My first Joe Joe

Silas was so excited to be eating a Joe Joe all by himself. Otherwise known as an Oreo, but at our house we buy the Oreo type cookie at Trader Joe's. They are much better tasting and of course better ingredients! If you live at our house, no hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup! He is growing up, 17 months old! Walking and running into EVERYTHING! I am surprised he has not had a concussion, many bumps and bruises! He is adorable, but ornery too. He has figured out that it is cute to blow kisses, so much that when we say, "No Silas!", he starts blowing us kisses. The other day, he started blowing me kisses when he was doing something he knew he shouldn't before I even said NO! He may not talk, but he is a smart little cookie! (:

Isabel being baptized

We are told by the world that we should be most proud of our kids when they get good grades, get into the gifted and talented program at school, graduate with honors, go to a good college, pick a good career, get married, and have children. BUT, I can not think of anything that makes Brad and I more proud than to know that our daughter has chosen to follow Christ and help to further His kingdom. Is there anything else in this life that matters? (: All to say, the children's Pastor at our church, along with Brad, baptized Isabel tonight and she was so excited! We are so excited to know that she wants to follow Christ! She knows that it doesn't mean life will be any easier or that bad things won't happen, but that through it all God will be with her and help her through all things. It amazes me that at 8 years old, she gets it! We are so thankful that God chose us to parent amazing, dramatic, talented girl! I pray we can continue to parent her the way that God wants us to and that we can guide her well.

My time with Isabel

Night around our house at night is crazy and we only have one kid who has homework. Also, the only extra curricular activity is piano lessons. I don't know how families do it...kids in several sports, helping each kid with homework, and spending quality family time together. How does it work for each family?

Anyway, tonight I got to spend time with Isabel doing homework. I usually dread it, but tonight it was nice. I really enjoyed her and the time I got to spend with her. It was so cute. She had to write a story about pirates and a treasure. She reminds me of myself. I remember writing stories just like her. I am a horrible speller and it seems as if she has learned from me. Wish I could teach her how to spell, but i can not spell some of her spelling words! I wanted to post her little story so we can remember it forever! I will remember tonight with her forever! I love you Isabel...Here is your Treasure Story:

Once upon a time there were three mighty fine pirates. They were Emily, Logan, and myself. We had a treasure, but we couldn't find a place to bury it. Therefore, we're going to the houseland. A housland is an island that is one big neighborhood. Next we have to get permission to bury our treasure there, but we had to go past Mean Island first. We were thankful we had cannons to protect us. As we passed Mean Island they shot us. I said, "Shoot back!" We shot once and hurried past the island. Other than that things were fine. Later.......Emily and Logan said, "We are here." Captain Isabel said, "OK, lower the anchor." Then, we heard a voice. It said, "Who are you?" We turned around and saw a girl. She told us her name was Ally. She wanted to help us. We asked her if she knew of a place that we could bury our treasure. She said yes. She also said we could bury our treasure in her backyard. We went to her house We dug and dug in her backyard. We burried the treasure there, then we set off. We got home safely. We had happy dreams! THE END! Isabel Wolfe age 8

These are the days.....I love spending time with our kids! Isabel age 8, Nolan age 5, Silas 17 months