January 25-30, 2012

January 25- too tired to dour normal bedtime routine, I let both boys fall asleep  with me. There really wasn't room for me in my king size bed with these two spread out!

 

January 26- Leaving Target with SW and finding this beautiful rainbow waiting for us in the parking lot. HOPE... I cried, like God was whispering, " I am with you and won't leave you." A moment I needed so deeply inside. 

January 27- Preparing for Reagan's heart surgery and making signs for his slideshow. I love this one of the biggest brother cheering on his little brother.

 January 28- time alone for a run... priceless.

January 30- Surprising Reagan at lunch with Aunt B's early arrival. He was so excited, what a great distraction from what weighs heavy on our hearts this week.

January 25, 2012

Our neighbor and friend of the boys came to the door today with cupcakes made by his mom (she is training to be a pastry chef) and decorated in Reagan's favorite team colors! Incredibly unexpected and incredibly sweet. They were the best cupcake I have ever eaten!

January 24, 2012

SW loves to watch his brothers play video games... I love how he is laying right behind Regs waiting for a turn.

January 17-22, 2012

 Jan 17- A boy and his mama's iPhone... he loves it when I let him play Fruit Ninja. 

 Jan 18- A man needing a hair cut desperately! I love my hubs but this had Riley and I on the floor laughing and rolling!

 Jan 19- After school snacks... SW was even able to put all the sprinkles on! Yummy!

Jan 20- Homemade apple crisp... need I say more?

Jan 21-  A very scared little boy in the heart surgeon's office... his face brings me such joy!

 Jan 21- this should be what you see when you look up the word joy in the dictionary.

 

Jan 22- watching Wipe Out and cracking up... nice way to spend an evening. 

It has been a hard week but there is still much joy to be found!

January 16, 2012

Seriously love my iPhone! I still hadn't captured a photo for today's post and the kids were getting into bed. It has been such a hard day and I didn't know what really expressed my joyful moment then I realized that it was Reagan seeing a pair of orange and black glasses as he searched for his new specs! Glasses fit for the biggest Orioles fan on earth!

January 15, 2012

SW is our JOY! He brings so much life to our home. I think our lives were pretty boring before he arrived in 2007! I love how he walks around in the winter with no shirt off and showing his skinny little waist! What a cutie!

January 14, 2012

 

Sometimes in the moment of life it is gross and nasty but you know that one day (and probably the very next day) you will look back on a memory and have a really good belly laugh. That is what this photo is for me. We picked Reagan up from a party and immediately the car smelled of this awful stench. As we pulled out of the neighborhood I told Warren to pull over, I was pretty sure that Reagan had stepped in dog poo. Riley, SW and I were gagging from the smell and we couldn't get the car pulled over and Reagan out of it quick enough! Warren released the hatch on the Tahoe and Regs climbed out and yes indeed, he had stepped in poo. But not only that, they were playing football and he must have fallen in it! Seriously grossed out with my head hanging out the window, my FIL cracking up and Riley dry heaving... Warren proceeded to scrape the shoes off on the side of the road.  Reagan began crying because they were his brand new shoes and my FIL just laughed harder. I was irritated that you would have a birthday party in your yard for four hours and not clean up after your dogs first. 

We were going out to eat and had to come home to strip the boy of his nasty clothing and start the washer. We left the shoes in the garage and today I finally finished cleaning them. Today I also laughed hard when I saw them... the picture should be of our car on the side of the road and all of our unique reactions but this will have to do. What a memory!

January 13, 2012

I love how happy a pair of new shoes can make this boy. All decked out in black, and orange for his Baltimore Orioles!

January 12, 2012

Daddy the cowboy... the things he does for our boys!

January 11, 2012

Dear Tooth Fairy (Mommy/Daddy),

I lost my tooth today like can't find it.  So can you just pay me what it is worth? Please. 

From,

Reagan

P.S. that was my first tooth in like a year. 

You have go to love that! 

January 10, 2012

It always brings me great joy to take someone a meal. I love cooking but really love cooking for someone who is in a place of need. Our friend had brain surgery today so I took her kids dinner and I have never in my life heard a more thankful college age son! C has thanked me more than 15 times today and that was before the meal even came. Knowing that it meant that much to him just blesses the socks off of me tonight as I sit here.

January 9, 2012

After lunch... still in jammies, snuggled up watching Discovery Channel via Netflix. Home school rocks!

January 8, 2012

I love finding one of my boys curled up with a book and content as can be to stay there trapped  between the pages!

January 6, 2012

Today I am having a hard time deciding what photo to post so I am going to post two... it was a glorious day.

 The day started with a portrait of my friend, Steph's son, Cole. What a joy this little guy is! I am so glad I got to spend my morning with him.

We ended our day with a pre-season workout for baseball... it was wonderful to reunite with our baseball family again after Reagan taking the fall off. I especially love this photo of Reagan and Coach Tim, every boy should have a Coach Tim in their life. This man loves God, Loves his family and love baseball. He considers every one of his boys his family!

January 6, 2012

Sharing in their joy, sharing in their heartache... so privileged to take another portrait for this clan of men!

January 5, 2012

Watching you play in the "snow" was priceless... you love a good mess and have such an imagination!

January 3, 2012

Watching Reagan-David and Scott-Wesley work on the rocket ship that SW is making brings joy to my heart. I love when they get along!

January 3, 2012

 

Now that you saved for an iPod touch and bought it, maybe you should start saving for that car you want in three years!  You are growing up way too fast my firstborn son! I love how excited getting your iPod  made you today as you watched the tracking number online and waited for the mailman to come... priceless!

January 2, 2012

SW working on his handwriting on his first day of home school... you were so well behaved today my sweet boy!

January 1, 2012

We welcomed the New Year in the dark of night... hello 2012, we have been waiting for your arrival!