Everyday life with our three little peanut heads
I love Valentine’s day….red, pink, hearts, chocolate, candy, all of it! I had big plans for the boys’ school valentines (thanks to Pinterest!) that required us to have a photo shoot a few days in advance. Getting two boys to try and pose and hold still for a photo and smile all at the same time was nearly impossible, here are some of the outtakes.
read more
Well, unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures of us decorating at our house this year, but we did get some of the kids helping at Grandmom’s house! The boys were really into it this year, especially Joshua. Even after all the kids had moved on to another activity Joshua just kept on working until the job was done 
I think the boys’ favorite part was climbing the ladder to hang ornaments!
read more
Let’s pretend like it’s December, ok? I have so much to catch up on that I am just going to dive in…starting with Zachary’s birthday party!!
We celebrated a week before his actual birthday with friends and family at my in-laws house and it was a great time! My theme was winter/christmas/blue & red…..random I know. But it came out exactly like I had imagined. Almost every idea I used came directly from pinterest, so I can take zero credit
Let’s start with the invitations. These were very last minute. We had planned on doing his party closer to Christmas but then we had to change it to the first weekend in December and so I literally threw these together in about three days.
I think that I did very budget friendly party (Spencer might disagree!) I used a lot of things that I already had and either re-styled it, spray painted it or added some inexpensive decorations to it. As you can see I used a lot of craft paper & cheap ornaments!
read more
Precious Zachary -
One year ago today you came into our lives and we had no idea the sweetness that we would experience because of you! You were my bitty boy at only 5 pounds and 13 ounces, but you have grown our hearts in such a big way.
You bring joy to everyone you meet, you brighten our days and your sweet smile is always contagious. Zachary, you love your big brothers and just want to follow them around and do whatever they are doing, there will be no way to keep you a baby because you want to grow right along with the big boys!
read more
Last year I had the pleasure of participating in the promo for Shutterfly Christmas cards and I was so happy with the way they turned out. We did a stationary card instead of a photo card for the first time and I really liked them!
Knowing that Christmas is coming soon I have been browsing the Christmas cards for sometime now. There are so many to pick from, I love that there is something for every person’s taste. There are kid friendly fun ones and more traditional designs as well.
I think that one of my favorite things we have done the past Christmas’ is to send and receive cards. Who doesn’t love snail mail every once in awhile? It is also a great way to keep friends and family updated on our growing family! I love seeing how other people’s kids have grown and changed over the past year.
Last year we did a multi-picture card and this year I have decided to go with a single picture card. There are different sizes as well as folded cards for those who want to add a personal note. Here are some of my favorites!
This year we also have the joy of celebrating our sweet Zachary’s first birthday in December so I have also been looking at Shutterfly’s selection of party invitations. We are going to have a “winter” theme for our sweet one year old, these are some of my favorite invites.
And after the party there are plenty of thank you cards and address labels to pick from that coordinate as well!
I can’t wait to order my cards and get them sent out this year….as well as start getting some in my mailbox!
read more
We had such a wonderful weekend celebrating our risen Savior. I told Spencer on Sunday night that I saw Easter in a completely different light this year. Having grown up in a christian home I have heard the easter story every year since I was born, that’s 25 times to be exact. Not saying that this is the case for all people, but I think that we tend to grow used to hearing the story and maybe allow the magnitude of it all become a little bit jaded.
Now that I am playing the role of teacher to my small children I think that it’s important not to just tell them a really interesting “story” but to help them realize that this day that we celebrate is what brings purpose to our lives.
If there had been no resurrection then what would we be doing? We wouldn’t be worshiping the living God with the way we live out our lives, we wouldn’t be teaching our children to believe in Him and follow His plans for their lives, we wouldn’t be sharing the hope of Jesus with others.
It’s because Jesus was born and died on the cross and rose again that we do everything we do.
Saturday I kept trying to put myself mentally in the place that his followers were in all those years ago on the day after his death. Here was this man that they had come to love, follow and believe in and he was dead. Can you imagine their grief? (I try to, but because I know the rest of the story it makes it hard to truly comprehend.)
but then
Sunday morning came and they went to his grave, completely expecting him to be there….still dead.
But He wasn’t.
Can you imagine their joy?!?! I mean an overwhelming, unimaginable feeling that He was indeed who He claimed to be, and that the grave had no power over Him!
I speak for myself when I say that we need to not let the world taint the truth that is Easter. The truth that it’s about the resurrection of the One who died for my sin, so that I can experience true forgiveness and experience the gift of eternal life.
That is the Jesus that I want to teach my children about, not just on Easter. But every single day.
Now, how do I begin to even change to the topic of eggs, chocolate treats and new pastel church clothes?
I’ll let the pictures do the talking!
Do you know how hard it is just to get a picture with everyone’s eyes open? Obviously it’s quite difficult!
Recent Photos
