Annie and Soren hanging out at Halle's 1st birthday party. I love this picture!
27 July 2008
today
Up at 5:30.
Get ready.
Pack lunches.
7:05 ferry.
Meet Tony & Rachel for coffee.
Worship at 9:00.
Run to the car in the middle of service for a change of clothes for Jonah (who has directional issues on the potty).
Teach Sunday School at 10:45.
Lunch.
Drop Joel and kids off at bookstore to hang out.
Kids go crazy in the bookstore.
Go shopping for Annie's birthday presents and camping trip junk food.
Grocery shopping at an overcrowded Trader Joe's.
Run into Fred Meyer to find shirts for the kids to tye-dye at day camp tomorrow.
Quick nap in the car.
Dinner with friends.
9:45 ferry.
Put away groceries.
Catch up on the blog. Finally.
Midnight - really, really tired.
Get ready.
Pack lunches.
7:05 ferry.
Meet Tony & Rachel for coffee.
Worship at 9:00.
Run to the car in the middle of service for a change of clothes for Jonah (who has directional issues on the potty).
Teach Sunday School at 10:45.
Lunch.
Drop Joel and kids off at bookstore to hang out.
Kids go crazy in the bookstore.
Go shopping for Annie's birthday presents and camping trip junk food.
Grocery shopping at an overcrowded Trader Joe's.
Run into Fred Meyer to find shirts for the kids to tye-dye at day camp tomorrow.
Quick nap in the car.
Dinner with friends.
9:45 ferry.
Put away groceries.
Catch up on the blog. Finally.
Midnight - really, really tired.
beach day
My arm is just barely long enough
Sand dollars everywhere
Searching for crabs...
Joel caught one
Heading back to the car
Picnic stop on the way home
lazy saturday...
with friends.
Jonah and Soren enjoying the pool
While Halle enjoys the sidewalk paint
Dinner and a movie with Dylan (we're high tech!)
Jonah and Soren enjoying the pool
While Halle enjoys the sidewalk paint
Dinner and a movie with Dylan (we're high tech!)
18 June 2008
half way there...
The freaky floating alien baby on the side of our blog has officially passed the half way point.
07 June 2008
jonah's movie review
Joel took the kids to see King Fu Panda today, something they have been looking forward to seeing ever since we bought a box of Rice Krispies that has pictures of the characters on the back. When they got home I asked Jonah about the movie. These are his thoughts.
How was Kung Fu Panda?
"It was great! The big tiger jumped on panda's tummy and he throw him into the sky. And the other guy was a boy and the other one was green and black and purple and yellow and was like this tall."
Who was in the movie?
"Mantis. Oh, oh, oh and the rhinoceros fell down onto the ground. Viper and Mantis."
What was your favorite part?
"The nice tiger but not the bad one. Mommy, you know panda? There was a rocket thing and he crashed it into his head and that was really funny. But I was being too loud because people were being in the movie and my daddy covered my mouth like this so I wouldn't talk. Oh, and tiger fell down, but not rhinocerous, and ::shooting rocket noise:: up into the sky and on the big rocks."
What did Kung Fu Panda do?
"He eat lots of cookies in his jar."
Who was your favorite guy?
"Mantis. He was the tiny guy and oh, he ate soup and was like this tiny. Oh and he ate soup and that was really funny. Oh, oh, oh, and the big guy was white and blue and black but he was not being really nice to panda and he crashed into those things and ::shooting rocket noise:: that was really funny and he fly with wings like this. Oh, oh, oh, and the big guys ::crashing to the ground down effects:: into the sidewalk into the road and that was really funny."
Is there anything else you can tell me?
"It was the best one."
How was Kung Fu Panda?
"It was great! The big tiger jumped on panda's tummy and he throw him into the sky. And the other guy was a boy and the other one was green and black and purple and yellow and was like this tall."
Who was in the movie?
"Mantis. Oh, oh, oh and the rhinoceros fell down onto the ground. Viper and Mantis."
What was your favorite part?
"The nice tiger but not the bad one. Mommy, you know panda? There was a rocket thing and he crashed it into his head and that was really funny. But I was being too loud because people were being in the movie and my daddy covered my mouth like this so I wouldn't talk. Oh, and tiger fell down, but not rhinocerous, and ::shooting rocket noise:: up into the sky and on the big rocks."
What did Kung Fu Panda do?
"He eat lots of cookies in his jar."
Who was your favorite guy?
"Mantis. He was the tiny guy and oh, he ate soup and was like this tiny. Oh and he ate soup and that was really funny. Oh, oh, oh, and the big guy was white and blue and black but he was not being really nice to panda and he crashed into those things and ::shooting rocket noise:: that was really funny and he fly with wings like this. Oh, oh, oh, and the big guys ::crashing to the ground down effects:: into the sidewalk into the road and that was really funny."
Is there anything else you can tell me?
"It was the best one."
05 June 2008
another bloghead
Now entering the blogosphere, my wonderful sister Casandra (who is married to my soon-to-be-a-kindergarten-teacher-baby-brother Jed).
Oh, and it's our adorable niece Kylie's birthday today. Happy birthday, Kylie! We love you. Annie welcomes you to the ranks of fivedom.
(I totally ripped this picture off from their blog because I'm too lazy to search for one on my computer!)
Oh, and it's our adorable niece Kylie's birthday today. Happy birthday, Kylie! We love you. Annie welcomes you to the ranks of fivedom.
(I totally ripped this picture off from their blog because I'm too lazy to search for one on my computer!)
04 June 2008
blast from the past
Annie's class has some dance time everyday, one of her favorite parts of school. She came home today asking if we could get the song "Everybody Dance Now" because, as she said, "It is so cool!" I wasn't sure if it was really the song I thought it was until she started singing it for us. She got even more excited when Joel told her he that knew that song from high school. I wonder if he pulled out some of his old dance moves tonight....
30 May 2008
the deal with rome
So, for the curious few, here's what's up with Rome.
It's not so much that we are visiting Rome. It's more that we are moving there. To live. As in selling our house. And almost everything we own. Including all our books. And our bikes. And the kids toys. And my salad spinner. We'll take some clothes with us. And probably the kids blankies. And if the baby likes binkies, like we hope he will, we'll take those. That's about it.
It might take awhile though because we are going as missionaries and we need to raise support first. The earliest we would be able to go would most likely be next summer, but it all depends on our support.
We've been wanting to do this for 14 years ever since we were in college and heard God telling us to go. The infamous Simpson "call." It's taken us this long to find an agency we love and be ready to go. Crazy that it's happening when we'll have 3 kids. And the funny thing is, now that it's happening, we are a little overwhelmed by it. As in, it's hard to believe it's actually happening and we don't even know how or where to start with everything we need to do. Overwhelmed is the operative word in our house right now. On Sunday, at church, Gail had a good prayer for us about taking it one day at a time and relying on God's grace. So we are trying to do that.
So why Rome? It's not because it sounds like a fun place to live (I mean it does, because it's Europe after all, but we have been there and I spent the week overwhelmed by the craziness of the place and miserable from allergies to cigarette smoke and old buildings. There's a lot of old buildings there. I swore I'd never go back after Annie and I almost got run over by a taxi cab outside the Vatican Museums. Funny how God works.) Here's the deal. We're going to join Tim & Rachel (and the soon to be arriving baby Joy) to walk alongside refugees and offer help and hope. We're working on getting a website up that will talk about what we'll be doing and what the refugee situation is like in Rome and around the world.
We're pretty excited to be able to do this together. Joel is ready to be done working to make money for others and to start working to serve others. We're excited that our kids are going to get to grow up in not only another culture, but surrounded by people from all over the world. We're excited about this journey God has us on, about the way He has seen us this far, and the way He will continue to walk with us.
We're still a little overwhelmed by it all, though.
It's not so much that we are visiting Rome. It's more that we are moving there. To live. As in selling our house. And almost everything we own. Including all our books. And our bikes. And the kids toys. And my salad spinner. We'll take some clothes with us. And probably the kids blankies. And if the baby likes binkies, like we hope he will, we'll take those. That's about it.
It might take awhile though because we are going as missionaries and we need to raise support first. The earliest we would be able to go would most likely be next summer, but it all depends on our support.
We've been wanting to do this for 14 years ever since we were in college and heard God telling us to go. The infamous Simpson "call." It's taken us this long to find an agency we love and be ready to go. Crazy that it's happening when we'll have 3 kids. And the funny thing is, now that it's happening, we are a little overwhelmed by it. As in, it's hard to believe it's actually happening and we don't even know how or where to start with everything we need to do. Overwhelmed is the operative word in our house right now. On Sunday, at church, Gail had a good prayer for us about taking it one day at a time and relying on God's grace. So we are trying to do that.
So why Rome? It's not because it sounds like a fun place to live (I mean it does, because it's Europe after all, but we have been there and I spent the week overwhelmed by the craziness of the place and miserable from allergies to cigarette smoke and old buildings. There's a lot of old buildings there. I swore I'd never go back after Annie and I almost got run over by a taxi cab outside the Vatican Museums. Funny how God works.) Here's the deal. We're going to join Tim & Rachel (and the soon to be arriving baby Joy) to walk alongside refugees and offer help and hope. We're working on getting a website up that will talk about what we'll be doing and what the refugee situation is like in Rome and around the world.
We're pretty excited to be able to do this together. Joel is ready to be done working to make money for others and to start working to serve others. We're excited that our kids are going to get to grow up in not only another culture, but surrounded by people from all over the world. We're excited about this journey God has us on, about the way He has seen us this far, and the way He will continue to walk with us.
We're still a little overwhelmed by it all, though.
27 May 2008
happy list 4
ITeams said yes.
Tim & Rachel like us.
We are going to Rome!
It's a boy!
Giant amnio needle wasn't too bad.
Mini vacation at the Bergans.
Sleeping in 'til 10 at the Bergans.
It's a boy!
We are going to Rome!
Sunny weekend.
Bagels and cream cheese.
I like coffee again.
I like eggs again.
Good friends who help us out by watching our kids (Marc, Erin, Michelle & Steve).
Listening to Jonah say his letter sounds.
The tree house at REI.
Ezell's.
It's a boy!
We are going to Rome!
Tim & Rachel like us.
We are going to Rome!
It's a boy!
Giant amnio needle wasn't too bad.
Mini vacation at the Bergans.
Sleeping in 'til 10 at the Bergans.
It's a boy!
We are going to Rome!
Sunny weekend.
Bagels and cream cheese.
I like coffee again.
I like eggs again.
Good friends who help us out by watching our kids (Marc, Erin, Michelle & Steve).
Listening to Jonah say his letter sounds.
The tree house at REI.
Ezell's.
It's a boy!
We are going to Rome!
17 May 2008
tres!
Just a few, errr, a lot of pictures from Jonah's birthday today.
Technically this was last night. His last day being 2.
Presents at 6:30 am. Of course.
Getting ready for the pirate party.
Pirate Halle kicking back.
"Just what I wanted!"
Marc and Joel rigged the slide to go right into the pool. Hours of entertainment.
Birthday lunch. Soren, Samuel, Jonah, Annie and Meredith.
Pirate ship cake.
Sort of a diving hug.
3 years old!
It couldn't have been better. We had a sunny day and great friends. The kids had the pool out as soon as they were outside and played in it all day long. We were so excited that the Taylors and the Bammerts came over to celebrate with us. We felt so blessed to have such wonderful, easy going friends whom we enjoy being with and who don't mind our lack of preparedness! Jonah had a ball playing with Samuel and Soren. He was also very excited about the Darth Vader costume he asked for (specifically, he requested "a Darth Vader thing" while pointing to his head) which showed up halfway through the morning. It's hard to believe our little boy is 3!
Technically this was last night. His last day being 2.
Presents at 6:30 am. Of course.
Getting ready for the pirate party.
Pirate Halle kicking back.
"Just what I wanted!"
Marc and Joel rigged the slide to go right into the pool. Hours of entertainment.
Birthday lunch. Soren, Samuel, Jonah, Annie and Meredith.
Pirate ship cake.
Sort of a diving hug.
3 years old!
It couldn't have been better. We had a sunny day and great friends. The kids had the pool out as soon as they were outside and played in it all day long. We were so excited that the Taylors and the Bammerts came over to celebrate with us. We felt so blessed to have such wonderful, easy going friends whom we enjoy being with and who don't mind our lack of preparedness! Jonah had a ball playing with Samuel and Soren. He was also very excited about the Darth Vader costume he asked for (specifically, he requested "a Darth Vader thing" while pointing to his head) which showed up halfway through the morning. It's hard to believe our little boy is 3!
happy list 3: birthday edition
Presents at 6:30 am.
Pancakes and sausages.
Race car track.
Stomp rockets.
Sunny day.
Balloons.
Samuel.
Soren.
Meredith.
Halle.
Wading pool.
The slide into the wading pool.
Pirate ship pinata.
Burgers and dogs.
Cheetos.
Pirate cake.
Darth Vader costume.
Sprinkler.
Snuggling on a blanket and watching the clouds.
Bouncy house at Jack's.
More Cheetos.
Pancakes and sausages.
Race car track.
Stomp rockets.
Sunny day.
Balloons.
Samuel.
Soren.
Meredith.
Halle.
Wading pool.
The slide into the wading pool.
Pirate ship pinata.
Burgers and dogs.
Cheetos.
Pirate cake.
Darth Vader costume.
Sprinkler.
Snuggling on a blanket and watching the clouds.
Bouncy house at Jack's.
More Cheetos.
25 April 2008
jonah the moth warrior
Jonah has an immense fear of any sort of insect or small flying creature. Bees, flies, moths, spiders - all cause great fright. "Mommy! Mommy! A bee! Get it! Get it!" Annie, surprisingly, has become the defender of bugs and crawly things. I distinctly remember when her friend Nova told her not to squish a daddy long legs because it was a "living creature." I think she has actually taken this to heart and keeps telling Jonah why bugs are good. Jonah, of course, hears none of this as he is clinging to us in terror.
He spotted a moth in the house tonight and hysteria ensued. We tried convincing him that he was bigger than the moth and it couldn't hurt him but he would have none of it. He kept asking Annie to throw a pillow at it to which she replied, "But Jonah, moths are good!" So, we told him that if the moth got close to him then he could shoo it away with his hand. Evidently, "close" meant across the room on the ceiling, because as soon as he saw it again he started waving his arms madly yelling, "There it is! Shoo away! Shoo away!" He then got out his sword and stalked it around the house. We tried to get it on video, but this is the best we wound up with:
He spotted a moth in the house tonight and hysteria ensued. We tried convincing him that he was bigger than the moth and it couldn't hurt him but he would have none of it. He kept asking Annie to throw a pillow at it to which she replied, "But Jonah, moths are good!" So, we told him that if the moth got close to him then he could shoo it away with his hand. Evidently, "close" meant across the room on the ceiling, because as soon as he saw it again he started waving his arms madly yelling, "There it is! Shoo away! Shoo away!" He then got out his sword and stalked it around the house. We tried to get it on video, but this is the best we wound up with:
19 April 2008
happy list 2
The Tooth Fairy.
Saturday Movie Day.
Arboretum with Michelle, Soren & Halle.
Ultrasound.
Mama's with girlfriends.
Screamer Enchilladas at Mama's.
Annie's staph infection healing.
Not missing the 7:05 ferry for the ultrasound.
Top Pot.
Small group.
Jen, the sitter.
Burgers and dogs at Christine's party.
Jonah singing.
Annie playing her violin at school.
Joel.
Saturday Movie Day.
Arboretum with Michelle, Soren & Halle.
Ultrasound.
Mama's with girlfriends.
Screamer Enchilladas at Mama's.
Annie's staph infection healing.
Not missing the 7:05 ferry for the ultrasound.
Top Pot.
Small group.
Jen, the sitter.
Burgers and dogs at Christine's party.
Jonah singing.
Annie playing her violin at school.
Joel.
12 April 2008
stuff the kids say
Jonah, after sneaking a sip of the beer Joel accidentally left out:
"Eww, Daddy. I don't like that."
(Accompanied by the best grimace ever.)
Annie, to Jonah who is marching around and singing loudly:
"Jonah, be quiet! That is hurting my tummy!"
Elizabeth:
"Annie, I don't think that can hurt your tummy."
Annie:
"Well, it's hurting the ears in my tummy!"
Jonah, in his most exasperated voice after I asked him to put his sand pail away:
"Mom! I'm busy!"
(He was throwing pine cones at a tree.)
"Eww, Daddy. I don't like that."
(Accompanied by the best grimace ever.)
Annie, to Jonah who is marching around and singing loudly:
"Jonah, be quiet! That is hurting my tummy!"
Elizabeth:
"Annie, I don't think that can hurt your tummy."
Annie:
"Well, it's hurting the ears in my tummy!"
Jonah, in his most exasperated voice after I asked him to put his sand pail away:
"Mom! I'm busy!"
(He was throwing pine cones at a tree.)
happy list
78 degrees.
BBQ.
Annie not breaking her wrist after falling off the slide.
Gardening.
Hearing the heartbeat.
Gymnastics class with Jonah.
Hanging with neighbors.
Church tomorrow.
Listening to Annie read.
Jonah wearing underpants to bed.
Naps.
Ribs.
The Office.
Snuggling with the kids.
Jump roping.
BBQ.
Annie not breaking her wrist after falling off the slide.
Gardening.
Hearing the heartbeat.
Gymnastics class with Jonah.
Hanging with neighbors.
Church tomorrow.
Listening to Annie read.
Jonah wearing underpants to bed.
Naps.
Ribs.
The Office.
Snuggling with the kids.
Jump roping.
08 April 2008
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