The Byrds

Here are various pictures from some fun winter activities. Charlie painting his dinosaurs that Nick and Stephanie gave him… he loved these! I love how focused he was on painting! These dinosaurs had aaalllll the colors on them. Every time I would open a new paint color Charlie would say, “Ooooh, [that color] is amazing!”…

Charlie chose a dinosaur theme for his party this year. We blew up lots of green balloons, taped “dinosaur prints” on the carpet leading to the kitchen, and decked out the kitchen with dinosaur decorations. Here is Charlie’s cake, complete with dinosaur figurines! (They even opened to show their skeletons!) For snacks we had dinosaur…

This past New Year’s Eve was the most fun I’ve had on that holiday in quite a while! We hung out with the Deskos next door, putting together the dinners we had each planned to eat separately to make a nice feast. Megan made some cookies for dessert and Andrew brewed a pot of coffee….

This past year we stretched Christmas out over the course of a week and had a wonderful time with family members celebrating Christ’s birth. It started on December 21st with Mom, Dad, and Daniel over for lunch. Well, really it started the night before, when Charlie was SO excited to give Granana the gift he…

In December we had a fun (and busy) time getting ready for Christmas. Since our boys are little, we are still experimenting a bit to see what traditions are the best ones for our family. This year we tried to do some Advent worship on several occasions. Jimmy got out his guitar, and the boys…

I find myself losing patience with the boys during certain activities and times of day and periodically lacking compassion for their limitations as little ones. They are sweet, precious babies, and I always go check on them after they fall asleep at night… when they lay there looking innocent and perfect and like they would…

I wanted to take a few minutes to jot down some things so I don’t forget them. The boys make me laugh regularly, and I find myself marveling at their new accomplishments often. So… here is the latest on my 20-month-old and my almost-3-year-old! Charlie komato (tomato) kitation (invitation, for his birthday party)“I parmesan you!”…

A couple days before Jimmy’s 29th birthday we went to Buffalo Brothers with Mom, Dad, and Daniel to celebrate. It’s always interesting trying to get a family picture… Apparently Charlie was not up to taking more pictures… Love these boys so much! With Uncle Dan. Sweet snuggles with Gammer! I really love this picture of…

To start with, here are some cute pictures Mom took in late November of the boys playing outside one day. Big enough for this slide now! Wheeee!! He loves to climb now, too! Charlie hard at work with the trucks. Figuring things out. I love his creativity. Chasing each other around the tree. Yours truly!…

While we were having fun in Cana, VA, the boys were having fun with Granana and Gammer! They got to see Debbi and Leonard… …and apparently crawled all over them! They also went to Lynchburg to see Grandma and Sallie and Dennis. Reading with Grandma. Drawing with Uncle Dennis. Such a sweet face! Wagon ride…

Jimmy and I took a trip to the mountains of VA November 1st-3rd. We took a bit of money from last year’s tax return and bought a bed and breakfast deal from Groupon. Then we scheduled our visit for the fall and started counting the days! Jimmy took Friday the 1st off work, so we…

Oh my, what a wonderful day! I will post fun pictures and details about our Christmas festivities later, but I want to take a few minutes to write what’s on my heart. I know if I don’t do this now, it will be difficult to find the quiet time later. On the way home from…