Happy Birthday, Joshua!

Joshua is 13 today!! 

I can't believe it!  Our first born is officially a teenager.  WE are officially parents of a teenager.  Where has the time gone?  Happy Birthday, BossMan!  You are an awesome son and your dad and I are so very proud of you.  Who you are, and the young man that you are becoming!

Our prayer for you today is... 
that you will be a mighty warrior for Christ,
that you will be bold in standing up for what you know is right,
that you will continue to be you and not conform.


When he was a little guy...

P.S.  I'm posting this at 10:21 am, the exact time that this little one entered into our world!  Not to long after my dad nicknamed him "Boss" since everything revolved around him.  We started calling him BossMan not to long after that.  Here we are 13 years later and it still sticks.  Rylen even calls him Boss instead of calling him by his name!  We love you, BossMan!!

All I Want Is My Two Front Teeth...

But it's not Christmas so just a visit from the Tooth Fairy would have to do!

Brogan knocked out her two front teeth when she fell into a chair at Codey's basketball game.  Other than a bruised gum and a busted lip she is fine, just suffering from a little lisp.  She is cute though!  And, it always seems these things happen to our baby girl.  Oh well, at least the combination of the mishaps and her brothers will make her one tough cookie!

Upward Basketball

Codey is playing Upward Basketball this year and is super excited that it is back.  Last year there wasn't a church in our area that had the program so he had to sit out a year.  Now, here we go again this year...

#30's Got Game

Joshua made the junior high basketball team this year and has been playing well.  He is slowly getting more aggressive on the court and is always husseling.  He is a GREAT defensive player!!  I don't want to brag but, as a player from an opposing team put it..."That #30 has game!"  Here are some clips from a couple of the games from this year.

Make a Smilebox photobook

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Lovin' MY Kiddos!

I had to get a shot of me with my kiddos in this great shirt by Peace Love Mom.  "Major Mom" is definetly right around here.  My sister even kids my nephews that she is going to ship them off to military school at Aunt CiCi's.  Besides the shirt, I love this picture because I very rarely get a picture of me with the kids.  I love, LOVE, love them!!

Background Change

Changing the background today in honor of Joshua's upcoming birthday...He is going from tween to teen on Sunday!

Wooden-Man

Brogan and Christian were outside playing the other day and called me to come see what it was that they had been working on.  When I got out there this is what I found...

They had made a man out of two pieces of wood.  Later they turned the man into an old lady walking a dog but I didn't get a shot of that one.  They were having so much fun and were occupied with that one project for over an hour!  They were so cute working together and I was so very proud of how proud they felt by accomplishing it.  Funny the things they can come up with when A) we don't have any snow, and B) I won't give her a hammer and nails.  BTW:  She kept it together by winding her knitted scarf around it!

All A's

Joshua made all A's again for the second quarter of the school year.  He has always been very proud of his ribbons, showed thm to me as soon as he got home, and never balked at taking a picture with his ribbon.  This time I had to ask him about his award, which he pulled out of his pocket, and then he didn't want me to take a picture.  I finally got a good one from him...

Way to go Boss!!  So proud of you!!