Oops! I forgot to post about family camp. We had a WONDERFUL time at camp this year. We are so blessed to live in Washington. I failed to take some pics of the scenery but it was absolutely breathtaking. God's handiwork. So here are some past due family camp pictures.
Time for a post I guess. We are all doing really well. Business is great. I think Josh got 2 new commercial accounts and has a bid out for a couple of others. God is ALWAYS blessing us far above and beyond what we deserve.
I still haven't started school but am so ready and just waiting on a few more books and flashcards to arrive in the mail. As soon as they get here, we are ready. So I do feel like we're starting a bit late this year but I feel like Greyson will do a great job and fly right through K5. He's already spelling 3 letter words on his own which is impressive to me considering I've not actually sat down and taught him phonics or any of those things he'll soon be learning. I do have confidence that it will be a great school year.
Sam and Greyson have both started indoor soccer. They are involved in the Lil Kickers program. Poor Sam could not jump over the ball his first day without falling on his bottom. He was so so cute to watch. That's my Sam. He's a bit uncoordinated. Greyson's little speed racer. He runs soooo fast. I delight in watching my boys do "boy" things and seeing the enjoyment they get from being rough and tumble little boys.
Myah is Macy's second mommy. Well she's Macy's, Greyson's and Sam's second mommy. I know she wants to help me but she tends to be sooo bossy at times. I often here her saying, "Boys, no!, No boys!" It does come in handy at times like when I need her to go get them for breakfast or lunch. She'll yell up the stairs, "Boys, come and eat!" I think she'll be a wonderful mommy. :)
Macy's walking! Boo hooo hooo hoo! I do love watching her little chubby legs and bottom. She's walks with her hands in the air for balance and still is a bit unstable. It's so cute though. I am determined to enjoy her as much as I can now knowing that when this baby comes she won't be the baby anymore. So as long as she can, she's still my baby.
We had an ultrasound. I asked my midwife because I was a little concerned about showing so fast this time. I've had too many people teasing about there being more than one baby or maybe my dates or off or maybe it's a big baby. So first she said my due date is April 7th according to her little cardboard wheel thing and after the ultrasound she moved it to April 18th. I DO NOT know why but they ALWAYS move my due date at least a week later than originally planned. We shall see but I'm pretty sure baby will be born around the first due date because that's been the pattern so far. I'm pretty bummed about missing out on ladies retreat this year. I kinda have a hunch baby's a boy. I know I'm only 9 or 10 weeks or whatever because I'm confused since they've moved my date on me, but I did have "the dream". I always have a dream about baby's gender and it's always been right. Wierd, huh? We'll see.
Recently, our church bus ran a promotion. Whoever brings the most visitors gets to pick either a Super Soaker or Nerf Blaster. I think this promotion ran about a month long. Not many were participating. We had a young lady bring 2 visitors. Greyson came to Josh one day and asked if he could call his cousins and invite them. Josh dialed the number and spoke with Auntie Cathy for a minute and handed the phone to Greyson. He invited his cousins, Jacob, Marissa, and Breanne, and they came to church the next day! It was the last day of the bus promotion. Don't feel bad for the little girl though. She did win the Super Soaker since Greyson picked the Nerf Blaster. And all 3 cousins went home with a two liter of pop. Here's some pics: 
Macy celebrated her 1st birthday August 25. I still can't believe my baby is 1!!! She has been walking since this past Friday. And it seems each day she's trying to say more. She says dada, mama (Mommy), mama (Grandma), mo mo (more), ti ti (tickle tickle).......I think that's it. Then she babbles all sorts of things which I'm sure mean something to her but is foreign to me. She's doing pretty good with her glasses and knows the word "no" really well. She now has 8 teeth. (4 of which came in at once and caused me and her to be one tired mama and baby) She WILL NOT eat table food yet. I stopped nursing her on her birthday (cold turkey - does anyone know who keyed this phrase and why in the world do we use it?) and started giving her table food pretty much because I was tired of buying baby food jars. It was probably too much transition for her at one time but I (at times) am a tough love sort of mama. I know some of you are probably snickering at that comment b/c you think I'm the sweetest, gentlest mommy but I have another side you don't know about. Muwah ha ha ha ha ha. (evil sounding laugh) Anyhow, I thought I was going to be tough and stand my ground and "make" her eat table food. I kept telling myself she will eat it if she's hungry enough so I fought that battle for two weeks but I'm telling you her diet for two weeks consisted of toast, milk, and cheerios. So under the leadership of my head I caved in and she now eat about 7 jars of baby food a day. I'm okay with that for now since it's sooo convenient and I'm sooo sick.
We had friends and family show up to help us celebrate Macy's birthday. It was a good time of fellowship. I made a crockpot full of Rotel. (something my first Pastor's wife used to make for the youth when I was in the youth group. Now it's a recipe I make for most of my kid's birthday parties and sometimes for the teens at our church.) Macy had a whole cake to tear into which she ended up eating about half of it because I forgot she was in the highchair! I posted some pics of her birthday celebration. Enjoy!!
