Wordless Wednesday

Zoo

We took the boys and two of their friends to the zoo on Saturday.

Boys on the move!

 

Cute Little Leopard

Crazy Joe

I was way out numbered by the boys!

We were all SO HOT and in need of some refreshing.

Enter Snow Cones!

Zachary topping his cone.

 That revived us (a little) and helped us enjoy the rest of the zoo.

We all need one of these to decorate our lawns.

Elijah looking at a giant spider in the Bug Zoo.

just a warning if you ever come to visit

NEVER leave your COFFEE unattended!
If you hope to come back and find some left in your mug that is.

The other day I was sitting on our little front porch enjoying my morning coffee before the boys woke up. Eventually Ethan joined me out side with his sippy cup. For some reason I had to go inside for something and left my coffee cup sitting out there. I came back to see that the little stinker had unscrewed the lid of his cup and poured the entire contents of my coffee mug into his sippy and was trying to screw the lid back on his, now full of MY coffee, sippy cup!

Here he is trying to look all innocent.

"Who ME?"

Kittens and Curls

There's something so sweet about kittens and curls don't ya think?

"We're going to go exploring." Elijah said to me as he slings his new kitten over his shoulder and heads off to find an adventure.

Earlier he told me "Thanks Mom, for getting a cat. They are easier to hold than a dog." He's a rough and tumble little boy but he also has a big heart. Last night at bed time he got upset and started crying because Ethan was growing up and he doesn't let Elijah hold him like he used to and Elijah was worried about forgetting what it was like when Ethan was little. I told him we had lots of pictures we could look back on to refresh our memories. That seemed to help calm his heart and he rolled over and went to sleep.

These sweet kitties came home with me yesterday. I went to the Farmer's Market for fruit and veggies. Instead I came home with flowers and kittens!

The boys were so excited! Elijah said "I've never had a pet cat before!" Ethan calls them "cattys".

Elijah immediately chose the lighter kitten and hardly let it out of his sight all afternoon.

They have been so patient and good with the boys and all their man handling loving. =)

We have internet set up at our house now so i'll be able to keep in touch better now!

Geoff started working full time yesterday. We are not taking it forgranted. What a blessing to have a job these days!

Elijah has his first loose tooth! The bottom front two actually. He's very excited about this and tells everyone he meets about it. At church on Sunday when someone would ask him his name he would answer "I'm Elijah, and I have a loose tooth!"

We've visted a couple different churches and are praying that the Lord would lead us to where He wants us to go and where we can get involved and be a help and encouragment.
 I've missed visiting and reading your blogs the last couple of weeks. How are you all doing?

How to spend your first day in Florida...

Where else but at the beach!

Our first day in Florida mom and I took the boys to the beach. It was lovely! We all enjoyed it so much!

Flight to Florida

Soy Candle Giveaway! (CLOSED)

Crystal's Health Corner: My 1st giveaway!: "Would you expose yourself, if you were pregnant, or your baby to 2nd hand smoke? Would you burn diesel fuel for your family to inhale? Would you ask your kids to expose themselves to cancer causing chemicals you may have in the house i.e. bleach?

No way. Of course not, but you have done the equivalent to all these things to your family & your body if you've burnt paraffin candles in your home! Yes, I too was shocked! Fumes contain formaldehyde which can lead to nose & throat cancer. So far there are 11 documented toxins from paraffin."

Read about the benefits of soy candles over on my sisters blog and enter her soy candle giveaway!

Last Day in MO

Tomorrow is moving day!
Last minuet packing, cleaning, saying goodbyes in store today.

We are going to be so sad to leave Missouri Ozarks and our friends here. God was so kind to allow us this time here with these amazing folks! They've blessed us so much with their love and input in our lives.


Thanks for all the anniversary wishes here and on Facebook yesterday!

Have a great day!

7 Years

8~7~11

We're celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary today!

In the past 7 years we've lived in:
2 different counties
3 different states
8 different homes

In two days we are moving again.

We're nearly ready! My Aunt came to help me clean yesterday and we got a ton done. It was so nice to have her help and it gave me the motivation I needed to GET TO IT!

Geoff took me out to eat for lunch yesterday for our anniversary. We ate at a nice restaurant over looking the Lake. Our table was right in the window so we had a wonderful view.

Today is going to be a busy day. It's our last Sunday at church. =( So some goodbyes to be said today. Then I'm taking a friend to one airport and picking up another friend at a different airport.

Have a blessed Sunday my friends!

Linking up with the LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge {this moment} edition