Love in a box

Ezekiel and Lani LOVE to play in those large Costco boxes. Here is a picture of them at Grandpa and Nana's house.

Day to Day Adventures...super busy but loving every minute of it!

Our weeks stay busy between going to the Y, visiting with friends, day to day activities and just plain old shepherding our babies hearts! I wish I could capture so much more on camera...such as the times when Ezekiel wakes me up in the morning by saying "GOOD MORNING MOM I AM A GORILLA" and starts pounding on his chest. Or when you first greet Lani in the morning she says "HI"! " "HI"! :) These times are great and give me more and more laughter each day as well as leave me completely drained! As sweet as the pictures look, these kids are into everything, make lots of messes throw regular tantrums and are just lovely to take in public. This stage needs to just be blacked out. :) Just kidding it's what really shows God's work in my heart or not so much depending on the day~ :)

Lani helping Daddy start a fire

Daily snack and reading time

Talking to Daddy on the phone

Valentines Day

Valentines weekend was extra special because we had Grandma Nita and Grandpa Donnie visit us from Oregon. Usually that wouldn't make a romantic day sound appealing to have your parents around but we had a wonderful time despite the sickness that plagued our home that week. Dave and I got to get out and enjoy a lovely peanutbutter chocolate dessert with some frangelico coffee at a VERY nice resteraunt called Cosmos while the kids entertained the Grandparents~ Here are SOME pictures of Valentines morning afternoon and the evening .

Loungin in spiderman fleece...

Saturday Afternoon with Daddy...

Daddy got this wood chipper from a friend at work. He wasn't sure if it still worked or not. When he brought it home it didn't start up so after troubleshooting some ideas online and some TLC (which is my way of saying I don't know the details) he got this sucker going! Ezekiel was helping him fix it and his new personality is... if you tell him to smile for the camera...he opens his mouth real big and screams. The pictures always turn out "happy". :)

The NW Flower and Garden Show

Dave and I ventured out for a wonderful day in Seattle, soo incredibly beautiful! We arrived for the half day portion of the show at 3 and saw the line to get tickets was RIDICULOUSLY loong. It would have taken an hour or more to get in had we had to wait.

I went upstairs to "will call" to ask the ladies if we could still order tickets online. They said they were no longer available but she would just give me tickets. Such a blessing! I called Dave who was patiently (which he does best) waiting in line and said come up here we have tickets! It was AWESOME! As I left the ticket counter to meet Dave ...I'm waiving at him to get his attention and he's not looking at me at all! Low and behold he's mesmorized by Ciscoe and points him out to me...so I run over to him (Ciscoe) and say I love your show~and took a picture with him! Doesn't he look happy to be with me? HEHE. We went (an hour early) to register for one of his shows and found out it was sold out...so we went to stand in a stand-by line and got in! I had a wonderful wait killing time talking with an 83 year old woman who said after our conversation that she couldn't hear me because she needed to get her hearing aid tuned, at least I learned a lot from her.:) Overall, had a great time and learned a ton, just don't ask me anything cause I can't pronounce any names. :) Here are some of my favorites!

Standing ALL by myself...:)

The joys of parenting

Daddy just walkin' in the door to be greeted by his swimwear model babies...


Mommy & Ezekiel Coloring


Ezekiel giving Lani a massage


Kisses!

Ezekiel's 1st ride on the carousel...and Lani at the speed boat races.

After digging coins out of my duffel bag (i.e purse) we sent the kids to the circus. Ezekiel headed straight for the horse track (i.e carousel) and Lani cruised to the lake for boat races (i.e coin operated boat). Just a little note, the kids each loved there choice until the coins were inserted and the rides went into motion. A pictures worth a thousand words.

Bambi and friends in our future garden...

So... normal morning...opening the blinds, getting the kids in their seats ready for breakfast (cheesy eggs, cinnamon toast and an apple) I look over and see a shadow in the corner of my eye...Startled!! I see Penny (our three legged deer friend) and Buck (Penny's BFF). After Dave and I spent some time in the yard creating our Vegetable Garden for summer, the deer smelled the freshness of the dirt and decided to see what's "growin".

This weekend we will attend the Flower and Garden show in Seattle where I will specifically discuss my "beef" with one of the experts. Stay tuned for our future Garden security and surveillance system. :)

Hangin' outside