12.31.11

Cheers to a great year!

12.30.11

I crave authenticity....so, I thought I should be authentic myself

and reveal what my living room looks on this fine Friday morning.

12.29.11

"Hey, there's a new Big Nate book!"

11.28.11

The boys may, or may not have, spent an hour and a half playing in the tub....

12.27.11

Oh, the things you can do with slime.

12.26.11

Yia Yia, I think we have two boys that love their Tigers shirts' and Under Armors!

12.25.11

Happy Birthday, Jesus.

12.24.11

Happy 7th Birthday, Gibson Jack!

12.23.11

Today, we met our daughter and fell madly in love.

God is good.

12.22.11

The bird feeder were a success! Now all the need is some twine and the are ready for spring.

12.21.11

Gibson and Elliott's first ever visit with Santa.

12.20.11

Thanks to Ms. Katie's brilliant idea, we are going

to have some happy birds come spring!

12.19.11

Elliott strapped on the camera and took pictures of Gibson all around the house.

12.18.11

Love thes boys to the moon, and back.

12.17.11

Introducing Louise: Famous Warrior

12.16.11

What is small group love?

It is sending an email for a prayer request

and having three faithful friend speak truth into your fears.

We are blessed by each and every one of you.

Thank you.

12.15.11

I think I can still smell the spray glitter.

12.14.11

Someone was a bit over zealous in ripping of the rungs of his birthday chain.

12.13.11

The kitchen in the boy's fort, fully equip with books.

12.12.11

Kicking off another Monday with some Jillian & Kt.

12.11.11

After a long, busy weekend, we were thankful to sit 

down to a fire and for a life filled with goodness.

12.10.11

Like father, like daughter.

12.9.11

Gibson wowed us all with an early morning science experiment

as he turned a needle into a magnet.

12.8.11

Gibson loves signing his name in his best cursive.

12.7.11

Craft night #3 was a success!

You should start a craft night with your friends!

12.6.11

Is there anything cuter than this? Nope, not tonight.

12.5.11

Dollar Store plastic pot + chalkboard spray paint = Magic

{Inspiration here}

12.4.11

The boys loved decorating our first ever "ladder worthy" tree.

12.3.11

This is one of those moments where the mom in me is screaming,

This is a horrible idea!

But, then  I hear Steve's voice in my head saying,

Therese, they are boys. They are wild at heart and they crave things

like a hammer and nails. 

12.2.11

Thank you, Pinterest.

12.1.11

We did it!

11.30.11

I often wonder what Elliott will think about this year in his life?

Hopefully, his memories will be about our many adventures and 

the laughter that always accompanied them.

11.29.11

What a nut!

11.28.11

The bad news: Gibson peeked and found one of his Christmas gifts,

and now I have to return it.

The good news: I got to slow dance with my boy as I 

comforted his broken heart.

11.27.11

It was Pick your own dinner night, and Elliott made himself

a mean and large salad.

11.26.11

Steve claims, that in a nutshell, this sums my attention to detail.

11.25.11

Steve took forty-two pictures of Gibson jumping in the

leaves.  In each and every one you could see pure joy on Gibson's face.

Gibson- this is your true self at the age of 6 years and 11 months.

You take great delight in simply moving and living life.

11.24.11

Our Thanksgiving turkeys.

11.23.11

This is what the If we pretend to laugh, mom will stop taking our picture

pose looks like.

11.22.11

So many art projects, we had to display them.

11.21.11

Breaking out of the Bendaroo "box" and getting crazy.

11.20.11

We have been blessed with another trip around the sun.

730 pictures later, and we are still smiling.

{The day it all began}

{First trip around the sun}

November 19, 2011

Yep, that just happened. Gibson's beloved

catterpiller habitat ended up all over the floor.

November 18, 2011

Us being us, posing in the big O, rockin' our Hey Mama shirts.

November 17, 2011

 

Kicking off an amazing night in Chicago {Happy Birthday, sweets}

with dinner at the Purple Pig, {best meal to date}

followed by the Mat Kearney concert at the House of Blues. {best concert ever}

November 16, 2011

To my surprise, Steve suddenly appeared during lunch

time, opened a bottle of champagne, poured me a glass, 

and toasted to my first "published" piece of writing.

November 15, 2011

The boys pullin' their weight and unloading the dishwasher.

I think they just like being able to climb on the counter top.

November 14, 2011

Happy birthday, Daddy!
{and, yes, that is food in Gibson's mouth...yuck}

November 13, 2011

Everyone, with the exception of Sawyer, was excited

about Bumpa's deer.

November 12, 2011

Baking with the Klein girls and realizing what a work of art it is.