snow days.

happiness.

our sweet, sweet gage.

he knows every word to 10,000 reasons, by matt redman

from beginning to end & he sings the entire song at the top of his lungs.

pretty much the sweetest ever, i will never get sick of it.

for months lane has been praying for gage to pray & ask Jesus to ask Jesus to forgive his sins so they will both go to heaven someday.

so many days, mostly in the car on the way to school or when they are laying down, i hear lane telling gage, "to go to heaven you have to pray & ask Jesus into your heart and ask him to forgive your sins and then you live for Him."

then one night as gage was saying grace at the dinner table, he ended his prayer…

"and live in my heart and please forgive my sins so i can live in heaven with you."  

he opened up his bright eyes, "Jesus forgave my sins!"

and thats just how it is.

the Holy Spirit has been at work in his tender little heart and he was ready, all on his own.

we want the boys to always know that no matter what God loves them & they heard from Him at a very early age.

the work of God in their lives started young.   

what a glorious blessing.   

while we were sitting around eating supper, after he prayed, vance said, "there are angels having a party for you right now up in heaven because they are so excited that you ask Jesus into your heart."

his little face lit up, "for me?! they don't even know me!  i'm going to give them a big tight squeeze hug when i get to heaven."

november cell phone pics.

logan grace, 2 years.

((over a month late but hey, better late than never))

in your undershirt…oops!

pretty much everything about you melts us.

we call you, baby girl, logan gracie, girly girl, missy miss, sweetie.   i am positive your dad has never even said your name, he only calls you sweetheart.

you fall asleep everyday in the car on the way to school picking up lane.  (every morning i have to wake you to take him, i always feel so bad)

you don't care about tv at all, you'll give a few glances to boz the bear but that's it.

you weigh 20.8 lbs (that was one month ago at your 2 year check up), wearing size 3 diapers, 12-18 month pants, & 18-24 month tops.   size 5 feet.  you are a peanut but perfectly you.   

your favorite foods are NOODLES, veggies, fruit, beans.  you won't eat bread and care less about meats.

in the past weeks weeks you talk, talk, talk and suddenly repeating everything.

you say, mama, ALL the time.  all the time.   i can't even begin to count, i loose count during the first minute. and when you aren't saying mama, its BABY.   ALL long.  its super sweet & super exhausting.

you play mama from sun up & sun down.   you nurse, bounce, shhh, burped, bath, feed, carry your babies.

your babies are always naked.  

you have a cupcake set & can point out the colors.   blue, yellow, green, & purple.   you give lane the "boo" one every time because you know its his favorite color.  

you will always choose anything in the color pink.  if there isn't pink, purple is your next choice.  

you also play with my hair if i sit down.   curl, blow dry, & comb it.   and ask, "pretty?" after you style my hair  you LOVE getting your hair cut.  your hair is still so fine that i've been keeping it cut in a bob in hopes to make it look thicker.   i'm grateful your hair flips up :)

every night when we are sitting in the rocking chair before you go to sleep, you close your eye & fold your little hands are wanting to pray.  "papa"  "baby"  "papa"  "baby"

you go to sleep with a little pillow that's a blanket folded up, your blanket, sleep sack, & light up baby.

and speaking of going to sleep, you will NOT let ANYONE else rock you/put you down besides me.   

i need to start potty training you.   you want to.   i don't want to.   you're ready.   i'm not.  

we've stopped using the high chair with you.   we are always saying, "logan sit down" and its a mess but you think you're way too big to sit in such a chair.

i could go on & on…

2 years since you came into our world & i'm still amazed at your girly-ness.   still so surprised we have a baby girl in our home.   we love you baby girl. 

a kansas christmas.

playing on grandpa & grandma's couch.

 this girl, this top picture gives me a glimpse of when she is 4.   sigh.

 the kids table.

 logan LOVES, loves, LOVES baby andelyn.   she gets giddy about her.   real life baby doll.

 oops!

 :)

 daddy's birthday // a picture with his kiddos.

 celebrating the two december birthdays.

 every chance he could, lane walked around with the weed whacker (not on!).  so funny.

hanging out at wayne's house.

 bubble wrap fun.

 NYE!

the annual cousin pic.   this is going to get more challenging the older they get & we keep putting them on the countertop to snap a pic.   here is 2012.

 christmas games, carols, laughs, & presents.

 reading with grandma.

 christmas!!!

 the 4 grand kids!

 ((logan going in for a kiss on andelyn))

 yep, thats my girl!

 chopping ice for the cows.

 yes, thats my 5 year old with an axe.   yikes!

 playing beauty shop & logan tired out.

three kids on the stinger…their favorite piece of farm equipment.  (that is till harvest & they ride on the combines.)

the end.