Last post for awhile

Taylor taking Matthew for a little ride. I love this picture; can't you just hear Taylor saying, "Matthew where should we go shopping?" During family night I got Matthew and Taylor's soft blankets and spread them out on the floor in hopes to get them to hold still for a little lesson. They both just love their soft blankets and just dive into them when they are around. They just rolled around on the floor and played so cute.

The pants say it all. Taylor is pretty wild. You got to love the crazy hair which she did herself by putting food in it during lunch. Lately she has started saying "ohh" which makes her little mouth look so cute.

We went to one of the amazing parks here in Toledo the other night and the weather was amazing. I went and got my jacket out of the car....in August. The kids love it when Glen can do things with us and so do I.

Glen and Matthew climbed this little log cabin and gave us their best ROAR!! Matthew is always roaring like a lion. It is actually pretty loud and scary. Watch out!

Yes, we make our kids wear helmets in the car for extra safety.

A day at the zoo

Again...... Matthew is a lion or tiger in this case. ROAR!!

I am not going to post for at least a month because I have too many things I need to do. So I decided to give you all a ton of pictures to make up for it. Most importantly, I need to work on the primary program which is coming up soon. I also want to catch up on my scrapbook and journal. You might say that the blog should count as both right? Well, the blog isn't as personal as my journal would be and the scrapbooking I'm still uncertain about the best way to do it. With Matthew and Taylor I can't even keep my house clean sometimes let alone scrapbook. BUT......I am determined to get these things done!! Hopefully, I can be done by Taylor's birthday to blog about that. I am sure I won't be completely caught up on the scrapbook but if I get all my pictures printed and some of it done, I might feel okay about blogging again.

The last couple of weeks

Taylor gives kisses now and it is so cute. You can see they are some pretty juicy ones too. It is very cute. She also blows kisses too. She sure seems to be growing up so much the last couple of weeks. She is now standing up on her own from crawling or sitting which she thinks is pretty cool. She took two little steps the other day but hasn't done any since. She doesn't stand for too long either; she usually goes up and down a lot. It is fun going through all the fun stages again. It will probably still be awhile before she starts walking.

Today we went to a parade in Maumee which was Matthew's first. It was fun and Matthew thought the candy was great of course.

On Wednesday we went to Maumee Bay for playgroup. The sand is great there and it is right by Lake Erie. The part we played at is actually man made making it cleaner and a nicer beach. I am dying because we can't go swimming for two weeks (well Matthew can't which means Taylor and I can't either). Matthew actually had to be recircumcised on Thursday. Glen was working so I had to go with him to the hospital. Being the worry wart that I am I kind of was freaking out but everything went well. It was a little hard seeing him wake up from the anesthesia but he is doing great. He was running around and talking our ears off like usual as soon as we got home. He is such a sweet boy and he did great.

The other day I had a bloody nose and it wouldn't stop so I stuck toilet paper up my nose. Matthew said that he had a bloody nose too and went into the bathroom and came out like this. Taylor had diarrhea yesterday and was crying so much because her bum was so sore. Matthew started FAKE crying and saying that his bum hurt too. Funny kid

I have been giving Taylor a bottle once a day and every time I do Matthew insists on having a sippy cup of milk and lays on the floor with her. These too are so funny!

I came into the kitchen and saw these two in the laundry basket. Life is full of surprises with two young kids.

The Zoo had a night where zoo members could go and ride the merry-go-round and train for free. The line was way too long for the train so we just went on the merry-go-round.

We went to a birthday party for a boy Matthew's age at our friends families cottage on Lake Erie in July. It was a Christmas party and they let all the kids open some presents that were under a Christmas tree. It was a lot of fun!

I can't get enough of these two

okay................sometimes I could use a break but most of the time I love being with them. I feel so blessed to have such beautiful, happy, healthy, and fun children. They really love each other even though Matthew has his moments sharing and such. Today when Matthew woke up from his nap he asked where Taylor was. I told him that she was asleep and he started crying saying"I want Taylor to wake up, I will go get her." This was not the first time that this happened. I told Glen the other day how much I love being at home with them and being able to just wake up and do whatever we want. We are having such a fun summer swimming, going to the zoo and library, going to walking group and playgroup, playing outside, spending lots of time with friends and most importantly each other. I love these two so much! Matthew is always talking and just cracks me up. Lately he goes on and on telling me stories. They are usually about Taylor Princess and Matthew Dragon, pirates, giants, and other funny things. He will tell me part of the story and then say AND THEN.........,AND THEN. I love being able to just sit and have long conversations with him. He also gives me a rundown of our day. Today he said "now we are going to Costco, AND THEN we will eat a hot dog and pizza at Costco, AND THEN we will go home and have a nap, AND THEN, we will wake up and do something fun, is that a good idea?". Those really were his words. So funny!! He makes me laugh all day.

Taylor is now 10 months old. WOW! She also cracks me up. It is so fun seeing the differences between her and Matthew. She is just such a girl. She is always jabbering and is much more squeally (word?) than Matthew was. In stores she points at stuff and does her cute little squeal. She loves playing with all of us and just giggles. She LOVES Matthew and always wants to be right with him which Matthew doesn't always appreciate these days. She is WAY to happy at 6 in the morning, if not before, but we sure love her.

Catch up

Most of the these pictures are a little old since I haven't been keeping up with the blog very well. A few weeks ago it was cool enough to wear sweatshirts outside which was great. I love going on walks around our neighborhood especially Sunday walks where Glen can go with us.

We spend a lot of time in our little front yard which isn't fenced in and is small but at least it is grass and is right out our front door. Matthew is really good about not going on the road which I am sure Taylor will not be as good once she starts walking.

These two love apples!

We went swimming for playgroup awhile ago. Matthew and his friend Sam giving me their best cheeses.

I have this same picture of Matthew doing this. It makes the biggest mess but if it keeps Taylor entertained for awhile she can do it all she wants.

Silly Taylor! Lately she loves playing peek a boo by putting clothes on her head/face.

4th of July

Glen's parents and his sister came down to Toledo to celebrate the 4th. We ate dinner at our house and then went to the park. We went and got ice cream and had just enough time for some sparklers on our driveway before Matthew went to bed. It was a lot of fun. We went to fireworks in Maumee the night before and they were great. We had a lot of fun before Glen started up school swimming, going to the zoo, shopping, and just being outside. His first week back was like vacation still a little. This first month of his rotations is not very busy. Yesterday and today he has been doing a lot with youth conference though but the next couple of weeks we should have nice long weekends.

YEAH!!!!!

A little confused maybe??

The rest of our trip

I was sad I forgot my camera at the zoo the other day. We went to the new children's part and it was a lot of fun. Glen painted Matthew's face like a puppy. Cutest puppy I have ever seen.

Glen learned a song while we were in Idaho and sang it for us at our talent show. Below is the kids doing bubbles

It rained a lot while we were there. Matthew wanted to go out in it one day after church so my mom gave him an umbrella. Happy boy

Matthew and Thomas......so sweet

My mom has the greatest fisher price toys that I had growing up. The kids loved playing with them

Heidi, Thomas, and Matthew all rode in the tractor with my Dad at the same time

Matthew just being his silly self. He always manages to find some glasses and the hat was a doll's hat. My mom and Taylor at their new house on the river.

Matthew loved his Grandpa!!

We had a talent show which is a tradition for family reunions. The kids loved the popcorn and decided it would be fun to pour it all over as you can see in the picture below.

We had a babysitter for all of the kids so us older kids could go do something fun. Taylor still came with us however but she was good. We went boating and ate dinner.

I had a nasty cough and my ears were killing me so I didn't ski or anything that night. I got to try surfing for the first time since last summer I was prego. I only wakeboarded once......dumb cold. So this is a very attractive picture of me with a towel around my head because the wind was hurting my ears.

Just hanging out

My Dad with Taylor and Grace

This picture was taken the morning we left....so sad to leave. Matthew, Jordan, and Thomas were being so funny. Matthew was saying "to infinity and beyond" and then they would jump up and land on their bums. I have a video of it so I will have to get it on here.