One Thing - 9/30/13

Little girl is finally standing on her own for a few seconds at a time

And, thinking she is pretty cool as she tries to climb up the slide!

One Thing - 9/29/13

Today was a good day...until about 20 minutes before bedtime when it literally turned into a "crappy" day. :( As I was bathing a baby and was then greeted by another messy child, I had to send Mike one of those texts that I have rarely sent basically saying, "I need you here as soon as it is possible for you to be here." Honestly, he walked into the house and upstairs to where we were and I didn't even know what to say. So, I laughed and said, "welcome home!" 

Thankfully, we now have 3 clean children asleep in their beds and a washing machine doing its work to clean yucky clothes. 

And, it is days like today when I am so immensely thankful that I can say,

"The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23

One Thing - 9/28/13

Two handsome, freshly bathed boys in new matching monster jammies

One Thing - 9/27/13

I wasn't able to post anything yesterday because Mike and I spent most of the day driving to Minneapolis to see Shane & Shane in concert. We dropped the kids off in Mountain Lake to stay with Grandma and Grandpa. Less than 24 hours later, we were back to pick the kids up again and head back to Nebraska. I think this picture shows that they had a good time with Grandma and Grandpa...Lydia was asleep within a minute or two after we left and slept close to 3 hours, Silas fell asleep about 10 minutes into our trip and slept about 2 1/2 hours, and Jonah fell asleep about 20 minutes into our drive and slept just over 2 hours. It's always nice to get away for day, but I miss these little ones so much. Life is sweeter when we are all together!

One Thing - 9/25/13

This guy fits into our family well. He has been sitting outside for the past hour reading his Awana Cubbies book. Wish I was out there with him reading a book!

One Thing - 9/23/13

Today was a full day - work, then grocery shopping, then making a big batch of laundry detergent (it should last 6+ months), then making supper, then cleaning the house a bit and getting ready for tomorrow (which is another full day). But, at the end of the day, in the few minutes we had to hang out as a family in the basement, I was incredibly blessed by the love of these 3 kids...lots of hugs and cuddles. And, the questions just kept coming from Silas - "I like you, Mommy." I like you, too. "I love you, Mommy." I love you, too. "Why do you like me?" Because you are my little boy. "Why do you love me?" Because you are mine. "When did you get me?" July 3, 2010. "How did you get me?" God gave you to me. "Why did God give me to you?" Because He is kind. "Why is he kind?" Because that is who He is. "I like you, Mommy." 

One Thing - 9/22/13

Found this picture on my ipod. I didn't realize that while we were busy capturing pictures of Lydia Jonah was taking a picture of us! :)