every day since. We didnt know what to expect out of Nathan, but I think he may have enjoyed it more than Lucas!!! If I had a dollar for every time he gasped or pointed....man it was cute. He loved Cinderella, well he loved picking her nose at least.. 7 adults for 2 kids..I think they had a good time.

After Orlando, we went to Sarasota for a week with Rik and Rene. Jenny, Matt and Wyatt were there too- first vacation with cousins!! We spent time at the beach and the pool- though Nathan was not a fan of the beach because it was windy so sand was everywhere, and Lucas wanted to stay at the pool, which meant one of us spend the whole time chasing Nathan around and around the pool since he does not like to go in it.. Lucas got to catch his first fish out on Uncle Al's boat! We also got to see a lot of Great Grandparents and other family members. And on top of it all, Josh got a tan...


"Paaapa Paaaapa"


Thanks you Lord!!!!

Mosaic Worship!!

Best worship ever today at Mosaic:) The kids got on stage and sang a few songs- oh man was it sooo cute. Lucas is standing next to Mckenna and Ben, he is behind Leah( girl in red dress) so sometimes it is hard to see him. It was great. Check out Sam playing the drums. Kids sure do bring Joy!!!!

Week of firsts

Another week of firsts!!! Lucas had his first dentist appointment last week. He did great. He kept his mouth open the entire time and did not get scared once!! We also had his first teacher conference today. The teacher said that he keeps the kids and teachers laughing, and is always excited about whatever topic she brings up:)

Nathan took his first bath with a girl........Ella Tate......but the next one will be with his wife... There is also a picture of how he fell asleep today. I dont get it, sometimes he screams his head off, other times he laughs himself to sleep, like today. Good thing he is so dang cute.

I have been on the computer working a lot this afternoon. I realized Lucas was being sort of quiet and that he was playing in the bathroom. I went in and checked on him, and he had all of his dinosaurs in there and was brushing their teeth. I couldn't get mad, it was so darn cute. But I need to buy more toothpaste..

There is also a video of the boys one night hanging in our room. We like to lay around and play guitar and sing, well lucas took charge, and Nathan thought it was cool. Not to mention they both look like they just filmed Risky Business....

Cousin Time

Cousin time finally! Jenny and Matt came over with Wyatt for dinner. We had a great time. Wyatt is getting so big!!! I love all the roles!!! Lucas was actually very gentle with him, even held him for awhile, Nathan kept pointing and saying baby, but didnt get too close. Notice the pictures, Nathan has two different socks on with no clothes, and Lucas has chocolate and spaghetti on his face, while Wyatt is all cute and clean.....also, when we tried to do a family picture, Nathan wouldn't budge from his spot on the couch, so we left him there and did the picture around him! Oh the memories.

Yesterday, kid swap was at our house. There were nine kids, and it actually went pretty smooth!!

Weekend Trips

ok ok, I slacked in keeping up with the past few weeks!!! We had many adventures. Last Saturday, we decided to take a last minute trip to Toledo to see the Snows:) Ellie and Lucas played so well together, it is nuts to think that they were just babies playing on Lucas's play mat!! What happened!! Nathan and Emma just stared at eachother, but he made her smile...

This past weekend Josh and I went to Philadelphia(without the boys I may add..) we had dinner with Aunt June, then got a room at the Hampton, slept in and went to watch a Drexel and Virginia Tech lacrosse game(go Culp!). Good food, good sleep, good laughs with my hubby, good lacrosse....what a great valentine's day!!!!!!!!

Today, Nathan had ear surgery to get ear tubes. I have been dreading it, and he is already running around like nothing happened!! That kid has nerves of steel!

Winter Fun

Man do we have a lot of snow outside!! Too much for the boys to go outside, so we have to get creative with exercise- so here is some video of our nights with the boys this week:) Also, one night after the kids went to bed, Josh and I decided to go out and play with Denver in the snow- here are some pictures of that as well:)

LUCAS'S PRAYER LAST NIGHT"God, thank you for coming to my house today. Thank you for loving me and loving others. Thank you for skyscrapers, they are so big I can't believe it. Amen."