Jacob Loves Books

We have hundreds of books at our house, and Jacob wants to try to read them all everyday :) The other day I walked into the dining room to see this

He must not have find anyone to read to him so he thought he would climb up to the table himself and read a book.
And this was before bed last night

He is so darn cute!!! I could have 20 pictures like this from the last month, I love that he loves reading!

Melt my heart

These three boys LOVE eachother!!! Isaiah is the best big brother. These moments just melt my heart. They are all brothers FOREVER!

Choo Choo's

This used to annoy me:

But now its their favorite part of a car ride.

Jacob and Kaleb get so excited and yell "choo choo choo" the whole time. 

We live in a town that has tons of trains, so they get to see one about everyday. It makes them so happy!

Fun with Gramps and Gram

My Dad, Cathy, and Grandma Pat came for a visit this past Saturday. Isaiah and Gramps were looking forward to playing lots of sports together. We started the day with Isaiah's soccer game. It was neat watching Dad and Cathy so happy watching Isaiah play his favorite sport. Then Isaiah and my Dad played tennis and baseball. Kaleb and Jacob thought they needed to "hit ball" too! Here are a few pictures from the day.

90 Degrees

Last week it was 90 degrees one day when we got home from school. I got out the little blow up pool and all three boys had a blast! All three of them love to be outside as much as possible. I can't wait for all the summer fun!!

Mother's Day

Last year for Mother's Day we were in Ethiopia awaiting our Embassy appointment in 2 days so we could bring Jacob home. This year it was spent chasing my THREE SONS around!! God is so good!!!!
The whole weekend was spent with family visiting us. Friday night Isaiah had a baseball game and 10 family members and 3 friends came to watch him.
On Saturday we loaded up one van and one car and hit the garage sales, then off to Isaiah's soccer game. There were 17 people from our family there. Isaiah and Kaleb got to meet my grandparents who recently got back from AZ. Then we spent the rest of the day together. My mom, sister, grandma, and I left the kids at home and we got coffee and our nails done. So nice to have grown-up time :) Then we took the kids swimming at the hotel where my grandparents were staying. They had a blast! We finished off the night with dinner back at our house.
We had 12 people that needed to get ready for church on Sunday morning. At about 6:45am there was a loud blow, twice, and the transformers by our house blew. Of course I was the only one that had showered yet. So everyone scrambled to get ready before the hot water was gone. We learned it was a squirrel that chewed a wire or something. The guys were all excited to run out and see the fried squirrel that the power company knocked off the wires. I was trying to figure out what I could feed 18 people for brunch without power. I had all the breakfast casseroles ready to throw in the oven when we left for church,but with no power, that wasn't going to happen. We finally decided we were going to get donuts and have the fruit I had ready (not exactly what I was planning, but oh well). Thankfully when we returned from church the power was back on so we were able to cook everything, it just took a little longer that I planned.
We were able to dedicate the boys at church today too! The boys wore their traditional Ethiopian outfits for the special occasion. It was so nice that all of their grandparents and my sister and brother and their families could be there to show the boys how much they love them and want them to love Jesus too.

We ended the day hanging out at home, such a beautiful day!!!