quote of the day {by elliott}

After bringing a plastic container in a few minutes ago that had been turned into a frog's new home, Elliott says this:

"It's a baby girl! I need to find a boy so that they can get married and have lots and lots of babies to fill this thing up!!"

Please pray that there are no boy frogs anywhere near our house!!!!

eight legged friend

This morning on the deck I caught a glimpse of this....

daredevils

at least there were helmets involved. Enough said.

sweet surprise

Saturday morning was another one of those days when I had really planned to go to the gym, but what do you know? The boys slept in a little later so I missed my class and so then the question was whether to go at all.

Well, a knock at the door, a hug, a few tears and this totally unnecessary yet extremely delicious gift answered my question for me.

Amanda's mom and Luke stopped by to say "thank you" - she knows that I have a sweet tooth (so sad that I'm so easily swayed away from the gym, huh?). I was just so moved by her kindness and our mutual joy for Amanda and her family with the birth of baby Elle. She has the biggest heart and a most loveable personality (matched by her equally loveable southern accent). We are so blessed by so many people that God places in our lives!

And so the question of what will happen........

to the display home is answered:

As the boys and I were eating breakfast this morning, I happened to see a truck stopped on the road and some onlookers. I thought they had a flat tire or something until I heard a crash and saw almost half of this house come down! Very exciting for my crew to watch. This is how we spent a majority of the morning.

city museum

(This is where Ethan and I spent a lot of time - at least I didn't have to worry about missing the gym with all the stairs I climbed today!)

Hung out with the teenagers and almost teenagers today at the City Museum. Brian had been planning to go for a while, but it was a last minute decision for the boys and I....on our way to the gym we decided that this would be more fun so turned around and quickly changed and got to church on time to meet up with the rest of the group. These kids are great and definitely one of the boys' favorite groups of people to hang out with! We had a lot of fun and it was good to get to know some of them better!

Beautiful Baby

Look at this gorgeous girl who graced us with her arrival this afternoon. She is absolutely beautiful, has her dad's mouth, her mom's eyes and 3 very proud brothers!

Welcome to the world little miss Elle!