Last day of school!

Today was Jack’s last day with Mrs. Rachel in the threes.  Can’t believe it!  He learned so much this year and had a lot of fun!  My t-tiny!!First day (8/20) and last day.That little brother-he sure has stars in his eyes for his big brother!They had a fun picnic outside on the last day, and then it was time to say thank you and Happy Summer!! to his wonderful teachers!  Mrs. Rachel, Mrs. Brady, and Ms. Jennifer.  We loved them all SO MUCH!And now-school’s out for the summer!  Yay!!!!

The soccer star!

Jack has loved soccer season, and it’s been so fun to watch!  We had a professional photographer at one of our games (the grandmother of one of our players), and we were all excited about that!  Here are some fun ones she caught of our soccer star.

I love them.

I’m so grateful to be their mamma!  And I’m thankful to Mark for these hilarious pictures on Mother’s Day!  He was telling them a pretty silly story and I was snapping away.  They love him to pieces and think he hung the moon.  Me too, boys!Our first born, who made me a mamma.And our second born-I’m so blessed!What they mostly looked like,and a few winners!Boys,  I’m so thankful to be a mom, and more importantly, your mom.  This is what I’ve always dreamed of!  Our family is my dream come true!  No, it’s not always easy, and I’m far from a perfect mom, but God chose me as the perfect mom for you.  With His daily grace and strength and patience, that’s what I’ll always try to be.  I’m so thankful you love me and forgive me when I fail.  Each day I learn so much from you.  You bring the biggest smile to my face and more joy to my heart than I can believe.  I just want to eat you up!!  I love you boys more than words can say!  Mamma

Mother’s Day Tea

What a sweet, sweet morning!  The mom’s were invited to a special tea this morning in honor of Mother’s Day.  Boy did I feel celebrated!  The children sang us super sweet songs, said a few poems, and then joined us (at our seats designated with place cards and gifts!) for a little breakfast.  It was the sweetest thing-I loved it so much!  Oh, and see my Jack-made corsage?!?!He told me he gave me green hair because that’s his favorite color, and that he knows I don’t help people buy houses and that I’m not 34, but that he wanted to keep that a secret.  Silly thing!What a great way to start off Mother’s Day weekend!

Cottle Farms

Love, love, love the strawberry farm!Jack did a great job searching and picking,and Sam LOVED taste-testing-running around with an empty bucket!We had so much fun with Kaki and Patrick, too!  Kaki was an expert picker, and Patrick was an expert taste-tester, too!They had fun finding the one muddy row.  While we’re getting dirty, let’s just go for it!They could hardly stop for a group picture-sign of a good time!-But please look at this one!  They were asking each other if they wanted some lettuce.  This one is filed away in the rehearsal dinner slide show file!Love my little strawberry boys!

The big brothers

We are just thrilled and overjoyed to share the news that we’re expecting another little one!  God is so good!In all the excitement, I totally botched the exposure when I grabbed my big camera.  I had to turn these pictures black and white to save them.  So thankful for my phone camera! :)Our big brother again celebration after we told Jack at our special family meeting. And Jack waking Sam up to tell him the good news!And these were from the amazing day in March when we found out about this new blessing.  Sam was the first to know-even though he still doesn’t really know what it means.  He’s going to be such a wonderful big brother.  He loves, loves babies!This new little one is already so loved!