Birthday Boy

Looks like...


Jack turned 4!

Can I just tell you how crazy we are about this boy?!


He is full of life and just the greatest kid ever! We love him so much and can't begin to describe what a blessing he is to this family.


Happy Birthday Jack!

Courtney

Mothers Day

So Blessed to be a mother!



So Blessed to have the opportunity to make motherhood my career!



I love to love on these boys!

Courtney

doughnuts and goose eggs

Just another post of the normal work. Our neighbor hooked the boys up with a bag of doughnuts...

Which made them VERY happy!


Collins also fell off the bed, which made him not so happy, and gave him an impressive goose egg...

Brother tried to give him a kiss to make it better. He should... he is somewhat responsible for this lovely mark. He decided it would be a good idea to hoist Collins onto our bed, just as he was almost on, Jack ran out of strength and dropped him.


Jack during art time


Right after I took this picture I ran inside for a moment. In that moment, Jack got the paint bottles, dumped them out, stepped in them, and painted his whole body. He was so proud of himself he ran through the house to show me. You can only imagine the mess I had to clean up...

NO PICTURES, I WAS TOO BUSY CLEANING!

ahhhhhh, motherhood

Courtney

Zoo Visit

I made a VERY UNWISE decision to take the boys to the zoo last week. It was Earth Day and admission was half price. I assumed since it was a Thursday and everybody was at work that it wouldn't be too crowded. Well, everybody might have been at work, but everybody's kids were at the zoo! Seriously... every school and daycare in town was there. So it made for a cramped, somewhat miserable experience!
It was a very WHINEY trip. Which pretty much made me crazy! However, for a moment, at the petting zoo, there was a moment of happiness. So I was able to break out the camera and get a few shots... and that made me happy :)


Collins trying to get into the cage... it is most certainly where he belonged!


Jack was very unimpressed with the animals...


I must say the zoo is not my favorite place. It stinks and all the animals look like they are in a coma. The living quarters are entirely to small and I feel as though I am paying to spectate animal cruelty.

These were the sweetest things at the zoo :)


Courtney

Treehouse Update

Well, since we spend 99% of our time outside, I haven't had much time to blog. However, I wanted to post our tree house update.

As of tonight...



All this work makes folks tired :)


The backyard has literally become playgroup central! I just can't wait for this project to wrap up so the kiddos have more to play on!

Life is so good ;)

Courtney

The walls go up!

This year for Jacks birthday he is getting a playhouse. We decided this long ago, and with the date quickly approaching we decided we better get on it. Of course instead of being wise and buying one from our local merchant, I sketched out some simple plans!

I convinced Brendan to go along with my fabulous blueprints... however, I am pretty sure he is starting to regret that decision ;)

Every time he went up the ladder, Jack grabbed hold and Brendan hoisted him like a fireman. It wasn't long though before Jack was climbing up on his own ( In a way I am sure would make the grandparents {GASP} )


It is higher than I envisioned! This is the view from the top...

Look UP!


What does Jack think of this??

He thinks its basically going to be the best playhouse ever! I agree!

All this work makes Collins thirsty...


Hopefully we will get more work done on it this weekend. I'll keep you posted!

Courtney

Easter 2010

HE IS RISEN!

So grateful the stone was rolled away. So grateful to be a Christian. So grateful to know Jesus.

So grateful for these guys...


So grateful I got to spend my 29th birthday squeezing these guys...


We had a fabulous day! The best part was being apart of Church of the Highlands... 20,924 attended, 3,421 got saved!!! Heaven was one big party, I am sure!

We went to MeMe's for a yummy lunch, then I got my birthday request... a nap :)

Some pictures from the day :

My Niece Callie...

Egg Hunting...





Courtney