On the mend...

The boys are starting to feel better!  There are only a few coughs left now.  We had a relaxing weekend.  The boys had fun making a dinosaur at Lowes, but other than that we didn't do too many crazy activities.  I had time to sit back and look at the boys this weekend.  They make me so happy and amaze me.  Isaac continues to talk so much.  He doesn't talk like a baby anymore.  He is even starting to change my favorite phrase, "hold you."  He used to say this when he wanted to be held.   But recently he has started to say "hold you, me."  It won't be long before he says "hold me."

Brothers!



Brodie learned a new Bible verse last week at church about not being afraid.  Isaac was in the kitchen with me this week and said he was scared.  Brodie heard he was scared and came into the kitchen and said, "Isaac, I know something you can think of when you are afraid and said the following:

We are so thankful for great Sunday school teachers that really make the Bible real in the boys lives!  Brodie loves going to church and is still asking when he gets to go back to Bible school (I told him a couple of months ago he had to wait until the snow was gone, but that hasn't worked out so well for me this winter:)

Cough, cough, cough...cough, cough, cough

I am home with sick boys today.  Isaac has a fever and an ear infection and they both have a ton of nasal congestion and never ending coughs.  I'm not sure how either of them slept through the coughing last night and I'm not really sure how much Abel and I slept :)  They are happy, for the most part, as long as we don't do too much.  So, far no rash for Isaac which is a relief after he had those awful hives last year after his first round of antibiotics.   Please keep the boys in your prayers for a fast recovery!

Lazy Saturday

Wrestling with Dad

Playing swords

Light saber fight

We've had a lazy Saturday with Abel on back-up call.  The plan was to take down the Christmas tree and instead we ended up opening most of the boxes of toys.  It has been a great day! I love the sound of all of my guys laughing!

It's snowing....

Back to the grind

Now that Grandpa and Grandma are gone, Christmas is over, New Years is over, and college football is done, we are back to work :)
We haven't gotten hardly any snow yet, but we are supposed to get a little tomorrow, so I am hoping we have enough to play in!
Brodie is learning how to spell new words everyday and is writing better all of the time.  He will now spell 'n-o' instead of saying no :)  Isaac is starting to talk in mostly sentences, although he still refers to himself in the third person ('Isaac wants to eat' or 'Isaac needs to go potty' - no he doesn't go potty on the potty chair yet, but likes to try).   Isaac copies Brodie and will say random letters whenever he picks up a piece of paper :)

Family Fun in Vermont!

Grandpa and Grandma Buman came to visit after Christmas and we had a fantastic time!  Isaac keeps saying 'come back Grandma and Grandpa.'  The boys got to spend the night at the hotel with Grandpa and Grandma one night and Abel and I got to go out on a date!  I can't remember the last time Abel and I went to a dinner and a movie!  We all had a great time!  We also had a fun New Year's Party, made a gingerbread train, opened presents, and mostly had fun together! 

Decorating a gingerbread train with Grandma

Finished gingerbread train!

Leaving to spend the night with Grandma and Grandpa

'I love tractor books'

Happy New Year!