Tuesday, July 27, 2010

spoiled

Every time our parents (whether it be my parents or Nathan's parents) or we have guests come to stay at the house, we always feel so blessed and so spoiled after they leave. It's not because they buy anything for us or give to us materially, but because they come and spend time with us and with our kids making memories with our family...time that we don't always have with them and memories that we don't get to create near as often as we would like because they all live so far away! For that, we feel truly blessed and so spoiled!

Time spent with Nathan's parents this past week couldn't make us feel any more spoiled than what I described above.


When Nathan had to work one day, the kids and I took Grampa and Gramma letterboxing and planned to have a picnic lunch along the way.The picnic ended up being in the van as it started to rain...
We finally put off our 4th of July fireworks and sparklers (a little late, I know)...We played outside...

We got to swing... We went to the park for a picnic and concert (it was actually an unplanned and unanticipated moment where the day just got ahead of us)...We were spoiled!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Happy Birthday, Somy!

Somy is Ivy's imaginary friend. For quite some time on the phone, Ivy and her Gramma Z. had been planning a surprise birthday party for Somy, and today was the day!

First, we had to hide and wait for Somy to come into the dining room...

SURPRISE!!!!Then, came the singing..."Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Somy! Happy Birthday to you!"Ivy and Owen helped Somy blow out the candles! ;-)And then, Ivy helped Somy open her presents! (Guess who got to keep and play with Somy's presents? She's slick, I tell you, slick!)

date bike

Because Nathan and I have been having a hard time finding the time for just the two of us and finding the time to exercise in a way that we actually feel like we're working out, we came up with this idea...may I introduce to you...our date bike! Nathan and I ride this bike together; therefore, we get our workout in, and because we are on the same bike, we can actually talk to each other and HEAR each other!!! I must say though, the Lord has been teaching me a lot about trust with this bike! (Nathan likes to go down hills faster than I'm used to, AND he's the one controlling the gears and the steering! Do you see what I mean about trust now???)


THE DATE BIKE!!!

Friday, July 23, 2010

santa's village

Our Santa's Village visit (in pictures)...