...Everything as loss...FOR GREAT GAIN

It is always a joy to look at our children and somehow in some way we see ourselves...so please enjoy this story. When I volunteer at church in Rachel's classroom I am always watching how she acts and if she pays attention. One big distraction is her sweet quiet cousin, Avery...so almost all the time they sing songs Rachel is clung next to Avery and quiet as can be. So...we leave church and later that even out of the blue Rachel begins to sing the songs...."God's Word is a lamp to my feet. God's Word is a light to my path..." It was precious. Then she sang "James 4:7..." I was confused and said what's the rest of the song? She looked stumped so I pulled my Bible out and started to right it on her responsibility chart...I said..."Submit.." And she followed immediately..."submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." HA! Amazing. So I started to sing one of the other songs we sang..."Do unto oth...

Yep...you got it! Go Colts!!! For Aaron's major gift he wanted to go to the Colts/Broncos game...so it worked out that my folks were still in Fort Collins after my mom and I and Rachel went to Women of Faith...so they watched our munchkins at my sisters while we trekked down to Denver for the game. It was mad crazy...had to go south of the stadium to pick up the tickets and then hope we found some parking...which we were so blessed to find one right on Federal behind a gas station..we were the last to park there. Then we ran...and it was absolutely worth it! Even the razzing from the people around us was fun...give or take the people who drank too much in front of us we really had a blast and we were super close. So we then decided since the kids were taken care of we would hang out after to see if we could get some autographs...yes we got one...just take a look... So...I painted his face on the way...while driving..yep should be illegal! And what you can't see is my hair is b...

I love that I've caught my kiddos on tape just being adorable!!! First enjoy Malachi feeding Isaiah...which has become a help and a MESS! But Isaiah loves it. And then Rachel just kept brushing her hair and brushing it and I was trying to get on tape how she said..."I brushed all my self my hair mom". She's just cute! And the best for last...Isaiah was done with his bath and Malachi was rinsing his hair with a bucket in the bath and I caught Isaiah cracking up watching him. SOOOOOOo fun and after watching it over and over we realize he laughs just like Malachi!

When Rachel came out of her quiet time I had to film her face when she saw all the decorations! It was priceless...especially when she was excited to see a chair....that we'd moved for the party!!! So hillarious. She was so excited. So here's the spread....the melon is from our garden...and the salsa is tomato's and serano's from the garden also! Her gift from Daddy and Mommy was this Minnie costume and she loved it!!! Malachi was thrilled when he got to hang with his cousins. He loves them a ton and got to enjoy some time with Nick on his bike...yes he is outgrowing it fast! And of course Diane got her baby fix for sure with Isaiah in one arm and my sisters baby, Madison in the other. We finally got to enjoy the bean bag(that looked like cheese triangles) toss into Minnie's mouth that we had for her party last year. We didn't get to use it or the pinata last year due to weather. And for a bit Uncle Jason got some baby fix time too! And the kids enjoyed the pur...

September 7, 2007 10:19am....here she is!!! And the noodle turns 1!!! 2008 And then she is 2!! 2009 So for breakfast she wanted blueberry muffins...lunch she wanted Taco Bell...and dinner she enjoyed banana waffles...I think my stomach may hurt!! And for her day she was so happy to just hang with her best friend, her cousin Avery! Of course she picked her outfit....every single piece is pink...yep. No surprise!

Rachel is one crazy character and we love it! She and Malachi absolutely enjoy making Isaiah laugh and they do the best at it! So enjoy her humor in this and of course there is never better timing then when you have the video running to try some veggies...she once loved....squash!

So after a little over a week of wiggling this tooth because we saw the new tooth pushing behind it....it is out! Malachi did great...dad struggled a bit with the blood...but mom pulled it out and so here's that precious new smile...you can see the new tooth right behind it. Along with this the one next to it is loose and his 6 year molers are coming in. So in our family we don't do things for our children that do not exist...so with no "tooth fairy" Aaron decided to use this to teach Malachi even more about money and saving. So Malachi sold his tooth this morning to daddy for $1.00 and immediately put it in his Lightening McQueen wallet to save to tip the waiter when we treat him to Red Robin some day.