Just 'cause I think they are cute!

When does church end?

Joshua asked me today, "What are we going to do when church is over?" We were out running errands so I reminded him we were not on the way to Church today. "No," he said. " I mean what will we do when church is over for good and we have learned all of the Bible stories?!" He wanted to know when will we be done with going to church since at some point we will have heard every Bible story. I laughed and told him that was a good question, but then explained to him that we will never stop learning about God and Jesus. We will continue to learn how to walk with Jesus and learn the things he wants us to do. I told him he will take his kids to church and their kids and so on. I tried to keep the lesson going but was interrupted when the Frito Lay truck drove past us and Joshua asked me to catch up to the Dorito truck! LOL.

Happy Birthday Tim

Monday was Tim's birthday! I won't tell how old he is, but he turned 32 last year on his birthday. :) We celebrated his birthday at O'Charley's with my parents. After dinner we did the usual and came home for cake. Actually this year we had chocolate pie. I thought is would be something different. Well, of course the waiter at the restaurant brought Tim a piece of pie after dinner. Oh Well! Tim never turns down a good dessert! Tim got money from everyone for his birthday. He wants to buy a fire pit for the backyard. I am sure that will be our weekend project! Happy Birthday Tim/Daddy! We love you so much!

Swimming Lessons

Dylan and I started our Mommy and Me swimming lessons on Monday. We are taking them at the Wellness center near our house. I was looking forward to the classes since Joshua had taken classes there for a few years as well. I can't believe I am taking another little boy there already! Dylan has had so much fun. He was a little more cautious of the water than I thought he would be (which is a good thing) but I think it is because he doesn't have all his swim gear I would pile on him at the pool last summer. He participates in all of the activities and has no problems jumping in the water or putting his face under. We have lessons 2 times a week for 4 weeks.

If you build it, they will come!

We have spent the past 3 days building the kids a new swing set. We ordered it a few weeks ago and it came in just in time for Tim's vacation days for Spring Break! Tim took off Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We were hopeful we would get the swing set built in just 2 days. Of course it took us 3 1/2. We started off day 1 by doing inventory and making sure all the parts were there. Day 2 started the build! Tim and I worked on most if it ourselves. We were very proud of the teamwork we did together as it got very stressful at times. Who would have thought?! It also helped that Joshua and Dylan spent the night over at my mom and dad's house. That freed up almost 2 days for us to work. We finished the swing set late this afternoon. Gram and Grampie stopped by for about 2 hours and helped us this morning with the roof. Thank goodness they did. The kids have already had a lot of fun playing on it. I was a little concerned when Joshua's first comment about the swing set was, "Is that all it does?!" He was going to like that swing set even if he had to pretend! He really does like it though. He has already looked at several books sitting in the clubhouse. Thanks Daddy for building it for us!

Joshua the Babysitter

It was time for Dylan to take a nap so I went into Joshua's room where the boys were looking at books. When I said it was time for Dylan to rest they both got upset since Joshua was reading to Dylan. I decided that Dylan could wait a few more minutes to take a nap since they were actually getting along. I said I was going to take my shower real quick and I would be back. About 5 minutes had past and Joshua walked into my room and announced Dylan was in his bed taking a nap! What?! Joshua told me when they were done with the book Joshua told Dylan it was time to rest and Dylan went and got into his bed. Joshua also told me that he sang Dylan his good night songs and did his prayers. I had to see this for myself! Sure enough Dylan was all tucked in and starting to fall asleep! When I went in to check everything out Dylan got mad and told me Joshua already did it all! WOW! I was so proud of Joshua! And still very shocked!

House pictures, finally!

Some of you have been asking me "Where are the pictures of the new house?!" I was waiting until we did some more decorating, but that will take years I am sure! My mom did make some awesome curtains for my kitchen area. That made a huge difference in the downstairs area. Thanks mom! It was hard to take pictures of rooms with the weird angles so I did the best I could to be able to see the majority of the rooms. We love the house and are so blessed to live here!

The Outside (the day we closed)
Master Bath

Sitting area in master

Master Bedroom

The foyer and dining room (before furniture)

Living room ( I am avoiding the blank wall behind the couch, no idea what to do with it yet.....)

Living room

Breakfast nook

Kitchen

Foyer

Office

Upstairs Hall

Dylan's room

Joshua's room

Playroom (always messy)

Playroom

Deck

Deck
Garage (we love it the most!)