Photo Time!

The photographer from Missouri came again this summer, and we were able to get another good picture of the boys. 

 

 

I look forward to him coming every year because he gets such cute pictures of the kids.  I'm not sure how he does it though since I have a hard enough time getting them both to look at me at the same time!

 

I love my children beyond all reason.  They're my joy, even when they're wild with kid energy.  ~Christopher Meloni

Play Ball!

In our house, baseball is synonymous with summertime.  This year Xavier was extremely excited to have his dad also be his teeball coach!

Playing second base

Xavier running to first base

Safe at first base

Xavier is #20 (second from the left)

 

 

Xavier really enjoyed baseball this season, and I really enjoyed seeing him play.  It's amazing how much these little guys improve from one year to the next!  We're looking forward to next season already!

 

 

 

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.  ~Babe Ruth

 

Taste of Summer

Easton recently got to try corn-on-the-cob for the first time.  Like almost all foods he's ever tried, he seemed to really enjoy it!

Because it’s summer and the memories are just waiting to happen. ~Unknown.

Home of the Free...Because of the Brave

Every year for Memorial Day we load up the boys and head out to the local cemeteries with Gramma Deb & Papa Gary to put flags on the graves of all the veterans.  Mike and I really enjoy teaching our boys about the importance of Memorial Day.  We love how Xavier has quickly come to learn so much and humbly enjoy putting out flags each year, just like we do.  There is so much history and mystery despite the small sizes of these cemeteries.  We would love to learn more about some of the veterans, especially since there are some who served in the Civil War!  We are so thankful for all the veterans - teaching our boys about this important day and doing this simple act of putting out flags is our way of saying "thank you."

You're never too young or too little to learn...or help.

So careful and proud

 

 

 

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.  I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.  ~Abraham Lincoln

Stop and smell the flowers

Easton runs around like crazy playing most of the time, but sometimes you just have to stop and smell the flowers!

 

 

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.  ~Martin Luther

Potty Time

Easton has had a HUGE interest in toilets over the past few weeks.  He has seen Xavier sitting on the toilet and anything Xavier does, Easton has to try to do too.  A few days ago I heard Easton calling for Mama with a hint of panic in his voice.  When I went into the bathroom I found Easton clinging to the toilet seat with his hands, his butt in the toilet, and his feet sticking out by his hands.  After helping him out of the toilet, I couldn't help but laugh and run for my camera... 

 

Easton hasn't wanted anything to do with the big toilet since falling in, but he is still fascinated with his little potty chair.

He is NOT, however, amused with Mama constantly taking pictures of him! 

One minute (Part II: Wet Wipes)

Easton can absolutely be a master of disaster when he wants to be!  In one minute he can be extremely destructive.  The other night Easton was supposed to be going to sleep.  When I went to check on him and give him another kiss before I went to bed, I opened the door to find that this is what Easton was doing instead of going to sleep:

 

If you can't tell, that is an ENTIRE box of wet wipes that Easton took out one at a time and threw on the floor in front of his crib.  He is fast asleep in his bed.  He either got too tired to throw anything else out or decided that since the box of wet wipes was empty, he might as well go to bed!  Oh what a stinker!

 

"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year." ~Voltaire