Fun Times!

Fun times in the front yard. Ella had some grass on her face and Joel is trying to take it off of her! So nice of him. At least he is not pushing her over, which he has now decided is more fun...oh the joys! Two year olds, you love them and you ah love them! :-)




Joel now knows the way to the park when we drive there, so if I ever drive in the opposite direction he says "ober way maee, ober way....pak time pak time!!" so fun!

SWINGS!! Joel has never been a fan of the swings until recently, and even now it only last maybe 2 or 3 minutes, he would much rather slide and climb than swing!
Ella on the other hand loooooves to swing!!

Julie and Matt's Wedding!!!

On Saturday May 22, my good friend from college was married to Mr. Matt Nardi! I was so excited for this wedding and could not wait!! They have been engaged since Christmas '08 so a little over a year. It is amazing how God brings two people together to share their lives as one for the rest of their time here on Earth, what a blessing! Matt and Julie were glowing and so happy on their wedding day as I am sure they will still be as newly weds! Here are some pictures of the day!

The new Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nardi

Katie and I

Pj and Katie

Todd and I

lately

Yes I know, it has been super long since I last updated here. What can I say, I have been busy. but really just putting it off, because if I forget to upload photos before I start writing they end up where I don't want them and it is a pain to move them to where I want them to be...I guess I need to figure out if there is an easier way to upload photos on this place, i just don't spend enough time here! :-)

Since I last updated, Joel has had his 2nd birthday! He is a little man now and as of the last two weeks or so I am no longer "mama" but now "maee" (mommy). After every question or statement he will end it with, "maee?" I kind of like maee and I hope it sticks! :-) He is talking a lot more in four to five word sentences and copies everything we say and he will let you know if he doesn't want to do something with a calm, but stubborn "no" and a shake of the head! He is also very into "mine" now, we have to work on the sharing. My little two year old you are so cute and fun (most of the time) I love you! Here is a picture of our GQ man!

Ella is 7 months old now, wow the time does fly! She is so sweet, likes to reach for everything, roll around the floor and finally has two teeth popping through! She loves DOGS, any kind of dog big, small, slobbery, hairy, wild, calm and she will flap her arms and legs and laugh/smile and "talk" them! Her favorite thing to do is watch her brother when he is running, or jumping, or skipping around the house. She will laugh like crazy! I think one of my favorite moments as a mom is listening to my two kids laugh with one another, I wish it could last forever! Here are two pictures of our beautiful little girl!

Hopefully we will have some more posts up about what we have been up to lately as we go into summer and start doing more things outside, but for now I will leave you with this!