Cousins

The past few weeks the kiddos have gotten to see two of their cousins--Maggie and Nate. What a blessing it will be for these kids to have each other as they grow up!

Grandmother's 90th Birthday

Justin's grandmother recently celebrated her 90th birthday! It was a great time together with family. :)

Sleep

I don't know what it was...but last night I just HAD to go in and scoop Trevor up out of bed and hold him. He was sound asleep, but I took him in my arms and held him for a long time. I prayed for him and I just studied his face--something he's usually moving WAY too fast for me to be able to do. I marveled at his long legs--when did he grow up? We have a video of Trevor when I was pregnant with him--I was only 17 weeks along when we found out he was a boy, but I remember being absolutely amazed at how formed and how perfect his leg bones were on the ultrasound. And now those same long legs were spilling over my arms as I held my almost 4-year old boy.

It's going fast.

P.S. I didn't take this picture as I held him--too sacred a moment. I caught this shot last week while he napped in the car. ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!

Happy birthday, Justin! We love you SO MUCH!

Mommy in My Pocket

I'm late posting this, but each day leading up to Trevor's first day of school we read a book together called "Mommy in my Pocket" about a bunny who wished he could shrink his mama down and carry her in his pocket on the first day of school. Very sweet.

So I had a small picture of Trev and me printed so that he could "carry me in his pocket" on his first day. Here's the video. :)

Summah is Ovah

Back in '96 I worked at a summer camp, and at the end of summer the director would stand on a big rock and, in a booming voice, he'd announce:

"SUMMAH IS OVAH!!!"

So here are some of our end-of-summer family pics. Our family tradition is to go out for ice cream the night before the first day of school.

Baptism at the Lake / Welcome, Baby Dos!

North Star does baptisms at the lake--here are some pictures. You can tell I'm a total blog slacker, since Briahnna had her baby like 10 days ago.

Welcome, Isaiah Paul Villegas!! Tim, Briahnna and Jadyn welcomed Isaiah on Wednesday, September 2nd just after 9am. 7 lbs, 5 oz, 20 inches (hope I got that all right)!

Another Awesome Children's Museum

About a month ago (yep, I am way behind on posting) I took the kids to the Gainesville Children's Museum (thanks, Mimi & Papa)--it was REALLY cool!

It's a bunch of different rooms set up for imaginative play. They have:

* A grocery store
* A post office
* A library
* A 50's diner
* An airport
* A bank
* A hair salon
* A dentist office
* A veterinarian office
* A children's hospital
* A courtroom
* A Train station
* A police station
* A fire station








So much fun!