6th Birthday!

I've been trying to upload a video of Josiah's birthday, but after two failed attempts I've decided to forget it. Pictures will have to do.

Our little bird-loving buddy just turned 6! His older sister made sure he had fun games to play. We were going to play the good old game of pin the tail on the donkey. Josiah asked us to draw antlers on the donkey so that it could be a deer. He's really been into deer lately. So we played pin the tail on the deer.

Of course he got lots of fun presents...

And he requested a forest cake with deer. And horses. So here's what we came up with...

Happy birthday Josiah! We love you!

Happy Father's Day!!

To our fathers: We truly thank God for you! We are so thankful for your spiritual leadership and for your love for the Lord and us. We love you!

To the father of my children: I am truly blessed to have a husband who is teaching our children to love God and obey Him, who prays with them, who teaches them scripture and leads our family in devotions. I love you!!

Happy Father's Day to ALL the Fathers out there!

Online Party!

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Part 2

Here are the rest of the pictures from Memorial Day I was going to share. Well, actually they're not exactly "the rest" of the pictures. Audrey took several very cute pictures of Tirzah in my mom's flower garden that turned out so cute. I think those need a post of their very own, so you'll have to come back to see those!!

Here's Tirzah with aunt Deb.

Sisters! Deb, Candy, me and Audrey. I love my sisters!

Here's grandpa helping Isaac and Titus on the ponies. Cousin Joel was also lending a hand.

Isaac is our little cowboy! He is such a natural with the ponies.

Can't you just see him at the State Fair someday? ;)

Memorial Weekend

We spent some time with my side of the family for Memorial Day. Everybody was there. 26 people in all. 10 adults and 16 kids. The kids are 10 and under! While it is a lot of people, I really enjoy being around family.

Here are a few highlights... Josiah climbing into the "tree house."

We celebrated some birthdays. Grandma is always so good about that!

Grandpa has LOTS of animals! Kittens, ponies and bunnies are just a few of the favorites.

Tirzah likes to be held, so she had lots of people to hold her! Here she is with aunt Audrey.

Grandma also planned some games for the kids. Titus was having a little trouble with this race!

Brothers! Titus and Josiah.

Here is an informal shot with all of the kids. All 16 of them!

Daddy helping Tirzah eat an ice cream sandwich (and Titus peeking around the side).

We tried to get a family picture in my mom's flower garden. It is quite lovely. But as you can see, it is a little bit difficult to get a picture where everybody is looking at the camera without some goofy look on their face! Oh well! You get the idea. It's all 7 of us. And really, that's us! Silly, goofy, us!

To be continued...

Our Little Buddy's Birthday

I can't believe our little buddy Titus is already 4! He's gotten to be so grown-up as he follows his brothers around to do whatever they do. He keeps up quite well! This mama is still getting used to having boys. Growing up with sisters I just don't know a lot about boy things. G.I. Joes is the latest thing. Our boys play that a lot. I wasn't so sure about that at first, but the whole idea is that there are good guys (G.I. Joes) and bad guys (Cobras). The good guys always win! I've decided that it's not so bad. That theme is found in the Bible. Good (God, ultimately) always wins. I think boys are just wired to think/play this way. I'm so thankful for my boys. God is teaching me a lot through them!

Anyway, here are some pictures of Titus' big day.

A bunch of fun presents... The cake (G.I. Joe, of course!)...

One worn out little girl...

and a pool party!!!

We had a great day celebrating Titus' birthday!! We are so thankful for you, Titus!

Life at Our House

Something I've noticed is how hair can really make my babies seem so grown up. For example, when our boys got their first major haircuts they seemed to have gone from baby boy to big boy in a matter of minutes! The same is true for my girls. When their hair is long enough to fit in pony tails, they go from baby girls to big girls in just a few minutes! This is where Tirzah is at now. I put her hair in piggy tails the other day and she looked like such a big girl!

This Thursday is the last day of school. I'm ready and I'm not. I'm ready to have my kids home. I enjoy having them around. I enjoy spending time with them. I enjoy the life they bring to our house. I'm not ready because this means they are going to be ready for the next grade up. I'm never ready for this. Time flies by so quickly. Too quickly sometimes. It's hard for my mind to come to grips with how fast they complete each grade...especially when I still feel like a kid myself!

The picture below was taken right before the spring concert. The theme this year was music from the 50's.


Life at our house can either seem normal and mundane or anything BUT normal and exciting (good or bad!). I never know what I might find...

Though there are some real challenges that come with this job, I feel so blessed that God is allowing me to do what I dreamed about doing as a little girl; being a stay at home mom and a pastor's wife with a row full of children!