African Children's Choir Concert!!!!

Tonight was the most amazing night!! We had the incredible night...one that I will never forget! I truly have no words...

The choir arrives

They got their energy out by playing on the playground in the rain!

Each of every one of these kids are BEAUTIFUL inside and out!!!!

Eating dinner. I made lasagna for the group and they ate every last bit!

Having devotions before the concert started.

Lining up to go on stage

Dancing. WHEW!!! It wears me out just looking at them dance! They have so much energy

Dancing some more!

The kids loved Nathaniel and he loved them back!!!

Just looking at this picture brings tears to my eyes...such beautiful children! Their smiles light up the room!!!

Backing Up ~ Our Trip To Washington To Celebrate My Grandparent's 60th Anniversary

Nathaniel's first experience at the Spaghetti Factory. He LOVED it. I am not even sure if I got to eat any of my food. :-)

Grandma found a giant Elmo that Nathaniel just LOVED!!!

Elmo attacking grandma LOL

My new ALL TIME FAVORITE picture! My guys all dressed up for the 60th wedding anniversary.

My beautiful grandma walking down the aisle! I feel so blessed to get to celebrate such a memorable occasion with my family!!!

Nate and Grandpa

Nathaniel learned the color "yellow" on the drive home :-)

Backing Up ~ A Trip To The Pumpkin Patch Part 2

Backing Up ~ A Trip To The Pumpkin Patch Part 1

Backing Up ~ My Kid's Crazy Outfit

Like mother, like son - this is how we dress when no one else is around :-)

Backing Up ~ Nate Uses the Big Boy Potty!!!!

Out of blue, my little boy decided he wanted to go poo poo in the potty!!! I was so super excited that I didn't even think about my camera until after he had done his business...I don't think it is appropriate to post a picture of my son's poo poo, although I do have them! :-)

Here he is right after he did his "business".

Here is the very next day after he decided to go pee pee too!!!!

PS For some this may be TMI, but it is so excited for me to watch my little boy grow and learn new things...plus I am definitely looking forward to him being out of diapers. :-)

Backing Up ~ Nate Goes To Hunting Camp

Every October, Paul's family goes over to Eastern Oregon to hunt. Enjoy the pics...

Special Day With My Guys

With my new work schedule, I rarely get a Saturday off. I wanted to take the opportunity to have a special day as a family.

We decided early on to go to Crater Lake for the day. It was free to get into state parks, so it seemed like the perfect time. :-) Unfortunately, the smoke from the Umpqua national forest fires clouded the incredible view. Oh well, we still had a great time. Enjoy the pictures.

Toys R Us was having a special celebration for Geoffrey's Birthday. It was pretty cool, but...

...this is about as close and Nate would let us get to the over sized giraffe. He was super scared of him.

Me and my little boy at Crater Lake. See all the smoke in the background?

Silly boy!

My two guys...aren't they SO CUTE!!!

He he he...this is a normal daddy/son thing.

On the way back, we stopped at the Natural bridge just down the road from the Rogue River Gorge. It was a short easy trail and a beautiful water view. (you can see the smoke in the air, it was actually a sunny day)

What a mischievous face

Looking at the water with the park rangers. The nice park ranger gave him a little Smokey the Bear pin. :-)

Nate was mesmerized with the water.

Mission's Sunday

I LOVE missionaries! They are a special people with incredible hearts. This Sunday we had a missionary from Romania, Tamara Henkes. Check our her blog.

Happy 2nd Birthday Elijah!

Nathaniel was invited to his friend, Elijah's 2nd birthday! It was a Pirate theme and Nathaniel had a great time.

The birthday boy! Happy Birthday Eli!!!

Cindy (Eli's mom) giving my son a bat *SCARY* to hit the pinata.

Nathaniel taking a break from the scavenger hunt to jump on the trampoline.

Nate spent most of the night trying to take everyone elses food...especially Cindy's food! :-)

Grandma's Visit

We were so excited to have my mom come and visit over Labor Day weekend.

LOVE this picture!!!!

Grandma became his new jungle gym :-)

Cuddling in the cold morning (while watching Elmo of course)

We took mom to one of our favorite restaurants "The Soup Station" in Rogue River. I finally got Nathaniel saying "I love you" on video. SO CUTE! :-)

Teaching him young

This past Tuesday, we had an early Turkey dinner because my nephew (my sis-in-law's step son) is leaving for Boot Camp and he will be missing the holidays with our family. I decided Nathaniel was old enough to begin a VERY important tradition involving black olives. Now he will know what to do with Thanksgiving comes around! :-)

Nate thought it was pretty funny that mama was eating his fingers! :-)

He wouldn't eat the olives off of his own fingers, but he ate them off of mine...he bit me pretty hard! :-)

I love this picture. There is so much expression in his face.