Update

Hello blogging world! I am back from my little blogging break but before you get excited I have to give you some sad news. I will be changing a few things about my blog. Well, really I am actually closing this blog which is really sad to say. I am still not fully decided about it. It makes me sad to stop this blog all together because I started using this blog just a month after I was married and all during my two pregnancies. So many memories have been made and documented here. 

So yes my blog will be relocating to anther page, I will be just taking it a few steps towards a different approach.  I will share the link for my new blog here so feel free to come visit me whenever. It is a baking blog and geared more towards the sweet tooth :)  I will also have a post here or there about regular life as well and the babies. 

Until we meet again, 

Much love

~ Marie

Blogging Break

So sorry everyone I have been so absent lately. I can't seem to get a grip with this blog and thus I have come to the conclusion that I should take a wee blogging break. I can't stand that I haven't been able to keep up so I will hopefully get everything in motion again some time soon and jump back in. I don't know how long it will be for but I will miss you all and still try to pop in on you whenever I can.

Here are some last minute pics of our fun in Florida. 

The babies are getting so big.

Bye Bye for now :(
LOVE YOU

~ Marie

Playmates

Zane has started his potty training which is something he takes very seriously. He wants to be out of those diapers soon which his daddy and I are all for :) He loves his potty and when he goes in it he says "mama poopoo" with such pride :) Only some very mild accidents thus far. I have been fearing him taking his diaper off while in his crib, which he still hasn't done yet but does know how to do. Hopefully he will not repeat the awful stories of his mama and aunty who loved to finger paint when they were his age Ha!!!!

We are still in Florida which has been really  nice . While Elizabeth and Benjamin get ready for Benjamin's deployment in July, Honey Man will be managing Benjamin's side businesses, which is web page development. 

Elizabeth and I have been trying to get ourselves encouraged in teaching the babies to read and have been keeping up a little schedule of playing and teaching the three boys their reading, which is basically us going through a small amount of flash cards with words on them every so often throughout the day. As well has some math cards with dots and also some encyclopedic knowledge cards with great big pictures of  animals, plants and other great new things to learn about. When they see something that they have learned or recognized for instance, the word Kangaroo And when we show them a kangaroo on youtube, their little faces break into a delightful smile of recognition and delight which really encourages their mama's :)

For Father's Day we are all headed on a road trip to Key West. Because Key West is such a pricy place, we will be staying in a little condo at the Navy Base which is right on the beach. 

So on the road we will go and I will try to document it and take some photos to post when I get back.

Much Love to you dear readers.

~ Marie

The LORD bless you and keep you: The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24   

Cowboys And The Bubbles

 This little Cowboy of mine is just loving his new found delight....

BUBBLES, yes he is inthralled with them, can't get enough of them.

 His other delight???

His Cowboy Boots, can't go anywhere without them. When hew wakes from his sleep in the morning, has to have them on, when he wakes from his nap in the afternoon, has to put them on.

 This little guy would be happy wearing his boots with or without his britches :)

 Did I mention that we happen to be out of town at the moment?

Yes we saddled up and left the ranch to go a visitin the other Cowboy who happens to be double cousins with this little 

Cowboy.

 So we are having a hoedown down here in Sunny Florida visiting the family.

Yes sometimes the two little Cowboy cousins have some difference of opinions when it comes to sharing bubbles and such, so I tell my little Cowboy, "If your cousin outdraws you boy, walk away. There’s plenty o’ time to look tough when your outta’ sight." :)

Love

~Marie

Week Of Spring Time

Got out this week and enjoyed going to the playground and laying around on the grass, taking pictures of babies and smelling the gorgeous breezy winds that feel so nice on the face. It seems amazing to me that we are finally out of winter. 

Ezra and I laying on the grass as Daddy and Zane play at the playground. 

Zane had a blast going down the slide and swinging with daddy.

Ezra is getting so big and even more adorable. Every time I wake up in the mornings he is such a happy baby. The minute he opens his eyes he is smiling at me. Even when I am not all that responsive at 3:00 a.m. he still smiles away at me and laughs as well. He has been getting a better schedule to sleeping through the night now. Just once or twice a night he has a feeding. My back has been out due to a really old mattress that we have owned for since we have been married and also nursing has been tough because of my back. Honey-Man got us a brand new mattress and oh my goodness my sleep is SO lovely. I am happy Ezra is not waking so often because now I am one happy clam as I sleep away. My back is doing so much better and only triggers when I do the dishes, maybe I could hire a maid wouldn't that be brilliant!! 

Zane loves to be Mr. Business Man, he has his empty pen cap and just loves pretending to write something down on a piece of paper or talk on the phone and stop to write down some directions as he says, "uhuh ok bye".

I made more of Elizabeth's Short Bread cookies again. This time I warmed up some chocolate chips and dipped them half way in. They were super yummy. 

It has been raining a lot this last week. I really don't mind because the rain is a spring rain and it brings in gorgeous clouds that have winds in them and reminds me of Easter Time. Also the winds remind me of growing up in gorgeous Colorado. Sure do miss it :(

Honey Man made a "Crawling Track" for Ezra this last week. A crawling Track is for babies to encourage them to start crawling which improves their brain growth. We have been starting a program that teaches babies to read. We started using Your baby Can Read products and really liked them but through deeper research we discovered the Glenn Doman Method that is a lot more in depth on teaching young children to read. So we are now doing this instead. We have been so excited about this program for both Zane and Ezra. I have been reading Glenn Doman's book called How To Teach Your Baby To Read and it has been so so interesting. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to teach your baby or child to read.

Ezra loves hearing mine and Zane's encouragement as we cheer him on to creeping and soon crawling on his crawling track. Zane is starting to realize that Ezra is more then just a baby and maybe someone who he can play with now :)

Daddy with his baby boy.

This Saturday morning we awoke bright and early to go to the farmers market in town. We are trying to find a local farmer so we can start buying fresh raw milk instead of the store bought.We found a nice farmer who gave us a lot of information regarding buying into a share of a cow and such. I am getting excited to start drinking "real" milk now :)

It was so much fun. I was so enjoying all the fresh colors and smells as we walked through the huge crowd  of people. I was looking for a nice cup of coffee to enjoy but alas, the line was way to long for me. 

Fresh gorgeous strawberries.

Gorgeous whole grains.

This little man slept through all the noise and excitement. He awoke just as we were leaving.

 Zane had fun but he was ready for some breakfast. He is an egg man and must have his eggs every morning lol! 

I loved that both the boys looking at me in this picture.

On our way home we passed the tea room I have been wanting to go to this last year. Its called Basically British and it is so beautiful. It has a lovely gift shop with all kinds of teas and dishes as well as other British imports. They have better pictures on their site. I guess I should start putting some money aside because it is a pricey.

I was so glad to get the house cleaned last night and today. It has been a mess around here. I have been addicted to my How To Teach Your Baby to Read Book and also we have been super busy making the flash cards. Wanting to get started on planning on a special resurrection meal for Easter Sunday. I am so inspired for Easter time. I have such happy memories growing up and finding the special Easter baskets my parents would hide for us kids. And then later getting into my Easter Dress for morning church with my Easter hat of course :) 

Happy Blogging to you all!

In Christ

 ~Marie

Around The House

I feel like I have been away from this blog for a very long time. This last week seems forever for some reason. I find myself slipping away from the blogging world and I am trying to hold on for dear life. I don't want to let go of it. I know that blogging comes and goes for me but I have kept a sort of schedule throughout 3 years of blogging that consists of a few posts a week. I don't want to drop the ball now after all the time that has passed. Especially having little ones about to capture their moments of darling and adorableness. This blog has been such a great outlet for me to express a little bit of my life and happenings. I don't write much because writing isn't my forte. 

Anyways I don't know what I am trying to say but, I am trying to fight thoughts of quitting because of the busyness in my life right now. So hopefully I can break through and get used to my new current busyness and not feel like I have dropped off the face of the earth with my blogging home. Writing this out is helping me get my thoughts together and in order and adjusting to change but realizing that I don't and won't let go for now, but if I haven't posted in awhile I am not going to kick myself for it but just make up a huge post instead!! So here is my HUGE post LOL! 

I followed Zane around the other day with my camera and boy did we have fun.

He got to push mommy's computer keys and get photographed for it  (He sure loves to sneak in a few little taps on those delicious keys when he thinks mommy is  not looking, their just too irresistible for him) 

He got to climb the staircase and even look out the window to see that spring has arrived in our backyard.

He got to tell mommy about his juice that he loves so much and anything else that happens to be in the refrigerator.

He got to show mommy the birds, jabbering "look, look"

He got to show mommy how he can go down stairs.

And what is baby Ezra doing while we are playing?

Starting to stir. 

Must have known mommy is watching.

Now wondering what mommy is doing with that big black thing in her hands.

Realizing that maybe he is not ready to have his picture taken right now.

 Just a little shy.

Zane is loving this little friend who he calls, "Duck"

This little friend follows him every where he goes. Sometimes falling down and having his master Zane help him up to get rolling along again.

Strydess also loves this little duck as you can see. 

Zane is wanting to take his little friend outside with him and maybe take him to the pond to meet all the other nice ducks.

Strydess joining him and waiting for daddy to come home

Oh and guess who decided he got tired of using his imagination for cooking but used real ingredients instead?

Cooking up something really yummy for mommy and daddy for sure!

Warm weather has finally arrived and yes we are coming alive again after this last week of sickness. Feeling so much better and wanting to get out of the house.

Blessings to you all!

In Christ Jesus

~ Marie