Category Archives: Boys

An Orange Pattern By The Ocean

I haven’t been on my computer very often the last few weeks (maybe months) – my phone is a different story – so I’m finally getting around to posting these.

We like going to this beautiful spot overlooking the ocean, there’s also a quaint park close by.

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I’m learning to embrace our family’s way of “posing” and doing more candid shots helps too.
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That orange sweater Preston’s wearing is gone. He kept wearing it and wearing it so I took action. It might of taken Steve a few months or a year before he started to see an orange pattern. : )
First I hid it high in his closet while we was sleeping…but the very next morning when I came downstairs there he was sitting on the couch wearing it! I still don’t know how he managed that one.
I figured a more drastic approach was needed or he’d keep finding it so…

 

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 Bye-bye orange sweater, it was getting too hot for you anyways.

Currently

Currently…

Enjoying…lots of outside play, making tents around trees, drinking fruit smoothies, not having to get up at 6am during Spring Break, and looking forward to Easter.

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Not letting…laundry, loud boys, messes, and bad attitudes take over the house. It’s minute by minute. : )
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Reading…about famous characters, especially when we need a lesson in perseverance.
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Attempting…to get organized before munchkin #4 is added to our “spirited” tribe.
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Waiting…patiently for baby sister’s arrival, just about 13 weeks to go, so excited!!
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Trying...to find the bright side on cloudy days — and I do mean figuratively.
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Dreading…dear friends moving away but hope they’ll be in our future, and frequently.
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Being intentional…about making these last months before Wesley begins attending school count quality time–wise.
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Learning…to apologize to the kids when I’ve let my emotions get the better of me.
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So blessed...to get to share life with these precious sweeties.
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Hope you’re currently enjoying your little ones!

Wesley’s 6th Birthday

We had a sweet and simple birthday party for our Valentine’s boy.

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Wesley is our energetic, bright firecracker who’s a quick learner, perfectionist, thoughtful & compassionate, sensitive, dynamic, athletic, knows what he likes & doesn’t like, and loves his cuddles with dad & mom.

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Thank you for teaching me about motherhood in ways that have helped me to be more understanding and less judgmental.
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 You are just what I {we} needed.

Today Is Special

I was backing up photos onto a hard drive, organizing, deleting, and getting glimpses of years past. I watched a couple short video clips of my boys. What amazed me is both how ordinary and precious that slice of time was, that time is.

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Adorable firecrackers of life they were; they still are and I’m sorry for times I miss seeing them fully for how spectacle their lives shine!

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Not because they’re especially well behaved or gifted in exceptional ways — they’re your average “he’s-looking-at-me!-he-hit-me!” boys of rascal everyday — but what matters is this gift of time we have together, however long or short.

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Savored in all its loud messy glory. Cupped near our hearts in gratitude.

Today really is special.

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