Friday, July 23, 2010

New Hampshire

We went to New Hampshire for the CCC Directors' Offsite this week. We went up a day early. This was our first time in this part of New Hampshire...the White Mountains, a short drive from Mt. Washington. It was so BEAUTIFUL THERE!!! Lots of hiking and waterfalls to enjoy.
On the way there, we discovered Noah's DEEP love for Country music!!!! I laughed so hard and loved every minute of this!!!


Noah has grown tremendously over the past 5 weeks... He was the BEST traverler!!! Liliana was too! The first night we stayed at a motel called the Villager Motel. There was a playground and Noah LOVED the train thing to play in.

That night as we layed down to go to bed, both kids slept wanted to sleep with Donnie, so I had the other bed all to myself... so funny!!! As Noah was adjusting to the new environment after turning down the lights, he said "I'm not scared because God is with me"...AWE!!!



The fish were hilarious... they jumped up out of the water to eat the duck's food!


After this short walk, we met up with the rest of the group for tubing and kayaking... we floated down the Saco River for 3 hours... so fun and relaxing.
We had the best time brainstorming and bonding and LAUGHING... We are so BLESSED with the staff of CCC!!!

This is the Playground at the coolest ice cream shop! I think it was called Trails End.



I love that our kids are still at playground age... I cherish every moment and think I will be sad when they are too big or too old for them...
On the way home: WOW!!!

Noah wasn't as chipper on the way home...ha... check out his socks!

We are SO REFRESHED after this trip! THANK YOU GOD for every part of it! We are SO BLESSED!!!!!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Boy Meets Girl


Casey is having a BOY and I am having a GIRL...hehe!!! Too cute!!! Being pregnant is such a wonderful time and it is extra special to share the experience with a friend. I am due on September 18th and she is Due on October 1st. She is our Youth Pastor's wife. Our friend Andrea is throwing a duo-baby shower for us at church on August 7th! Too fun and too sweet!!!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

In a Minute

"In a Minute" is like the secret pass-phrase to get Noah to grasp waiting until later...
For example: when he is whining or begging for gum... just rephrase the whole scenario into question form, turning the situation around and giving you control, saying, all excited, "Hey, Noah, you want some gum!??" ... he stops whining and says to you with in a happy voice with big bright eyes "Yeahh!" and then you say to him "Okay, you can have gum, IN A MINUTE"... emphasizing the "in a minute part... and he says "okay, I can have gum, in a minute, mommy".

The beauty of this secret pass-phrase is that "In a minute" can mean any length of time... one literal minute, 5 hours, a couple of days... it really doesn't matter... he just knows that later..."in a minute"... WHENEVER that may be it is going to happen, no fussing or reminding or whining at all... In a Minute just fixes it!

Well, tonight when we laid him down for bed he said 3 or 4 times "I'm gonna go in the PYRAMID, in a minute!" ...LOL!!! ....He loves Diego...can you tell... I am sure this pyramid talk came from some Diego adventure! haha!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

30 weeks & 4 days

Looks like I am holding a basketball under my dress! LOVE IT! :o)

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Mostly Noah & Daddy...Buddies!

They vacuum together...
do yard work together...
wax the car together...
for hours...
Liliana decides to wash the van...
pretty cool invention... I think L may have helped a little
He is showing his bear what is outside...
upset mommy is taking so many pictures... still cute!
perfect belly landing...wooh!
Marine crawl...
Daddy's way of dishing out watermelon!
happy boy!
this happened befor 8 pm for like 5 nights in a row...
he loves to line things up... and organize...
potty training

Friday, July 2, 2010

VBS 2010 High Seas Voyage!

Like last year, I was over decorations and the toddler room for VBS!
Here are the toddlers: the CUTEST AND SWEETEST VBS crew. Here they are watching their puppet show from the view of their "boat"...awe!!!

The Todds joined the preschoolers each day for Chadder's...here, Liliana and Noah fell to the floor due to their big hug after being apart for a few hours...haha!
Liliana and her best friend, Emma were in the same crew...they held hands all week and were the sweetest things! Here Liliana is holding Jeremiah. Liliana and Emma had their first sleepover together at Auntie Joy's last night! AWE!!!
9:00 am: off to the sanctuary for songs!
Noah and Lyanna Cathcart: somehow these two end up together a lot at church events...they always make for the cutest photos!


Tired??
What a big boy!!! AWE! He LOVED this closing service!

WE LOVE VBS!!!