girls weekend!

kit and carson were out of town for a guy's weekend at the farm so it was just me and kindle. here i am trying to convince her that we are having fun:

then we had kindle's first lesson!

granted, she almost fell over giving me a high 5, but we are making progress. :)

on another note, all you mom's out there please tell me you have had one of these moments- i took carson to the dentist for the first time, and he did awesome! he sat, he obeyed, kindle was great, everyone is telling me that they are soooo good, and i am feeling TOO proud, b/c as we were getting complimented and right in the middle of the doctor saying 'carson you did soo....' 

carson turns around b/c kindle had his toy and slugs her right in the gut-with a closed fist! the doctor finishes his statement with '...goo...d'-you know like really slow and quiet. she screams, i turn red, carson grabs for his toy, the doctor excuses himself,  and i think, what happened! nice.

Happy Easter

We are so thankful for our family, but more than that we are thankful that Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead so that our sins can be forgiven and we can have eternal life in heaven! My prayer is that the Lord would give our children new hearts and eternal salvation. here we are on Easter:)








for some reason we always take pictures on our front porch-you can see the seasons change with how our porch looks. Melinda bought us the precious 'Kerbel' bunny! love it! Kindle actually let me curl her hair, and Carson let me spike his hair!

Easter? we just got back

we just got back from spring break, now we are having an Easter egg hunt? weird, and it was really cold this morning-poor kids we were really trying to have fun through the COLD wind (those of you who live up north can laugh). the little kids went first, here is a pic of a few of the big kids. they had a blast finding the eggs-and yes, i let carson have 2 pieces of candy-WITH colors:) (he is on the feingold program) anyhow, a few pics...

mommy / daughter

i came across this in our i photo, and thought it was such a sweet (all too rare) mommy and daughter time when we were just swinging and holding hands-papa snapped this before we saw him! i love my little girl and pray that as she grows, so will the strength of our relationship! she is starting to hit the terrible 2's and man 'o man -she is just like her mama!:) any advice out there? i have been through it once, but i have a harder time spanking a girl on the hand to teach 'no touch!' i am trying to start disciplining earlier than with carson-i think he was too set in his ways before we realized-uh oh! we are in trouble! p.s. shepherding a child's heart is a great read by tedd tripp!

Thank you grandma/papa, mima/sammy!!!

a BIG thank you to mima/sammy for the awesome trampoline!!! we had some friends (matthew and marissa) over to play and spent most of the time outside on the trampoline and fort. wesley and carson bounced yesterday and had the best time for 2 hours outside!!!!







Another BIG thank you to grandma/papa for the awesome fort!!!! it is so nice to have for the kids and all their friends to play on for hours and hours!!!!