Catching up

As you can see, I am catching up from the past couple of months. It has been chaotic to say the least around here since the middle of August with the girl's celebrating their birthdays (mine was in there too) and the oldest two starting back to school and Dave getting a job!! We thank you for all of your prayers in getting Dave a job, now we need to sell our house. It has been on the market for a few weeks now (hence the craziness) but since this isn't the best time to be selling our house and moving closer to Dave's job, we need lots of prayer. But before I go, I did want to share a very important milestone for Jacob - he joined Cub Scouts this year. If you know Jacob, you know he is very excited about wearing uniforms and earning things so this is right up his alley. He is also involved in a Basketball clinic on the weekends and Katie is still taking ballet and is even trying out Soccer this Fall. Did I say we were busy? It's all good, though - God is good.

Flower Girl and Ring Bearer

Katie and Jacob were blessed with the opportunity to be in a wedding today at our church. It was a beautiful ceremony and the children did very well standing still. Below are some pictures from the wedding party and the only one I could get of the 5 of us that was half way decent. It's hard to tell but Jacob has on a light grey shirt and blue velvet satin tie to match the grooms and Katie's blue velvet satin bow matches the bride's dress. I loved the hydrangea blue theme and the cake was gorgeous (tasted good, too). And Jacob caught the garter much to the dismay of the soloist's daughter who caught the bouquet - watch out Carla!

Back to School Day

I haven't had a chance to get pictures of the kids taking the bus, which they love, but on the first day I drove them to school. Jacob is starting to get to that age where he is embarrassed when I take pictures of him in front of his friends so he isn't as cooperative as Katie. Oh well, pictures on the first day of school are mandatory and my job as mom is to embarass him!

Our Summer Olympic Party

Below are some pictures from our Summer Olympic Party - we colored pictures of the Olympic flag complete with award ceremony and made our our own flames by roasting marshmallows and then we ordered in Chinese food since the games were hosted by China and then watched the opening ceremony together. Quite a memorable event and we actually watched a good part of the Olympics this year thanks to TiVo.

Our Summer in Pictures

Below are some pictures of what we did this summer. Jacob and Katie spent several days with Grandma and Grandpa as well and even went with them to the beach for a few nights but I don't have links to those pictures. `

Jordan Family Vacation - this is a picture of the kids with their Jordan cousins.

Katie's Dance Recital

Father's Day 2008

Jacob's Civil War Dress Up - he finally got to go to a battlefield at the end of summer with Grandma


Katie and Sarah playing outside. Luckily we've had really nice weather this year.

The boys went camping at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park and the girls and I joined them the next day for swimming.



Katie and Sarah playing dress up on a playdate with Grace.

The Good Patient

This is Dave the night of his surgery where he had his deviated septum corrected. We were really suprised that the he didn't have black eyes and a lot of bandages. He basically slept for 3 days after the surgery while he was taking the pain medication. But after he had the splints taken out, he could breathe better than he has in the past even with the swelling which will take another couple of weeks to go down.

I'm Bragging

There are two reasons for this post. The first one is to celebrate Barbara's 60th Birthday. She has been a huge part of our lives for the past 7 years as she has taken care of our 3 children on the days that I work during the week. She has been a tremendous blessing to us and allowed me to go to the office knowing that my children are taken care of and loved. Thank you Barbara for your parenting advice, devotion and dedication to my children.
The other reason for this post is to brag about the giraffe cake I made her. She loves giraffes and while I could never thank her enough for being a part of our life, I was able to come up with the ingredients around the house to make a giraffe cake for her and the kids so they could help her celebrate. I'm no professional cake maker, but I was impressed with my amatuer ability.