Impromptu Photo Shoot

Today we had an impromptu photo shoot. It all began as Chad was ironing his clothing and the boys clothing. We were getting ready to attend the M4 network gathering (which was great!) and Chad said, "I was thinking about getting some portraits done..." In horror I replied, "today, now?" You see it was already 4:15 pm and we needed to leave by 4:45 pm (and by leave I mean be in the car and driving away - so that means trying to get all the kids in the car at 4:30 pm). I should have done a better job of communicating when I thought we needed to leave but alas I did not. Chad replied that he hadn't thought of doing it today. Sigh of relief on my part. I turned to the task of changing Asher's diaper and getting him dressed. Then I heard Chad instructing the boys to take their chairs outside and get ready for some pictures. What? What? We need to leave! Ahhh. But we took pictures and under the bribe of halloween candy the boys mostly participated. Here are some pictures we got:

Yelling.

Frowny Face and Boker photo bombing.

Roar. 

Lilah Photo Bomb. We ended up bribing the dogs with dog treats.

Almost there. 

Close Enough!

Granny Day

Granny Day is one of our favorite days! And it happens every week! We play in the yard, let the dogs run in the pasture (we pretty much always take my pesky boston terriers to mingle with Granny's pesky boston terrier - and just so you know we are the only ones allowed to complain and talk bad about our boston terriers - we will be extremely offended and possibly end our relationship with you if you talk bad about our dogs so be warned), ride the power wheels john deere tractor, watch the garbage truck pick up the neighbors dumpster, dig in the sand box, eat a yummy lunch, have way to many snacks, ride in the golf cart, pull each other in the wagon, take a ride in the stroller (at least Asher does), have play dates with cousin Haylyn, play cards and board games, climb the huge pile of rocks, climb trees, stumble in an ant bed and of course drink coffee!  Anyway here are a few pictures taken over the last weeks from our time at Granny's.

In the Eyes of a 4 Year Old

Sometimes Jude gets ahold of my phone and takes hundreds of pictures. Sometimes when I look at them it lets me see how he sees things. It is like stepping into his shoes for a few minutes. Crazy to think but this is exactly what Jesus did. He stepped down from heaven and became a man. When I think about what it must have been like for God to become a man I am amazed. I look at the pictures Jude took because I love him and I think it is cute that he took them but they are not all that spectacular. God loved us and he became like us so he could save us even though we are not all that spectacular. So enjoy some of the pictures Jude took (p.s. - note that Lilah is in a couple).

Time for a new post...

Asher sound asleep in his crib...unfortunately we had to leave the house and I had to wake him early.

 Shiloh helping me make breakfast. He loves to help me in the kitchen. Perhaps he will be a chef...master chef junior here we come! Note how cute he looks in footie pj's. Also note he was not overly happy I was taking this picture.

 Asher chowing down on a piece of homemade pizza (Mr. Westerman your cooking lesson has been well appreciated - we have pizza every Saturday) I tried to feed him some puree and he threw a huge fit until I handed him some pizza. He's a big boy now.

I have no words. He is just too cute.

 Piñata time and the neighbors birthday party. Shiloh did not care for the blindfold.

Jude's turn at the piñata.

 How cute is this kid? I love the little hood.

Waiting for some food. Let me try these fingers.

Sorry J.J. Watt

Sorry J.J. Watt. My 2 year old, Shiloh, has very few words: Jude, Baby, Blue, Cookie, Mimi, Pops and a few other. So I Extremely surprised and a tad bit pleased when he said, "J.J. Watt" as clear as could be on Sunday after you made a great play. I then of course proceeded to ask him who is favorite football player is and who's the best. And I'm sorry J.J. Watt but he did not say you and it looks like you may have some competition.

Logic

“Logic!" said the Professor half to himself. "Why don't they teach logic at these schools? 

― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Jude is developing his logic. Here is a conversation I overheard this morning:

Jude: "These are my magic gloves." (Please note he was wearing white socks on his hands and pretending he must protect Elsa and Anna)

Chad: "What happens if you take your gloves off?"

Jude: "Then I wouldn't be wearing magic gloves."

Trick or Treat and Fall Festival

We had a great weekend. On Friday we dressed up and went trick or treating in our neighborhood (if you have issues with the fact that we participated in Halloween I would love to talk to you and tell you why we did - but I'm not going to blog about it right now because I think it is a subject that I would do more justice to in person - so don't leave me any negative feedback). On Saturday we went to the fall festival at my Granny's church.

We dressed up both days! I love to dress up it is so fun! Here are some pictures of our Halloween Fun:

 The Turtle (he went as a ninja turtle to tkd in this costume, I just added orange arm band and nun chucks cause we just had them laying around).

The Lion

 Lion, Monkey and Turtle

 Noah's Ark. Behold my beautiful creation. I used card board and blue paper for the boat and I got super crafty and used tissue paper and mode podge glue for the rainbow. I styled my self with my Granny's moo-moo and a pillow case to be Noah's wife. And Noah's wife was not named in the Bible I checked twice because Jude kept asking her name.

Noah and the Animals on the Ark.

 The Lion and Han Solo (my friends little boy Tim - what a cutie!)

 Granny and the boys.

My Granny is awesome! She dressed up as a Skunk! haha!