First Day of School

Well–I had a clever post all planned out, but Rusty pretty much stole it. Title and all. I’m suing for plagiarism. So go here to read about the messiest basement disaster ever to hit the planet. I seriously never knew it was possible to make such a mess out of a little styrofoam. But leave…

The party never stops around here!  Two days after Thanksgiving Josh was baptized.  It was such a special day, filled with the love of our family and friends.  Everything went really smoothly at the baptism and Josh loved being the center of attention on his special day.  I made him a little lap quilt out…

We spent the day at America’s First Public Beach.  It’s just a hop, skip and a jump on the Blue Line to the Ocean.  The beach certainly wasn’t the greatest beach of all time but it had the 4 essential elements: sun, sand, water, and most importantly, SEA SHELLS.  The kids had great fun gathering…

We put Braxton’s Batman mask on Josh and he looked so funny we all started laughing hysterically. I think all the laughing scared him more than the mask and he just started bawling. Poor thingYesterday we had the Loveridges over to dinner, and we get the biggest kick out of Braxton and Halle. They are…

Even Josh!  It has finally happened.  Josh is potty trained.  After a failed attempt, and months and months of talking and motivating, he was finally ready.  We told him when we got home from Utah after Christmas it was no more diapers for him.  We got the cool undies, and just went for it.  For…