aidan wearing daddy's glasses

Aidan just really wanted to wear my glasses, so I let him. Don't know how well he could see...what do you think from his expression?

chilly weather

It has been pretty chilly around these parts for us desert rats. We decided to take a cartrip down to Pinal County, AZ, and we thought it might be good to make sure the kids were warm. Truly, they didn't end up even needing the hats but...

...yeah, we pretty much have the cutest kids on the planet.

new hat

I got a new hat because a couple of guys from ncc and I have joined a program called the Timothy Program through Scottsdale Bible Church. It's a program geared to help men learn to be godly men. SBC regards the class as leadership training for men. Kent DelHousaye, my pastor, can see this as deacon and elder training. Anyway, all that said, I got a hat. The kids saw me wearing it and wanted to wear it, too, instinctively wanting to be like me...you know how it is. I thought they looked cute, so I took some pictures.

the kids

Here are some semi-recent pictures of the kids.  Aidan likes to hold Isaiah on the couch now.  And Isaiah has a comb over.

new words

This morning at the breakfast table as we were eating, a plane flew over outside.  Kate heard it and turned around to look at....the window I guess.  Like she could really see anything.  Anyway, she said, "what's that?"  Aidan then promptly answered her, "that's a plane."  She then repeated, "plane" sand Aidan said, "yes."  It was cute to see Aidan teaching Kate words that he already knows.  I think he has been waiting for her to be able to talk to him.

cell phones

Aidan has always liked pretending he was talking on a phone.  Now Kate likes to do it too.  The other day at lunch they were sitting at the table while I was feeding Isaiah on the couch.  They both had their hands up to their ears and were having a lengthly conversation with each other on the phone.  It was really funny.  They were talking back and forth, laughing.  They ended the conversation by saying bye to each other.  Aidan has now gotten to the point of taking a "phone" out of his pocket, pretending to dial, talking, hanging up, and then putting it back in his pocket when he is done.  That kid...

new shirt

I have been amiss at posting on here again.  What's new?  I realize that there are people who read on here that aren't on face book so I need to post here too.  So just a couple of funny updates on the kids.  At the beginning of the week Aidan had some  kind of sickness that was making his stomach hurt (eventually he did throw up).  All morning he kept lifting his shirt up and asking me for a new shirt because he thought that the shirt was making his stomach hurt.  It was kind of sad.

soft

It is hard to believe that we've not posted anything in over a month now! One cute story that's recently happened I would like to share. Aidan was eating dinner, sitting to my left. He started petting my arm (I guess he was feeling my hair) and he said, "Soft.". Yes, my son called my arm soft. Not the most hypermasculine of terms, I must say, but Amy had a good laugh, and that makes it worthwhile.

big shoes to fill

What a blessing it is to watch Aidan grow. He wants to be like me. What a challenge, therefore, to be the man of God that I am to be in order that he may see what the LORD desires of us so that we may honor Him together.

belly button

kate packin'

"I like to eat."

"No, really. I can pack away more than Aidan now."

"This is a staredown if I've ever seen one! Bring it on, mama."

"Yep, me putting more food in my mouth."

"Chicken nuggets rock! And I'm cute, too."

aidan pickin'

"I'm not picking..just scratching my face."

"And by 'face' I mean 'inside of my nose.'"

Oh, too cool.

Well, not too cool to drool.

kate walking

Nice pic of my knee.  Oh yeah, that's Kate with the cart.

There's Amy helping Kate.

Oops!  Need to learn to turn.

Aidan was watching Kate do her thing.

He also watched Amy help Kate turn the other way.

cupcakes

Aidan enjoyed Eli's birthday cupcakes, too!

tired aidan

He loves his blankie. He was watching something before going to bed and that's how he laid on the couch to do so. Crazy kid.

aidan, kate, and NASCAR

Aidan and Kate were watching NASCAR. Why? Because it was on TV and they love to watch. We were over with the Van Liews at Larry & Susan's house. They family got together to celebrate Bethany and Josiah being in town. It was great to see them. Hopefully I'll put some picks of them up soon. That's first cousin once removed Ashley Van Liew helping Kate stand. You can kind of make out Chuck Van Liew, one of my uncles, sitting at the table in the background.

aidan, kate, and movies

This is how Aidan and Kate laid on the couch as they were watching movies Saturday morning.

Aidan loves to cross his legs.

new be eyes pics

Yes, that is nub in the pic with Isaiah. Nub remembers such experiences as being in Aidan's mouth and being in Kate's mouth. Yes, he's a hand-me-down, but he's part of the family.

The tongue sticking out is my favorite.

Oh, and he still has blue eyes.

By the time the other kids were Isaiah's age, they already had their permanent eye color.

Yep, good lookin' boy, though this picture kind of freaks me out. Can't tell if that's a smile or not.

be eyes' feet

The poll was conducted, and though the response was a little "underwhelming," I'd say we have a winner: Be Eyes is the best nickname for Isaiah from Aidan. Just as a little added bonus, here are some pictures taken at the same time as the family of five pictures, but these are just of Isaiah's feet. What do you think?

family of five

Yes, we've had to move to zone defense. So far, so good.These are our first pictures of the five of us.

Quite the handsome family, wouldn't you say?