Happy Father's Day!!

We had a fun Father's Day here at home. I am grateful for our wonderful Dads and for Burke who is a great Dad.

She's growing!!!

Little Rebekah is now 3.5 months old! She is growing so well and is more beautiful every day:) She is really starting to interact with us more and Preston has finally decided we should keep her. They are starting to be very cute friends. I am so grateful!!

Moving

Most of you know we are moving (again!) this time to Grand Junction, CO. We are hoping to be down there by the end of the month or so. So I have the lovely job of selling the house. Last time we sold a house Preston was a little baby (3 months or so) the house stayed spotless for a week until it sold and we took the sign down. Now Preston is Mr. Mess-Up (2 years later) and I have a 3 month old baby who likes to nurse every two hours. To make it more interesting we are doing a FSBO (For Sale By Owner). I am telling you I have never worked so hard to keep my house clean, and have it still look like such a mess all the time!! How can I redirect all of this ambition and energy?! Aren't we supposed to be a team?!

Yes that is a "Butter" sandwich. I promise I only turned my back long enough to change Rebekah's diaper :) He also is wearing a total of 4 shirts in this picture which he produced from the laundry basket.

These carefully placed piles of towels are folded by little Preston. "I do such great job!" he said with that little sideways grin. All I could say is "you sure do!!"

Preston is so proud of the new steps that he helped Daddy build.

Preston

Okay, so Burke pointed out (accurately) that I was favoring Rebekah on this Blog a bit so this post is dedicated to my favorite little boy in the whole world. The photos are all from the last 6 months or so!

My Preston,

I never knew how much I would love to be a mother-- and even when I am frustrated beyond belief, I am so thankful for the opportunity that is mine to spend each day with you. It is so fun to watch you grow, I love to hear you call me Mom, and I smile at your excitement over simple things. I am filled with joy and absolute delight when you look in my eyes and give me one of your million dollar smiles. You melt my heart with your mischievous laugh, and your thirst for knowing how, why, and what. You inspire me each day to work a little harder, to love you a little more deeply, and to pray that I will be the kind of Mother you need me to be. I love you little buddy! Thanks for believing in me.

Love,
Mom

Happy Birthday Burke!

Burke's birthday was a lot of fun-- all of the pictures I took turned out super fuzzy--but you get the idea! Burke has been wanting one of these for several months-- it is cold and icky here so many months of the year that when the man does have a small window of time to take out his mountain bike, he complains that it is not fun because he is too out of shape!!

Burke told me he wanted me to choose the model--thanks to Craig for all of your help and advice because I was seriously out of my league and needed some info! So far he thinks it is a winner, now if he could just get in shape without actually having to use it . . .


Who needs wrapping paper?! Nothing like crayons and markers to make Dad feel special :)

Burke feigning surprise

The 1Up bike trainer---Here is Preston pretending to be the bike . . .

Happy Mother's Day!!

Just before leaving for church, Michelle and two cute kids!

Preston practicing reverent arms :)

Day at the Park

A fun day at the park . . .


Preston coming out of the slide (for some reason he thinks it is a swing?!)

The Moose who wanted to share our picnic!