Picture this...

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Spring time

After the last post... we decided to get out a little. We've been hanging around the fire department...

going on a few stroller rides...

catching some fish...

decorating eggs...

and trying to find more of these to enjoy!

Where have I been?
I feel like I haven't been seen or heard from... but really... I'm around.
Let me explain. I have the amazing privilege of working with the children in our church. There are a lot of them, and I have grown to love and appreciate each one. Some are funny, shy, wiggly, smart... others are just their own! They keep me on my toes, and I will try and help them grow and develop by giving them a little bit of my love.
I have help... from amazing women, and together we put on a Olympics activity for them. You'll appreciate more of what we did once you see some their faces (even the silly ones).
Enjoy for a moment.

We had pillow case races..

building and moving races...

sword diggs...

Warrior balloon pop games...

Shooting games... (look at the poor stuffed animals)

And a few awards!!!

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Relatable?

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Simon's birthday photos

These pictures might make you think... "geesh... I'm on Simon overload"! While this is true most days for us.. this photo shoot was actually so much fun. I'm crossing my fingers his new attitude lasts but for the last few days he has been smiley, cooperative, funny, and in my humble opinion.. pretty darn cute.
Shonda was so nice to take these pictures of him for his birthday. I will cherish these forever!
Thanks a million Shonda!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Valentine's Day Love

Being Valentine's Day and all, I thought I was being passed a love note by a stranger at church today....

Where's the love?

The funny thing is... our boys were REALLY great today! Our secret unadmirer's disapeared before we could thank them for their unsolicited advice.

I HOPE THEY HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Home Sweet Home

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Just the 5 of us! This is the most rare picture in all of our albums! All of us... together... not crying (as far as you can actually see), and no toys on the porch!

Someday I'll look back at these pictures and they'll probably be the most sweet since they are taken at OUR house. The house our boys will always remember as their first!

(this is the kind of mood he was in during the whole photo shoot... figures huh? hehehe)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Sick days

This is how we spend our sick days.

While this was effective for awhile...it didn't last long before Trenton got really sick and bribing him with tents, tubes and other fun things quit working. So, we've been on the couch for three days. Hopefully the sun will stay out long enough for us to enjoy some of it.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Birthday Party!

We LOVE Simon!
We love parties!
We love Simon's Birthday Party!!!

I can't believe he is two! A few of his favorite things are...
Cookies
Cookie Monster
Cheese Burgers
Trenton's toys
Dancing
Flipper (his stuffed animal)
Trains
Turtles
& Family

Thanks for coming, celebrating and loving our sweet little Simon!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

It's HERE...

I did it!
I finally finished our video.

Here is my warning... this is 16 minutes long!
It is broken up into sections. So, if you dare watch the whole thing, pop some popcorn and enjoy.

Cabo 2009 from Raina on Vimeo.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Christmas toys

Really... who golfs in their living room?

Christmas

Looking at the mound of gifts only made me feel like we were so spoiled!!

We made birthday cakes for Christmas Eve and after we sang songs,
we dumped all our sprinkles in all the crevices.
The cakes, not so yummy... the sprinkles, PERFECT!

To top off the holiday it snowed!!! It was beautiful, and didn't last too long. The boys were crazy for the sled, our snowman, and they had fun building a snow cave with Emile.