Happy 3rd Birthday, Seth!!

Today we celebrated Seth turning three years old!! It was officially "Seth"day! Which was great for Seth since he spent most of Jonah's birthday "weeping and gnashing his teeth" whenever Jonah got a present and he didn't.
Here the boys are showing off one of their presents from the Grubbs. Of course, you probably didn't recognize them since they are in disguise. I never really understood how people couldn't figure out who Batman was, since all he really had covered up were his eyebrows and cheekbones.
Seth is looking very sheepish about his fishing rod. Now, all the boys (well, except Abram for now) are ready for a manly camping and fishing trip.
ROCK ON!!! Play your guitars and sing as loud as you can. We're on our way to a complete Droddy family band--if only Abram could drum.

Seth's only requests today was that we go eat at Taco Bell for his birthday dinner and have some ice cream from Sonic. You can't beat that. Its good know Seth doesn't have expensive tastes!!!

Abram is just soaking it all in....Jamey is videotaping the glorious event for posterity!!

Happy Birthday Jonah!

Well, today was Jonah's day and he is 5 years old....hard for his parents to believe it! We had a pretty routine day but tried to interject some birthday fun. Jonah got to open his first present this morning before he went to school--it was an art kit (he does such a good job at drawing for his age, we want to encourage this). We also sent some iced sugar cookies for him to share with his class during snack time.

Mary and the kids came to the BCM after school--Jonah got to dig through this birthday goody basket for some treats. Then it was off to get a haircut--family picture time on Friday! Here is Jonah sporting his brand new haircut right before opening a present.
Here are Jonah and Seth in their new art smocks. Also, Jonah is wearing his new hat--he rarely takes it off.
I came home early from work so that we could open the rest of the presents. We went to Chick-fil-a for a birthday supper and some play time in the germ vat/play area! Finally, it was off to church for our Wednesday night activities. All Jonah asked for this year was a guitar and a fishing pole--we couldn't think of 2 better gifts for a boy. Below is Jonah with his new guitar--it came with stickers to put all over it.
We wrapped up the day with a little guitar jam session. Jonah wanted Mary to get her guitar and play with him--what beautiful music!
Next is Seth's birthday on Friday.

Just another Monday night!

As you can see below, when I am not home, Mary tortures our children by making them wear Razorback gear. Do you see how unhappy Abram is? Oh well, he's still cute!

Here's Mary and the kids making some cookies. It is officially "Birthday Week" around the house. Jonah turns 5 on Wednesday and Seth turns 3 on Friday. These cookies are for Jonah's preschool class on Wednesday. I can't believe how big my boys are getting. It's sure to be a fun week.
Another picture of Abram--this is after his bath tonight. He is the most pleasant baby. Mary and I were remembering back to Seth screaming during bath time--he's still a pretty good screamer, in fact. Abram loves baths and pretty much everything else. He is just very content and we are thankful.

Fun with weird websites

Jamey and I found this very fun website and decided to experiment with what we could have looked like in the 60's and 70's. I highly recommend you give this website a try. It is www.yearbookyourself.com.

Here are the boys right before bedtime. They sure do have a lot of fun with one another. I'm glad that Abram is okay with getting constantly messed with, because his brothers continue to want to "pet" him.
Come on ride that train, the choo-choo ride it...come on ride the Droddy boy train!!!

We made it through Gustav, hello Ike.

UPDATE! We made it through Gustav without even having a power outage. Jamey's family stayed with us for three days until the storm passed over. They already had their power back on by the time they returned. Jamey's mom's house had a few shingles off, but other than that there was no damage. Praise God!!!

Also, the Grubbs family came back through last night on their way back to New Orleans. They were able to find out that their house was okay, and that their power had already been restored. So, we were glad to see them once again and celebrate Norris' birthday with him today.
We are all doing well. We are staying very busy with the start of a brand new school year, especially now that we are working with 7 area college campuses!!! We are praying that God will work mightily in and through the students of these campuses.

We might have to watch this boy.....already flirting with Cameron Grubbs!!!
Abram is getting bigger every day!!!! Wow, its hard to believe that he will be 4 months old on Monday!!!