Valentine's Day (better late than never!)

we had a fun, yet low key valentines day

it was the beginning of everyone (except me) in our house getting sick

so duncan stayed home from school that day

but we still enjoyed ourselves :)

the kids woke up with some fun little treats in their mailbox

nothing big,

but fun nonetheless to celebrate with!

sweet big boy (with bed head)

he ended up with pneumonia by thursday of this week!

another bed head sweet boy

who was sick with a fever and cough

ended up with a double ear infection the next week :)

after running a couple of errands in the am while jayden was in school,

emery kate and molly came over with some cupcakes that they had made

(we keep the sickness in the family - all 5 of them were sick on and off for 2 weeks straight!)

cutie pies - love eachother

(apparently duncan's hair didn't get any better that day)

yummy cupcakes!

now this miss was happy to sit in a big girl chair and eat her cupcake!

molly was too!

don't you dare take this cupcake away from me - or else!

jayden came home from school and was able to enjoy his cupcakes too!

we ended the night at elevate (our church's discipleship training school)

and jordan and i got to go on a date on wednesday night!

it was a fun valentines day and i am thankful for my sweet valentines!

Celebrating Andrew!

last sunday we celebrated the coming of sweet andrew!

it was a sweet time of believing God for what He can do

and celebrating Andrew's life thus far!

you can find Karis's blog here

if you want to know about Andrew's life so far

and what Karis and Kenten are facing and believing God for!

I am thankful to have a friend that has chosen life in the midst of very difficult circumstances

It is a blessing to walk by her side

and to carry her and Kenten during this time.

Karis is a woman full of faith and trust in God

you can see her steadfast trust in God in the middle of very hard circumstances.

I am so thankful to call her my friend.

the three pregnant ladies at the sprinkle :)

jayden wanted to give karis a gift

so he made her this drawing

a fun sparkly card by jen!

we love you Karis and are so thankful for you!

please be praying for this sweet family

Andrew is due the beginning of March and we are asking God for a miracle!

Nothing is too hard for our God!

We are believing with them!

Valentine's Play Group

for playgroup last friday

we had a valentine's day party

the main event: decorating sugar cookies

yes - this is quite an event with mostly 2-6 year olds decorating

but they did great!

and were so cute with each part of it

i am sure the sugar and icing helped draw them into the task :)

riley & oscar

jasper (in arms), felice, and jayden

the kids were working hard

campbell thought she could do it too

cute emery kate - she loved the sprinkles!

felix, duncan, felice, charlie, and jayden

danny felt a little left out in his high chair

but he still gave us an adorable smile :)

love this!

charlie's completed project

pretty good!

ek, sparrow, and felice

fun was had by all!

Jayden's School Valentine's Party

last thursday we had jayden's

school valentine's party

they started off the party with their

recitation of psalm 19 (i think - i can't remember right now!)

and a couple of songs they have been working on

precious!

they don't allow siblings to come up for the party

so it is a sweet time with jayden in his "element" at school

they then worked on making their bags

for all the valentine's

after we read a sweet story

(i was the story reader - kind of nerve racking if it is a book you have never read before :))

they then had lunch together

love his sweet teacher and classmates

it has been such a great experience for jayden!

after rest time

jayen helped me make cookies for our playgroup the next day

(jayden took this pic of me :))

cute little guy!

he loves helping in the kitchen!

campbell enjoyed eating one of the cookies when she woke up from her nap

this girl loves her cookies :)

more valentine's post to come . . .