Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Couch Cushion Craziness




After Levi got up from his nap, he decided he wanted to be up on the couch with his sister. But his feet must have been cold because he had taken off his socks during nap time (the usual thing to do during naps lately) and so he thought that this would help him keep his feet warm. Of course, the minute I got out the camera he started hamming it up. He is such a goof!!

Later we were in his room with him and he was playing with his toy frog. He went to put it away and then got it back out and gave it to his sister. She made it hop. When we tried to get him to put it away, he wanted Rachel to make the frog hop so he took her hand and put the frog in it when she wasn't getting what he wanted her to do. He truly does amaze us more and more every day with the things he picks up.

Sunday, November 8, 2009






Yesterday was such a beautiful day that we couldn't just stay inside so Levi and I decided to go over to grandpa and grandma's house to see if we could get a picture in the leaves. He wasn't too sure about sitting in the pile of leaves. We were going to do this with Rachel but her schedule has been so busy with school, the fall play, and work that we couldn't find a time that coordinated with her. Maybe we'll try later today.

After he got out of hte leaf pile, he wandered over to the apple tree and picked an apple. He like that so much that he picked several others before we went into the house with grandpa and grandma.

When we were ready to leave, grandma put Levi in the back of grandpa's truck bed with the ladder grandpa was bringing out to our house. He loved it!! When I asked him to look at me for the picture he did a big, cheesy grin. It was funny!! He knew what to do! It is so fun watchiing his personality come out more and more.

My Thankful List

  • salvation through Jesus Christ
  • my beautiful daughter who is beautiful from the inside out
  • a referral of an adorable little boy named Levi
  • a letter of intent before the September 1st deadline
  • God spared my daughter from serious injury when hit by a car in Colorado
  • a wonderful year with my "exchange daughter" from Estonia - Mari-Liis
  • my faithful companion for the past 6 years - Millie - my springer spaniel
  • the peace and joy that comes with surrendering everything to the Lord
  • safety through all the storms that have passed our way
  • my supportive family
  • my incredible church family
  • a sump pump that continued to work for 10 weeks of water and sand seepage
  • birds singing and bugs chirping
  • neighbors and friends who lend a hand in your time of need
  • being able to sleep withe the windows open
  • a new deck to enjoy summer when it stops storming so much
  • the sound of children playing outside on a warm summer night
  • heat when its cold and air conditioning when its hot
  • the blessing of a great job
  • church picnics
  • chocolate
  • beautiful sunsets over Lake Michigan
  • summer vacation
  • beautiful blue skies and warm (not hot) summer days