Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day
From my Sweeties
To You and your Sweeties!

Our weekend

We had a very busy, but enjoyable weekend this past weekend.
On Saturday, we had our swim class. That is always a fun time for us all, but especially for the boys. They are both getting really good at jumping in unassisted and going underwater while closing their mouths. That's a major skill when you are 2!

After swim class, we had lunch with Gramma and Papa and then headed out to Uncle Dan and Aunt Betty's for a little get together. It was nice to see lots of our family (especially Aunt Tasha!)
and get to visit with everyone. The boys had a really good time playing, dancing, and watching a movie.

Jack is watching the popcorn pop in the big popcorn maker - fascinating!

The boys and some of their cousins (my cousin's kids, so that's what 3rd cousins?)

Watching our favorite: CARS!
Can you tell Aunt Betty and Uncle Dan spoil us when we visit!

On Sunday we spent the morning at home and then went out to watch Brendan's roller hockey game after the boys' nap. The boys loved it and Brendan's team won 6-2, with Brendan scoring 2 goals!

Brendan in his game gear.

Me and Sierra watching Jack and Quent playing on the Dance Revolution game.
The cool thing is that they were totally loving just dancing on it without actually having to have the game "on".

Quentin REALLY liked dancing/jumping on this game!

Sierra and I are helping Quent and Jack play the basketball game. They got so excited playing this game they were shaking, and actually did not do too bad scoring!

After the game we went out to dinner with Mike, Julie, Brendan and Sierra. Of course Jack and Quent were the entertainment for the meal! The two of them can get so silly and funny, even the waitress was having a good laugh at how silly my cute guys were being!

Our dance party for Tuesday

Saturday we made a visit out to see family (thanks Uncle Dan and Aunt Betty for having us) to hang out, laugh, and have some great food.
Many times I was thinking that I was so lucky to have my guys and that they are healthy and happy.
I was also thinking about how incredibly hard this day must have been for The Whitt Family, in their goodbye to sweet little Tuesday.
There is no greater loss than losing your child.
My heart aches for them and the road that they have ahead.
So our family (sans wagon while out and about) celebrated the love and beauty of Tuesday's short, but powerful life in a different way.

Here's my boys and some of their cousins dancing for Tuesday while Momma said a prayer for her and her family.

rejection :(

Oh, the job that I really wanted...

Rejected.

I am so bummed. I got the "we are sorry" letter today and "even though my qualifications were impressive" they decided to go with a candidate that better met their needs. Tom thinks it was probably filled internally. And really, this is a crappy market to be looking for a job in any field, so maybe they just got a ton of resumes.

I am trying to feel better about the whole thing, but right now it totally sucks. I really wanted to get this job.

So, thank you for all your well wishes and good advice on my job search. The search continues!

Anybody need a very qualified home childcare provider?

Way Back When-esday

This is a photo that my father-in-law recently gave to my husband and his sister, Julie, and I tried scan and fix the color some. even though it is not the best quality still, if you had seen it before it was in way worse shape! I thought it was such a cute photo of them in their African shirts!

This picture of Julie and Tom was taken not long after they were back in the states after being in Zambia. Their parents were missionaries there and Tom was born while they were there.
Tom and Julie's best guess was maybe 1976 on this, which would make Tom about 3 and Julie about 4. They were both super-blondies, and Julie still is!

click on over to Twinfatuation to see everyone else's way back photos!