Pool fun!!

So I wish I had had my camera today but I didn't!! Isn't that how it always goes!! David took the day off because he is heading out to the Baltimore/DC area tomorrow for CFA business trip and won't be back until late Saturday. So after I got home from my Dr. appt ( I had to drink that nasty glucose drink - yuck!!) and we went and voted ( super important!!) we decided to go hang out at the pool.

This is really nothing out of the ordinary for me and the boys as we try to go everyday but having daddy there was special. And we were the only people there! The boys and I have a routine. We get there and I get Nathan all sunscreened and then off he goes - you know he is quite the swimmer. Luke is a little different I have to put on his swim diaper, his swimsuit, swim shoes, sunscreen him up and then on with the floaties. Well he must have been feeling a little impatient today. David and Nathan are already in the pool and I am wetting Lukes floaties to get them on a little easier and then I am telling Dave how I think one of them may have a whole in it and suddenly I hear splash. There goes Luke - he jumps right into the pool with no swimmies on and David is just looking at him - I am like "David!!!" who is just standing in the pool and then says oh I'll get him - by this time I have jumped in and rescued my little eager man. Poor David - he says " I thought it was Nathan and I was thinking he will come back up." You could probably see my heart beating out of my chest and Luke was a little beside himself as well. Maybe next time he will wait on those floaties! Lets at least hope so!!

The boys had a great time swimming with Daddy!! Nathan and David were under water looking at each other. When they came back up David commented he must have kept his eyes open like that when he was a kid but her sure can't really see anything now. So he then asks Nathan if he could see him and Nathan replies ... "I can see your body but not you." It was humorous!! Luke is a bit different. He is a daredevil for the first 30 minutes and then he has had enough. During this time he is a fish putting his face in and being silly - this is why I wish I had brought my camera - he really has come along way since the start of the summer! After he has had enough of that he just walks around looking for a snack :) or throwing toys in the pool for Nathan to go and retrieve. Nathan on the other hand would live in the water you practically have to drag him out!! He is never ready to go. I have one child who cries to go bye bye and one who begs to stay. They are definitely different!

And this is what happens after swimming!! It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun! What did you do today??

Memories.....

Today I have been going through pictures adding some photos to the wall along our stairs. Of course in looking at old pictures I got all nostalgic... wondering how in the world my first born son got to be four and will go to school in the fall. I have had another baby grow up rather quickly and now I am getting ready to have another one!! It seems just like yesterday Nathan was 9 months old. Where does the time go?? I found this video clip - it is the most precious thing - I think I have watched it a dozen times. Enjoy!! (FYI so you can hear it pause the music on the music player! )

Baby Ethan.........

I had a Dr. appt. today with the perinatalogist. They are checking me every four weeks to make sure I don't develop PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension which turns into pre-eclampsia.) I had this with Nathan and now technology is so advanced they can tell if I am going to have it this pregnancy. So far soo good! However this baby likes to sit breech - he has been this way for the last 8 weeks ....yes he still has time to change positions so let's pray he does because I do not want to have a c-section!! The nice thing about seeing the specialist every month is I get to see the baby ... here are two pics ..... the first one is from today and the other one is from my last visit in June. Isn't life amazing??!!

I am the parent of a little thief......

So I bet you are not having any trouble figuring out who my thief is.... I know you would never guess my sweet little Luke who says I love you all the time could have a sinister side. Well he does.... after all "all have sinned." So I am going to try and make a long story into not such a long blog ..... but no promises!!

Many many months ago David's blackberry broke and he got a replacement and the broken blackberry has just been sitting on David's dresser for months. The dresser is something I typically leave just like it is so when I say the blackberry has been in the exact same place for months I mean the EXACT same place. I kept asking Dave if he just wanted to give it to Luke who is extremely obsessed with cell phones but he kept telling me he was going to sell it on ebay. The time had finally come and now we are selling it on ebay for parts only. And it sold!! Hooray. So now all we have to do is mail it out. Now remember it has been in the same place for months and neither of my children can reach the top of David's dresser.

Let me back up to a few days prior and share with you that David renovated my closet and in doing so he had the power drill, the stud finder and other tools upstairs in our room ~ all in his tool bag. Well he goes looking for the power drill and stud finder in order to finish up the closet and it is missing. Now I am thinking David probably just put it somewhere besides the tool bag but he insists that he left them in the tool bag. I also am thinking the power drill is too heavy for Luke to even pick up. He found the tools under our bathroom cabinet and he didn't put them there. So the next day I asked Nathan about it ... his words were "I didn't hide daddy's tools mommy - I promise!" He was very believable ... I still was wondering how Luke picked up that power drill - but where there is a will there is a way. Now back to the blackberry.....

So David is getting ready to leave for work and goes to pick up the blackberry off the dresser so he can mail it - the blackberry is gone. I reminded him that the kids can't reach the dresser and it has been in the same place forever. So we look for a little while around the room - maybe the cat knocked it off - who knows. He then remembers he took it down for a brief moment to write down the serial number for the ebay listing and thinks he may have left it on the bed. So he heads out to work and I go on a manhunt. Remember Luke is in love with phones - so I am thinking if he found it surely I would have seen him play with it. So I go out on a manhunt - we have already sold this on ebay!! You know ebay - you can get positive feedback or negative feedback and going back on an item you have already been paid for doesn't look so hot even if it is an honest mistake! David looks in his car and at work - no phone. I have taken our bed apart, washed our sheets looked under nightstands, dressers, even in nightstands and dressers. I then called David at work asking how he fared - it is not at work and not in the car for sure - "Leigh - I know you won't believe this but I have had to have people ride in my car it really is clean and the phone is not in there." Now if you know David well at all - you know his car is rarely rideworthy for anyone other than himself. So at this point we are thinking we are just going to have to refund our buyer and explain this was an honest mistake. I continue to look for it in the playroom - I take out the entire toybox, look under couches, inside cushions. I check the kids room, dump their toybag out look under the bed, in the bed. OKAY I looked everywhere. I seriously did a most thorough search - I honestly could not believe I didn't find other cell phones Luke has lost. But that is beside the point. I officially could not find it. So Dave comes home and he looks all over the house for about two hours - no blackberry. We just can't find it.

I know this is long - sorry......... So at about 10:30 I go to my purse which is up on the dining room table to get out my ipod to put some songs on it. It is not in there. I know I had it in there because I had it at the pool earlier in the day and I put in in my purse when we left along with my cell phone which was still in my purse and that is what Luke loves sooo....... I asked David about it because he looked through my purse when he was looking for his old phone and he doesn't remember anything. And I am thinking if I had left it at the pool the Lutes or the Smiths who were also at the pool would have picked it up and called me had they seen it - we were all at the same table. And it is too late for me to call and ask them. I am also thinking I went into Target and Dollar Tree and I guess it could have fallen out of my purse but wouldn't I have heard it. Well my mind is racing thinking if it did get left somewhere and someone else found it - it is gone!! But I know I had it when I came home - so off to look for it. I dump my purse completely out ... look all over the dining room and in the playroom - I can't find it. So I go to bed or try to at least. I cannot get over how two pieces of technology just go missing. And I am praying for myself because I am a little overly consumed with this and I need serious help from the Lord. I was consoling myself by reminding myself David has an ipod that we can share.... the blackberry was broken........ on and on - see I needed the Lord's help!!!

So at about 6 am I get up and decide to look a little more at least for the ipod. I look to no avail. I then decide I think I might run up to the pool and at least look around there but then Luke wakes up. So I am looking in kitchen cabinets and I think the only place I never looked was in the pantry. So I open up the pantry .... on the bottom shelf is my snacks, chips, etc. I have a plastic bin filled with just snacks etc. I pull it out and way in the back of the pantry I see my ipod! Yippee!! So I search a little more and I find the blackberry - HOORAY!!!!!!! I actually found several things hidden in the pantry!!! All the while Luke is standing next to me as I pull these items out of the pantry. I wish I had taken a picture but I was in such delight and yes laughter that taking pictures was the last thing on my mind.

Thankfully we had not emailed the buyer of the blackberry and we sent it out right away. I guess we found Luke's hiding place. Now when something goes missing the first place I will look will be the pantry - but he will probably outsmart me and find a new one!!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Well I have been rather busy I must admit and have not had really a moment to blog!!! I have much to catch up on!! I think my last post was pictures from vacation which was almost 3 weeks ago!! We had a week before VBS when we got home from Ft. Walton and boy did I kick it into high gear getting ready. During this week the kids went to VBS at Covenant Presbyterian - David's parents church and then of course the next week was our (Berachah Bible Church) VBS. I have pics that I will post soon!

Right now I am in up in Hiawasee visiting some friends on the lake for the 4th of July. And I know I will have pics of this trip! Maybe even some video! But for now I supposedly should be relaxing and not doing anything. So off I go to "chillax" on the lake! Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!!

Vacation Pics.........

He did it again!

I tell you I just have a super-duper hubby!!! Tonight he surprised me with Mama Mia tickets tomorrow night at the Fox!!! I just had to brag on him!! I am soo thankful for such a hardworking husband who is thoughtful and generous!! The Lord really gave me much when he gave me David!! I hope to still be surprised by him when I am 50+!!! I love you Dave!!!

All good things must come to an end........

Well..... this is my last post from Ft. Walton Beach, FL and I am still listening to the waves crash for a few more hours at least. We are heading out this evening and had such a fantastic time!! I hate to have to go! We enjoyed the beach one last time this morning and saw several dolphins swim right by us - it as great!! The water was calm and beautiful!! The kids truly had a great time - all three of them :)!! I have lots of stories and will hopefully get them posted during the week sometime. What a great getaway!! I am truly blessed!! See you when we see you!

An update from sunny FL!

We are having a wonderful time down in here in Ft. Walton Beach, FL!! I still can't really believe I am here!! David did a GREAT job packing!! I so give him lots of kudos!!! And I am so thankful for my friends back home handling last minute VBS details - thank you!!!

The sound of the ocean is breathtaking and to look at its vastness I am just at a loss for words. I was doing my bible reading yesterday in Psalms and I was looking out across the ocean and this is one of the verses I read Psalm 33:7 "He gathers the watersof the sea together, as a heap;" To me the ocean is huge - to our mighty Saviour it is just one big pile!! Oh how big our God is!!! I am so thankful to be spending this time with my family - especially my husband - and enjoying the work of His hands!! Here are a few pics - there are many more to come!!

Ready to go out!

One cool cat!!

Playing with daddy!

Oblivious!!!

As I sit here and type I hear one of my most favorite sounds in the world.......... the roaring of the ocean waves!! God is soo good to me!! I must start by saying I know I don't deserve all the blessings he soo graciously showers me with and I am sooo very grateful!! Especially for my AWESOME husband!!! I should have known he was up to something - but I never put anything together... let me give you two examples..
1. When he proposed ...... we went to the backyard of some dear friends... I asked if they knew we were coming?!!, the whole garden and backyard are covered in candles, and I ask what is this for - he says my birthday - I still am clueless up until the moment he proposes!!!
2. Dave's dad works at the airport - while we were engaged he suggests one night we go and visit him and have some ice cream in the atrium area - okay with me. We get there and run into my roommate from college - I say Amy - are you here on a layover?? -- Hello - no David flew her in for the weekend!! Sometimes I am not all with it and so was the case this time as well....
I went to Angie's house today to go swimming. She had asked me Friday if I wanted to bring the boys over and I thought sure. In the back of my mind I was wondering about the gas it would take to get to Newnan since we had a pool membership right down the road but didn't really think anything of it and I was just going to wait to see what David thought later. So one day this weekend David says he wants to take the van on Monday to get the oil changed and he needed to take some boxes up to Marietta - this was his LAST day there - I said okay but I had planned to go to Angies to swim - this is where I thought the gas would come up - but no he says okay you can take my car. Now those of you that know David this is very humorous!! No one can ever ride with him - his second home is his car. I just laughed and said me and the boys are gonna fit in there - he says yes so I say okay. This should have been clue number 1. Then on Saturday he is asking me about swimwear and suggests we go look for me a maternity swimsuit Sunday after church - clue number 2 - we rarely go out after church to a store - much less to buy clothes!! But we did. He also went to Marietta late Sunday evening to finish up some last minute things and I had been visiting "great" David's grandmother and when I got home David was still gone and laundry was going - clue number 3!!! I just thought oh he must have needed something washed. So I finished working on the laundry and actually fell asleep before I got my beach towels in which I needed for Angies. But when I get up this morning the laundry is going again - clue number 4!! I thought man he is really being great helping me get ready for the day to swim. So he gets ready and leaves for work had the carseats all in his car - actually he borrowed his moms carseats, had the pool stuff in there - he really was outdoing himself!! When I got in the car - I was speechless -so much so that I texted him and said I was impressed. I am telling you Davids car is just not super clean all the time. I soo should have expected something but I didn't!! I know this is getting to be a long post - sorry! So I spent the day at Angie's. We got there around 11:30 and didn't leave until 6:00!! David had even called me in the afternoon to tell me not to rush he was running late at the store - nothing unusual at all!! So I let Luke nap at Angie's and played I spy with Nathan the whole way home so he wouldn't fall asleep and not want to go to bed at a decent time. So we pull in and David says "don't pull in behind the truck dad is coming to pick it up" - I say "he is at work" - David says "I don't know when he is coming" - I am thinking he works until 11 and you will be gone tomorrow so what does it matter - but I move the car. Then we get out and the van is running and I say "why is the van running" - he says "I just got gas" - I think to myself turn it off gas is sooo expensive!! Then Nathan asks "where is daddy going?" To which I reply "I don't know -ask him" Then David says .............."Let's go to Florida!!" You should have seen the look on my face!! I reply "is this a joke....?? come on you can't be serious??" He says "I am serious lets go!!" I say "you want me to go pack right now??!!" I am thinking it is almost 7:oo pm what in the world!!! No packing for me though - my wonderful husband had the van packed for all of us! He did give me a few minutes to run and gather up any last minute things I thought we might need for me and the kids so I did and well here we are!! He covered everything .. my VBS meetings, bible study refreshments and of course Angie was soo in on this whole thing!!! I give him several kudos!!! I best get in the bed now because I have some excited boys who will probably be up early!! I'll be blogging - later!!!

35 years

On June 2nd David's rents (as we call them) will celebrate 35 years of marriage!! Congrats mom and dad!! They celebrated by taking a cruise (yes I was a bit envious -but I am over it now) to the Caribbean and had a fabulous time. Then tonight they took me and David, Melanie, JR, and "Great" (Grandma Pruiksma) out to dinner. I thought we were supposed to take them out :) Actually David and JR tried to pay but it didn't quite work out for them - so Happy Anniversary and thanks for dinner mom and dad!! We ate at Capital Grille in Atlanta and I ordered the smallest lobster I could - it was huge!! It was half my size when I am not pregnant! But boy was it good!! We had a wonderful evening full of laughs! I always love to hear "Great" tell stories!! I took a few photos so here they are - Enjoy!