harvest days

jed and daddy have been having a little extra quality time together these days in the combine. jed seems to be right at home next to his dad!

jed's first harvest (2010)jed's 2nd harvest (2011)
so thankful for an abundant and safe harvest... praising God for His many blessings

makin' cookies

elli spotted a cookie cutter in one of the kitchen drawers the other day and asked what it was. i told her it was a cookie cutter and from that point on she has been determined to make cookies for her friends. (i'm sure the thought of being able to eating cookie dough in the process never entered her mind! oh wait... she is related to me so you know that that was her REAL intentions!)

conquering our fear of loud appliances... she finally took her fingers out of her ears!

the best part... licking the beaters!

baby #3

so word on the street is that i haven't been staying on top of my bloggy duties. at least that's what my girls kim, danielle and kara have told me! :) i'm surprised grandpa hasn't been calling about this too! so i was trying to think, what could i even blog about?!?! and then i remembered... oh ya... we are having a baby and said baby will be arriving in 9-10 weeks!! oh and i also just happened to have some 4-D pictures taken of this child. so maybe that is a blogworthy happening! baby was a little camera shy and wouldn't take his/her hands off of his/her face so it made it hard to take a peek, but this is what we saw.

so what do ya think? boy or girl?? ya... i don't have a clue either! it will truly be a surprise!

today i tried to snap some pics of the kids "playing" with the baby... but the self-timer didn't want to cooperate. i was on the floor crawling around picking up toys and jed thought that was an invitation to hop on for a horsey ride (a favorite pastime the kids share with their daddy) i said "mommy can't give you a ride because i have a baby in my tummy!" he plopped down in front of me and pulled up my shirt to just see why in the world this baby was ruining his fun. then elli came over and said "baby want to play?"

this sweet child is going to have quite a loud, busy, crazy life awaiting it when it decides to come out! but i think it already has a clue just from the behavior we noticed on the ultrasound... hands over face, trying to get some peace and quiet!

a couple recent pictures of big sister and brother... you know... for grandpa & grandma!