Eight Years

So Dirk and I have been married for 8 years today!  It doesn't seem possible.  It has been a great 8 years filled with lots of blessings including 2 beautiful boys!  I look forward to many more.  Happy Anniversary, Dirk!

From the mouth of a 3 year old...

Ethan says the cutest, funniest things that I think are worth writing down!  Here are a few of the most recent.

Me:  Sorry, we are out of milk.
Ethan: Ok, I will have chocolate water.

He jumps off the couch (at Nana's) onto pillows and says, "WOW. Did you see that? That was Ahh-mazing!"

Passing the donut shop. "I love donuts and donuts LOVE me!"

This happened a while ago but it's a good one.
Ethan: "Shut-up!" (Just to the air.)
Me:  "We don't say shut-up. It's not nice."
Ethan: "How about hush?  Can I say hush then?"

He squats down close to the ground close to a bug: "Hey there little buddy."

To Presley: "You are such a good boy, P!"

Hitting the iPad: "Come on iPad, work!  Ugghhh!"

Last night, I was singing "Jesus Loves me" to him at bedtime and then said, "Ethan, Jesus does love you and so does Mommy and Daddy."  Without hesitation he says, "I know.  So does Nana, Papa, Uncle 'J', and Sammy (Uncle J's dog).  They love me too!"

I love our conversations!

Happy Easter!



He has Risen!  I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter.  We sure did.  We had a great time!  We went to our church on Saturday night.  It was packed and it was an excellent service.  After church, we had our friends, the Hammond's, over for dinner, an egg hunt, and coloring Easter eggs.  Ethan was really into it this year.  We used kool-aid to color the eggs and whisks to hold the egg in the coloring!  Thanks Pinterest!


Idea and picture found here

Coloring eggs!

On Sunday, We went to my parent's church.  It was the first service in the new sanctuary!  It was very nice.  After church, we spent the day at my parents, eating, visiting and enjoying the time with family.



Ready for church!

Oh yeah, the Easter Bunny made a stop at our house too! And we were "egged"!  Allison, DJ and Caleb came by on Friday night and egged us.  They hid 16 eggs in the front yard for the boys to find, and some of them were empty reminding us of the empty tomb!  It was super fun and a great way to talk to the boys about the Resurrection.

Easter Morning