Taylor's Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,

Your Welcome for this food,
Your Welcome that daddy has a job,
Your Welcome for baby Levi,
Thankyou for our Family,
Thankyou for Jesus,

In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Campfires

give warmth,
cook up delicious food,
roast gooey marshmallows,

bring you closer to the one you love,

are extremely hypnotizing,

and when you have Grandpa's around, they can become extremely huge with the "special" liquid.

At the end of the evening you have a face like this.

but couldn't be ANY happier! We love campfires!

Neighborhood Parade

A fire truck, an ambulance, tons of kids, their bikes, and a trailor full of nursery kids makes for one fun parade around the block! The boys had a blast!

Can you see the excitement in this young boys eyes?

That is a tattoo I am okay with. Corbin loved it and didn't want it washed off for days afterwards.

Whenever I see Taylor holding a flag, what comes to mind is

"You're a Grand Ol Flag, You're a High Flying Flag..."

Levi, Mommy, and Taylor are sitting at the far left. I was so happy that they let the nursery kids ride on here....and Taylor.

At the end of the parade I was trying to catch some great moments of Levi and what do you know, they were behind him.

tooth

One night we were flossing and noticed a wiggly tooth. A few days later....

this happened.
It went quite fast since he was trying to bite two lego pieces apart. Works like a charm.

I made one pretty bad mistake, however. I didn't expect the tooth to come out so fast so there was limited options for the tooth fairy, a penny, a two-dollar bill, or a credit card... we went with the two dollar bill. But we explained this was ONE special tooth. The tooth fairy will be broke if she continues at that rate...

Our House

is officially up for sale. Yes, it is time for our growing family to move on. We have LOVED this home! It has been in such a great area and was the perfect starter home. If anyone knows of someone who is looking for a home right now, let them know. Our MLS is 975163.

Here is a tour of our home right now.

Who thinks I can keep this house clean with three boys during the next while?

Hope

I am so grateful to be an American. What a great time of year to reflect on what matters most.

My Faith.
My Freedom.
My Family.

And I fully enjoy each one of them.

When I look at these boys I think:

I do not need to live in fear...

I need to have hope for the future...

I need to enjoy every moment I have...

And at the end of the day, that is what matters to me.

Lessons learned

Today was a good day for learning good and bad consequences. Earlier in the day we were at the fabric store taking FOREVER to decide on fabric. Corbin found himself a fun toy, the hoops that are used for embroidery, I think. He thought it was a great toy and before I knew it he broke a piece of it off. I can't tell you how tempting it was to just set it aside and walk on...it was six whole dollors! But I knew better. He had just earned some money in the last week and I told him he had to pay for it, but deep down inside I was just hoping when I took it up to the cashier she would just say, oh no big deal, we can just set it aside. Nope. Darn that made my bill much more expensive. The cashier then put it behind the counter and I told her no, I would take it since I paid for it and I will come up with something to do with it. I do have an idea....luckily! However, Corbin is VERY disappointed. He worked very hard for that money.
So lesson number one, our choices sometimes have bad consequences.
Later in the day, we met my sister-in-law at the Down East Outlet store...great place! I have some great ideas from clothes I got from there...$2.50 a shirt!! Anyway, Corbin and Tay were playing under the rack of clothes and having a great time. Corbs found a cute little bracelet under one of the racks and he asked me if he could have it. I told him no and that we needed to go and take it to the cashier. I was trying on clothes and so my sister-in-law took the boys up to return the bracelet. The owner was right there and he told Corbin that a little girl had lost it and they were looking everywhere for it. He was so happy with Corbin that he gave him a whole dollar! He also ended up giving each of them a pocket watch, Taylor got a quarter, and Levi got a spiderman ring! Seriously, nicest man ever! The boys were all so happy and Corbin learned that it feels good to do something kind for someone else.
Lesson number two, our choices sometimes have good consequences.