Learning to Live Life on Purpose

This August has passed so fast. We finally got a small summer Vacation and time at the  park.  The boys are gearing up for Preschool and Sammy is almost 1.  Where does the time go?  I love my sisters new blog Life On Purpose.  What a great idea and one of the things that we have learned as a family this summer as well.  Life is fragile and the things you take for granted are the most important things.  Times with your children at the park, or simply falling asleep in your arms.  The times with grandparents where you do nothing but pool, games and family time.  Nothing special just time with family, which is SPECIAL.  I am praying that for our family we take time to enjoy both the good times and hard times of our lives.  The smiles, tears, and yes sometimes tantrums, because that is the only way you can express your sadness/frustrations. But over arching all of that is God's Love. 

See our Special times with the boys this August.

Three boys love to swing.  Unfortunately this is the park the Caleb ended up with some serious bug bites. 

All 3 boys genuinely enjoyed swimming this time.  Makes us wish for a pool.  Maybe in our next house?

Lots of good time with Papa Steve. 

One of our Faves of the weekend.  We think he looks like James at that age.

Highlights since Last post

So it has been too long since our last post. I have been reading my sisters' blogs and always get inspired to write my own. So tonight after a perfectly wonderful normal night I want to start.

We have so much new in our lives. One of the biggest is Samuel Robert joined our family almost 1 year ago. He is 10 months old. He is totally precious and loves to watch his older brothers run all over. He can't wait to move as fast as they are (although he is getting pretty quick crawling). He looks so much like Caleb and yet is very simply Sam. We discovered this weekend that he LOVES balloons. He get so excited when he sees them and squeals (or in reality screams) until he can touch and play with them.

Caleb finished his first year of preschool and is ready to take on year two. He loves sports and talks all the time about the "games" that he has to go play. We tried to do Soccer this spring, but with other things in life, we couldn't make it to all of his practices/games. Hopefully this Fall will work out better. He is still our helper and wants to be completely independent most of the time, but still has his moments of wanting help. He loves to take care of things and loves to take care of Sammy. He and Aidan are stil great little playmates.

Aidan is growing up so fast. He is getting ready to start his first year of preschool. He is very excited. He likes whatever his big brother is into, but still is fascinated with coloring and reading books. He LOVES water and could be in the pool all the time. He is our clumsy little one and still thinks he is as big as Caleb. His speech is so sweet with a little bit of accent from all around the country depending on what he's saying (southern drawl, Boston, Chicago, etc.)

James and I are doing well. James is at home with the boys and I am still at Prescription Solutions working on my project. We are loving being the parents of 3 amazing little boys. We have been married for 6 years, but it doesn't seem that long and yet seems longer (in the best possible way). We have discovered this last year how precious family and friends are. So for all who have been there for us THANK YOU! We love you more than we can say.

Enjoy some pics and I hope to be better at writing. Thanks for the inspiration Karie and Lindsay!

The Boys Lovin on Sammy

                                                                   Sammy Sleepin'

Caleb being Iron Man