Feed the birds, tuppence a bag...

That is one of my favorite songs from one of our favorite musicals, Mary Poppins... Every time I say or think the phrase "feed the birds" I usually cannot help myself but to start singing the song or at least sing it in my head. Anyway, we got to experience something that we have never done at the zoo yesterday. I did not even realize it was there, I guess. But we bought these sticks with bird seed and the birds fly and swoop over you. It was difficult to actually get them to land on your stick but once they did it was so cute. The bird that was on N's stick moved so her tail grazed his hand and he got scared that she would bite and almost dropped his stick, bird and all, so I quickly grabbed it and then M got nervous so I grabbed hers and guess what, I now was the holder of two birds. She finally got hers and loved it...

Annual fishing trip

The boys had a great time on their fishing trip. In just two full days of fishing they managed to catch 80 fish! That seems so unbelievable but with the help of a guide it is possible. N reeled in 9 fish on his own the last day. They would hook the fish and let him do all the work to reel it in the boat. Daddy caught a golden trout which are rare and the guide said that in the 15 years of fishing on the White river he had not seen one on a guided trip. Pretty neat. The last picture is of the golden trout. Now I have to find out how to cook them, because I have a freezer full.

Snowy Valentine's weekend (never said those 3 words together before)

scenes around our house over the past few months

I realize that I have been AWOL on the blog since early fall and I can say that I have felt bad for the few of you who check this site, especially grandparents but just too busy to update. Life took over with kids busy in activities and just wanting to "play" which kept us outdoors and busy. N is finally on his way back to a normal platelet level, praise the Lord, and viral ITP will soon be a distant memory of the prayer God answered for our little boy. M started gymnastics and loves it and N will begin tball in the very near future and he is so excited. So, here are a few of my favorite pictures from the past few months. Christmas was a blurr with all the excitement that I don't feel I even captured the pictures but I captured the memories in my heart which is most important. Sometimes, to step back and enjoy the actual moments instead of watching them be played back on a video is so worth it.

costume parade

This is for the grandparents. So you can see that N did actually wear the superman costume to the costume parade and loved it but then refused to wear it the next day and so he wore scrubs. Unfortunately, I did not get great pictures because I was the crazy mom running between two classes trying to be there for both kids, when really I don't think I was at either?!? How does that work? This is M's class. All very cute costumes and M was shy. Not sure why, I think it was the wig...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Tonight must have been M's special night because she was showered with a few gifts at church. The first is a picture of her with a small rose given to her by her teacher, Mrs. Julie. Mrs. Julie's daughter is Miss Annie, our babysitter, and last week we came home from a dinner and I brought M the orchid that was on my plate. She said she did not want to keep it but she wanted to give it to Mrs. Julie. Well, Mrs. Julie must have loved her orchid because she brought M one of her beautiful pink roses from her garden tonight. M was thrilled and all smiles! The second was a beautiful twin size quilt that a special friend made for her. They recently started quilting and said that since they made their family members a quilt they wanted to make one for M. She said thank you very politely and quietly and then when we got home she ran upstairs with it and spent time laying in out perfectly on her bed. She would not even let me take her picutre on it because she did not want to wrinkle it and she got mad at the dog when he sat on it, too. Such a sweet gift of love and a wonderful present she will have with her as she grows! Just when I start wondering what God is doing with our little family He reminds me that He has us right where He wants us and where we will be used to glorify His purpose. Thank you God for all of your many blessings!