Make a Smilebox greeting What a wonderful time we have with our precious children!

I wanted to share a couple of new pictures from yesterday at the park.

If you know Jordan, you know she holds her tongue like this a lot. Thought this was pretty cute!

Almost 6 months old

Jarrod was making a castle in the gravel equip with all the necessities: a mote, alligators, soldiers, and cannons. He says to me sometimes," Momma, don't you just like it when I use my 'magination?"

And I can't forget to mention that He rode his bike for the first time on Monday WITHOUT training wheels!! A VERY BIG DEAL!!:)

K5 and 5 MONTHS OLD

Several milestones have been met in the past two weeks. Jarrod started Kindergarten September 2nd and Jordan is now 5 months old. Can you believe it!

Jarrod is doing great. We are homeschooling at the present. Right now, he knows just about everything we are studying. I'm still following the Lesson Plans though until he gets in the swing of things, then I'm sure we will pick up the pace. Both he and Jordan had checkups this week at the doctors office. It's so hard to believe how quickly they grow. Jarrod is a solid 50 pounds and

Jordan is now 16 pounds!

Speaking of Jordan, she is rolling over, back to front, and sitting up like a pro(has been for about 3 weeks now). She likes bananas, but that is as far as I've tested. She still does NOT like cereal(I really don't blame her. Have you ever tasted the stuff?). Still no teeth, but she is chewing on ANYTHING she can get her hands on. Talking about hands, that reminded me, she has discovered hers and it is so funny to watch her look and play with them.

One of our teens from Michigan got to stay for several days with us on the way back to college in Pensacola, FL two weeks ago. Thanks Dana! We had a really good time. Jarrod says he misses you and hopes you will come again to play policeman and cowboys. We are so proud of you!

Thought you might enjoy these pictures from the last couple of weeks. . .

Jase went with Josh(brother), Jenny(sister-in-law), and Sam(friend) up to Lake Michigan on a fishing trip two weeks ago. They caught some pretty good size fish! Josh and Jenny caught the big ones-a King Salmon for each!

Jase's Catch?

Much better!:)

What a pair!

We had a really good visit with Jessica, one of "our teens" from Michigan last week. She has been traveling all summer with a group from Crown College geared to help churches that need an extra boost with VBS or whatever they need. Jess, it is so hard to believe you and Dana are graduating this year! How time does fly! We love you both! We have had the awesome privilege of working with some really great teens in several youth groups over the last eight years, and to you, we are so thankful for the memories!

Four Months old!

Well, it's hard to believe, but our Jordan Danielle is four months old tomorrow! We are so thankful to God for our sweet baby. She has been so much fun already-squealing & laughing, especially at Jarrod(it is amazing what he will do for a laugh), getting her toes, chewing on ANYTHING she can get to her mouth. She still loves her bath and of course, she is in love with her bottle, but this rice cereal thing is not going over yet. I must brag(but not too loud in case she hears me and changes her mind), she has been sleeping through the night for six or seven weeks now!Yeah! I know I've mentioned it before, but Jarrod is SO good with her. She just watches him and usually rewards him with a big toothless smile! It's the simple things that are the most precious, don't you agree?