Sunday, August 22, 2010

Summer Fun

This summer has been so much fun! From camping most weekends, to play dates throughout the week and watching the Little Monkeys grow more and more each day to watching Logan mature and get ready for kindergarten, it has been quite the whirlwind! The time has gone by so fast and in just two short weeks Logan will be starting kindergarten. I can hardly believe the time has come!

My DH had his 34th birthday in July. The boys and I ended up getting him Apple TV for his birthday and he was so excited since he has wanted this for a couple of years after seeing it at our friends house. After having some computer issues we finally were able to get it installed and load all of our pictures onto it to view on our TV throughout the day. As I look at the pictures of Logan through the years I am amazed at how quickly time flies! To see these pics of him at the same age that Caden and Colton are now just blows my mind. It is fun to see how much all of the boys look similar at this age, but yet so different. Here is a glimpse:


Logan


Logan


Caden


Caden


Colton


Colton

And a pic of all three of them now.

My Big Boy Logan wanted to try his hand in feeding his brothers. What a good helper!


Caden, Logan and Colton

And some summer fun pictures:

Logan


Colton on left, Caden on right


Me holding Caden, my niece Ashley, my niece Abby, Logan, DH holding Colton who is pulling Logan's hair :)


Caden


Colton

This summer, I also survived four days with the boys and without my husband . DH had a guys weekend planned for some much needed rest, relaxation, and have a good ol' time away. He went to some drag races with six other guys, including my dad and BIL. And, in just a couple of weeks I will be heading out of town for a girls weekend away to scrapbook for four days. I can't wait to scrapbook all of the fun we have had this summer!

Tell me about your summer...what fun things have you done?

Friday, August 13, 2010

An Everyday Survival Kit

I was given one of these survival kits a long time ago with each of these items placed in a bag with the words attached by a ribbon to the bag of items. As I was preparing for an upcoming scrapbooking weekend away I came across this and thought I would share it.

An Everyday Survival Kit

Toothpick - to remind you to pick out the good qualities in others ...Matt. 7:1
Rubber band - to remind you to be flexible, things might not always go the way you want, but it will work out ...Romans 8:28
Band Aid - to remind you to heal hurt feelings, yours or someone else's ...Col. 3:12-14
Pencil - to remind you to list your blessings everyday ...Eph. 1:3
Eraser - to remind you that everyone makes mistakes, and it's okay ...Gen. 50:15-21
Chewing gum - to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything ...Phil. 4:13
Mint - to remind you that you are worth a mint to your heavenly father ...John 3:16-17
Candy Kiss - to remind you that everyone needs a kiss or a hug everyday ...1 John 4:7
Tea Bag - to remind you to relax daily and go over that list of God's blessings ...1 Thess. 5:18

This is my gift to you. May God richly bless you.

To the world, you may just be somebody ...but to somebody, you may be the world.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Infertility Is Grief

I came across this article on a friends FB page who is pursuing adoption and thought it was so relevant.

http://www.channel3000.com/health/10489743/detail.html