This morning as I was picking up in the kitchen my 2 boys are still eating their "bar" (Nutri-Grain Bar but they just call it bar for short). It was the last one I had so I told Hunter to let Drake have some bites too. Hunty takes it and they run over and they are sitting on top of their little table and Hunter is taking a tiny piece off, they both shout, "Good is Great, God is Good" and start hysterically laughing and then take their bites. This process is repeated about 7 times:
1. Hunty breaks a piece off and hands it to Drake
2. They shout "God is Great God is Good"
3. hysterically laugh
4. eat
I only wish I were in their minds sometimes!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Pieces of my heart
Have you ever just looked at your life and thought...this is too good to be true.
As I hear the sweet voice of my children laughing
or Hunter singing like an angel along to his beloved Trucks Tractors CD (a CD that came in the back of a book in Kroger that my mom found...the simple, inexpensive joys of life!)
or watching my boys play together (mostly it is football these days or firemen)
or snuggling up to my sweet husband at night after the babies have gone to bed with our doggies laying next to us and their wet noses laying on our feet
or listening to the rain outside when it is 2am and every member of our family is snuggled in bed together
or all of us playing soccer outside (or some form of it)
or Drakey "watering" my flowers with his plastic pretend fire extinguisher.
I am sometimes so overwhelmed at how lucky we are. It is so easy to think of what is wrong right now between the economy being down and maybe not being able to get each other the 30th birthday presents we want this year or planning a big fun trip for next year. But instead, I find myself feeling more and more blessed for the things we do have. I am starting to believe the economic downturn is a blessing in disguise for us because it shows you what matters the most in life. Or maybe it is because every week in August and September we either had guests in town or were out of town and we were so busy, that now getting to stay home with no plans is amazing after feeling so exhausted and rushed! Over the past few weeks I have left my normal duties slide a little so that I can just play with my children more, or watch a show with them, or read more books. My normal instinct is having my house picked up, but recently I have found it easier and easier to let it go.
I am not sure what brought the emotions on tonight, but after rocking my baby into sweet dreamland, I could not help but think of how blessed we are. I cannot imagine how hard it was for Abraham to agree to sacrifice his own son when God was testing his faith (thank goodness for the ram "tangled" in the bush:), or how hard it was for the mother of Moses to have to hide him from Pharaoh and then send him down the river in a basket just hoping someone would find him in time to feed him or love him and take him in. Can you imagine those sacrifices? I would like to say I have the same courage but just looking at my children makes my heart ache thinking about the day they will be leaving for college or moving or even just going to Kindergarten 5 days a week for goodness sake!
I was just thinking how I had not posted anything in a while (unintentionally!). I have found that the only time I can do a post is at night, and I have usually fallen asleep by now, but I just had to let it out a little bit. I wish I were more computer savvy. I hardly even know how to post a link on my blog so I need some serious help. But for now, I am content with being able to go back and read these feelings on days where I find eye liner on the wall of the bathroom, or the previously folded laundry in the basket strewn about the den, or peanut butter on the couch or a constant battle of separating my 2 "Wild Things" (thanks David Thomas at DayStar...not that you are reading my blog or know who I am) from the screaming and crying from pinching, stealing and tackling.
But I do know that "It is the life for me!" (quote from Scuffy the Tugboat)
When we came home from the "Hoo-Rah" at church this afternoon it was raining...again.
(quick pic of the boys fighting with their balloon swords. They were hysterical but because we broke our camera (again I know) we don't have any other pictures that turned out!)
And the boys new favorite thing to do when getting out of the car is "picking berries" from this bush on the side yard that is producing those red berries. It is not a Holly bush and I swear it was honeysuckle this summer (Grammie you probably know exactly what type of bush it is!)
Anyways, they like to pick them and line them up on the bumper of Kyle's car. When we got home I went inside to get dinner ready and then it just hit me. Dinner can be made later. Where I want to be is outside in the rain with my boys picking berries in the cold and wet weather! And it was totally worth every second!
Okay, I am going to go to bed now since it is 11:45...YIKES!
Nite nite!!!
As I hear the sweet voice of my children laughing
or Hunter singing like an angel along to his beloved Trucks Tractors CD (a CD that came in the back of a book in Kroger that my mom found...the simple, inexpensive joys of life!)
or watching my boys play together (mostly it is football these days or firemen)
or snuggling up to my sweet husband at night after the babies have gone to bed with our doggies laying next to us and their wet noses laying on our feet
or listening to the rain outside when it is 2am and every member of our family is snuggled in bed together
or all of us playing soccer outside (or some form of it)
or Drakey "watering" my flowers with his plastic pretend fire extinguisher.
I am sometimes so overwhelmed at how lucky we are. It is so easy to think of what is wrong right now between the economy being down and maybe not being able to get each other the 30th birthday presents we want this year or planning a big fun trip for next year. But instead, I find myself feeling more and more blessed for the things we do have. I am starting to believe the economic downturn is a blessing in disguise for us because it shows you what matters the most in life. Or maybe it is because every week in August and September we either had guests in town or were out of town and we were so busy, that now getting to stay home with no plans is amazing after feeling so exhausted and rushed! Over the past few weeks I have left my normal duties slide a little so that I can just play with my children more, or watch a show with them, or read more books. My normal instinct is having my house picked up, but recently I have found it easier and easier to let it go.
I am not sure what brought the emotions on tonight, but after rocking my baby into sweet dreamland, I could not help but think of how blessed we are. I cannot imagine how hard it was for Abraham to agree to sacrifice his own son when God was testing his faith (thank goodness for the ram "tangled" in the bush:), or how hard it was for the mother of Moses to have to hide him from Pharaoh and then send him down the river in a basket just hoping someone would find him in time to feed him or love him and take him in. Can you imagine those sacrifices? I would like to say I have the same courage but just looking at my children makes my heart ache thinking about the day they will be leaving for college or moving or even just going to Kindergarten 5 days a week for goodness sake!
I was just thinking how I had not posted anything in a while (unintentionally!). I have found that the only time I can do a post is at night, and I have usually fallen asleep by now, but I just had to let it out a little bit. I wish I were more computer savvy. I hardly even know how to post a link on my blog so I need some serious help. But for now, I am content with being able to go back and read these feelings on days where I find eye liner on the wall of the bathroom, or the previously folded laundry in the basket strewn about the den, or peanut butter on the couch or a constant battle of separating my 2 "Wild Things" (thanks David Thomas at DayStar...not that you are reading my blog or know who I am) from the screaming and crying from pinching, stealing and tackling.
But I do know that "It is the life for me!" (quote from Scuffy the Tugboat)
When we came home from the "Hoo-Rah" at church this afternoon it was raining...again.
(quick pic of the boys fighting with their balloon swords. They were hysterical but because we broke our camera (again I know) we don't have any other pictures that turned out!)
And the boys new favorite thing to do when getting out of the car is "picking berries" from this bush on the side yard that is producing those red berries. It is not a Holly bush and I swear it was honeysuckle this summer (Grammie you probably know exactly what type of bush it is!)
Anyways, they like to pick them and line them up on the bumper of Kyle's car. When we got home I went inside to get dinner ready and then it just hit me. Dinner can be made later. Where I want to be is outside in the rain with my boys picking berries in the cold and wet weather! And it was totally worth every second!
Okay, I am going to go to bed now since it is 11:45...YIKES!
Nite nite!!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Happy Birthday Drakey!!!!!
Oh my goodness I cannot believe D's birthday is here now too!!! I cannot imagine my life without this little guy in it. What an amazing surprise you were! Kyle and I cannot even begin to think what life would have been like if you were not 2 today. You are so full of love and are so snuggly and sweet. You can scream very loudly, which you are mastering when your older brother takes things away from you (which is often) but more than that,
You think Hunty hung the moon
You LOVE to be held
You love to "rock-a-by"
You love for us to kiss your boo-boos
You love riding Mimi and Da's "4-wheeler" and your plasma car
You love BIG trucks and puppy doggies
You tuck your head in when someone says Hi to you because you are so much more shy than Hunter ever was
You LOOOOVE to swing or "fwing"
You LOOOOVE to lay on Divot and Bella
You love the sand pile at Grammie and Pop's house
You love to look at books
You love babies
You can catch and throw a ball...unusually well for your age
You are dying to play soccer with Hunty during his games
Most of all you are at the center of our hearts and after you were born stretched our hearts full of love more than we ever could have imagined. A true gift from God!
Thank you for being you Drakey!
Here are a few pictures from the day you were born...
1st picture with mommy
1st picture with daddy
1 day old
Just one week old...look how long you were and how big your hands were!
2 1/2 weeks old you got so sick and were in the I.C.U for 4 days and in the hospital for almost a week. But you still remained off the charts!
On your 1st birthday
On your 2nd Birthday
Night Night love bug and Happy Birthday!
You think Hunty hung the moon
You LOVE to be held
You love to "rock-a-by"
You love for us to kiss your boo-boos
You love riding Mimi and Da's "4-wheeler" and your plasma car
You love BIG trucks and puppy doggies
You tuck your head in when someone says Hi to you because you are so much more shy than Hunter ever was
You LOOOOVE to swing or "fwing"
You LOOOOVE to lay on Divot and Bella
You love the sand pile at Grammie and Pop's house
You love to look at books
You love babies
You can catch and throw a ball...unusually well for your age
You are dying to play soccer with Hunty during his games
Most of all you are at the center of our hearts and after you were born stretched our hearts full of love more than we ever could have imagined. A true gift from God!
Thank you for being you Drakey!
Here are a few pictures from the day you were born...
1st picture with mommy
1st picture with daddy
1 day old
Just one week old...look how long you were and how big your hands were!
2 1/2 weeks old you got so sick and were in the I.C.U for 4 days and in the hospital for almost a week. But you still remained off the charts!
On your 1st birthday
On your 2nd Birthday
Night Night love bug and Happy Birthday!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Hungry?
If you are and have a sweet tooth check this out here
I can claim her...it's my sister-in-law!!! I think I have linked to one post before...but now you can check out a blog of just her ridiculous cakes that I would love to be able to make and eat. I only wish she were closer so she could make me a cake for Saturday! Love you E!
As a side note...guess who our midnight visitor was last night?...............
THIS GUY!!!!
Yep, Drake crawled completely out of his crib on his own and marched right on in to our room at 1 a.m. Looks like he might be in a big boy bed earlier than we thought. He doesn't even turn 2 until Monday!!!!!
I can claim her...it's my sister-in-law!!! I think I have linked to one post before...but now you can check out a blog of just her ridiculous cakes that I would love to be able to make and eat. I only wish she were closer so she could make me a cake for Saturday! Love you E!
As a side note...guess who our midnight visitor was last night?...............
THIS GUY!!!!
Yep, Drake crawled completely out of his crib on his own and marched right on in to our room at 1 a.m. Looks like he might be in a big boy bed earlier than we thought. He doesn't even turn 2 until Monday!!!!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
SAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!
Drake and Daddy's new favorite thing...already getting ready for some Big Red Football! ROLL RED ROLL!!!!!!!
(MBA NOT Alabama!)
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Food for Thought
My calendar that I use gives me a quote every week. I always like them, but this one struck home...especially in this economy and lifestyle right now:
"We should certainly count our blessings,
but we should also make our blessings count."
-Neil Maxwell
"We should certainly count our blessings,
but we should also make our blessings count."
-Neil Maxwell
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Happy Birthday Hunty!!!!!!!!!
I cannot believe Hunter turned 3 yesterday...it blows my mind that 3 years have gone by since he was born. Hunter has so much energy, loves to be silly but also very determined (okay, stubborn and yes he gets that from me!) He also LOVES to snuggle, read books, do jigsaw puzzles, play with doggies, dance, kick the soccer ball, play in the dirt and get very very dirty, swing, run really fast, ride your plasma car, Nemo, Lightning McQueen and Thomas. Hunter also loves his little brother to pieces and is sad when he is sleeping or not with us. Hunter fills Kyle and my life with so much excitement, joy, overwhelming happiness, trials (like getting dressed...you HATE to get dressed and you HATE especially to wear John-johns which we don't even bother with anymore) and you really don't like brushing your teeth either. You love playing at home and being able to stay in your jammies all day. You have started pre-school and soccer and already know about God and Jesus and being thankful. But above all you have stretched our hearts to an unimaginable size full of love. Even though you are getting so big you will always be my baby...
Here are a few pictures of your past birthdays
Right after you were born
The day after you were born...an Armstrong no doubt!
On your 1st birthday
On your 2nd Birthday
Your 3rd birthday!
It was an action packed weekend full of fun which started Friday night at one of Hunter's best buddies, Hudson's house where his sweet mommy Lisa served little pizzas and Gigi's delicious cupcakes!
Saturday morning Hunty opened up an early birthday present from daddy (he wrapped it himself and everything!)...just beware...close your eyes Auburn fans...
Hunty ended up not wanting to wear it, but Drake did...
Drakey gave Hunty some birthday balloons when he woke up Sunday morning and they got to eat donut holes..without having to eat fruit too!!!! I know, we are getting crazy around here...
After church we had a big lunch with Mimi, Da and Nonny to celebrate
Happy Birthday my Hunty!!!! We cannot wait for your birthday party with your buddies soon! More fun to Come!
Here are a few pictures of your past birthdays
Right after you were born
The day after you were born...an Armstrong no doubt!
On your 1st birthday
On your 2nd Birthday
Your 3rd birthday!
It was an action packed weekend full of fun which started Friday night at one of Hunter's best buddies, Hudson's house where his sweet mommy Lisa served little pizzas and Gigi's delicious cupcakes!
Saturday morning Hunty opened up an early birthday present from daddy (he wrapped it himself and everything!)...just beware...close your eyes Auburn fans...
Hunty ended up not wanting to wear it, but Drake did...
Drakey gave Hunty some birthday balloons when he woke up Sunday morning and they got to eat donut holes..without having to eat fruit too!!!! I know, we are getting crazy around here...
After church we had a big lunch with Mimi, Da and Nonny to celebrate
Happy Birthday my Hunty!!!! We cannot wait for your birthday party with your buddies soon! More fun to Come!
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