BBQ Buddies!

Last weekend we got together with some friends to BBQ and Landon actually found a little friend who loves his choke hold hugs and overwhelming attention!


I know, I know, amazing! Landon has so much energy and is so intense that he has the tendency to scare little kids with his energy and roughness. It was so entertaining to watch Landon and Natalia run around outside in the freezing cold with Melinda's scarves on...


Landon was in heaven with little Natalia! Definately a memorable night...yummy food, entertaining company and many fun memories!!!

Reminiscing Weekend...

A couple weekends ago we got together with Jay's highschool buddies. They are all old and married with kids :), so they weren't as energetic and wild as they all once were, but nonetheless we had a great time and some good laughs! It's so fun he still talks to and gets together with friends from highschool. To me it seems totally foreign because I don't talk to anyone from highschool let alone see anyone. I rarely run into anyone from highschool and if I ever do run into someone I duck and pray they don't notice me. I know a lot of people love hanging out with friends from back in the day, but I wasn't that close with a group of friends to do so, so it's fun Jay does.
It's fun to see everyone's kids when we get together especially when you knew them when they were young and single. They all have darling families and are doing great things!
What a handsome group of men eh?!?


We were missing a couple wives...see you next time hopefully!


Landon and his new little buddy Owen...they had a blast together!

The Best Things in Life Aren't Things...

When I read this quote, it really made me sit back and think about how I spend my days...unfortunately my typical days are nothing like this, but I hope whomever reads this will once again realize how important it is to spend fun, memorable uplifting moments with our incredible children. So much more important than trying to make ourselves feel like we have it all together..clean home, empty laundry baskets, well polished kids etc. Remember how lucky we are to have these angels in our home!

Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh when I feel like crying. Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is. Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play. Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together. Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.. Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream truck, and I will buy you one if he comes by. Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you are concerned. Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you trying to fix them. Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys..

Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you. Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars. Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV shows. Just for this evening when I run my finger through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.
I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore. And when I kiss you goodnight I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask him for nothing, except one more day...