Life Quest

"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up."

Deuteronomy 6:5-7

Brothers

It's been a fun and busy summer. I have lots of pictures, and truthfully, I'm not sure when I'll get around to posting them. But as I was going through them I found a bunch of cute ones of the boys together. It has been delightful to watch their relationship develop. As with all siblings, they fight and argue and wrestle with each other. But overall, they love each other so much and are true playmates. Ethan likes to protect his brother and show him the ropes, so to speak. Hudson likes to imitate whatever Ethan does. I frequently hear "Eeetannnn......" echoes throughout the house. Such sweethearts they are.

Bubble Gum Ice cream at the Old Settler's Picnic
Playing together in our "new" sandbox (or "the dirt" as Hudson would say)

Fell asleep on the couch together. Precious.

Adventures with mama at Semiahmoo. Isn't Baker in the background GORGEOUS?

Raspberry picking at Boxx Berry Farm

Bees

Eric's latest hobby is bee-keeping. The boys enjoy it as well. I'm looking forward to the honey.

A couple cute winter pictures

Okay folks, I just posted three posts in a row. Check 'em out.
Santa Claus!
Ethan and his cousin Travis. How could they possibly be this old already?

Sledding in the snow. This was over Thanksgiving I think.

October 2010

Halloween 2010
Spiderman and a puppy

Aww, mom

Annual StoneyRidge Farm picture

Happy 4th birthday Ethan! Spiderman-themed of course.

Practicing his Spidey skills on the YMCA rock wall.This just cracks me up.

Autumn 2010

I know, I know. I am SOOO far behind in updating this blog. So, I'm playing catch up big time.

These are our annual autumn pictures we take in our leaf piles in the yard. The last three are at Hovander Park, my favorite place.

Ethan, age 3 - 4

Ethan turned 4 years old on October 13! What a wonderful year it has been watching his character and personality develop, laughing at how incredibly funny he is, receiving his hugs and love. Being his mom is just such a joy - I don't know how I ended up with such a precious son. Here are some favorite pictures from this past year in Ethan's life.
"Hear no evil, speak no evil."

Pretending he's Spiderman

His favorite outfit for a while. Love his smile!

The king of "owies". Post treadmill-accident.

He's an animal lover. Cuddling with great-grandma Judy's kitten.

Ethan's first bike!! Yes!!

Playground fun.
It's slip and slide time.

Apparently I can't add more pictures, so this might be an installment thing. Part two coming up.