Fall Break

We are visiting my Mom and Dad, a.k.a. Gigi and Pops, and of course there are tons of pictures. We have yet to be here 24 hours, but I have some pics to share!

Grammy Flo loving on Baby Cole!Gigi's new bath tub is so big, you can't see Carter

Pops had to wrestle Cole away from Gigi, but he got to love on him for a bit!
The boys took a nap on the way down here so they were pretty geared up. They chugged and chugged before bed! If you look close, they were coupled up, as Caden says, using an elastic dinosaur...where they come up with this stuff who knows.
Gigi got the boys new cots so they can sleep in her room. They loved them!

These are just a few shots from our first day. This morning when we all got up, Pops had a plan for the older two boys. They worked all morning. They left around 8:30am and were busy until lunch. I took a bunch of pics of what they were doing, but they are on my camera and I can't upload them here. So you will have to wait...I know it will just kill you all :) Enjoy these until we get back home!

Today is...

Today is the National Day of Remembrance for pregnancy and infant loss, this includes all babies who have died due to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, or any other infant death.

This might not mean much to some of you, but as God has burdened my heart to pray for people who have suffered such a loss and as a friend to several who have miscarried, this day is a day for me to stop and pray for my friends and the millions of other women and families who have suffered loss.

Please join my in praying for those affected by this kind of loss. Also you could visit some of the families' blogs linked on the side of mine, and let them know you prayed for them.

Psalm 139: 13-17: You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - how well we know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!

Family of 5

Finally a picture of the 5 of us...it isn't the best but it will have to do for now! It was of course windy up here in NW Oklahoma and trying to get both boys to smile at the same time, look at the camera and make sure Cole was sitting up enough was absolutely crazy! So here are three of the best ones!

Write Your Own Caption...

I took this picture of the younger two boys the other night before bed...

Write your own caption for this shot!

Catalogs Anyone

Some of you may already know that Caden loves to browse through catalogs. It started long ago with the first arrival of a Thomas the Train catalog.He must have looked at that thing for hours. That picture was taken in October 2006, so he was just a little over two years old. He would circle what he wanted and talk with us about each item.

Well the passion for catalogs has increased well past Thomas. We now enjoy almost any toy catalog that comes in the mail these days. As of this month, I have 4 in the drawer of my desk that are circled up for Christmas. Caden has something on just about each page circled for his Christmas list.

The funny part now is that he has enlisted Carter's help. They look at them together at the table while they are waiting for me to finish dinner. Caden discusses with Carter certain items that would be okay for him (Carter) to have. They even have picked out things for Cole...how sweet!

Last night the boys looked at catalogs for about 20 minutes before bed...

here is our version of Monkey See...Monkey Do!

Thank You Grammie for our Frog Pants!

The boys love their new pants...thanks Grammie! They are just a bit big in the crotch area and we can pull them up really high as Carter is demonstrating. We tried to pull them down for him, but he kept hiking them up, so I guess they are okay for him!

Cole was wondering though why he didn't get any!

Rainy Days and Mondays

Well it was raining earlier this week and it was a Monday, so here you go! It was sprinkling still when Caden came home from school and he so desperately wanted to play out front with his umbrella. Carter thought we needed a little more water so he got the water gun out! They were oblivious when it started raining harder and furious when I made them come in. But they were cute in the pictures!

Smile for the Camera

Here is Cole's attempt at a smile with a yawn included!

Chubby baby...he is getting his second and third chins!