Heard in Our House

I haven't done one of these in a while, but somethings I want to remember:-)

We were having dinner with our friend Joe, he lived with us for a little over a month, so he became part of our family, we still try to have dinner regularly.  Anyway, Joe LOVES movies, he's always asking about movies, if we've seen them.  Unfortunately we always say no, who has time?

This time he asked Holden and Daniel if they had seen any movies, and Holden says, we just got a new Veggie Tales movie.  So Joe said, "Oh yeah, what was the story?  What lesson did it have in it?"

Holden: "Well, it was like the three little pigs, only there was no brick house, only a wood house.  But it was about how you have to build on a strong foundation.  And that strong foundation is God and His word, and how your life needs to be built on God's truth, so you can be strong."  It was something like that.  Our friend Joe was speechless (which NEVER happens:-))  And then he laughed and said, "OK then, well I guess you got it!"  

Holden definitely gets it...well a lot of it, and his faith comes so easily its really fun to watch and talk to him about God and what he reads in his bible.

The other day Tom started asking Holden questions like, "Long is to Short as Wide is to ______" and Holden was getting them WITHOUT even missing a beat!  Tom quickly ran out of questions, and Holden kept begging for more, he STILL asks if we've found anymore of those questions!  I need to remember what they are called and look some up.  

Holden LOVES riddles, He loves when we ask them of him and lately he has been coming up with some on his own.  A few nights ago he stumped Tom, well he finally got it but he needed A LOT of clues!  

SO he says, "What is small and Yellow and has curves"

Tom didn't know so he asked for another clue.

Holden says, "It's has divots all over it" (this is actually a BAD clue)

Tom still didn't know

Holden said "you can hold it in your hand and you play games with it"
Tom still didn't know
Then Holden said, "It's fuzzy"

This is where Tom got it, this is also where I got it when Tom relayed the story to me:-)

DO you know what it is?

Maybe I'll make you wait:-)

One thing is for sure...We have a SMART boy on our hands who loves LEARNING...I wonder WHERE he gets that!?!?!

iPhone Tales: 15

Sometimes waiting for brother is HARD work, and we have to entertain ourselves while we wait.  Which may or may not include hanging out the window and talking to all the passerbys.

I love CS Lewis and I loved this quote today!

The Light Sabers came!  My parents got the boys gift cards for Easter, Holden bought 6 books for his Kindle (they are already read at least once!)  and Daniel bought two light sabers, one for him and one for Holden.  They are BOTH very happy, Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

LOVE this boy!  He likes to have his picture taken as we wait for preschool to begin:-)

He loves that the light sabers hook to his belt, he wears his ALL the time!

We had a playdate with a friend here, it was fun!

Yay!  It's Friday and we are done with school!  Time for the weekend!

Saturday Morning:  Daniel was REALLY enjoying his milk!

I think the milk filled him up, because he was finished after a few bites, Holden on the other hand took down his breakfast AND Daniel's!  It's like we have a teenager in the house!

dinner with friends outside...Summer is ALMOST here!

It's been a year, It was time...goodbye long hair...

Getting ready...can you tell what hairstyle he requested????

Almost done...

 Ahhh...A mohawk!  I'm still not convinced, I mean he's super cute, but it seems like alot of maintenance and we barely make it out the door on time as it is!  Mostly because he is ALWAYS reading!  Even here, we were walking out the door for dinner, and he had his nose in his book, this was almost the best picture I got!  He gets SO engrossed, we lose him for hours, we actually have to limit his reading!  CRAZY!

iPhone Tales: 14

My little garden is growing! This bed has, cilantro, onions, lettuce, arugula, spinach, parsley and chives:-)

It was a cuddly afternoon!

I am trying to learn to see God in His glory, and stop making my relationship with Him so casual.  This passage spoke to me..."Blessed are those who FEAR the LORD, who walk in OBEDIENCE to Him"

Powerful stuff!

I'm claiming this verse for the next year!  We are buying that property, the one with no house!  And moving into a SMALL (for us) rental right NEXT DOOR to the property!  It's really amazing how it all worked out!  I am excited, scared, ready for the adventure, and yet terrified of it ALL at the same time!

Enjoying the rain!

 Spring Hat Parade day in Preschool!  Yay! (He's really not very excited...)

Just call our house Lego nation!  Not really but some days it feels like it!

Remember the Limoncello?  It's ready for consumption and ready to celebrate a GREAT friend's 40th:-) I used this recipe, with lemons instead of oranges obviously!

Golf:  It happens once a year, for a fundraiser...Once a Year...it's fun but we will never win!

The boys were happy to see us:-)  They spent the night at the grands, AGAIN, not that they are complaining:-)  It's awesome to have such awesome grandparents!  We are blessed with our ENTIRE family!