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mother's day

2008-06-19T10:42:00.002-05:00

mother's day was great this year! i got to take my mom to a dinner at church for women who have influenced your life. that was a great time for us, i loved showing my mom off to all my friends. the theme was "hats off to you" and so we got to wear fun hats, which just added to the fun! :) we also went out to a fancy italian restaurant (fancy meaning white linens and a piano player...no crayons or chicken nuggets!) for lunch with my dad and step-mom to celebrate mother's day. that was fun to spend time with them and my aunt and uncle. the kids did pretty well, actually, i was a little worried how they would do. benjamin loved eating everyone else's lunch! then, the piano man played some more music and so, of course, benjamin got up to go dance in the foyer of the restaurant. he has no inhibitions, that kid. jacob went to join the fun as well and watched closely as the man played. when he stopped playing, jacob told him that he could find middle C and the other keys (his aunt bernadette taught him that) that that was fun, the piano man was impressed with how smart jacob was, as we so often are as well. they danced around as he played and he even played a tribute to me..."sweet caroline" which was extra special! ryan and the boys got me a very nice digital camera, MUCH to my surprise. that was awesome because it records video, which we currently didn't have because our other one was broken. so...overall, it was a very fun weekend and i LOVED the dress i wore to lunch, by the way. i felt so feminine and it's blue, so i obviously love that! i am such a blessed mother....i myself have TWO mothers that have loved me for so long, and also to have two kids who are such a joy to me! i have much to be thankful for!

"faith like a child"

2008-06-18T09:19:00.002-05:00

these are some fun pics from jacob's "performance" at our church for the Faith Like a Child spring concert thingy. it was fun getting ready for it! jacob LOVED listening to the CD in the van (over and over and over and over and over.... :) and he would talk about how he was going to sing and do all the motions when he got up on stage. because, at Christmas, he stood front and center and didn't move a muscle at all. no singing, no dance motions. he just stood there biting his nails looking forlorn. it was kinda sad, but he loved being a part of it, so we signed him up again. he practiced the motions all the time...his favorite was the "Jesus, You're My Superhero" song because he got to do motions for Spiderman and Batman and Superman. So, the big day came, and we almost had a meltdown because the lady who led them on stage tried to move jacob away (despite him dragging his feet and trying to hold his ground) from his best buddy "koerner landon" and jacob looked pretty lost up there. but as soon as he saw her leave the stage, he just walked over to his friend and got back where he wanted to be. it was so cute! then the music started and he pretty much just stood there, once again, he was front and center. no singing, no motions, nothing....except biting his nails, of course. but, then it got to his favorite part of the song and he flashed the spiderman motion, then back to standing and biting....then he flashed the batman motion....then back to nothing....he went through the whole song not singing, or moving at all during all the verses....but each time the chorus cam around he would stop biting his nails long enough to flash his superhero motion. it was priceless! he was very proud of himself!! when it was all over, he said, "momma, did you see me do some of the motions on the big stage...i didn't sing or do all of the stuff because i only like to do some of the things when i'm on the stage" again, priceless. his little brother, Benji, loved the whole thing and was trying so hard to keep up and mimic all that bubba was doing. he wanted so bad to get to be up there with him on stage. maybe next year. although, i'm a little worried that once we get Benjamin on stage, we won't be able to get him off! we, as always, had the entire front row reserved to watch sweet darling jacob "perform". we were all proud of him! hey...he got up there, didn't cry or freak out....and each time he gets up there he gets a little more brave....maybe for the next Christmas performance, he'll sing a line or two. then again, maybe not. either way, we adore him and think he's just the cutest thing in town!

cute boys!

2008-06-18T08:35:00.003-05:00

these are just some cute pics of the boys from May. my sweet benjamin with his full open mouth smile...big boy jacob cautiously wearing a "green-his favortie color" party hat at mal's 18th b-day party...benjamin playing with a huge ball at "koerner landon's" birthday party, he LOVED that thing even though it was twice as big as he is, he'd try to pick it up and say "whoa!" each time.....ok, so look how big jacob looks in this school picture. he got to bring "tippin" his triceratops (he made him at build-a-bear and LOVES him so much. he always says that he's the "daddy of him". too cute!) to school during the last week or preschool, and he was so excited that he had a dinosaur friend and lunch box......this is a great pic of the boys together in our backyard. generally, benjamin doesn't like jacob strangling him for a picture, but he did well this time. bruthas gotta hug! i just look at these pics and can't get over how BIG they both look. where did my babies go????

bluebonnets? what bluebonnets?

2008-06-17T15:17:00.003-05:00

ok, so i think i predicted that i wouldn't post again until july...well, ha! it is june and i have a new post. :) life with the holzberger party of 4 is going pretty well. busy little bees, we are, but doing well. ryan is taking summer school and teaching summer school, but he's enjoying being around us all now since all of that is easier than his spring was. he's done in december and i will be throwing a HUGE party!(for him, of course, but for me as well, for making it through my spouse getting his masters while we have two small kids. i DON'T recommend it, by the way!) it's been tough, but we know it's worth it! our sweet boys are getting bigger, smarter, funnier, and MORE independent each day. jacob is a ryan mini-me, and i love it!! he reminds me of ryan every day with his particular nature, cautious silliness, and independent, focused hobbies. he can dress himself now and is just looking and acting so big! i cannot believe he will be FOUR in just another couple months! whew! that is crazy! benjamin is simply a joy. he cracks us all up on a daily basis. he is a mimic all the time now and will often just parrot the last word anyone says in a sentence, even if it is way hard and he has no idea what we're talking about. he just wants to be a part of the party all the time. (i'm thinking he gets that from me) together, they are too cute! (almost all the time:) they get along pretty well, really. they really play together a lot now, unassisted by me. which is fun, but also sometimes a struggle. jacob is the boss and is quick to let benji (or "ben-men", as he calls himself) know if he's doing something "wrong"...i often hear something like, "no, benjamin, we are NOT playing puzzles right now!! grab your cars and come over here!" benjamin pretty much just goes with the flow, but he is starting to stick up for himself more now, which is good. they tackle each other, make each other giggle, shove each other sometimes on purpose, sometime not, and overall have a lot of fun together. they LOVE dancing to latina music (or hard rap) on the radio. (yes, i know, that's horrible. i think our dancing days will be over soon since jacob listens more now and benji is a mimic) but you have to admit that it's hard to break it down to klty. it is hilarious to watch them dance. so fun! i'm doing well, too. working at church and loving it. still having a lot of pain and numbness from the whole meningitis drama back in october (ya, that's right, 8 months ago!) but i've seen specialists and am trying to get it all figured out. trying to stay joyful in my circumstances...God knows i'm not joyful FOR them, but i'm trying to be joyful IN them! we're looking forward to our first family vacation this summer with our dear friends, the koerners. we're going to sea world and we all can't wait!!
here i have included some fun pictures of our bluebonnet photo shoot. yes, there aren't actually any bluebonnets because we never saw them around and waited too late i guess. but, we got all dressed up in our white shirts (much to ryan's excitement!) and headed out anyway. we had fun, sneezed a ton and then packed back up into the mini-van. (all the "cool kids" have one!) it was a lot of fun. and the pics turned out great. enjoy! and here's love to you all until next time. let's shoot for august, shall we? love, love.

more snow pics :)

2008-03-06T20:09:00.002-06:00

please read the details of our super fun day...read below!!

let it snow!!

2008-03-06T19:24:00.003-06:00

well...i know it has been a very long time since i've posted anything. what i want to know is...where in the world did december and january go?? my sweet hubby is a very busy bee, with his masters work, his family, and oh ya, his full time teaching job....and of course my darling and very active boys, along with my amazing part time work at church has kept me quite busy as well. anyway...i find myself with a small sliver of "free time" (i think that's the appropriate word, i kinda forget the actual definition) tonight and i thought what better time to post the adorable pics of my family in the snow from earlier today! it began snowing/sleeting etc. about noon or so and it was off and on. thankfully, i was able to pick up jacob from preschool without the roads being too bad yet. but, as the boys napped and i worked on church stuff, the snow just kept on coming. huge, beautiful snowflakes that looked like the fake stuff you see in the movies. i always used to look at that and say, "with all the money they spend on movies, you'd think they could make snow look more real. snow doesn't really look like that" but i was born and bred in texas (amen!) so what in the world do i know? this was the most beautiful snow i've ever seen. ( i did see some pretty amazing snowfalls in lubbock while i was at tech(fight raiders fight) but that has been a while and my "mom-nesia" has erased the details of it!) anyway...once ryan got home and the boys woke up from their naps, we all bundled up and trudged outside. it was a winter wonderland! cheesey, but true! there was at least 4 inches that had accumulated over the last couple hours and our corner lawn was covered, up and over the curbs. so pretty!! jacob wouldn't wear gloves at first, but then he freaked out cause his "hands were so freezing, mama" so i calmed him down, put some gloves on him and let him back out to play. benjamin love, love, loved it. he didn't move much. didn't like to walk around much. didn't want to taste the snow, or sit and play with it. but, try to bring him inside and he let you hear about it! that boy has surely got an opinion. he must get that from his dad. (ha!) anyway...daddy shined through as the hero of the evening as he proceeded to build the largest snowman i have ever taken part in building. it pretty much stands as tall as i am. and the funny thing is, we have SO much more snow in the lawn left over. for those of you who are from this area, you know that generally when we get snow, it ain't much. (northerners, like my dear friend, dana, who is a proud indiana native...which i'm pretty sure is north of us... laugh at us texans cause we close school, freak out, and drive like grannies with cataracts when we get more than an inch of snow in 24 hours) and normally, when you do decide to do the whole obligatory "take the kids out to make a snowman" thing (i say it is obligatory because usually it is fruitless and not much fun with that little snowfall we get!), you are scraping every flake from the yard, the sidewalk, the cars, and your neighbor's yard when they aren't looking, just to scrounge enough up to built a 2 ft. tall snowman. even then, when you line everyone up to take a picture around it, it looks funny because there is absolutely NO snow around the entire snowman. ya, it looks a little lame. today, however, was NOT like that. we could have made a whole snowman family of 8 if we had wanted to and if my kid's toes could have withstood the cold. (yet another downfall of never getting this kind of weather, you won't justify actually purchasing clothes, especially for your kids(jacob was wearing his cowboys boots!) for the snow, because you will get a return on your investment about as good as you would selling suntan lotion in bulk to those darn yanks.) anyway...we had an amazing time, the boys had heaps of fun. daddy and i marveled at the fact that our boys are so cute and so fun and so silly. ryan's heart (and ego) bloomed when, while making and throwing snowballs with his boys, jacob shouted, "wow daddy, you sure are the best thrower!" it just doesn't get much better than that. i know i got a little overzealous with my blog entry tonight, but i guess i was just feeling it. i haven't gotten to write much lately, and so out it pours. anyway...enjoy the pics and i will try to not let 3 more months go by without another entry. i will try. i really will. ah well...see you in june. :)

happy halloween!

2007-11-19T12:23:00.001-06:00

look at these sweet halloween boys! jacob, was, of course, diego for halloween, because he is basically obsessed with diego. not really, but he does love the show, and all of the tons of books/toys, etc we have that are diego. it was great for me, because he already had the clothes, and rescue pack, and i just made him a badge, watch and my folks bought him a baby jaguar. we wanted to spray paint his hair brown, but he wouldn't go for that. in fact, he told us, "i'm going to be diego with red curly hair!" so cute! and benjamin...just look at that little scarecrow! he is just adorable. he walked all over with his squeaky shoes and smiled at everyone. the costume was one jacob wore when he was this age, and it is just my favorite, so benjamin had to be a little scarecrow too! he tolerated the hat much better than i though he would. he was just so cute! jacob wasn't a big fan of anyone ele in their costume, and it didn't help that the very first house we went to, the older lady answered the door wearing a scary mask. he freaked out, of course. but, overall, he did really well, and we all had such a fun time with the boys!!

halloween brothers

2007-11-19T12:13:00.001-06:00

i love these pictures because i love it when the boys match. i didn't think i was going to be one of those kind of mothers, but i immediately became one when benji came and i coordinated their first outfit. i don't, however insist on it, obviously. but now, jacob has really gotten into it. and every day (literally) he asks me, "what kind of brothers can we be today?" which is fine for a new days, but then we have to start getting creative and making them "stripe brother" or "green brothers" because we only have so many coordinating clothes. anyway, these halloween ones are too cute. you can tell how much benjamin loves taking these pictures, since he is always trying to find a way out and jacob is having to use a wresting hold to keep him close. :)

pumpkin patch!

2007-11-19T12:02:00.001-06:00

oh the fun we had at the pumpkin patch this year! we went twice and both times, the boys really did have fun! jacob was much more adventurous than normal, climbing, jumping in the jump house, riding a train with daddy, and benjamin was right there behind him as much as we'd let him! they are just so darn cute! (she said humbly!)

where did october go?

2007-11-16T12:40:00.001-06:00

as most of you know, i spent the better part of the month of october in the hospital. what i learned...viral meningitis is bad... God is good... when you go to the ER, get an anesthesiologist to do your spinal tap... and i have the best friends and family in the world!! anyway, these are a few pics from when i was gone. the last one (while a very scary picture of me, i was hesitant to share) but that is pure joy! i can't tell you how great it felt to just sit on my couch in my home and simply bask in the sound of my two superboys. wow! what a great night!!!

dance in the rain!

2007-11-16T12:27:00.001-06:00

what a fun day this was!! jacob got a diego umbrella for his birthday from his marmie and pa and pretty much every day since, he would begin his day with, "mama, do you think i'm going to need my diego umbrella today?" or if it was a school day, he'd say "i have to take my diego umbrella to school because it might rain!" of course, it didn't, for like a month and a half after his birthday (which to a three year old, is equivalent to a year!) until this day. and it started raining outside, and he got so excited. so, i brought the pack and play out on the front porch and plopped benji in it, and jacob and i played in the rain. we had a blast! and look at that amazing rainbow that came out afterwards! wow! so...midge, this is for you. i am passing on the "dance in the rain" mentality to my boys. ain't God great!!!

sweet one

2007-11-16T12:09:00.001-06:00

these are some of the pictures we took of benjamin on his birthday. we actually used the same outfit that we took pictures of jacob in when he turned one as well. i just love that outfit, it is so sweet! my mother-in-law got it for jacob and i love how sweet the boys look in it!!

more first bday pics

2007-10-08T19:44:00.002-05:00

here are just a few more pics of the fun day i talked about below! :) happy birthday to you, benjamin! we love you!

it's so fun to be ONE!

2007-10-08T19:17:00.000-05:00

well, the day has finally come! my sweet little "benji boo" has turned ONE! i just can't believe it! we had a great first birthday party at the park. it was a little humid, but overall, it was a very nice day. benjamin loved walking all over the place and jacob had a blast playing on the playground with all the big kids. benjamin wasn't as enthusiastic about ripping into the presents as we thought he might be, but he had fun all the same. he LOVED the balloons everywhere, or "booon" as he called them. he would have been perfectly content if we would have just gotten him a few balloons for his birthday. he's so easy to please! he was unsure about the cake at first, but ended up really liking the icing a lot! not so much the cake, as he would spit it out if any accidentally made it into his mouth while he was trying to eat the icing. i think we still are finding icing in his ears even today! :) daddy thought he'd be funny by pushing my face into the cake while we were posing with benjamin. isn't he just too funny? i'm a good sport though, and of course, i got him back, twice! :) we really had a great time at the party and just enjoying being around friends and family. benjamin was his typical happy self and we all enjoyed celebrating the special and sweet boy he is! what a blessing!

benji at the ballpark!

2007-09-29T11:05:00.001-05:00

that's right!! benjamin is almost ONE! i absolutely cannot believe it! he's my baby, isn't he? how can he be ONE?? i am all about keeping things fair for the second born (yes, it stems from me being the second born and maybe occasionally bringing up how unfair it was that my big brother's baby album is perfect, pristine, completely filled in, and mine was opened, everything was shoved in, and closed! i love my parents tremendously and am obviously not bitter at all!:) anyway, even though benjamin's b-day isn't until october 6th, the rangers stunk it up this year and won't be playing in october, so we went to the last home game we could and celebrated our sweet benjamin's birthday. he's a riot at the game. saying "ba" all the time cause he sees the balls. and he is SO busy, wanting to be all over the place. (unlike jacob as a baby who say motionless, in awe, taking it all in when he was little) and since my folks' seats are on the front row, it's a battle to keep him from crawling through the rail and onto the field. give us time though, i don't put it past benji to do that some day. :) what a joy he is for us! just so full of energy and happiness all the time. he truly adds so much to our family. i think he is going to balance out his big brother quite nicely. who, is a very happy kid, as well, but maybe a little more...how should i say it...particular about things. (like his daddy!) it has already been fun to see how different they are, but how much they love each other. benjamin's whole face lights up as soon as he sees "buh-buh-buh". and vise versa. jacob LOVES helping me put banjamin down for a npa and waking him up. anyway, back to the game....as we were walking to the car after the game benjamin said "ma-ma-ma" for the first time!! it was so cool! he looked right at me and, with his huge grin, he said, "ma-ma". what a feeling! so, in true me fashion, i hurriedly got the video camera out and started recording. a full three mintues of all of us (especially jaocb!) saying, "c'mon benjamin, say "ma ma" and him (again with a huge grin) saying "da-da" over and over. he gets the biggest kick out of that. we will say "ma-ma" and he just grins so big and giggles and says "da-da". of course, ryan just eats it up! anyway, it wasn't until a few days later that i actually got him on video saying it. that little rascal! but, we had a fun time at the game and now, are only one week away from his actual birthday. (sigh) how has the last year gone by so fast? what a year, though. and what a blessing this little benjamin is for us!!

it was a good idea at the time...

2007-09-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

ok, so anyone who knows my sweet three year old son knows he's always been a cautious type of child. fine with me. i get no pride by not having a huge "boy's boy". (and he is really becoming more brave every day!gulp!) also, i think we've already had less stitches and bumps and bruises that most. he is also not a fan of people in costumes. so, you would think that we would know better than to have his birthday party at chuck e cheese. but, alas, we didn't. here's the thing, in our defense...we went to a party there last year for a sweet friend chloe, and she turned three, so since then, jacob would say "when i turn three mommy, i get to have a party at chuck e cheese" and i would say, "sure, buddy, whatever you want." as we got closer, the idea sounded like fun. for the grown ups it was fun because chuck e cheese had something that his first two birthday parties hadn't had...air conditioning! so, we went there, checked it out and he seemed fine. we told him chuck e cheese would come out and he said he and his daddy would "dance silly" with him. he was so excited. talked about it every day. "momma, i'm gonna dance so silly with chuck e cheese". well, that didn't really happen. poor sweet jacob. pretty much from the time we entered the place, he was in someone's arms, burying his little face in their shoulder, to ensure he didn't have to look around and that chuck e cheese couldn't see him either. again, poor jacob. his buddies started to arrive and we thought he'd surely want to get down and play games once he saw all the people there to see him. then again, maybe not. for a full 45 minutes, he was passed from mom to dad, to nana, grandpa and papaw (mimi was feeding benjamin, who, by the way, LOVED his brother's birthday party!!) all the while his face was buried so he couldn't see a thing. finally ryan and i had had enough of trying to be the "nice parents" about it. we hated that he was scared, it hurt both our hearts (especially ryan, because he remembered being the exact same way as a boy!!) but at the same time, he wouldn't even look at his friends or say hi to anyone and thank you for coming to my party ( like he had practiced so cute) . so, ryan and i took him outside and explained that we would never take him somewhere that wasn't safe and that even now, God was watching over him and he didn't have to go near chuck e cheese at all. we finally convinced him to walk and he took each of our hands and walked in between us. we went across the whole place and found our table. he made it. he had walked through the entire store and hadn't freaked out. of course, looking at the attached picture, you can see why. his eyes were squeezed (and i do mean squeezed!) shut the entire time! poor sweet jacob. eventually, he agreed to sit in my lap and open his eyes to see his elephant cake and open presents. we had some tall adults stand in front of him so he couldn't see that chuck e cheese was dancing on stage with the other kids only a few feet away. he loosened up and eventually actually smiled, laughed and had a great time. if you were to ask him about it now, you'd think the kid had a blast. "i had my birthday party at chuck e cheese.....and all my buddies were there...and i had an elephant cake...and i got lots of diego presents and"....so on and so forth. so, thank the Lord, i think we didn't scar him for life. but it was truly an interesting party. i love jacob for all the ways that make him unique. he is particular, quirky, creative, hilarious, brilliant and just so sweet and affectionate. ok, so he isn't a fan of big people in costumes. no big deal. he did have fun at his party. he loved his cake and his presents. and next year, we'll just probably go back to the park and pray for a cloudy day! happy birthday sweet jacob! mommy loves you no matter what!!!

jacob is three!!

2007-09-04T16:26:00.001-05:00

i can't believe it...jacob is three years old! where in the world have the past three years gone. it literally seems like yesterday that we brought this teeny tiny baby home and set our alarm clock to ensure he ate in the middle of the night. (not needed, by the way, he let us know he was hungry!!) we had a fun day with the four of us celebrating all things jacob! he helped me make cupcakes...of course all he cared about were the sprinkles. and of course, i have eaten more of them than he has. bummer. he loved the diego treats we gave him. and all day he asked me, "i'm three, momma? right now i'm three years old?" it was too cute! we had a blast at cabela's where we went to have a picnic supper and see the "big elephant"! jacob truly brings us such joy. he is so funny, caring, silly, brilliant, organized, particular, loving and affectionate. what an amazing gift we have been given! horaay, our sweet jacob is three!!

rangers game fun!

2007-09-04T14:49:00.000-05:00

we went to the rangers game for jacob's 3rd birthday again this year. we go every year and get his name on the big screen. it is so fun! my dad and pat have season tickets so we sit on the front row. that makes us very close to their team mascot, "captain" ,a person dressed up in a large horse costume. jacob talks a big game, acting like he's totally cool with seeing captain, but then we get there and he totally freaks out. covers his hands over his eyes and says "i not have to see him, mommy". poor guy. he loves it, but hates it. it's pretty funny though (not him freaking out obviously) but after the game he talks about nothing else except about seeing captain and how next time he'll get to see captain again and he has captain on his lunchbox and a fake tatoo of him on his arm, etc. clearly, it is a love/ hate relationship. i like to think he dwells on the positive things in life! i pray that sticks with him. regardless, here is the sweet family supporting our rangers.

bathtub brothers

2007-08-29T15:52:00.001-05:00

this was the first time that we let the boys take a bath together. they had the best time!! and they both survived unharmed! a miracle! i know this will be a ritual soon and i am sure we will be in for a wet bathroom carpet and some splashing craziness, but honestly it is just so much fun to see them play together!

benji's first haircut

2007-08-29T15:30:00.001-05:00

this is the four of us when we took benjamin to get his first haircut. he did great...but was so busy turning his head all around trying to actually watch the woman cut his hair. God bless her, she did a great job cutting it with all his moving around! he just looks SO big now! i can't get over it!

it's official...

2007-08-29T15:05:00.000-05:00

well here i am....finally doing what i've said i would do for years...making a blog type thing so people don't have to sit around and wait for me to email recent pics out of the boys. we all know that doesn't happen very often. so, this blogspot will provide me an outlet to upload pics and write a little diddy about what's been going on with the holzbergers...also known as team rcjb :)

we are beginning a new school year and of course things are busy. ryan is taking 9 hours of masters classes and oh yeah, working full time too. so, i hope to see him every so often. :) no, really, it won't be that bad. it is surely for a good cause too, so we are backin' him 110% this is his fifth year teaching and of course, for the very few of you that i haven't already bragged to, he received teacher of the year last year, not only for his school, but for all the middles schools in the whole district. a very big deal and we are very proud!

jacob, my dear sweet first born will turn THREE years old in a few days. i simply can't believe i just typed that. where has the time gone? he begins mother's day out at our church next tuesday, so of course there will be pictures of that soon. he just goes tuesdays and thursdays from 9am-2pm, but i will miss him a lot!!! he is so excited about it! he has a diego (his current favorite little tv show) "pack-pack" that he can't wait to wear. and he knows his teachers' names and knows he gets to be in the "jungle" room which he is very excited about of course since he LOVES elephants! i am super proud to announce that jacob is offically all done with diapers and pull-ups. the kid is in "big boy" underwear all day and night now. what a huge hurdle to jump! he has done great and i am just so proud of him. plus, his little hiney looks so cute in those little underwear!

sweet baby benjamin is just the happiest kid on the face of the planet. really, that boy is going to bring more joy to this family than we could have ever expected! he will be turning ONE year old in about another month. again, is that real? he just got his first haircut last weekend and wow does he look older. he is not walking that much (although he did take 12, that's right 12 steps yesterday at our friend shelley's house...but of course mommy was in the bathroom with jacob and didn't see it...that little rascal) he'll be walking before we know it, and then there's no holding him back then! benji and i are looking forward to our special time twice a week while big brother goe to school. that will be special for us both...but especially me!

i am excited to have just accepted a part time position at our church. i am the volunteer coordinator for the kids' ministires. it will be almost completely from home and at regular service on weekends. i am very excited about it and can't wait to see what all God will do through it! i am still waiting to hear back from a guy in new york about publishing my poetry. that is my dream and i feel it will happen sometime..in God's time. so, therefore i'm not too worried about it. not to say i don't check my email daily to see if he's written back though! :)

overall, life is great for us! i am sure it will be Christmas before we know it. but i promise i will post again before then. hopefully quite a bit. enjoy what we've got so far. much love!