Family Life

Happy 3rd Birthday Jude.

What a blessing this special 3 year old has been to my life.

I can’t believe he has grown so big.

I’ll never forget being presented with my little red head for the first time.

We are so proud of you Jude Kingston David!

His cousins Victoria, Emerson and Jackson came to see him on his birthday from Indiana.

Poppy.

Jackson.

Baby sister.

Big brother and Emerson.

He loves his daddy. They might look just a tiny bit similar 🙂

Aunt Bethany holding our little Minnie Mouse.

Mommy loves the birthday boy.

Pabba making sister laugh!

Best friends.

A bounce house!

Victoria.

Surprise!!!!! Jude couldn’t talk he was so excited about his go-cart! (Victoria is cracking me up in this photo.)

Look at this face. I’m pretty sure he hadn’t said anything yet! He was so happy, nothing was coming out except squeals.

Brother holding on for dear life.

Poppy, Daddy and Uncle Brent blowing up the bounce house.

Dancing at the bowling alley.

Emerson and Jude really hit it off. They spent a lot of time playing together.

Pizza!!

What a fun day and a blessed family!

Family Life

Pure and Simple

We were on the lawn today.

The moment seemed just perfect.

A blanket.

Laughter.

Three lovely babies.

Warm sun-shinny weather.

Completely unplanned.

Pure and simple.

Dirty faces and play clothes.

Dancing

Eleanor Farjeon

A hop, a skip, and off you go!

Happy heart and merry toe,

Up and down and in and out,

This way, that way, round about!

Bend like grasses in the breeze,

Wave your arms like wind-blown trees,

Dart like swallows, glide like fish,

Dance like anything you wish.

Soundless as the snowflakes white,

Swift as shooting stars at night,

Nimble as a goblin elf,

Dance, dance and be yourself.

Stately, sprightly, so and so,

Quick and slow,

To and fro,

Kicking high and jumping low,

A skip, a hop, and off you go!

Family Life

Hum-Drum

blogging makes me appreciate hum-drum days. i woke up this morning and decided to record bits and pieces of our day. when i was all done writing, it actually didn’t seem hum-drum in the least!

it was rich and beautiful and lovely.

it is easy to get lost in time, worry and work yourself to death and then just feel relieved to lie your head down at night.

if there was only a way for us all to see the reality of what we actually have.

“overdoing it”

a very fitting lesson.

i love that through homeschooling, i’ve been the one to teach roman to read. what an amazing path to walk upon.

teaching him sometimes reminds me of old english literature. before there were schoolhouses, people learned from each other and from studying books. what amazing conversations roman and i have had about the books we’ve read together.

estella holding her dolly’s hand and keeping herself busy while we have school time!

calendar and clock work.

give a boy and box and he is good to go! jude finds PLENTY of things to do during school time!

he pretty much reminds me of quite a few surgeons i’ve works with in these glasses. maybe a doctor in the works?

little momma.

preschool time.

c is for cat. oh, how he wants one. i’m thinking maybe a cat in a box for easter….

globe + map + history books + baby sister

carving hieroglyphics into our clay (play dough) tablet.

chicken tortilla soup. roman likes to borrow my camera.

circus world.

goodnight.