Back pain!

I forgot how horrible the back pain is that i get with being pregnant! i get stuck and can't do anything and then become the movie mom (my kids don't seem to mind that part though) but i don't like it so much! just venting... nothing really important.

Precious moments

Yesterday after church we were just having some family fun... tj and brad got started in a tickling war... i love tj's laugh! it's one of my favorite sounds! brad would tickle him and then tj would say "Stop dad!" to catch his breath, then a moment later says "Again!" for more fun. when i pulled the camera out though, his first word was "cheese!" what a ham!

Here's another one with some more great laughs, i just couldn't resist! Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Our Church playgroup put on a halloween party for the kids yesterday complete with cookie decorating, a candy hunt in a "haunted hallway" (lights off in the overflow :-) and even musical chairs! For the actual halloween night, sarahbeth and tj will be princess leia and darth vadar with our friends the neves... Jamison will be the jedi luke skywalker... however annalie and i have yet to finish their costumes, so we improvised and pulled out the dress up clothes. TJ is an eight legged creature...aka a spider! Sarahbeth and Jamison getting ready for the halloween party! Sarahbeth was a devil girl, and Jamison was a victim of some kind of fight while his sister natalie dressed up in some scrubs and was a dr!

With all the cookies and candy, amy (another good friend) braved musical chairs with all the kids... 4 and under. after some of the older ones got the hang of it, it seemed to go ok, kinda crazy but in the end everyone was a winner!!! hooray!

All is Well!

Just wanted to let everyone who was worried and concerened for us that we DID find a new belgian waffle maker! ahhh, what a relief, i knew there were many who were biting their nails. But have no fear! all is well!

Tragedy Strikes!

So yesterday morning, I was making waffles for breakfast, and had three more to go when suddenly a loud pop from the back of the waffle maker makes me jump! and the little light goes off... so i figure maybe we blew a fuse, so i switch over to the other side of the kitchen and plug in the maker... a louder pop followed by sparks occur and i quickly unplugged it! so alas, we are now without a belgian waffle maker... amazingly it has lasted us almost 6 years! WOW... now that we've been married for a while, things are starting to go out... first my back, (pregnancy will do it every time:-) now the waffle maker. how long do microwaves last????

Calendar Time!

Usually, every morning, sarahbeth, tj and i do calendar time. it's a big poster board that folds in 2 places and we do the shape of the day on the bottom left, the color of the day on the top left, the weather on the top right, and the actual calendar in the middle. everything is velcroed on the board somehow so we can reuse and not lose! the kids love it, above the calendar it sais: today is _(weekday)_, _(month)_ _(date)_ 2007, Yesterday was Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007, and Tomorrow is ect... the kids have fun with the shapes and colors, and figuring out the weather each day, and then they especially love going over what the next few days hold in store for them!

our little artist

Yesterday at our friend's house, sarahbeth drew bart simpson... all by herself! sure it's not the greatest, but she's three and we are definately impressed by our little artist!

sheeps and spiders! oh my!

sarahbeth loves to draw on the chalkboard in the office, and since her first real drawing last december, she has come a long way. she loves to draw mice, flowers, her abc's, and today, she drew spiders and sheep!