1 Samuel 16:7

 

"...the Lord does not look at the things people look at at.  People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 

1 Samuel 16:7

Phone Pictures

I know I haven't been putting as many pictures on the blog lately.  I seem to get that way in January/February every year.  We spend most of our time inside, we're in the thick of basketball season, and I just don't take that many pictures.  Oh well.  Sorry.

 

Here are some shots from my (new!) phone-

 

Halle's snow/ice day:

(we spent most of the day in pjs)

 

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Cate and I spent time building a Pony Castle this morning:

And then Ty backed into it:

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At least he tried to help fix it:

While Cate played with the blocks, Ty played "garage" with his motorcycles and legos:

And this little guy just watched and practiced rolling off the play mat:

 

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Yesterday at snack time Ty was asking for flower nuts.  I couldn't figure it out until he yelled, "LIKE YOU PUT ON MY SALAD!" 

Oh.  Sunflower seeds. 

 

At home:

Having preschool time:

They painted "Winter Clothes":

(The idea was from this book:)

Of course, Ty needed a basketball on his next paper:

This was the first time he had written (or painted!) his name all by himself!  Yes, it's backward and the 'y' has an extra line, but I made a big deal out of it.  :)

We had some lunch guests too-

Cars:

And a few ponies:

 

We still miss Halle during the day, but we've gotten back into the rhythm of our routine and the days are passing (TOO) quickly. 

Four Months

-as of Monday!  That's crazy.

Isaac is still our chunky, happy baby.

Check out these thunder thighs:

He grins at everyone. 

Lately he has been squealing a LOT- less babble, more squeal.  Not my favorite.

He is just starting to grab things that are close to him.  Of course everything goes straight to his mouth!

We transferred him into Ty's room after Christmas, and he is doing alright.  He had a few really fussy nights, but it didn't have anything to do with where he was sleeping.  It was just further stumbling through the dark for me.   Ty doesn't even stir when Isaac is noisy.

6 weeks: 

4 months:

Matchy.

 Thanks for the pjs Aunt Saundra and Gran Gran!

New Years Christmas

 It was a nice laid-back kind of Christmas here in Mississippi.  Like last year, we did our Christmas morning on New Years day.

 

 Have I mentioned it's nice to be home??  :)

 

 

 

*The kids did have Christmas PJs.  They were just still dirty from our trip.

*I didn't get around to lining our Christmas stockings (it's terrible trying to get gifts in and out- learned that last year), so we used cheapy-last-minute- 75%off-Walmart ones.

*Don't you love the clean towels piled on the couch?  And the blankets piled on the basket by the chair? 

 

Christmas on the road

Stop 1- BENDENA, KS

I can't find my camera card...  :(

 

Stop 2- LAMONI, IA:

Grammy's:

After a week away from Daddy (the poor guy was in Florida with the team), the kids were glad to play anything with him:

My cousin has a new job, editing film for beauty pageants (the real Miss-Whichever-State kind).  We thought it would be appropriate to get him some Barbies so he could practice.  :)

Grammy got a late birthday performance from the entire family entitled "When Grammy was MY age..." along with 80 rolls of toilet paper (a practical gift) and 80 lottery tickets (a fun gift.)

 

Stop 3- LAMONI, IA:

Grandpa Martin & Grandma Jean's: 

Ty got some exercising in while we waited for the (DELICIOUS) lunch to be ready:

 

STOP 4- DES MOINES, IA:

 Tyler & Steph's

LOTS of snow.  Do you see that mini-van compared to the mountain scraped from the parking lot??

 Ready for presents:

Reading with Nana-

(A highlight of every trip.)

Christmas cookies!

 Beautiful, right?  Despite how they might look, they tasted divine.

 

*Stop 5- Batesville, AR:

 Ty and Parker got the seats of honor for the reading of the Christmas story:

With family spread across several states, we travel a LOT during the holidays.  It was a great trip, and I would do it again tomorrow if it were possible.  But it's good to be home.  Even with the laundry piled to the ceiling (six people = ridiculous amounts of dirty clothes) and Christmas presents scattered everywhere in the house, it's a good feeling. 

Thank you, Family, for another happy Christmas.

We love you all.

*There was supposed to be a stop in Branson between Iowa and Arkansas, but the FCA event was canceled due to the snow.