Memorial Day Weekend

We kept busy this weekend as a family. The weather was unbelievable. It truly feels like summer now! Saturday we went to the church softball tournament for the day to watch daddy play. The boys loved playing in the dirt all day and to our surprise they were doing a lot of construction on the field area so of course that meant construction trucks...who needed a playground?!?! The boys were in heaven!
Sunday we went to a friend's for a cook-out. They have 3 boys so Caleb had so much fun playing with them. Then Monday was a little more low-key. I had a "girl day" with some friends and then we spent the rest of the day just catching up at home from the weekend. The boys were so good all weekend and loved being outside. They have really liked the sandbox on our deck and I love it because I can work in the kitchen with them right there. I am looking forward to a fun summer with them. Here are some pics from the weekend. Hope you all a great weekend too!

Here is Isaac and Caleb sitting in the bulldozer bucket.

Caleb driving the tractor. He loved it!

Josiah LOVES dogs. He found one at the tournament to play with...just his size. He can "dog" and "doggie" and when you ask him what a dog says, he says "ra-ra". It's pretty cute if I do say so myself. I remember Caleb loving dogs at this age too.

Here's daddy...batter up!

Dave played great all day. He hit quite a few and even played left field. He hasn't done that in awhile. He made some awesome catches...that's MY husband!!!!

Caleb liked being on the bench with daddy whenever he could. When you ask him what sport he wants to play when he grows up...he says BASEBALL!!! I wonder where he gets that.

Here's the boys playing in the sandbox on Monday. Josiah only actually gets in the sandbox once in awhile.

Still Pluggin' Along

Hello all!! I just wanted to let you know that NO, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth! Life has just been quite hectic. Not too much out of the ordinary just everyday things and little people keeping us busy. Dave and I have been really busy with work obligations and it seems we have barely been home lately! I have also been busy with Stampin' Up! doing workshops and holding stamp clubs each month. It just seems that we have been pulled in many different directions. Dave and I are hoping to sneak in a much needed "date night" next week and after stamp club tomorrow, hopefully some family time over the next few weekends. We have also been planning some vacation time this summer. We are getting a chance to go to Martha's Vineyard for a week in June with some friends of ours and then camping in July with some friends as well. Thanks to some saving (and some thanks to President Bush for our Stimulus check) over the past few months we are excited to be able to take the kids to do some fun things this summer.
Some exciting news (and one more thing to keep us busy) is that it looks like we will be able to look for a house over the next few months. If you think of us, please pray for us. We really feel with this next baby and as the boys are getting older, we need a bigger house for our family. We are open to either NH or MA and are just praying for God to guide our steps. Sometimes it looks impossible financially but we know that God has the perfect house situation out there for us. We just need the faith that Caleb has. He has heard Dave and I talk about finding a new house and so today, I mentioned that we can pray for a new house (Caleb wants a bigger for more cars and to "run his trucks"). Well, Caleb wanted to pray right there in the car while I was driving. He told me to pray and then he would. So we did and after we were done he said "Well, where is it?". Just like the Word says, to have the faith of a child. He actually really encouraged me through that moment. It's amazing what those "little people" can teach us, isn't it?

More Firsts!

Happy May everybody! Here are some more pictures of the kids and how busy they have been!

Josiah learning how to use his new walker...he loves it because while Caleb is running his truck, he can keep up!!

He doesn't particularly like it when he crashes into things...he gets pretty upset!

And he always claps for himself...he has GREAT self-confidence!

All that hard work with the walker paid off...Josiah starting walking this week! He literally just got up and took off one day! Here he is walking to daddy...he has certainly become such a "daddy's boy" over the last few weeks.
We celebrated Isaac's birthday with him this week. It's hard to believe he's 3! Since him and Caleb are only 10 weeks apart, my mom always likes to give them a big gift together (usually one she keeps at her house) and this year, they got their own truck! Yup, their own F150 that they can press the gas and drive...sort of scary! Caleb didn't really like being the passenger...surprise, surprise! It was quite a sight to see them driving together...I thought we didn't have to deal with this for another 13 years!!!

Caleb is taking his brother for a joy ride. Josiah loved it and he especially liked controlling the radio with the buttons...YES, it has a REAL radio!!! It is hilarious! And of course, they never want to come inside now!