Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ethan is with Jesus

Monday, August 24, 2009

Baby Ethan


My sweet nephew Ethan was born a week ago today. Beautiful baby with thick, blond curls, sweet button nose, and a very sick heart. He is going through his first open heart surgery today (there will be quite a few more), and my heart aches for him, his parents, and his two older sisters. I was reading Ellyn's blog yesterday and she posted the video to the song "Healer." The word's were such a comfort to me and a reminder of Him who holds our world in His hands.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Glorious summer!

It took awhile, but we finally have the summer weather we have been waiting for! I haven't posted much since we have been out enjoying it with the kids as much as possible.

In July, Isaac's parents came down to help us celebrate Judah's first birthday. We had it at Jen's house, and it poured the whole time. We still let the kids outside in their bathing suits, and they loved playing in the rain. Judah had a good time too!





We definitely didn't let the rain get us down, and the kid's had a great time. Judah loved his first taste of watermelon and cake. It was the perfect day to celebrate our special boy and his first year of life. When we got home, I bathed the kids and then we let Judah open his presents (actually, the twins opened them and kindly let Judah play with some of the wrapping paper). Notice the lovely long-sleeved jammies. in July. Yes, it was that cold. yikes!


The next day, we dropped Judah off at Jen's to spend the day playing with Ezra, picked up Abby, and headed to Storyland. It was so much fun! Having Grandpa and Grandma Davis with us was the icing on the cake. Evalyn and Abby loved the Princess castle while Gavin's favorite ride was (of course!) the train. We stopped at Flatbread on the way home and had organic pizza made right in front of us in an open air kitchen. That was really cool! We were all exhausted by the end of the day, but we had such a good time. Here are some pictures of our day....

We got VERY wet on this ride!


Daddy and Evalyn stopping for gas.



Since Isaac gets severe motion sickeness, guess who got to ride all the round and round rides?



The pirate on the ship was apparently very convincing.


My favorite picture of the day....


We just got back from vacation in Pennsylvania and I still need to get some pictures from our trip up, but I am so tired tonight so it will have to wait. We are going to the beach tomorrow with the kids for family day. I will try to remember our camera this time! Have I mentioned how much I love summer?