Catching Up

I'm way behind on videos, so sorry these aren't the most current ones. These are from the end of September.

Gifts From Above

“The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.” Psalm 28:7

Counting some more gifts:

861. Holding our girls

862. Having family over and eating pizza while watching your home football team win

863. Watching them hang out together

864. Listening to worship music by myself in the kitchen while making supper (Jared had taken the kids out)

865. Kiera learning to draw letters

866. Pink polka dots on a brown sleeper

867. Haley has been sleeping through the night more often than not!

868. Playing piano together

869. Having a freshly tuned piano

870. The simple dirt + worms cake I made for the kids’ birthdays

871. Kiera all dressed up at her 4th birthday party

872. Balloons (and it was a miracle that I actually managed to tie them since I am usually SO bad at that)

873. Blowing out candles

874. Big toothless grins

875. While I was driving in stormy weather on Friday night and I could barely see the road, God gave me a picture of 2 huge angels on either side of the van, guiding us home

Kiera’s 4th Birthday

I finally have time to blog today, thanks to Blake + Haley having great naps this afternoon!  So, this is 2 1/2 weeks late, but better late than never.  We took the kids to this REALLY cool new place on Kiera’s birthday, which was Oct. 29.  We were there for 3 hours and the kids loved it!  Actually, I enjoyed it, too.  It was fun to watch them see and try all sorts of new things!

This is Time Square

A neat place for toddlers to play

I think Blake might enjoy this area when he’s older

Jared took Kiera + Blake inside the train and then I went in later with Kiera

Inside the train

The front of the train

Kiera + Blake are holding some soft, lightweight balls that get sucked through these pipes really quickly and then get shot out.  The kids were laughing and having so much fun!

They got to play with water

An arts + crafts area, which my kids aren’t into

This was one of Blake’s favorite things…he’s such a boy!

We all went down this slide (except for Haley)

The slide from farther back, which I didn’t notice was a face until Jared pointed it out right before we left

Me + my birthday girl

We’ll definitely go back in the future.  She had a very happy birthday!

Fall Update

Life isn't slowing down at all, as you can probably tell with my lack of blog posts lately. We celebrated Kiera and Blake's birthdays this past week-end, so I will post pictures of that at some point. Kiera turned 4 on Saturday and Blake will be 2 on Sunday! Haley is getting easier, if that's even possible, since she's always been very easy. She will be 3 months old next week! She still isn't napping well most days, but when she's awake, she either lies quietly on the couch, or she's happy in her baby swing or quiet and sometimes falls asleep in her little chair. Such a tremendous blessing!! The kids have been enjoying the new toys they got for their birthdays, which means less t.v. watching for Kiera. Yay! Blake couldn't care less about movies and shows most of the time. He is losing more and more of his "baby words" as he is learning to pronounce words properly. That makes me happy and sad at the same time. Some of his words were SO funny! I'll leave you with a few short videos from September since it's been a while again.
Kiera taught herself to swing by herself

Singing + dancing to Veggie Tales