getting old...

...at 2!?!?

Tonight, as I was getting the kids ready for bed, I was marveling at the fact that Owen is now 2 years old (already!). As I was thinking of my little boy being 2, I asked the question, "Owen, how does it feel to be 2 years old?"

As his older sister usually does, Ivy answered the question for Owen. Ivy's response to my question was "SAD!"

Now, I had to inquire further as to why Owen would feel SAD about turning 2, to which Ivy, in all seriousness, remarked, "Because he'll really miss the number 1!" :-)

Owen turns 2!!!

...a day late!

Owen's birthday was actually yesterday BUT yesterday was an all-around busy day full of church in the morning, painting at Miss Mary's house in the afternoon, and Ivy's friend's birthday party in the evening. AND, because Owen was turning 2 and wouldn't care whether we celebrated his birthday on the actual day or not, we postponed him getting older by one day! Okay, well maybe we couldn't postpone him getting older (oh how, we wish we could though), but we at least postponed celebrating his birthday by one day!

So, here it is! Daddy painted the kids' faces in the morning.
The Johnson family came over in the evening for some cake and ice cream.

Owen,

You are one crazy, fun-loving kid. You love to play with your animals and people, and you love to play with anything that moves or is round - cars, trucks, balls, you name it. You love to read books. You love to tease and be chased around the table, especially by Ivy. You have no fear in you, which will hopefully change at some point in your life; otherwise, we will be living in the ER. You love your blanky and your bears. You don't like to fall asleep on your own, and if you don't fall asleep while we read to you at night, you like it when we snuggle with you and hold your hands until you fall asleep. You are one cute kid, but you don't quite know that yet (which is good)! We love you so much, Owen! You have taught your Mama and your Dada a lot and to that we thank you!

Love you, Buddy! Daddy and Mommy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OWEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

college buddy

This here is Scott McC. Scott is one of Nathan's college friends that he still keeps up with. It was at Scott's wedding rehearsal where Nathan popped the big question to me asking if I would marry him. Scott is one of those friends that Nathan wishes lived a lot closer to us so that we could see more often and so that he could just meet up with to hang out with. BUT, he lives in Indiana and we live in New Hampshire. Scott called and said that he was going to be working a detail in Manchester for a couple days and would have this particular night off. Unfortunately, that night was our already planned small group study that we hold at our house. We couldn't drive the couple hours to see him. Instead, though, and to our surprise, he came to our house to visit us! He rented a car for the night, was at our house from about 4 to about 10 in which I don't think he and Nathan ever stopped talking to each other for more than a few minutes, and then left. If it wasn't for our pictures, we may not have even thought he came. It was so exciting to get to see Scott again. Thanks for stopping by, Scott!

Praise God for a good friend!

A man of many companions my come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. ~Proverbs 18:24

wildcat

We traveled to Wildcat Mountain today...

...where we rode the gondola...

...where we went exploring...

...where we stopped to smell the daisies (or whatever flower that is)...

...where we went letterboxing (and found 2 letterboxes!)...
(and Daddy thought it wasn't going to be there)
...where we took in the view...

...where we made memories!

storyland

Our visit to Storyland in pictures...