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HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY, SWEETHEART! It’s hard to believe that 5 years have passed since we first held you in our arms.  What a blessing that day was.  Little did we know that day, how our lives would change.  From the beginning, you have had a tremendous heart and always on the go.  Dad and I like to say that you never learned to walk.  You skipped right over that step and leaped right into running.  Honestly, this should have come as no surprise considering how much your Dad and I hardly ever sit down, and the fact that your Dad’s nickname was “ Michael, Michael motorcycle”. Yep, your Dad, just like you, used to run EVERYWHERE! 

You are such a great big brother to Carter.  It is such a delight for Dad and I to watch you play with Carter so calmly and gently.  I love the way you are always considering Carter when you make decisions.   It’s not something that we taught you, it just always been something you wanted to do.  LOVE THAT!

Josh, you are funny!  I hope you never lose your silly personality.  You make your Dad and I laugh all the time.  I can just smile thinking of all of the funny things you’ve said to us. 

Your smile!  Your smile lights up my day.  It seems to say, “I love you”.  Hope someday you will let more people see that smile. 

Sure, Dad and I could definitely say you can be stubborn, but we’ve learned you’re just… decisive, passionate.  You love to be given fore warning… to plan ahead… you’re cautious.  You must at all times, need to know what is coming next. 

Dad and I can’t wait to watch you grow, and your passion and love for Jesus grow with you.  We love the way you love Jesus.. how you look forward to reading from your Bible, and ask questions.  We pray that you have a close and intimate relationship with our Lord and Savior.  For we know that you have a tremendous heart and His Kingdom is yours. 

Thank you for everything you have taught us about ourselves.  We love you so much and feel truly blessed by you each and everyday. 

Legoland

Happy Birthday!

 

 

 

Sickies

Seems as though it was our turn to get the flu.  Starting a little after half-time for the Super Bowl Carter starting getting sick.  Michael and I were both shocked at how quickly Carter started feeling sick.  We haven’t been around anyone who was sick, and we are selves have been feeling fine. So, sure it was a bit shocking.    I so dread seeing my babies sick. You get that sick feeling in your tummy that just says, “Oh, I would much rather it be me.”  Especially when they aren’t able to communicate to you what hurts.  But, Ohhh, how I love the cuddles and snuggles I get from sick babies.  Love, love, love cuddling (go figure physical touch is one of my love languages)

Anywho, Carter starting feeling better on Monday, but you’ll never guess who came home from school feeling yucky on Tuesday?  Yep, Josh!  Seems he  caught the bug. Then it was my turn, and last but not least, Michael got it and probably the worst of it.  I worry about him the most  because of his weak immune system.

We missed A LOT of work, and school this week.  Not fun! 

We’re all feeling better now, and have hopefully avoided society long enough to not pass the bug on.

Carter trying to sleep on the floor…

Carter slept quite a bit this week on the couch like this…

Josh on Tuesday night, when he started feeling yucky

Hmmm, Carter must be feeling better?!

I think they’re both feeling better now!  Yay!!

I would show you pictures of Michael and I feeling yucky, but trust me you are  better off.  ;)

 

 

Weekend at home

Michael and I treasure our weekends, especially the ones that we are able to spend at home as a family.  Sometime it feels a bit selfish to stay home and mostly because weekends are the best opportunity for us to invite friends over, or go out and  explore Southern California (which we do all so often, LOL).  But we really enjoy the calm, slow family weekends. I always feel revived, calm, and complete after a weekend at home with my boys.  Sure we “try” to get some of those house projects checked off the list, but for the most part it’s games, trains, cars, trampoline, etc… I LOVE these weekends, and this weekend was one of them.

Carter reading…

Carter giving Josh hugs

Josh showing how much he loves those hugs

Michael happily trimming our fruitless Mulberry back with his new chainsaw

Some things you’ll often find Josh doing on his own…

Coloring Superheroes, and crossword puzzles

and playing his favorite word game. He loves to sit and do puzzles that make him think, especially spelling puzzles.  He does a great job of sounding each letter out and making words. 

I have to show my fun purchases this week, because I just love them.  Thank you so much Mom & Dad DeJong. 

For Christmas M & D gave a Sample fragrance set of 8 different perfumes from Sephora.  Inside is a card that you fill out once you have had a chance to try out the 8 different perfumes, and take it into Sephora for a full size bottle of your chosen perfume. 

I chose…

and I was finally able to get my new Crockpot.

Fun!

 

 

A New Purpose

When I first started our blog it was with the hope of helping out of state family stay connected…you know all the things that are hard to say over the phone.  I thought I would be more committed to posting, but when you everyday life just seems so ordinary you don’t see any reason to post.  Yet, I try to remind myself that our ho-hum days are fun and interesting to our families and friends.  Even with that said, a friend said something to me the other day that made me realized that I have been blogging, or lack of blogging, for all the wrong reasons and this I made me very sad.  She said, that I should post and my boys wouldn’t regret it.  I can’t thank her enough because even though it made me very sad to think of all the moments that I’ve missed, it made me happy to know that it’s never too late to start.  So I hope that with a new found purpose our blog will be a way to write our memories, or everyday moments that Michael and I, or the boys can look back on and treasure…a public journal or memoir, per say.