Pieces of Our life

Monday, April 6, 2009

LOL

There are SOO SOO many things I love about my girls! One of them is their sense of humor. I guess they get that from their Daddy!

These pictures speak for themselves!

Visit with my Niece and Nephew

And my brother in law! (Though I didn't get much visiting in with him.) Justin and Joel picked up where they left off and hung out like the bestest buddies that they are. Justin and Joel grew up together and have been long time best friends. I realize every time that we hang out with my sister and her husband that it is a unique thing for brother in laws to love hanging out with each other so much. They are a blast to watch! There is usually fire involved, and some type of invention. I didn't catch many pictures of them this time.

Like I said I hung out more with my sweet niece and my all boy nephew. It was loads of fun to spend time with just them, and see how they have grown. I got to see the hilarious side of Austyn, and see how grown up Ethan has become. There is nothing like the bond between cousins! I truly was blessed by the sweet attitudes and good manners that they had. Obviously a sign of good parenting! Great job SiS!

You might not be able to tell, but if you know Austyn and Jenna it is quite obvious that there is a performance going on here. Austyn is singing a solo, while Jenna looks on and applauds! This is a "long" standing tradition!

Here they are when they were 2 years old! They haven't changed much!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Tears of Joy

As I looked at the pictures I just cried. I cried with gratitude to my God, for giving me such a beautiful (not only to look at :) family, I cried to see how big they are, and I cried with joy that my Mom was able to capture OUR family just like we really are. I stared at each of my sweet girls faces and was amazed that it was them! Exactly their personalities and sweet temperaments. I hope you enjoy them as I much as I did, and will continue to!
Thank you mom so much! Love you

The pictures are on my mom's blog. Have a look!
http://pjkphotography.xanga.com/

My brother in law and neice and nephew will be here later today for a visit. I am very excited. My brother in law is coming in to take a test with the fire department here, and is bringing the kiddos along. I am sad my sister is not coming, but i think it will be some really good one on one time with my nephew and neice.

SO, I am going to go grocerie shopping, and pick up this crazy house.
Blessing on you today!

Visit from Mom and Dad

My parents came for a visit during spring break and had such a blessed time. It was short, but we managed to cram lots of time into those 3 days. We ran the roads one day, but the rest of the time was just good living room play time, and watching the girls perform their plays, and sitting in lap times!

Mom also had a chance to take some photos of our little family. I am so excited. I had a vision of what I wanted for my living room wall, and she just captured exactly that. Cant wait to show you all how they turned out. I am so glad my family came! It was a blessing to have them. Here is a peak into our week.

Mom made Lexi a quilt for her birthday, and she LOVED it. She has been bringing it through the house wherever she goes (this made Grammy a little nervous I think, but we have been working on keeping it off the floor :) It is a perfect expression of LEXI!

The three little pigs and the little bad wolf :)

We made "pel-mainee" a russian dumpling in broth. OOOH, it was so good. Then one morning, mom made "blinee",like a crepe, for breakfast. YUMMO!

As you can see we had a fantastic visit!

Lessons

One of those things I always wanted to do when I was little was ballet, or gymnastics. We found out that the community center was giving classes for children's ages for real inexpensive, and signed the three girls up. My little day care girls are going with us, so that has been fun too. That is a whole lot of little girls in tutus!

Lexi is the one doing gymnastics. She is so flexible anyway, so it is a lot of fun to watch her learn hand stands, and cart wheels!

Cluster blogging :)

So my mother in law pointed out something today that I had not noticed about myself. I cluster blog! LOL I get caught up, and then take a nice long break. SO... here I am again to catch up and hopefully get ahead.

The truth is I love to "blog". It's like scrapbooking without all of the expensive embellishments. I love writing down my thoughts about my precious family. I love taking pictures most, and telling you all why they are special to ME!! I take a picture, and I am thinking of a caption to go with it. Either for my scrapbook or for my blog. Problem is, I am so behind I cant fit all of those thoughts into the few blogs that I put up here. So I suppose a summary is necessary for the last month.

Things have been peaceful and every day life just goes on. Everyday life is good! Here is a peak (a piece) into our little life!