I have been using Shutter Fly to order prints for the past year after my mom recommended it. I love all the discount codes I get in emails - and you can enter as many as you want for each order! I have also enjoyed creating photobooks. I created one that showcased all of our mini-trips last summer, and Caleb just loves paging through and reliving those memories.
This year Shutter Fly has a special deal going for bloggers. They are offering 50 free Holiday cards to bloggers. I am so excited for this opportunity! I always struggle to find a nice photo card to send out without spending an arm and a leg. Shutter Fly has some amazing and classy cards, and I am pumped to start creating out Christmas photo card!
So check out Shutter Fly for great deals on Christmas cards or Christmas gifts!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
So my brother-in-law reminded me today that it's been a month since I last blogged! Oops! Life has been pretty crazy around here lately. Joel just finished teaching his fall Driver's Ed course, which means very late evenings. We have also had a solid two weeks (at least) of sickness in our house. It started when Caleb and I both got ear infections at the same time. Then Caleb and Micah got the flu from daycare. One day was spent puking, and thankfully it was a Friday, so my mom was able to be here with them. The following Monday Joel and I both stayed home with the flu. Again, mom was a lifesaver - taking care of the kids and bringing us Sprite and crackers. Then on Wednesday Caleb had diarrhea all day, Micah had it Thursday, and mom caught it from all of us. Goodness...that was probably more than you probably wanted to know. Anyway, keeping up with school and youth group and worship team and teaching Sunday school has been a challenge with everything else going on!
The boys are ever growing and changing. Caleb's speaking is getting clearer and he's stringing more words together into sentences. Of course he comes out with random funny things often! I just love to sit and listen to him talk, especially when he's playing on his own with some people or animals and having a conversation with them. His prayers are also precious, and he's getting very good at reciting John 3:16! Which reminds me, I need to work on getting that on video! But he did say it to Uncle Josh today! His current favorites are football (playing and watching), Veggie Tales, looking at pictures, Hi Ho Cherry-O, and pumpkin bars (taking after Daddy!). He idolizes Joel. He loves to talk about Dad, pretend to be Dad, wrestle with Dad, call Dad, etc. But anytime he talks about Dad, it's not just Dad, it's MY Dad. Every time. Adorable.
Micah is growing quickly also. In the past couple weeks he has really become very mobile. He has gone from army crawling to all-out crawling in a hurry. Today we quickly realized we needed to put up the babygate by the stairs! He pulls himself up to standing next to everything now too. He's babbling and experimenting with finger foods. He has delighted me by babbling "ma ma ma" quite a bit lately! I don't think Caleb said the "M" sound until he was around 18 months! Micah loves to chase after his brother, and Caleb has been very cute about playing with him (most of the time!).
So that's the update on us. I'll leave you with a couple of videos. The first one was a quiet night while daddy was working, and I just loved how Micah was catching on to how to use the toy microphone! The second one is actually a very short video that Caleb took. He loves to grab the camera and snap pictures of us, but this time it was on video mode, but he did a pretty good job showing everyone the snow we got last weekend! Check out my facebook for a couple other new videos.
The boys are ever growing and changing. Caleb's speaking is getting clearer and he's stringing more words together into sentences. Of course he comes out with random funny things often! I just love to sit and listen to him talk, especially when he's playing on his own with some people or animals and having a conversation with them. His prayers are also precious, and he's getting very good at reciting John 3:16! Which reminds me, I need to work on getting that on video! But he did say it to Uncle Josh today! His current favorites are football (playing and watching), Veggie Tales, looking at pictures, Hi Ho Cherry-O, and pumpkin bars (taking after Daddy!). He idolizes Joel. He loves to talk about Dad, pretend to be Dad, wrestle with Dad, call Dad, etc. But anytime he talks about Dad, it's not just Dad, it's MY Dad. Every time. Adorable.
Micah is growing quickly also. In the past couple weeks he has really become very mobile. He has gone from army crawling to all-out crawling in a hurry. Today we quickly realized we needed to put up the babygate by the stairs! He pulls himself up to standing next to everything now too. He's babbling and experimenting with finger foods. He has delighted me by babbling "ma ma ma" quite a bit lately! I don't think Caleb said the "M" sound until he was around 18 months! Micah loves to chase after his brother, and Caleb has been very cute about playing with him (most of the time!).
So that's the update on us. I'll leave you with a couple of videos. The first one was a quiet night while daddy was working, and I just loved how Micah was catching on to how to use the toy microphone! The second one is actually a very short video that Caleb took. He loves to grab the camera and snap pictures of us, but this time it was on video mode, but he did a pretty good job showing everyone the snow we got last weekend! Check out my facebook for a couple other new videos.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Autumn
This fall has been crazy busy around this house! Here is a bullet list of what we've been up to:
- Lots of Behind-the-Wheel hours for Joel, as well as time spent planning Homecoming
- Higher expectations at school as we're a "Transformation" school
- We're soaking up this nice sunshine while we have it!
- The boys and I have all had pretty nasty colds that have lasted way too long, we're looking into mold testing for our house. If you have any ideas, let me know!
- The boys are starting to interact more - their first bath together was so cute, and they continue to love splashing each other.
- Husky football games are Caleb's favorite - he and his little buddies play their own game off to the side of the big field.
- We went bike-riding when the leaves were beautiful, the boys were adorable in the bike trailer - Micah fell asleep on Caleb's shoulder!
- Our firehouse had an open house on a beautiful Friday afternoon. Caleb loved sitting in the driver's seat of the fire trucks and spraying the big hose!
- Youth group has kept us very busy as well - last weekend was our fall retreat to Trout Lake Camp. It was a blast, but I also felt a big sigh of relief when it was over.
- My favorite fall activity so far: Dunsmore Family Farm! We went on a hay ride, corn maze, pet the animals, pumpkin bowling, and picked out our pumpkins to bring home! And the weather was perfect!
- Caleb is getting closer to being potty trained, but is boycotting the potty at home. Apparently he does really well at daycare!
- Micah is very close to all-out crawling. Currently he scoots around pretty well.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Thoughts
Summer is quickly coming to a close, but I wanted to update to let you know what we've been up to lately.
We've really been enjoying our wonderful summer days together. Joel has been working on projects around the house. Currently he is repainting our kitchen cabinets. It's a little bit of a mess in the kitchen, but sometimes it's handy to not have any cupboard doors!
I have spent two mornings this week getting some last things done before the craziness of school begins. I spent one morning at school working. It's a funny feeling right now because I'm totally ready to begin the scheduled life again, and I'm excited to teach, but the reality of leaving my boys is setting in. I'm enjoying them so much!
Caleb is so cute at this age. He's starting to use more full sentences that are easier to understand. I just love hearing what that little mind is thinking about. He loves to pretend, and loves to make his little brother giggle! But my favorite part of Caleb right now is his singing. He is obsessed with the singing group Go Fish right now. They are an acapella group that turned into a kid-band, and they do fun songs that don't drive parents crazy! Our church just did their VBS program a couple weeks ago, and Caleb also has their DVD of music videos from grandma. So he bounces around the house singing the Bible Book Bop, the B-I-B-L-E, 10 Commandment Boogie, and a few others. He asks for them every time we get in the car too. I love it!
Micah is growing like crazy! He rolls over every time I put him down now, just so that he can reach some toys and play with them on his tummy! We tried rice cereal for the first time last night, and it went really well.
I'm trying to soak up each minute of these last couple weeks of summer. We've almost completed our summer wish-list! We made a list of the fun things we hoped to get a chance to do this summer as a family, so here are the things we've done:
Children's Museum
MN Zoo
Como Zoo
Mora Pool
Playdates
Rides at MOA
Fishing/Boat Ride
Strawberry Picking
Duluth overnight
Pool in backyard
Parade
Fireworks
Grand Forks to visit family
Bonfires in backyard
And the only things left on our list:
Burger Night (schedule for the end of August!)
Camping
We hope you are all enjoying the end of your summer as well!
We've really been enjoying our wonderful summer days together. Joel has been working on projects around the house. Currently he is repainting our kitchen cabinets. It's a little bit of a mess in the kitchen, but sometimes it's handy to not have any cupboard doors!
I have spent two mornings this week getting some last things done before the craziness of school begins. I spent one morning at school working. It's a funny feeling right now because I'm totally ready to begin the scheduled life again, and I'm excited to teach, but the reality of leaving my boys is setting in. I'm enjoying them so much!
Caleb is so cute at this age. He's starting to use more full sentences that are easier to understand. I just love hearing what that little mind is thinking about. He loves to pretend, and loves to make his little brother giggle! But my favorite part of Caleb right now is his singing. He is obsessed with the singing group Go Fish right now. They are an acapella group that turned into a kid-band, and they do fun songs that don't drive parents crazy! Our church just did their VBS program a couple weeks ago, and Caleb also has their DVD of music videos from grandma. So he bounces around the house singing the Bible Book Bop, the B-I-B-L-E, 10 Commandment Boogie, and a few others. He asks for them every time we get in the car too. I love it!
Micah is growing like crazy! He rolls over every time I put him down now, just so that he can reach some toys and play with them on his tummy! We tried rice cereal for the first time last night, and it went really well.
I'm trying to soak up each minute of these last couple weeks of summer. We've almost completed our summer wish-list! We made a list of the fun things we hoped to get a chance to do this summer as a family, so here are the things we've done:
Children's Museum
MN Zoo
Como Zoo
Mora Pool
Playdates
Rides at MOA
Fishing/Boat Ride
Strawberry Picking
Duluth overnight
Pool in backyard
Parade
Fireworks
Grand Forks to visit family
Bonfires in backyard
And the only things left on our list:
Burger Night (schedule for the end of August!)
Camping
We hope you are all enjoying the end of your summer as well!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Singing!
If you know Joel or I at all, you know that we're both pretty musical. Therefore, music is a very important part of life with our boys as well. We sing lots, play guitar and piano, and dance around the house to any random tune.
A couple weekends ago we took a quick trip up north to visit Joel's extended family, meet some new baby cousins, and introduce everyone to Micah. It was about a 5 hour car ride, which made me pretty nervous because Micah has not been the greatest traveler. But actually it went very well! When we hit that after-supper crabby time, I sat in the backseat and we sang! It was a blast - Joel and I were thinking of every camp song and Sunday school song we ever learned!
Caleb did eventually request our before-bed song - How Great is Our God. So enjoy a bit of our singing car time!
A couple weekends ago we took a quick trip up north to visit Joel's extended family, meet some new baby cousins, and introduce everyone to Micah. It was about a 5 hour car ride, which made me pretty nervous because Micah has not been the greatest traveler. But actually it went very well! When we hit that after-supper crabby time, I sat in the backseat and we sang! It was a blast - Joel and I were thinking of every camp song and Sunday school song we ever learned!
Caleb did eventually request our before-bed song - How Great is Our God. So enjoy a bit of our singing car time!
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