Abe - 4 years old

How can my little baby be 4??? That's what I am trying to figure out. He is getting so big so fast. I have him going through Pre- K material this year. He is right now learning all his letters and their sounds. Although he is almost 3 years younger than Titus I feel like he is in his clothes right behind him. Even his shoe size is already an 11! He loves picking out his own clothes and has a particular interest in not matching. He still loves copying his brothers but is doing much better at playing by himself while I do school with his brothers. The people at church find much joy in watching him, especially to see what he will do as we leave for Jr church each week. He loves being read to, his favorite show is Ninjago and he loves telling stories, mostly at dinner when he should be eating. What a funny joyful busy guy we have. Happy 4th Birthday ABE!

Abe's Construction Truck Party

Construction Truck Birthday Cake

The Party attenders with construction hats, of course...we all looked like Blimpy b/c they were so little on our heads :)

4 Candles..how can that Be??? Abe enjoying the cake, forget about the fork.

Abe's first present was a shovel and bucket then he had to dig in his new sand container for his other presents. I think he really enjoyed that part. He also received the Lorax video, light saber sword, binoculars, toy story slippers and a scooter...besides toys for his sand bin.

2 Sisters and my Mom

I was so excited to have my mom and two sisters came to visit me! It was my sisters first time to be here. They all flew in on Friday, Sept 7 in the AM. I picked them up and we grabbed lunch at Sonic then headed home, where the boys were more than excited to see them. As we got home a huge thunderstorm came through, so most people napped(they had traveled through the night) then we had a ham dinner and went bowling. Saturday we took them around MT Home, stopping at our favorite turtle pond at Cooper Park and then on to Robinson Point to swim, take a walk, catch fish with cups and nets and collect rocks. In the afternoon I worked on Abe's birthday cake and a meatloaf and homemade macaroni and cheese dinner.

Schedules

Soccer has begun. Monday and Thursday night practices for Caleb and Titus. Games begin this Saturday morning. The boys are so excited..I will post about the first game later. Soccer goes till November 10th

AWANA program. Hard to believe I have a kid in the Truth and Training group. This year we have a kid in each group - cubbies, sparks, and truth and training! They meet on Wednesday nights from 6:15 - 8 PM. In the meanwhile until our church hires an Assistant/Youth Pastor (we are looking, if you know anyone to recommend) Mike preaches to the adults and teens, we take prayer requests and then as the adults pray we take the teens and pray with them, have small group discussions and a game time with them. We also doing a teen activity as well as SNAC with them once a month. It seems like our nights are so filled up with soccer, piano lessons, AWANA, Ladies Bible Study, and other things that come up, so it seems odd now when we don't have something during the evening and its nice to rest.

At the Park

My Husband Mike

I have such a wonderful husband, this year his birthday fell on a Sunday. It certainly was a busy day but Mike got to do one of the things he loves most - preach! I bought a Key Lime Pie and he received presents of a new wallet, shirts, and book plus money. I made him some of his favorite meals and just let him relax as that is his favorite thing to do. I am so thankful for the work God has done in his life, and our lives. We found out for sure we were expecting a child August 16th although we were pretty sure before that. Then Monday, August 27 I miscarried and it was confirmed after a week of Dr visits and blood work. I was about 7 weeks along and believing life begins at conception was sad to lose our little baby. It was a hard and busy week but I am so thankful for the support I had in my husband. Another blessing to me was a CD I had just received from my sister called "Faithful God." God is so good to us and it made me even more thankful for the 3 precious boys He has already entrusted us with. I did get a precious silver circle with baby footprints and the date of its death to be added to my children's necklace. God is gracious and I know He is big and Sovereign. I trust Him and His love and wisdom. I started our ladies Bible Study the end of August and we are going through the names of God and what they mean for our lives.

I found my birthday pictures of Mike - trying to keep the boys from blowing out his candles on his Key Lime Pie before he gets a chance.

Bowling Night

Norfork Lake Picnic

The first week of school my sister got off camp and decided to come to Arkansas to see us! We had fun going to the lake two times, having a picnic, going to the park and seeing the turtles, eating out, bowling and so much more. It was great having her here and catching up.

First Day of School 2012

Caleb
3rd Grade
56 inches 63 lbs
A lot more work and writing
McDonalds lunch brought by Dad
Loves to play outside
Favorite color: Blue
Book: Encyclopedia Brown
TV show: Oscar Oasis
Food: Cheese Pizza
Wants to be a Vet
Really likes Church
Does not like Broccoli

Titus
1st Grade
4ft tall 46lbs
Favorite is Math and Reading
Counted Animal Crackers
Made a clown in Art Class
Favorite Color: Red
Best Friend: Caleb
Book: If you Give a Pig a Party
Food: Potatoes, Carrots, and Corn
Wants to be a football player
Silly

Abe
K-4
40 inches  37 lbs
Coloring in the lines
Yellow School bus and Giraffe picture
Best friend: Cousin Elissa
Likes to play Mini - golf and jump on trampoline
Favorite color: Light blue
Food: Pizza, Bananas, and Rolls
Wants to Drive Cars when he grows up
Doesn't like naps

 

Extra pictures

so I just realized I had a few more pictures from our MI vacation so before I skip to First Day of School I wanted to put a few more up.

criss cross cannon ball by Titus

 

Caleb can't get enough of the big waves and jumps with his dad

Lugnuts Baseball Game

On Friday night, despite much rain in the forecast we drove down to Lansing to attend a Lugnuts baseball game (actually was suppose to be a double header with fireworks afterward). We got there early and had a picnic lunch outside the stadium then went in to the boys first semi- professional game. There were not many people there and very soon into the game we started getting rained on..in the meanwhile Mike got a player to throw him a foul ball and I caught a t-shirt that was shot up into the crowd. Unfortunately by the 3rd inning they called a rain delay and we headed home, finding out later the game was cancelled. It was fun nonetheless and here are a few pictures to remember the fun evening.

More fun at the lake

Swimming, Jet Ski, Fun at the Lake