Before I forget...

some Andrewisms:

"Mom, can you give me a thunderdog?" ~on the swing at the park.

"I made a big smokestache (smokestack)."

"Elephant, giraffe, dromedary,..."~Andrew listing animals (he learned that one from Curious George!)

Zoo day

What's more fun than a day at John Ball Zoo?

Mommy and boys

They loved the wooden train more than seeing the animals.

Noah petting a goat.

Waterfall

The bears are far and away the best exhibit. This one just slept, but he did change positions once. The other bear paced the front of the exhibit the whole time.

The only alert monkey, all the others were sleeping.

Llamas!

Petting baby pygmy goats. Very cute!

This one got more looks than the animals. He didn't have a hat on the whole time, and someone asked Chris if we had styled his hair like that on purpose!


Feeding the ducks that had no interest in bread at all. They must be well fed.

Free, Free, Free!

In my shopping cart tonight at Meijer were the following items FREE:
2 Milky Way candy bars
1 Digiorno's flat bread sandwich
1 package bun-length Oscar Meyer beef hot dogs

All from coupons I received in the mail!

It Is Well With My Soul

Horatio Gates Spafford wrote this hymn in the late 1800s after he suffered a terrible tragedy. He had sent his wife and four daughters ahead of him to Europe (he had already lost a young son) and planned to join them after he had finished up some business. Sadly, his four daughters died when the boat they were traveling on sank. His wife sent him a telegram which said: "Saved alone." As his ship passed by the spot where his daughters died, he was inspired to write the words to this hymn. He and his wife later had three more children, one son who died in infancy and two more daughters.

It Is Well With My Soul

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

But Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul.

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Horatio Spafford

What's Cookin'

Mon~Black Bean tostadas, salad
Tues~Pasta Primavera with grilled chicken. This looks so good I'm salivating right now.
Wed~Meatball sub casserole, salad
Thurs~Chicken bacon sandwiches, carrot sticks
Fri~Turkey bacon pita pockets, pasta salad, fruit
Sat~Since I might not be home, probably mac and cheese or eggs and toast.
Sun~Meatballs, baked potatoes, carrots, beans

I've been browsing recipes on The Pioneer Woman's website. She's very funny and her recipes look delicious.

Happy 1st Birthday, Jayden!

Jayden with great-grandma DeVisser.

Pic is blurry, but these three were so cute with their birthday hats! (Joel, Jonathan, Jayden)

We're just a...

redneck family!

Chris and Andrew were painting yesterday and Andrew was covered with paint, so he had his bath outside.

I just got my internet back after 3 weeks without it. I really missed blogging. I even made a list of posts I wanted to do when I got back online. Now if only I could find the list...

Unbelievable

Watch this.

She says this to a Brigadier General!!!


(I'm shutting down my political blog and just merging it with this one.)

Pictures from the past week

Kaimira and Noah (these are the dried peas bandits...they left peas all over my basement!)
Hmm...looks like someone needs a haircut!

Cute little boy!

Noah and Caleb K. at the B and G club campout. They are starting to play so well together.

Little brothers.

A Craigslist Find

Here's what we just picked up tonight:

The lady I bought it from said she was getting rid of it because her kids fought over it too much. Just wondering what I got myself into buying one tractor for three boys?

A Hairy Situation :-)

As you all know, Joel's hair is very eye catching.

Here's a picture of him au natural.

Here's a picture of him after Daddy got a hold of some hairspray. :-)
He looks pretty happy about his new look!

What's Cookin'

Who knows? :-)
I have some vague notions of what I will make for dinners this week, but nothing concrete. Its finally warm out so I think I will take a break from menu planning this week. And since I just made 3 recipes of Baked Ziti and 3 Cinnamon roll recipes, I'm kinda sick of thinking about food right now...