10.14.2010

1 Samuel 1:27

"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him" (1 Sam. 1:27)

You may (or may not) know, but when we found out that I was pregnant, I was excited and surprised. From that moment forward, every night during my night time prayers I would say, "I am so grateful to be pregnant, and if it be thy will, please grant me a tender mercy and let my child's eyes be blue" (or something to that effect). I know you are not suppose to have repititous prayers, but I sincerely wanted this seemly insignificant wish. I have deep brown eyes and Matt has hazel eyes, so the odds were not favorable, but I knew that Heavenly Father is a God of miracles.

And because of tender mercies I have this to look at everyday.


Everytime I look at his blue eyes I am reminded that God really does hear and answer our prayers... however insignificant they may seem to other people or the world.

10.04.2010

Play Time with Friends!

I am so grateful for all of my old college friends, especially my past roommates. This past weekend we were all able to get together and reunite (except for Alex and Brandi). It was so nice to see everyone! I haven't seen Kortney and her husband Jason in over a year, and we got to meet Lisa's fiance! (he lives out of state currently). Here are lots of pictures from the night! (Megan and Fallon- let me know if you want me to email these to you).

James loves playing with Claire! He was grumpy and crying before leaving the house, and when we asked him, "Do you want to see Claire?", he immediately stopped crying, started smiling, and nodding his head yes, yes, yes! Here he is giving her a massage :)

James loves water, and when Matt and I weren't paying attention, James headed over to the puddle. I noticed him near the water and yelled for him to stop, but it was too late. The puddle went all the way to his knees! Even though he was wet for the rest of the night, I think he thought it was well worth it!

 James and Creed


Lisa holding Claire 




James was going down the slide EVERY way except the right way- on his tummy, standing up, backwards... oh our silly boy!


I absolutely love this picture!


I love James smile in this picture!

The three amigos playing on the bridge

The boys going down the slide!

All three of the kids together again!
 

Claire loved hanging from the bars


Creed liked being held up high by his mom :)

What a cute couple! Lisa and Steven are engaged! Yay!


So all of the husbands played the game below (called Ladderball). Later we played it as couples. It was a fierce competition, but Megan and Kade came out on top!

Meanwhile James was playing in the dirt- he LOVES dirt!



Brice (Fallon's husband) and Kade (Megan's husband) playing Ladderball

 The kiddos sitting on the rock while their parents play Ladderball

James coming to show us what he found- an acorn!


Kortney and Jason watched the kids while Megan and Fallon played- she is going to be such a good mom someday!

Claire wanted to play with the balls too!





10.01.2010

The World's Favorite Past Time

So I have been trying to learn more about my camera in order to take better action shots, and I would consider it a work in progress. Here are pictures of Matt playing soccer this past week (his little brother Stu is the blonde guy that are in some of the pictures). The lighting wasn't the greatest during this time of day, so some of the pictures are a little washed out.















Look at all of the sweat in Matt's hair! Gross!