Creation Museum

Mom, Emily, Benjamin and I had the opportunity to visit the Creation Museum a couple of weeks ago. They were having a special presentation called Bethlehem's Blessings which was similar to a living nativity scene complete with live animals. It was really neat, but would have been more fun if it hadn't been so cold.

Inside the museum they had their regular display.....

.....and here was Emily's reaction to it. The dinosaur wasn't really loud, but Little Miss Sensitive Ears thought it was.

Emily's become quite the photographer since we let her use my broken camera. Here's a picture she took of Mom.

Random Shots

Emily, Benjamin, Mom and I had the opportunity to join our friends at the Columbus Metropolitan Library for their train exhibit.

Cowboy Ben





I had the opportunity to watch my Niece, Karley a few days this week.
She is such a good baby and we had fun spending time with her.

Ben's asleep in the cocoon - a.k.a. the sling.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had such a great time visiting with Randa, Mark, Jack and David over at my parents for Thanksgiving this year. We spent our days laughing as we heard Emily and Jack's interactions. They spent hours in my parents basement communicating like two teenagers. Benjamin and David didn't have much to chat about, but David shared his affections for his new cousin with kisses on the head and cheek.

Benjamin at 1 Month

You can definitely tell these two are siblings.

Benjamin is growing like a weed. He weighed 9lbs. 7.5oz at his 3 week appointment. He's soaking in his surroundings and has a new expression every day.


Emily at 1 Month

Trunk-or-Treat

This year Aunt Kristen and Uncle Jose were gracious enough to take Emily to their church for their annual Harvest Party/Trunk or Treat so we could stay home with baby Benjamin.

Karley Jane

My sister Kristen and her husband Jose just had a baby girl on the 12th. She weighted 7 lbs 2oz and was 19 inches long. Kristen and Karley are both doing great.

I took this picture a couple hours ago, about 22 hours after she was born.

So far all her checkups have been great and she is completely healthy. That is a real answer to prayers. Praise the Lord.

Momma and Daddy are doing well also.

Snuggle Time

Caught you

Emily loves drinking water from my huge jug from the hospital.

Too funny

We've always said that Emily perfected the furrowed brow look from birth and it seems little Benjamin has as well.

Oh what a face.

5 days old

Emily loves holding her little brother

Benjamin's Homecoming

Soon will be posting video.

More hospital shots

Thank you Emily O. for capturing these shots.

Benjamin Edward

Yesterday, October 27th @ 7:06 am baby Benjamin Edward joined our family.

Benjamin weighted in at 8 lbs 15 oz and was 19.6 inches long.


Baby and his Moma are doing very well.

3 years, 2 mo. - Oct. 16

We had such a mild Summer this year and had lots of opportunities to get out and about which is perfect for Emily since she loves the outdoors. Along with walking with our friends on Wednesdays at a local park, we also recently visited a park that Charlie found while geocaching called Wildwood Park.

Emily continues to be my little helper and we're excited to see if that continues once her brother comes along. She still loves to clean the dishes and also loves to help Daddy make breakfast on Saturday mornings.

Emily has always loved to sing and dance, but recently she has been more inclined to sing around other people. My Aunt Neva taught her the Little Cabin in the Woods song and she can now do the motions to go along with the song. Hopefully I can capture that on video.

Baby Shower - Oct. 1

Thank you to all my family and friends who planned, prepared and participated in my baby shower. It was a great evening!!! We are truly blessed!!!!!!

FunPlace Database website

My sister and I have a new website project: http://funplacedatabase.com/ and we need your help!!! We're trying to build a central place to find all the places in your area to get out of the house with your kids. There's no good resource like this on the web, but we are going to need lots of help to fill up the database.

It only takes a couple of minutes maximum to add a place- if you could add one or two (or lots!) and tell your friends we would be grateful! Thanks!

Trail Camera

I got some new trail cameras a couple weeks ago. I put one out in the yard to test it out for a couple of days. Tonight I pulled the card and this is what I captured on my first picture.

I guess that Emily's curiosity got the best of her. I'm not sure how she found it so fast. The time stamp was only 23 minutes after I put it out, and she wasn't around when I put it there.