First Day of School

Oh my goodness... can you say slacker........ We are just getting ready to start our 4th week of school and I am just now getting to the pictures from my boys first day! This year Noah is in our church's Pre- K program and my baby Joshua is on the toddler class. Noah, of course loves school.. he has many of the same friends in his class as he did last year. I just love that he goes to school with so many kids from our church family, and I love the sense of community within our preschool, It is such fun getting to know other moms that I never would have met otherwise. I was a little nervous about Joshua starting toddler time this year, he just seems so young to be in school.. plus he is going to be on the young side of his class... I am use to Noah being one of the oldest in his class, and doing great, I wasn't sure how Joshua would do being so young.... thankfully he is doing great! It is amazing how having an older brother has made him so much more vocal, he speaks so much better than Noah ever did at this age! I am so excited about what this school year has in store for us!

Here are the boys on Noah's first  day of school... Joshie couldn't be left out so we put his back pack on too.

Joshua's first day! Look at my baby... so grown up. I love that he looks like such a tough guy!

summer fun

One of the few times I actually took my camera out this summer... Grandma and Papa set up the slip and slide for the kiddos. It was so fun just to watch them play... and I will admit I was a bit jealous.

Caleb...

Landon

and Noah...

 

 

This summer Micah was involved with our church softball team... I brought my camera along the day of the tournament and snapped a few pictures. It was a beautiful day.. and fortunately our team lost early so we were able to head home before it got too miserabley hot out.

Joshua loves to watch his Daddy play

We actually got Emalynn to smile... what a cutie!

Busted! Caught him stealing my coffee

One of the few moments I stole with this sweet little girl.

Surprise... its.....

 Well I am now well into my 2nd trimester of my 3rd pregnancy and as usual I had a 20 week ultrasound. We were so excited to finally see  pictures of our new little one... and of course to find out if we were going to be having a boy or a girl. Well we are delighted to be welcoming our third baby boy into our family! A dear friend of mine sent me a text after we announced that it was indeed another boy... she said " welcome to the mommy of 3 boys club" I can honestly say that I am so excited to be a mommy of 3 boys!  So here is our first picture of our little Daniel Micah Stevens... he should be arriving right around Christmas Eve. I can't wait to meet him.

 

I posted earlier about how I got totally spoiled at a trip to our outlet mall last weekend... well here it is,

 A coach diaper bag!!!!!!! Isn't it just beautiful?! I'm almost afraid to use it! I especially love the little button Coach logo. I am very spoiled for sure!



A Day at the Beach

This last weekend we had a surprise visit from my Dad, Step mom and brothers. It was only for a few days but it was so nice to see them for a bit before the craziness of school starts! We spent our time over at the outlet mall in our area... and boy did I get spoiled! I will share that a bit later! Then we headed out to a local beach to enjoy the sun. The boys love their time with Grandpa Joe and Grandma Darcy... I am so thankful that we are surrounded by family... 3 sets of grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins galore! What a gift family is!

My Dad and Noah, doing his favorite thing... throwing rocks of course...

Joshie refuses to look at the camera...

Now Joshua is doing his favorite thing... more throwing rocks...

My Dad and Darcy

Me and my love... LOVE that beard!

Me and Darcy... cant remember the last time I had a picture taken with her!

Me and my Dad.

Iron Life Encounter

Oh my word!!!  I cant believe how far behind I am on my blog posts! Where has the summer gone! How can my boys be ready t start school already!? I have been just terrible this summer about taking pictures... which is probably why my posts have been so sporadic! In early august Micah and I had the opportunity to attend our church's first annual Iron Life encounter. Iron Life is the name of our college ministry, our good friends John and Ginney Storz lead that group and it is such a blessing to see these young men and women grow in their knowledge of the Lord. It was especially fun for Micah and I because we had the opportunity to see these college age kids in a new stage of their lives... most of the kids were actively involved in our youth group when we were ministering there. It was a great time and I am so thankful that we were invited! I did manage to get quite a few pictures but will only share a few that I took while we spent the day at the lake.

Here is the group picture at the lake... this was the silly one we took... TJ and John crack me up

 

I learned how to adjust the contrast when I take pictures so i was practicing here... the boys stacked a bunch of rocks like this so I thought it would be cool to get some pics.

 



 

A huge thank you to John and Ginney, we love you guys and are forever thankful the Lord led your wonderful family to our church.