My Garden

Noah's Swim Class

Noah is now swimming in the big pool. He is officially swimming on his own!!!! I cant believe it....he is only 2 1/2 and such a big boy!!!!

Dave's First Swim Lesson

Bible Story

We have always read Noah a Bible story before bedtime. Now...Dave is old enough to join in. It is really great and an important thing for our family. The boys love reading the Bible stories and we love reading to them!

Playing Outside

Now that the weather is no nice, we play outside for most of the day. The boys love it. They especially love the sandpit. Dave and Noah play fairly well together in it...except for eating the sand. Noah saw Dave eating it....so he thought he would try a little bit as well!!!!! I must say it is finally getting just a little easier having 2 kids! They are starting to entertain each other and play on their own a little bit! I sure do love my little boys!

Dave's Baby Dedication

Sunday was Dave's Baby Dedication at church! It went really well. Noah was a little squirmy on

stage...but I think that is pretty typical of a 2 1/2 year old!!! It was a good time to thank the Lord for our little Dave (8 months old now!) and have people pray for us-that we would bring Dave up to love the Lord!

My Boys!

I love my boys. Here they are on a Saturday morning-up bright and early!!!

Dave-7 1/2 months

Here is our gorgeous Dave! He is sitting up and trying to crawl. He's eating EVERYTHING and lots of it! He loves being outside too. He likes swinging and doing anything that Noah does. What a cutie!

Noah-2 1/2 years old

Here are few recent pictures of Noah. He is a big help to me and always wanting to learn new things. He has started washing the dishes...which is real interesting. So far no dishes have been broken. He is learning about the letter A and learning how to cut. He is into water painting and really likes doing that. Now that spring is here though, he just wants to play outside. He loves watering the plants too! He is going real well with potty training. He doesnt even wear a diaper anymore during his afternoon nap. He's a real blessing that keeps me on my toes!

Me and My New Dryer!!!!

I LOVE MY DRYER!

A week of sickness

The boys are sick. It's been a long week so far! We found out yesterday that both boys have ear infections and David has the croupe. I really am tired of the boys being sick.

On Tuesday night, we woke up at 11:30pm to the sound of David having trouble breathing. It was the croupe...although we didnt know it at the time. He was just gasping for air. Shane rang his brother, Pete, and got him to come over to stay with Noah while we went to the hospital. Good old Pete to the rescue! Thanks Pete!

We stayed at the hospital from 12-2 until we saw a nurse. By this time, David had been sitting upright for 2 hours, and he was doing much better. It didnt help our case that Dave was now smiling and laughing!!! There we so many ambulances coming into the hospital that the nurse didnt know when we would be able to see a doctor. Dave was breathing ok at this point so we decided to go home and do what could from there. If Dave kept having trouble we were just going to go into the private hospital. Dave was ok and we were able to get into his doctor on Wednesday. The doctor said that if he starts having a croupe cough (like he did on Tuesday) that we have to go back to the hospital. He has been doing really well and last night he slept through the night again even though his breathing is very heavy.

So...it's a rainy Thursday and we are staying warm inside. The boys are pumped full of antibiotics and doing much better. I'm enjoying using my new dryer! I've got a nice pot of stew in the slow cooker-although we found that it has a crack in it. I guess I'll have to get a new one!!! Today is Shane's last day of work this week.....tomorrow is his RDO (regular day off). He gets one a month!! It will be nice to have him home and have some welcomed help during the day.