My latest favorite snack

I feel like I have to tell you this or I am depriving you of something wonderful. ;) But, first, let me warn my pregnant sister-in-law of something. Dana: Don't read this; it's about peanut butter.

Okay, so I have been eating this peanut butter for days. It's called White Chocolate Wonderful and it's from Target. I eat it on big granny smith apples. It is double the price of regular peanut butter but totally worth it! Okay, don't say I didn't tell you...

Random Happenings

Sorry, all these pictures are crazily out of order!

Isabella in our new fridge (What do you think, G-ma Barb?). Notice the mismatched shoes of Samantha's she is wearing! ;)

In history, we have been studying Christopher Columbus. So, here they were blowing the Santa Maria, Pinta, & Nina in the Atlantic ocean from Spain to America. Samantha's poor little "Nina" sunk before it even got going!

What does Bella do while we do school? Well, random things! No, she has "blanket time" and plays with toys, she has one-on-one time with her sister. She sits and has school snacks with us. She colors...

A Science lesson right in our backyard!

A school snack. This was the day we studied that God made the moon, sun, and stars. Day 4.

At Deanna's birthday party!

We didn't know Derrick was such an artist!

At the lake with Lili and the cousins. Please excuse the smudge right in the middle of the lens!

Derrick and Bailey in a race car at Incredible Pizza!

More of the zoo!

We are absolutely OVERJOYED that we are getting a new cousin! The baby will be here in early April.

Zoo fun!

They love bike riding!

This is amazing! Derrick has taught Molly to walk with us without a leash. I know from experience if those Rat Terriers want to leave you in the dust, they good and well can!

Aww!

Here are our other joy bringers.

As you can see, she brings great joy to our family!

"Bill" holding a piece of styrofoam that came out of the box from the bookshelf Bailey and Derrick were putting together.

Meet Bill! Derrick was calling her Bill (or Billa) and telling Bailey that she was the brother he always wanted. We dressed her in one of Bailey's old outfits (that I am saving, lest he ever get a brother!) This reminds me of Bella's birth story. For the first time, we waited the entire pregnancy to find out if she was a boy or a girl. Not too many moments after she arrived, the nurse said, "Isabella ain't a fella!" We had told her both names we had picked out. She is precious!

The 4th of July at our beloved friends, the Bishards.

She's so much braver with sparklers than I was, huh, mom?

Apparently, Bella is not the only one in our family who likes to wear other people's shoes!

The bridge where he proposed!

D & I had our 7th anniversary! This is an awesome Chicago style pizza place we celebrated at. I can't think of of how to spell the name of the place right now. Something like, Savostanos?? It was really good! We also got some of our favorite smoothies from Jamba Juice and walked around LaFortune Park.

Walking around the neighborhood.

We had a busy summer getting ready for this year and now we are having a busy school year!

Our "flying date"

Derrick took me flying this past weekend. It was so much fun! I even got to steer the plane some! He did good and I was amazed at what he has accomplished. We flew to Stillwater and took one of the airport's vehicles to Mexico Joe's. We went there when Derrick was going to OSU and have even driven to eat there since we got married. The food was really good, as usual. On the way back we could see the City of Faith when were more than 20 minutes away from it. It will take me awhile to get used to the wheels hitting the runway when we land! :)

"Samanthaisms"

"One of the car eyebrows on that car is not on." When she saw a headlight out.

"I've got a naughty nose." Trying to tell us she has a snotty nose.


"I want Soward to cut my hair." Trying to express she wanted to get a hair cut from Bailey's "cutter man", Howard.

A Weeping Willow

Derrick was talking about putting another baby, sorry, tree in the backyard. I told him we should get a Weeping Willow. He was not impressed with my idea.He thinks they are messy and he wants a big shade tree. We went to our friends house and the kids loved playing underneath hers. Just wanted to show Derrick how cute they are playing under it and how much they liked it! Ahhh! Maybe this will convince him.

A Sweet Picture

A Conversation Between the Kids

(Picture them sitting on the counter eating chicken remains from a cooked young chicken in the crockpot and throwing down bones to Molly).

Samantha: "This is good chicken!"
(Some more conversation between them.)
Samantha: "What is this made from?"
Bailey: "Cow."
(Insert them smacking on the chicken in silence.)

All the while, Isabella was sitting at the table polishing off her chocolate ice cream. She looked like a clown with it all over her nose and mouth. She finished hers, reached over and stole Bailey's ice cream and began eating it while he was oblivious on the counter!

P.S. I did inform them that the chicken came from a chicken though. ;)