tom asked isaac what was his favorite part of his birthday party, and he said "i was eating cake!" and indeed he was eating cake. he had two pieces before we had to cut him off! i had a fun making him his cool cake and he definitely had fun eating it.

isaac had a birthday on friday. he is five years old. his life has been so full, that it seems like we have had him forever, and yet i feel like he was just born. my baby boy isn't a baby anymore.

we all had a great day doing all of the things that isaac loves to do. one of the things that he wanted to do was go to mcdonalds playplace. we had a lot of fun playing on the slides and tunnels, and having a special treat of cheeseburgers, french fries and even ice cream.

on sunday we had his birthday party. he was so excited. it was wonderful to see him anticipate something. he has never done that before with anything, not even christmas. all weekend he kept asking, "mama, can you drive me to my birthday party please" and "mama, im ready for my birthday party now, please" he had such fun at his party, he felt so special and he is already loving to read all of his new stories. (instead of toys we had a "book party")

thank you so much to our family and friends who were there to make it special for him, and for us!

two boys, a chicken coop and a camera

in the fall i took the boys out to play in the back yard and try to get photos of them together, this was one of my favorites, they were sitting next to the chicken coop watching daddy blow bubbles. after about two hours by myself with them i had been unable to get the two of them in the same picture much less looking in the same direction. then daddy got home from work and we enlisted his help for entertainment. this was as good as it got

nolan got a hair cut....finally

a few days before christmas i finally gave in and gave nolan a haircut. my little hippie baby could hardly see, he was constantly pushing his hair out of his eyes. i was so nervous, i thought that i was going to throw up. i was so scared that his hair would lose the curl after i cut it but so far so good, he has perfect little ringlets still. he sat very well (with a movie on the laptop) and except for repeatedly trying to grab the scissors while shouting "sharp!" the event went rather well in my opinion.

a year and a half later......

so......its been a while since my last post. we don't have internet at our house so my opportunities are few and far between. i checked and sent email for the first time in about six months a couple of weeks ago and that was only because an old friend left me a comment on toms blog otherwise i think it would have been a year on that too. i feel inspired lately to make the time to do such things as keep up with folks so here i am putting up a post.

the last year and a half have been very interesting. we moved into our new house which we love. we have learned a lot about being home owners and our house seems always to have a project going. even with projects though our home has been a great place of rest, for us and for others. we try to have our home filled with family and/or friends as often as possible.

the boys are doing wonderful. they are both growing and learning so much. isaac turns five this week. my baby boy is going to be five! nolan is only a few months away from turning two! they are both getting so big. they bring such joy to my heart, i thank God for them in my life.

not much time for more right now, i will try to post more again soon.