Who needs toys??

......When you have a mesh bag that you can pull fish (or Caleb) in- a belt to tie to each other and run around (they did this for around 30 minutes) and mom to push you in the jog stroller while you eat a popsicle!!!! Things are going great here! It has been a crazy week, but fun- we got to see a few of our old Jacksonville friends on Monday and Blevin had a blast playing with them, we had lunch with three phi mu's on Tuesday, went to a Corn hole tournament onTuesday night, and then just did normal things the rest of the week. Caleb started throwing up AGAIN last night, which is around the 4th time we have had the stomach funk since we got here- georgia must make them sick- but we got some phenegrin (sp?) and hopefully he will be off to dreamland soon!! We are supposed to go and see the family in B'ham today, we will see if it happens or not.....

Oh to be 3!!!

On Thursday I was able to just listen to Blevin and observe all his little thoughts that were going on in his brain. (probably because I went to bible study and spent personal time in the word) I love to hear what he is imagining and try not to crush it with reality. So....during his "rest time" he came out and invited me to come play with his new friends. I went in there and met "turtle" (a watering can with a turtle face on it), "key" (the lock box for the car that he found and brought in), and "baby" (his blanket that he wads up and puts to sleep in his bed or in a basket). He had the game Chutes and Ladders set up for them and they were playing! Then we went for a run later that afternoon and when we were running he said "Mommy, we are going as fast as a race car!" and then saw the neighborhood dog running beside us and said "We are going as fast as a dog!" I don't know why I thought that was so cute - I guess just because it is so cute to think about how much he still has to learn and I love that he still is so innocent (in some ways)! I am so thankful for those little moments as a mom when I can laugh out loud at things that are not really funny at all to any one else, but that bring me pure joy!!!

(this is a picture of Blevin with the neighborhood dog- when we moved in everyone told us it was ours- apparantly she is abandoned- and she has finally warmed up to us enough to pet her and the boys love her)

Celebrating 80

We went to Seth's parents for several days last weekend and got to hang out with Shane, Brittany, Madison, Macey and Hadley. It was fun, but controlled CHAOS are the only words to describe what it is like being in a house with five children 5 and under and having them all mobile!!! Then, we had a suprise birthday for Maw Maw on Wednesday night for her 80th birthday and we also got to celebrate Madison's 5th birthday on Monday! We played outside a lot- dug for worms, went on many golf cart rides and just monkeyed around! It was such a blessing to think about Maw Maw's 80 years and how thankful we are for her and it was so great for the boys to get to hang out with their cousins, since we don't get to see them much! Although....it was exhausting as well! Here are some pictures of all the fun and festivities!

Great things happening

Just thought I would give you a quick run-down on new things happening here at West Georgia:

*Seth and Ben (staff guy) have started a Bible study in one of the guy's dorms and we are having all those guys over to cook out tomorrow night

*Kim (one of the staff wives) is starting an evangelistic Bible study with KD (sorority) tonight for 4 weeks

*One of the Kappa Sigma guys had lots of questions last night after the meeting and might have become a Christian

*Two guys committed to SBP last night and there are many more still thinking about it

The Lord has been so faithful and there are many relationships being made right now and we are praying the Lord will continue to draw men to himself- Please pray that with us!!!

Seth's dream coming true

Well...for all of you that know anything about Seth- you know he LOVES basketball! As a matter of fact, we are in his favorite month of the year- not because it is getting warmer, but because of March Madness- so the other night he brought our basketball goal in and the boys played for almost an hour and have been playing non-stop then! So....to say the least- he is a little proud!

Easter Activities

Here is a summary of the fun Easter things we did- we dyed eggs- Caleb dyed a plastic egg in a bowl of water (he thought he was working hard)! We also made "bunny racers" I gave the boys swiss cake roll and lots of candy and icing and we decorated them together- Seth even joined in the fun- It was fun and the boys were on definitie sugar highs!! They got "suprise baskets" Easter morning- which was more fun for me shopping at the Dollar Tree than anything!! We read the resurrection story that morning at breakfast and after Blevin appearing to listen- he asked something about what Jesus liked to eat? Well..maybe he heard some of the truth! And then pictures of them in their outfits- none really turned out- Caleb was screaming in most of them because he was mad, not to metion that it was freezing outside! So- hope everyone had a Happy Easter and was able to really think about the Amazing gift we have in Christ and to think about the price that He paid for us on the cross!

My super-heroes!!

Just wanted to share these pictures of my personal super-heroes! They found a baby blanket and made it into a cape! Life is so fun!! Happy St. Patty's to everyone!!