Sunday, October 26, 2008

Happy October!!

What a cute face!! Abram is always smiling. I think its because he has two big brothers and parents who love him very much!!!A couple in our Sunday school class hosted a pumpkin carving get-together yesterday. Jamey decided to be the great pumpkin (Hey, he looks like Phil Fulmer!!). I decided that I needed to be a pumpkin farmer (that was all I could put together quickly), and, of course, Abram is our cute yard puppy. Not really sure how Knight Seth fits into this, but I guess he will protect us if anyone tries to attack us and steal the great pumpkin. Jonah was too busy playing with his friends to take a picture with us.
Jonah is still enjoying soccer. I wanted to catch him in action. Look at those skills. We are anticipating calls from pro-scouts any day.
Abram started eating solid foods this week. It has been an adventure for all of us. He is trying to figure out how to eat from the spoon. He is so grabby these days, we have to give him his own spoon to hold so he won't grab the one we are trying to feed him with.
Jamey decided it was time for a manly camping trip. So, the boys packed their bags and flashlights and headed for the great outdoors......in other words, the back yard. They had a blast and are looking forward to their next camping adventure.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Papa Moose, Thomas the train, and my crazy kids

Okay, so once again, its been a couple of weeks since we have had a chance to update the blog. So, I decided to summarize our last two weeks. First, of all we had the privilege of spending some time with Dennis Rogers, whom the kids call "Papa Moose." He was doing a conference here in Louisiana and made a special trip to come stay the night in Hotel Droddy with us. He had luxurious accommodations, of course, complete with screaming children, and a sofa bed. Wow, I am so thankful we have loved ones like Dennis in our lives. It was great seeing him again. It made us really miss Atlanta.
Here is a super cute picture I caught of Abram right before bath time. What a precious gift he is to our family!!
I have no words to describe how proud of Seth this picture makes me feel. We had the chance to ride Thomas the Train today. We traveled with some of our friends, the Payne family, who also have three boys, to Texas. We enjoyed a day complete with all things Thomas. The boys loved it, and they had a great time with their new friends. The parents are just thankful that no one tried to get out of the train windows, and we didn't experience too many emotional meltdowns (due to the fact that we did all this during nap time).
Having someone take a professional picture of your kids with Thomas = 50 cagillion dollars.
Taking your own off-center, far-away shot with your own camera = FREE
We chose the FREE option, of course. Unfortunately, Seth was squeezing Abram so hard, he couldn't look up in time.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Birthday party time

We apologize for not putting these pictures up before now. We did have a big family birthday party for Jonah and Seth last weekend. However due to our crazy week we haven't had a chance to update the blog. It was so wonderful having both our families here together. Our two families haven't been together since our wedding 8 1/2 years ago. I am thankful that we finally live close enough to make this happen.
Here's Abram giving his Aunt Laura some love. He never had a shortage of willing hands to hold him this weekend.
Jamey, Jill, and Kendal worked out some good old sibling rivalry with some Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots!!
Also, we were able to dedicate Abram at church this last Sunday. It was so great having some of our family around for this, also.
The dedication service was very special, thanks to Dr. Chuck. It is nice to know we have the support of our church family to help us as we seek to raise our kids in Christ.