Joel David and Silas

Joel David asked for me to take these pictures today. I thought they were cute enough to post. :)

The Big Switch

And no, I'm not making a reference to the switch over from analog to digital television broadcast signals. We've begun the big switch of trading bedrooms with the boys. For the last 8 years we've had the bigger of the two bedrooms. Now that we've been blessed with a third son the time has come to give all three of them the big room and for us to take the smaller. They are so excited and have thoroughly enjoyed this whole process. Here they are helping paint their new room. We got them all moved into it this past weekend. (As soon as I get a picture of it I'll post that one too.) We continue to sleep in the living room on our mattress until we get our new room painted and move all of our stuff back in. Hopefully we'll complete the whole project this weekend. Look for more pics soon.

Mumsey and Silas

Look at this happy pair. Silas is the happiest little boy. He is so so fun. You can tell Mumsey doesn't mind holding him either. :)

Gingerbread Houses

I am hoping that this was our inaugural event. Decorating the houses was so much fun. Three or so times throughout the process we took a break to eat a few pieces of the candy. (That might have been the only thing to keeping them going. :)

My Sweet Angel, Joel David

Just a few precious moments of Joel David. There is no one like him. No one. :)

The CUTEST pUPPY i'VE eVER sEEN

Enough said.

Thank You Mia

Benjamin and his classmates are taking a "180 days around the world" tour in their classroom this year. They made passports and all. A couple of weeks ago they "visited" Japan. Benjamin's grandmother, who he calls Mia, came to the classroom and demonstrated all kinds of neat things about Japan. (Taylor's dad was stationed in Japan for about 2 years when Taylor was a little boy.)

Mia, Benjamin, and Joel David got to wear their kimonos for the class and show off all kinds of neat things that Mia brought from when Taylor and Towns were little. There were toys, chop sticks, a poster of a beetle just like the one they had as a pet. There were Japanese snacks for the kids to eat and she taught them some vocabulary words in Japanese too. It was such a great presentation. Thank you so much Mia. You were a star. (I think the boys had fun presenting with you too. :) I know Benjamin felt so special having you come to his classroom.