8 months old

Daniel is now 8 months old. He is growing and changing quickly and I'm trying hard to enjoy the time I've got with him while he is still a baby. I took these pictures today;


George keeps getting smaller and smaller


Such a cute face!


I got all artsy with this shot. I'm always impressed when I can take a good picture, it happens maybe 1 out of every 100. - awe.. just look at those lips! so precious -

Fun times

I took these on Saturday night. It is so fun to see my boys next to each other and that they are starting to play together (a little bit). I look at the back of Daniel like in these pictures and it reminds me of when Jacob was that small and then I think that it wasn't that long ago and now look at him.. he's a little boy! Sheesh.



These pictures I took on Sunday morning. It is our tradition to make muffins for breakfast and Jacob is a very willing helper, especially when it comes to licking the beater. (These are chocolate chip muffins that I baked in a muffin top pan.. because the muffin top is the best, right? The "naked" looking one on the top right is a muffin without chocolate chips for Brent, who doesn't like chocolate chips).

A blessing

If you know us you know how long we have had a really tiny little table (used to be an office table and is not your standard sized round table, it is small!) and folding chairs to sit on. I have longed for a dining room table since even before moving to Oregon and we have just never been able to afford even a used set in the style we like.

- Here is a picture taken when we were eating MRE's that John sent us for a FHE activity, you can see most of it and how small it is in relation to Brent -


Well, this past Tuesday I was watching the kids of my friend and when she dropped them off at my house (I'm sure seeing my dinky table) she asked if I would be interested in a table and chairs (for free). She said it belong to her husband's grandfather and has been in their attic for years. It is round and seats 4 and then there is a leaf insert to seat 6. I of course got all excited and said yes. Her husband brought it over that night. I was amazed and pleasantly surprised by the condition and quality of the set and that it is almost exactly like what we have wanted. It is all solid wood! Yesterday I spend over an hour cleaning it and only got the table and one chair done (it was really hard work and took 3 separate water buckets just for the table and 2 buckets for one chair). I took pictures even though it isn't completely cleaned up yet because I am just so excited to show all of you. Once I am done scrubbing it down it will need a good polishing (which again will be hard work). I know this set is worth at least $200 and there was no way we could afford a dining set anytime soon, so my labor is a willing price to pay to have this. What a blessing! Check it out;


- Without the leaf. (Jacob is happily showing off his new booster seat we got that day) -


- With the leaf -
(she only had 4 chairs so I will search to get two more, luckily there is a sticker on the bottom of one that gives a model number and the manufacturer info - until then we will continue to use our folding chairs when we have guests over)


- A cute picture of my boy that is just as excited as I am -