3 Months

Although a little late because of the busy weeks of the fireworks stand, here is Owen's three month picture.

• He has mastered rolling over from front to back and is close to rolling over from back to front.
• Is really ticklish and has the most adorable laugh.
• He is fine tuning the skill of grabbing things.
• Loves having his big sister "read" him books.

Fireworks

God always provides for our needs. While I wouldn't choose to be in the financial situation we are in and have been in the past few years, I have seen God's hand in so many different ways because of our lack of funds.  When He promises He will take care of us, I can tell you through experience that He will.  I know God always keeps His promises, but it has been, and will continue to be, a learning experience on my part to trust in His promises. So in light of this, I wanted to share with you yet another one of God's provisions.

This summer Joe and I had the opportunity to run a fireworks stand. It was such a blessing to be able to earn a bit of money this summer without sacrificing all of Joe's time off. Basically, in two weeks we can make what one person would at a summer job. That's not to say it was easy. Nope, it was a brutal two weeks, but it's over and I am thankful.

My hardworking man. And yes, He really did work his keister off.

Oh the Frosty Mug Of Beer... Can't tell you if it's actually a good firework, but it looks cool.

My Two Favorite Guys

2 & 2

I thought it was important to document that my kids are two and two: Owen is two months and Grace is two years.

However, to acheive this blog worthy picture was quite the process. Most shots looked like this:

or this:

And then there was this:

I can still hear the process now, "Here Owen, eat this. Come on eat it... eat it. Okay, I'll just show you."

So actually the real importance of all this is that I got a two year old and a two month old to sit still long enough to actually get a decent shot.

Pool Time

We have finally had some nice weather... at least we've had a few nice days mixed in between all the rainy/cloudy/kind-of-cold days. There has been enough sun to bust out the pool Grace got for her birthday - thanks Luke and Shelby, and check out her adorable bathing suit compliments of her Aunt Andy.

She's Two

I've been meaning to post this for awhile, but I haven't really stopped since Grace's birthday. We just finished our forth bbq in as many days, Joe finished school for the summer, and we will soon start our whirlwind summer. But that's for future posts.

We headed to the zoo on Saturday... along with the entire city of Portland. I had been planning this trip for about a month but it also happened to be the first really nice day in a LONG time, so about 50,000 other people thought taking their kids to the zoo would be a good idea too. Despite the crowds and the heat, we had a great time. Grace's favorite animals were the elephants and she was mesmerized by getting to watch the bats eat. Owen slept most of the time.

My apologies for this random woman's choice of attire, but with the bear right up to the glass, this is an otherwise great shot.

We then headed home and picked up some pizzas (and the house) and had a little party with the Horton's, Ea (Andrea), Joel, and Luke and Shelby Todd. Grace requested a Boots cake (as in Dora and Boots). Here is what I whipped up. And yes I did make and decorate the cake myself, although I didn't exactly just "whip" it up.

Grace calls it her "poop cake". She tries to say Boots and it come out sounding like poop. So cute and really funny. I may ask her to say it all the time.

Oh The Love of Ice Cream

Grace's birthday fell on a Thursday this year, so we decided to celebrate it on the weekend. However, we did take her out to ice cream to celebrate her actual day of birth...

...she was pretty excited about it.