New Scooter

Our little man was thrilled last night when his Daddy came home from work with a new scooter! Stephen had been waiting weeks for this! His got stolen the other week from the library, and although he handled it well (and it gave us a great opportunity to talk about the Gospel), he definitely missed it. Daddy was a big hero when Stephen first saw his new one. He rode in the parking lot last night until it was nearly too dark to see. Score for Daddy!

Third...

Jonathan fell asleep in his carseat sucking a dum-dum while we were at the beach...proving again...he's the third!=)

Family Beach Trip!

Last week we took a family trip to the beach. It was wonderful having several days with just the 5 of us. I admit, though, that it wasn't relaxing by any means. Did I expect it to be with 3 little boys? Not really, but it was lots of fun. I keep telling myself that I'll miss these crazy "vacations" in the future when Jeremy and I are left looking at each other in an empty, quiet beach house.=) I'll explain the fun things we filled our week with below (oh, and I forgot my camera, so these pictures are courtesy of Jeremy's phone!):


Our family taking a picture of ourselves


Me and the boys at Southpoint


Stephen took this pic of me and Jeremy


The boys playing putt-putt


The aquarium at Fort Fisher (we went twice using our zoo membership to get in free!)


Candy store at Holden Beach


Riding the ferry over to the aquarium


Caleb "belly surfing"


Jonathan ate lots of sand (Gross)!


Stephen had so much fun (we especially enjoyed our day on the beach with Chad, Dawn, and their boys!)


Jonathan trying on hats (poor thing...we do whatever to him!)


Jeremy and Jonathan the day we stopped at the Battleship

The Antics of Caleb

Our 2 year old is at it again! These are his latest endeavors the past 2 days:


Caleb got into the stamp drawer today and had a great time. All was well until he started stamping his legs, arms, etc. It got even better when he decided to use the red ink pad as a stamp and do even more artwork on his little feet! This picture doesn't do it justice!


Here's the way Caleb went to bed the other night...no shirt on and shorts on his head. After a while, though, I heard the cry for Mommy to come and put his shirt on!

Where does this little boy get these ideas? Who knows; I'm just convinced that everyone needs a Caleb!=)

KidsWeek

What a fun, tiring week for everyone in this house! KidsWeek (VBS-Summit style!) has been going on, and we've had a GREAT time! I'll hit some highlights below (since I'm going to bed...exhausted!).


Tonight's conclusion with lots of blow-up fun!


Caleb's attempt at the dunk tank!


Slides!


Do you see any pennies? Nope, Stephen got them out to help the boys win the penny war!

Welcome Home

We have the best neighbors! Seriously! The Bloomfield family is such a blessing to us. We didn't know when we moved in that our neighbors would be Summit members, with 2 kids, who are also planning to homeschool like ourselves! We love them!

The past month this family has been in Kenya, and we have missed them terribly. So, Wednesday, before they came back, we made signs for them and hung in them in their living room. We're looking forward to playing with them lots again very soon!!!

So Tired!

Yuck on the blurry Iphone picture. Anyhoo, here are Stephen and Caleb after a long, fun Saturday that ended with lunch with some special friends. All 3 boys fell asleep on the way home. We were crammed in Jeremy's car, which made their ability to sleep even more surprising! Fun, busy, summer days!