Out for the day and end with a bang!

We were SO BLESSED to have lunch with a precious friend of our family that we had not seen in way too long.  It was so special to catch up and share what the Lord is doing in our lives!

She had not met Andrew yet, so it was so fun to get to share him!!  

(And he is quite a ham to share...😂)

He pretty much steals the show wherever he goes...

😎😎😎 Once we dropped the big kids off at YMA, we were off for some errands in the 70 degree weather and the boys both wanted sunglasses too!!!😎😎😎

The weather necessitated a stop at the park, right?!  

The boys were in heaven with all the new TRUCKS!!!!  

Andrew mastered the slide himself and it was sooooo cute!!! 

Someone drank so much water after the park (and took several rolls in the mud, thus losing his pants)...

...that we came home and he lost his diaper!!!!!!   Literally.  😂😂😂

What a wild day!! 😄😎

 

A sweet Sunday and a sweet Valentine's Day!

The boys...helping to set up for our gathering...

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A sneak-peek into 😎the pre-church-bro-hair-station😎

After church fun with friends...

Singing and eating...what could be better?! 

And SUCH a sweet Valentine's Day this year....

Balloons, flowers, cards, more flowers, gifts...OH MY!!!!  Our men went out of their way to make us feel so L💘VED!!!!!  

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Baking party becomes a dinner party!! Woohoo!

Natalie had some sweet friends over to have a baking day and it was so fun!!

The girls each chose a special recipe and then helped each other make all three of them...

There was LOTS of fun and LOTS of mess and LOTS of giggles...

(And beautiful Narnian Sticky-Bread)

And maybe even some name-writing-in-butter...😄

Isn't this gorgeous?!  Black Bottom Cheesecake yumminess!!

The Twix Cookies were also a hit!  

We were so proud of these three!  They worked so hard and made such beautiful creations to bless their families with!  

After all that baking, we needed some people to feed, right?!  The girls' families came over and we had a taco-and-dessert party!!  

Some family members were ESPECIALLY excited for the dessert portion of the evening! 

Yum! Yum! Yum!

Happy birthday to CHIEF TINY MIGHTY!!!

He is one MAGNIFICENT little man!!! 

We are SO BLESSED to have his HUGE personality in our family.  He is a delight, joy and blessing to us all with his compassionate heart, his generous hands and his HILARIOUS antics!!  

The cake-bakers got busy before I could even snap a pic!

Natalie is so sweet with the little boys to help them make their birthday dreams come true!!  

James wanted his trucks to "drive" in the cake...😁

Then he wanted a bunny pancake and Natalie made him such a cute one with chocolate chip eyes!

So much excitement!!  

We L💙VE you SO MUCH James!!!! 

 

Out and about this week...

Andrew joined us at the dentist this week...he was quite the hit and garnered all manner of attention and presents from all the office ladies...

He loved the stickers AND...

😂😂  "Da Haiybrush!!!" 😂😂

(Apparently we have a few things to learn about toothbrushes AND their purpose!! He promptly went from his mouth to his hair and decided it was a 2-in-1 tool! 😆)

Natalie kept the little boys entertained with virtual dress-up!! 

Cowboys, motorcycle riders, DJ's, sheep, bunnies...they tried it all and it was HILARIOUS...

Day 2 of out-and-about...shopping with the little men!!  

They LOVE the Choo-Choo at Wegmans!  

Life 'round the homestead...

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It's the little moments, right?!  

James has taken after one of Joshua's favorite activities of driving in clay - all colors - and making a big wet "muddy" obstacle course for his cars...

The general ruckus of our standard evenings...

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Cutest toddler EVER.