What 4 year old boy wouldn't LOVE this?!

The Brentwood FD was amazing with the kids...


Jacob & the birthday boy, Luke. Look at his smile? I didn't realize Jacob had his shades on the WHOLE time?!

Happy 2nd Birthday Luke! We love you!

October 6, 2007

4 weeks old

October 2008

2 things I love most about Luke are his tender heart & his love for life! That smile can make anyone's day!

Happy Birthday Jacob! September 12, 2005

4 things I love about Jacob...

-his desire to make people laugh

-his energy

- his love (& talent) of music

-his confidence

Williamson County Fair

I was surprised at how much fun we had at the fair! The boys were adventurous- rode slides, a kid roller coaster, race cars, petted animals, watched BMX bike stunts, ate corn dogs and had YUMMY homemade swirly chips. Here are some pics...

4th of July

Here are pics of our 4th of July fun before the rain got to us...

Another birthday, the pool & a "new to us" John Deere tractor. The boys have been on it non-stop since we got it (at a great deal thanks to craigslist)!

1st movie!

Jacob is no stranger to movies, but made his 1st visit to the movie theatre Wednesday (thanks to regals free summer movies). He loved Tale of Despereaux & sat there quite contently eating popcorn for over an hour. We had a great time!

Jacob is saying cheese in this picture. I told him not to say cheese & to just smile. He replied, "I want to say cheese, I love cheese, it's my favorite!"

IRELAND

Wow- what an amazing trip! Thank you all for praying and asking about it. A few details to share that definitely won't do my trip justice...

St. Patrick's Cathedral The Liffy (river going through the city that divides North & South Dublin)

our group

The city streets

the countryside (Greystone) & the Irish Sea

the Irish Seashore

Michael's cousin Amy and her husband, Jarod

What a blessing we all made it there and back safely (including our luggage). It was interesting to be away from Michael & the boys for 8 days. I definitely missed them. It was refreshing though to just be me and not focus on my responsibilities of mommy. I met lots of great new friends. I was also so encouraged by the stories of missionaries we met with about their calling to spread the love of Jesus in Ireland. Although I see the beauty & works of God all around me everyday, it was so amazing to see first hand the Lord working over 4000 miles around the world! Little tid bit... There are less than 1% of Irish (in the Republic of Ireland) who believe that Jesus is the only way to salvation. The Republic of Ireland is most of Irleand including Dublin, but Northern Ireland is part of the UK and is nearly an entriely separate country.

Michael's cousin & husband have lived in Belfast for 3 years and were able to come to Dublin for an afternoon to visit. How fun it was to see familiar faces in such a foreign place!

what we've been up to...

hanging with PJ & Grandy (not pictured)
keeping my niece, Elle

Easter egg hunts

playing outside

eating candy (the result of the Easter egg hunts :)) oh, and the black eye

cookout with friends

visiting the toy store

this boy loves shoes!

fun weekend

Michael's parents were in town this weekend to keep the boys while Michael and I had an overnight with his CLC group. Look how much fun they had!Luke takes just about everything from Jacob oh so sweet!

Look at that bed head!


still the bed head... Jacob is too enthralled by the tv to turn his head.