Pancake Breakfast

This morning my two men got busy in the kitchen making delicious and healthy pancakes. What a treat for mommy to just sit down at the dining room table and enjoy a homemade breakfast!

"Two Daddies"

We had our first overnight guest last week! Our good friend, Luke Patin, made his way through Michigan on his weekend journey north to New England, and stayed a night at our place. He showed up after Micah had already gone to bed, so Micah was clueless to anyone else being in the house besides his usual family of 3 when he woke up the next morning.

When I got Micah up that morning, he noticed Scott in our bedroom (still in bed, about to get up), but also Luke down in the living room (still sleeping on the couch, about to get up). Now, Micah has seen Scott resting on the couch before, so when he saw a male from a distance sleeping on the couch, his little mind thought it must be his dad. But at the same time, he saw Scott in our room. Micah put two and two together, and in his little mind, this was his conclusion...He declared "Two daddies" and went on his merry way. It just cracked me up.

California Vacation, I (June 20th-27th, 2009)

Though we are already deep into the fall, I still wanted to post pictures from the summer! I'll pick up where I left off in June. Right on the heels of our NE vacation, we flew out to CA for the week. We enjoyed an awesome Father's Day at the Pacific Ocean, followed by a week of family, friends and food! We finally got to meet our youngest niece, Lillyann (born in January) for the first time. Micah loved the "baby," as well as his beloved cousin Anne. I've put captions on the photos to help narrate our trip. I took over 200 photos, but these 40 or so photos will have to do, uploading was taking awhile, and I need to go to bed soon. :-)

California Vacation, I (June 20th-27th, 2009)

Lumberjacks in our backyard!

Scotty and I have a lot of foliage in our yard - big, beautiful oak trees, shrubs, bushes, oh yes, and poison ivy (we need to take care of that sometime...). Some of the limbs from several of the oaks were encroaching upon our roof, there was an enormous pine in our backyard, and several overgrown shrubs. So Scott and Lisa, as an early x-mas present, offered to hire a tree service to clean things up.

ProCare arrived on Thursday morning, before we had even gotten up! I heard my cell phone ringing downstairs, and then heard big trucks out front. The call had been a "head's up" from Lisa, and the trucks were parked right in front of our house. After turning on some lights and throwing on some clothes, Scotty and I met the crew, showed them around and let them get to work. We had told the guys (a crew of 3) that we had a toddler, and he may want to watch. They said no problem, it's usual. I had no idea that I would be just as fascinated by the whole shebang as my 2 year old son was. :-)

The 3 guys were amazing! They climbed trees, went up in lifts, picked up huge logs as though they were weightless sticks, and really got to work on our yard. We had genuine lumberjacks! When the pine fell, I was amazed at the fearlessness of the feller - he got down on he's knees with a chainsaw and just took it down, allowing it to fall right beside him.

Before:




During:


Felling the pine:


Micah in awe of the "big trucks":




We have yet to have a finished "after" picture...they had to wrap things up when it started to rain, so they'll be back to tidy things up this week.

B&B

Scotty and I went with our small group to the Village Park Bed and Breakfast Friday night as a "getaway." We had a great time! Super cute and quaint rooms, excellent food, a challenging puzzle in the living room, good fellowship, a hot tub, and a great time to read, discuss and pray through Philippians 3 as a small group. Kidless night too - nice! (We later found out that Micah was having WAY too much fun with grandma Lisa while we were gone). :-)

It was my first B&B experience, and it was nice. :-) Mom and dad, it's only 45 minutes away from where I live, so if you ever have an extended stay out here, I know you two would love a night at this B&B!

Our first week and a half at home!

Whew, it has been a long time since I've been in the groove of blogging, and I'm a little rusty. Even as I sit down to put up a post (Micah just went down for a nap so I have some time), I'm not sure where to begin - there's so much to update on! Life has been full, but really good!

First and foremost, Scotty, Micah and I are doing VERY well. We just thank God everyday for His love, care and provision toward us. We are so thankful for our house (which is already our "home"), one another, good food, fun family times, a job, friends and family, etc. All these things are a reflection of God's wonderful and consistent love for us as His children. (How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:31a).

We have been living in our house for a week and a half now, and we are just loving it! Here are some of the "fun family times" we've already had in our humble abode...

A photo shoot our first night:


Micah watching Veggie Tales on YouTube on daddy's laptop while we unpacked:


Mommy and Daddy having moving night with a new projector we got and a white sheet. With Scotty's computer speakers and mini subwoofer, plus popcorn, we really felt like we were in a theater! And it only cost us a buck (Monsters vs. Aliens from RedBox):


Doing yard work (Micah thought this was daddy's "vacuum" at first):


A bonfire in our backyard: