a fun packed family day!

Yesterday was a family day for sure! We both were off which is obviously very rare but always guaranteed to be a jam packed day where we never get anything done, no chores get completed and were guaranteed to be late to everything. But I would not change it for the world because we cherish our days off together! We tried to go to the early service @ church but mommy was a lazy bum and just couldn't get out of bed. (might of been because someone was up until 1 or so updated her blog that has been highly ignored (no more of that non sense promise).

Daddy caught mommy and M sleeping

I was so excited to get to church! it is always such an uplifting experience for me, rather it is a hair raising sermon or an average one for me it is so much more. I praise with my hands held high during worship and I can feel him near me, i sit and listen to Dave talk and I swear sometimes he is speaking specifically to me. He spoke about a dead branch, and how it was disconnected from its source (God) and how it needed to get back to its tree of life to regain life. There were a few other meanings that came from this but more specifically he asked us, "How do you keep your faith and stay alive and continuously grow with him?" That spoke directly to my heart because I desperately need to get into a small group I just seem to make up dumb excuses why I have not entered into one. Lastly he made one last point and said, "remind yourself all the time that he will never leave you and he is always there to bring you back to him." He than in true Vineyard fashion quoted a macho man movie..."stay with me...TOGETHER WE CAN FIGHT!" ha
Do you ever feel the way I do when you just get so over whelmed by the power of God? Hands down top feeling ever. I could feel that feeling every Sunday.

When all was said and done he lead us in prayer and once again I felt like he was speaking directly to my soul. I have such a heavy heart about my brother(I will write about that soon, just not sure what I want to write because I do not want to be angry when I do). He is so lost and so sick in his head fighting addiction, and there is nothing (at this moment) that I can do. I can not be his big sister and save him. I can not blind fold him and send him to my church and have everyone pray over him. This is a battle that he has to desire for himself. Nuff said. I do just ask for now that you pray for him and the ones who love him, more specifically his daughter...my niece.

Wowzers, on to happy Sunday blogging! After church we went to our cousin Tallies 3rd birthday pool party! It was not as hot as i would of liked for swimming but it was still nice. Cayden played and played with his 3 other cousins all 2 and 3 years old. They played play dough together around a round table outside, each with their different colors and it was just too precious watching them all play with one another. None of us wanted to leave because they were playing so well. There will be so many more memories of the babies playing and eventually of Mason and the cousins that are more near his age. We are so blessed to have the family we have, there are times when you wonder why we are still family and why should I have to "deal" with certain people but at the end of the day we are family...and family is all we have.

We did not leave aunt Kelly's home until after 7, and obviously C fell asleep before we hit the highway. So when we got home, we put the boys in bed and the hubby and I enjoyed a beer (or 2) out on our balcony. It was such a wonderful night for that. It is so hard to get in an adult conversation let alone complete alone time, so when we do I feel like I could talk the poor guys ear off. I'm sure he doesn't mind less that he has to say. I think one of the best parts about feeling like our family is complete (at least for the next 4-5 years if not permanently), is finally being able to work on our relationship and learn about each other! Being pregnant is hard on your relationship sometimes. For me it is at least. I am a much more relaxed, fun, awake (ha ha) person when I have my own body with only one heart beat. God has blessed us with two angels and I would never take it back for the world (obvi) BUT i would be fine if my woman parts accidentally disappeared in my sleep....JUST SAYIN.

blew the dust off & gave the blog a face lift. Perfect.

Yeah I really do not have too much to say on how and why I have not blogged in ohh...2 months?! Lets just go with, after about 2-3 weeks I was not sure of where to even begin to catch up so I pretended I still couldn't figure out my Google password. In fact, I am very good at making myself believe these fabricated story lines. Anyways..here is a very short view into our life the past 2 months.

Mommy: I have been really trying to get this baby weight off! I am finally back down to my weight pre baby (both of them)! But it most definitely does not look like it (blaming shift in gravity on this one!) So my next goal is to start to tone this "gravity" issue. Nasa really should work on this! I have been doing some major redecorating in our home! I will get some pics up soon!

Daddy: this guy has been interviewing for full time fire/medic positions, and I think finally hit his break! BUT (there is always a BUT in our life), the levy must pass or else no job. Sheesh, he deserves this more than anyone I know. He loves what he does, he works super hard and ya know, sometimes...it is just time to get a break. We have given up a lot and embraced our wonderful life that our Lord has given us and we sure have been praying about this. I just hope that he is hearing our prayers.

Cayden: ooooh boy. Bud, you are for sure ALL boy. You are (I pray) in the prime of your "terrible twos". Everyday seems to be a struggle. Sometimes we just have to send you to your room for a few so you can collect yourself and lets be real here, so we can collect ourselves! But, when we open your door because you have stopped screaming and beating down the door you are like a new boy. The boy we are familiar with. With the most adorable smile and biggest heart EVER. I sometimes wish you were always like that, but I guess if you were always googly eyed we would be exploding inside wishing you would act out. You brush your teeth on your own, you speak in nearly complete sentences. You love to help cook and clean, your job is to put silverware away!! You talk about the potty and such...but no such luck with consistent anything. Oh well. You can however swing a bat and throw a baseball like a champ. That dad of yours smiles like a kid on Christmas day. This summer you began a very timid swimmer...but NOW! you get in your little inner tube or arm floats and swim your little heart out. You are a fish and I would have it no other way. Lastly you are really loving reading books now! You are even starting to "read" on your own.

Mason: you will be 7 months tomorrow and you have 2.5 teeth...began sitting up with absolutely no assistance about 2-3 weeks ago. You have the most contagious belly laugh and still are just the sunshine of our day. Your beautiful eyes are still blue. And although everyone asks when you will get hair, you do have hair its just blond! You love to be held but usually facing out to see your world. You are still sleeping through the night but for the last 2-3 weeks you wake up for a 4-5 oz bottle than your back out until around 7-8, you eat breakfast and back down at 10. You kinda like your sleep ha ha, I try not to think about what it was like "to sleep when they sleep". BULL. You are enamored by your big bro and you laugh harder when he plays with you than with anyone else. It is so sweet to hear you and your brother laugh with one another. No words yet but mainly yelling and an occasional mouth movement like you want to say something. You had your first table foods on 7/25. I gave you some corn bread (were super healthy up in here) but you did have a little scrambled egg dad made you a couple days later.

Well, that is a "quick" update of us. Here are some pics to smile at.