Love

Just a random thought/post....

I had a long conversation with a sister at church today. She has some very heavy challenges right now. She is afraid and tired. She has faith, but she is still worried about what will happen to her family. This conversation got me thinking, what would happen if every decision that was made was motivated by love?

Okay - I wrote this in June, but I never posted it, I guess I'll just go ahead and post it now :)

5 Years!

Five years ago I married the man that I admire above all the rest. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and family!

He's TWO!

Well - now he is 2 and a couple months. Samuel had a pretty good birthday, all things considered. As we were being taken out of the ambulance, me holding on to Samuel, I told Samuel that we were at a place very similar to that ER two years previous. Can I just say that I would really like to never go to the hospital again....especially for Samuel?!?!
Anyway, he spent his 2nd birthday in the hospital and then had a party that weekend. He was a cheerful little boy the entire time. We are so blessed to have this little guy in our family.

Glasses

Samuel loves glasses. This is a good thing, because likely he will have to have them at some point. Last Saturday we spent some time in Magic Kingdom and we watched the Mickey's Philharmagic....Samuel LOVED it. He especially loved that he got his own glasses to wear. (Please ignore the blob of ketchup on his chin, he also really loves ketchup. We had just had dinner before going to see the show, and I promise that I wiped him down several times....but the boy just oozes ketchup I think.)

Easter 2010

We had a wonderful Easter. Samuel had mixed feelings about find eggs, but he does love picking things up and putting them in bins so it wasn't too hard for him to start enjoying the idea of putting the eggs in the basket.

(Just click on the collage if you wan to see it bigger)

Ties

I cannot believe how quickly this year is going and that we are already to the end of May! I just barely uploaded pictures today and can hardly believe that I haven't posted any of our pictures from Samuel's birthday, Easter, and other fun adventures. We have been staying so busy - I will try to update the blog with some of the pictures of the things we have done the past few months.
Here is a picture that just makes me laugh! Samuel is getting so big. On Sunday he "helped" Daddy get ready for church by picking out a tie. Well, if Daddy was going to wear a tie then Samuel wanted one too....so Samuel wore one of David's ties. He loved it....that is, Samuel loved it. Wearing a tie is not something that David loves, but we all love how much Samuel adores David and wants to be just like him.

Oh My Words!

Samuel has had a language explosion....here are the words that he says regularly (and he list grows daily!):

All Amen Apple At Baby Ball Bed Beep Belly Bye
Binky Bird Bite Blanket Bock Book Bread Bubble Buddy Bug
Bus Button Buzz Candy Cheese Choo Choo Church Cold Color
Come Cookie Cow Cracker Daddy Diaper Did Dog Done Down
Drink Duck E I E I O Eat Elmo Eye Fast Fish Fork Fruit
Glasses Go Hat Happy Hello Help Hi Hot It Key
Kitty Lion Look Milk Mine Mommy Moo More Mouse Nemo
Nice No Nose Off On Open Ouch Outside Pants Papa
Paper Peaches Pizza Play-Doh Please Pocket Quack Raining
Rawr Running Seat Shirt Shoes Sit Snack Sneak Socks Sorry Sticker Teeth
Thanks That This Toast Toes Towel Toy Truck Turtle Uh Oh
Up Walk Wash Water What Where Windy Woof


That is 117 words and counting...Samuel is doing really well in every way. We are loving watching and helping him grow. He is a great little boy. We have pictures to share and hopefully I will soon have the time to upload and share them all!

Hiding Place

I really am enjoying re-reading this book. Here is another quote, this one is from a conversation between Corrie and her mother:
"Happiness isn`t something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It`s something we make inside ourselves."

David`s Adventure

He`s sick. I guess it is his turn to be sick, though ;) He was admitted into the hospital yesterday and hopefully we be released today. He is feeling better this morning....so we will try to keep everyone posted.

Cornelia ten Boom

One of my favorite books is The Hiding Place. I decided to re-read this book and in the forward I read the above quote. I love it. I do believe that God has a plan and that he is preparing us for what is to come by introducing people and experiences into our lives. As long as we stay close to His spirit we will know what we need to learn and how we can grow from our experiences.

Zoo day, Hooray!

The Zoo had a free day while we were in town so we went! Luckily Samuel was able to borrow some mittens and a hat from his cousins. He really didn't know what to think about mittens...when we first put them on he just stared at his hands. We got to see many of the baby animals at the zoo and I think Samuel's favorite was the giraffe. At any rate, that is the one animal we do have in a picture!

Samuel got to ride the carousel with his cousins as a treat from Auntie Shelley. Samuel had mixed emotions about the ride. He liked being on the elephant until the carousel started to go. He also liked to see his dad and grandpa standing there, but when they were out of sight Samuel would start to whimper because he wanted to be with them.

Family Time

I am sad at how few pictures I have of us spending time with our family. We really did have a great time with family dinners, playing games, chatting....I wish my camera would know when to just take pictures because I so often forget to pull it out to capture those moments!

Travelling

Samuel did really well travelling. I think the highlight for him was the Tampa Airport where they had a play area right by our gate! He loved playing on the cloud slides and the airplanes. He apparently thought they were just for him because when other little children would come to play he would yell, "No, mine!" All I can say is it was past his nap time....but at least he was having fun and he did warm up to having the other children play too! Luckily almost the minute the plane started going, Samuel boy fell asleep!

Price!

We took one day and went to Price to visit Aunt Kelly & Uncle Fred! We had a wonderful time visiting. Samuel really enjoyed the trip to Price with only two exceptions: 1. Samuel didn't really care for Aunt Kelly's dog who apparently liked Samuel and 2. Samuel didn't seem to care about Soldiers Summit and was quite annoyed that I would get him out of the car so that we could take a picture...Samuel does not like snow or cold - he is our Florida boy through and through!

Trip to Utah

At the end of January we took a trip to Utah and got to visit our family. We had a wonderful time, but ever since we got home we have been busy, busy, busy, so that is why it has taken me so long to share our pictures. So, the next few posts will be dedicated to our wonderful vacation!

Blowing Noses

So I have been sick. I started off this year with brochitis and larangitis - not fun. Anyway, because I have been sick, I have needed to blow my nose quite frequently. I am not a quiet nose-blower. I try, but it usually comes out like a horn.
Samuel has also had a cold and with that cold he has had a runny nose. He has always been a good little guy to let us wipe his nose, but I thought it would be good if he could learn to blow. Well, I gave him a tissue and he put it on his nose and said, "hooonk." Silly little boy! but he did blow his nose just like mommy!