Brothers

Today Stephen helped me take a few pictures of the boys.  I can't believe how big they are getting!  And how incredibly hard it can be to get two energetic little boys to both look in the same direction, smile at the same time, and look half way decent to boot!   So here are my boys!

Five Generations

Last month we drove down to Iowa and met Stephen's Parents, Grandma, and Great Grandma so we could get a 5 generation photo!

Fall - 2010

I just love this time of year!  All the pretty leaves falling, the crisp air, the bountiful fall harvest!  This weather gives me the itch to bake pumpkin pies and apple muffins, not to mention cooking up a yummy pot of soup!

 David and i made maple pecan cookies on Monday, there were amazing!  I know this because I left 3 dozen home for Stephen and his Bible study guys and they finished them off before Stephen even had a chance to try one! (of course David and I sampled some before hand - yum,yum!)

I love fall baking! I need to get some pumpkins so we can make pies and muffins and bread, all those yummy pumpkin things you have to make in the fall!  

My tomatos are still going strong, although it seems more and more of them are dropping off the vine before they are completely ripe.  So i've been setting them on my window sill to ripen, yum, yum! And they look so pretty and festive too.

The boys love being outside this time of year.  Yesterday David and I raked some leaves while Scott was taking his afternoon nap, our trees sure produce an abundance of foliage!  David was so cute, he knew just what leaves were for - jumping in!  He has been having a lot of fun with his aunts and uncles raking leaves and jumping in them and he defiantly remembers. :-)  

David and Scott, both, also just love playing in the back yard on the swing set/slide that Grandma and Grandpa Jorgensen gave the boys.

David would go up and down that slide all day long if I let him.  And Scott loves sitting in the baby swing.  It's just too adorable watching David try to push Scott! Of course he usually just ends up getting bonked in the head, but they both love it.  Scott can't keep his eyes off David, even when David is sitting on him, or trying to poke his eyes out he just grins and grins at his big brother!

Yes it's a wonderful time of year!

Happy or Content

Sometimes during the day, when the kids are screaming, there are piles of dishes and laundry, Stephen hasn't been home on time in what seems like weeks, and i'm not sure I'll ever have the chance to sleep again I just want to quit.  Some times it seem so overwhelming, so impossible to accomplish everything I need to accomplish, so impossible to be every thing I'm supposed to be.  And I wonder when do I get time for ME?

But then i remember it's not about me.  It's about two little boys, eternal souls, that have been given to my charge and training.  Its about a hardworking, self sacrificing man who goes to work every day (even when he doesn't want to) to provided for ME and those little boys.  And most importantly its about God and where he has me, right where he wants me.  I can be discontent, always wishing i'm somewhere else, in a different situation, or a different phase of life, but this is where God has me right now.  So THIS is where I need to be content.

Happiness is a nice thing.  But not what God promises or calls us to.  Being Content on the other hand is our duty as Christians.  In my definition contentment is really quit simple: Being willing to be where you are without wishing you were some place else.  


This is not a strength of mine.  But in God's grace and with his strength I can and will strive to be content.  The funny thing?!?!?!?  When i'm content then and only then am I every happy!

David - Mamma's little Man

Being a mother is such a joy and a pleasure!  Each of my boys is a wonderful treasure.  My first born can be a hand full.  He is very stubborn and has a vast amount of energy!  In fact at times it seems he never stops, he just go's and go's!  

But he has such a sweet tender heart too.

Every morning the first thing he says when he gets out of bed is "where's Scotty?"  Even though it can be frustrating to me when he go's looking for his little brother and subsequently wakes him from his nap, still I have to stop and consider how sweet that he wants to play with his brother!

The other day Scott was laying on the living room floor crying as I was trying to get out bed made, I was very stressed out as both boys had been very fussy that day and Stephen was working late so help was no where in site, suddenly Scott stopped crying and i turn around as I hear David saying, "I 'elp Scotty" there is David sitting next to his baby brother holding his hand and patting him!  What a treasure!

Every time we start to get ready to leave the house, David has two missions - one to find his shoes, and the other to make sure we don't forget to bring Scott along!