Nice Wheels!
Being a postman, delivering the mail
Grocery shopping. He only wanted to buy fruit and bread
Playing the basketball game with Daddy. Needless to say we watched this game quite a bit.
Loving the dunk tank. He kept cheering," YAY." Every time the poor kid was dunked. 
Beth Moore said it best when she said," We are called to benefit the world." I hold that phrase close to my heart and think about it often. (I'm actually looking for a place to hang it in my house, so it can be something my family sees every day) This post may seem random but, I have these... waves of emotion... every so often. That is the best way I can explain it. I've had them as long as I can remember. They definitely intensified after my mom passed away. It is as if I am being urged to do MORE. More what? I don't know. I just feel that I'm not doing enough with my time here on earth. It is a very hard emotion to explain, but it is very real and very frustrating for me. I know my roles as a wife, mom, daughter, sister and friend are important. However, I feel there is something else out there. Some void I need to fill by helping others. I love doing charity work, volunteering and have always loved to fund raise. It brings me joy to see what I can give to others through my own perseverance. I am also very inspired by others stories of philanthropy. However, at the end of the day I am still left feeling like there is something more. Maybe I won't find out while I am here. Maybe God is preparing me. I am not sure. Only time will tell. I just keep praying for an answer and I try to be patient. Like I said random... but it was on my mind...
Hiding in tuuperware cabinets
Loving his own reflection
Eating markers, but LOVES to color
After
No more stained glass!!! Woo hoo! I also couldn't wait to hang up some of my mom and grandmothers china!!I like to be surrounded by things that remind me of her. It makes my home somewhere I want to be all the time!! There is so much more I want to do, but I am trying to take my time and do it right.
We spent the morning with our friends Irene and Drew
The boys did what they do best dumping
Clean Up Afterwards!
Jakes favorite thing..
Notice the water guns...boys...
Jon had a few friends in this weekend and it was full on boys weekend. They immediately broke into competition and did not stop until they left. It began with a game of Uno that seemed to last hours, PIG with Jake's mini-basketball net, pool games, cards, Uno again I think, more pool games and they ended the night with a six hour game of Poker. They are gamers that is for sure. Jon had a wonderful time and it was nice to see him enjoying guy time. Jake and I stayed busy running much needed errands and I painted the kitchen! We had a very nice man named Sam from A-1 Painting come and take down our wallpaper. I am SOOO thankful that we did not try it ourselves. What a job and what a mess! Our kitchen just looks 10 years younger just from removing the wallpaper. I love painting, but it is definetely more time consuming with Jake running around. I have been working on the kitchen at night and during nap times and finally I am 90% finished. We have blue and white counter tops that are not my favorite, but I'm trying to work with them. SO, my plan is to do a yellow, blue and white kitchen. I love plaids and toile so I'm going to try and work those in somehow too. I wanted to do a pretty yellow on the walls and then do blue and white accents. Yellow is tricky! I looked at samples for a few days before picking the right color. I wanted it to be bright but not too bright. Now that it is up... I think I picked a good one. The kitchen looks so much bigger and brighter. Now, on to my next project... picture colleague in the playroom.
Juice break!
Mischevious look
Playing on the beach at 8:30 AM... that's right... have kids...your day begins early
Fascinated by Uncle Rick and Aunt Janet's Pond
Crazy Ol' Nicole
Mike and Katie
Lauren, my city mouse
This week has been so much fun! I am a huge lover of music and listen to it whenever I get a spare minute. I pretty much love all music and I can already see that I have successfully passed it on to Jake. Whenever we are in a restaurant or store and he hears the music he sways or dances just like his mommy. We have a daily dance off each day during lunch. The kid has moves! It is so much fun and I love that I have a partner in crime now. Last night, Jon's dad watched Jake (thanks again!) and we went to a free concert with friends. It was a Dave Matthewscover band and they were great. Tomorrow night I am going to see Billy Joel and Elton John and I cannot contain my excitement. I LOVE them. I added my fav Billy song to my blog playlist for the week... hope you enjoy!
My neighbor and I have recently started hanging out and she is wonderful! We both have little boys around the same age and they get along great. Today, she invited us to go to Borders story hour. I was a little nervous because Jake is a busy boy. At home he loves when I read to him and he is always reading books in the car, so I thought let's try! Well...it was... funny. The boys did great for about 5 seconds. It was a wonderful 5 seconds and I sat as a proud mom thinking this is so nice! Then the boys noticed they could stand and that there were toys in the vicinity. It was over. So, after 10 minutes of attempting to redirect them, we scratched the idea and went to Oceans and Motions. It is an adorable indoor playroom full of fun toys. They loved it. We topped the day off with some pizza and home for naps. I know he is a little young for story hour, but I'll keep trying because I love the idea of him sitting nicely listening to stories.
