And now, the rest of the story...

We took the boys to see a 3-D movie this morning. They had a blast! They looked so cute in their little glasses, you could barely see Samuel's little nose peeking out underneath! So needless to say, as I write this post, I have a very quiet and tired household. After naps, we're going to visit with some dear friends and have dinner. So hopefully, I'll have more pictures soon!



The boys and Michael went with me to Harris Teeter this morning for Triple coupons. Nathan has gotten so used to it, he knows the routine. He gets his little "Customer in Training" cart, and off we go! They are real troopers! ( The balloon at the end of the shopping trip also helps :) )

Samuel was up and raring to go this morning. We had a full day ahead of us, and he was out with me this morning looking at the sunrise!



This was the sunrise this morning before the clouds took over. This is my favorite part of the day! The view was from our front porch.

Our boys are very energetic right after dinner. It seems like that's when they get along the best, and I guess their bellies are good and full! Their favorite thing to do is chase each other around the house, and sometimes Samuel tries to escape his big brother in creative ways as you can see from the first picture in the last post!

Fun Times

It seems like Blogger is having trouble uploading my pictures(grrr), so I'll try to put the other ones on soon!


Our boys love to play with crazy stuff in the bathtub. They have some type of weird superhero swimming goggles and fins that you play with in the pool or the ocean, but the bathtub is good enough for them! I heard Samuel splashing around in there, then the next thing I know, I turn around to this! What a goofball.


We went to a friend's house last week and they had a blast! Nathan ended up spending the night so Samuel had Mommy and Daddy all to himself! I don't quite think he knew what to do!

Signs of Spring at the Lilly Pad

Nathan's Learning to Read!

Nathan has been using Hooked On Phonics which has worked great for him! It's been really excited to watch him learn to read. He's already about halfway through the kindergarten year in his workbook! Hopefully, you won't have any trouble with the video. Again, you'll have to pause the playlist on the side to listen!

Life at the Lilly Pad

A Rainy Morning and How 2yr. olds tell a joke

The horses across the road and some visitors at our birdfeeder on this rainy morning...



And here is Samuel's attempt at telling a joke...


You will have to pause the playlist on the sidebar to hear Samuel!

New Camera!

More pictures to come soon!!!!

A Fun Visit

Michael's parents came down for a visit this past weekend and it was so nice to have some beautiful weather. My boys had definitely been going a little stir crazy (like most boys do) and were ready to play outside! They brought down their tiller and Michael was able to get our garden all ready to go! He tilled it about 3x bigger than last year. Above is a picture of last year's...
so you can imagine how excited I am about this year! Visions of tomatoes and cucumbers dancing in my head!!!!! I think we will get a new camera soon (because this is driving me crazy---I want to share our boys with you all!) so hopefully we will have some pictures to post soon!

Oldies but Goodies

No, I still haven't found my camera, no, we still haven't bought a new one. I'm beyond frustrated. But just so you all know I haven't forgotten to post, here are some old pics just to keep you interested. These were taken 2 yrs. ago at a sweet friends house! Amazing how much the boys have grown!