we're off...

peek...

his favorite feature of the new van??? the dvd player. my favorite feature of the new van??? the dvd player. HOPEFULLY it saves the TWELVE hour trip we're about to take...didn't i just vow i would never ride in a car with these two alone again?!!

say a little prayer for us...i'm sure we'll need it.

i'm hoping to get half-way tomorrow...then the rest of the way on thursday...please Jesus, help us!!!

lovely, lovely, love my family...

that's a hug...he's a very thorough hugger...

the sitter...who sits...

aw yeah!!! ridin' double...

this is the new "face"...sucking of the lower lip...she's sitting. sitting. self-taught sitter. i turned around one day and there she was...sitting.

yes, she's always THIS STINKIN' CUTE!!!

poor boy...has no idea that his sassy days are numbered...sassy goes at two...them's the house rules.


see??? THIS STINKIN' CUTE!!!

swingin'...

aaannnnddddddd...we're in the water again...

went in to answer the phone...came back to find him licking the window...

conducting important business on his cup phone...hello???

who knew the fun that could be had with a tub of water...he would stay in that tub of water all day if i would let him...

all jumped out...

piggie...

just one...right in the middle...CUTE!!!

hold onto your hair...

spent a weekend with the batchelors in kansas...WINDY, WINDY kansas...

one of these children just doesn't belong here...might it be the little red-head???

jackson and zoey were in heaven...it was like spending three days living in a toys-r-us!!! the batchelors are HOOKED UP!!!



gross...but cute!!!

we even managed a few parting gifts...BUMP, BABY, BUMP!!!

thanks, batchelors, for a great weekend!!!

we will be back soon for another weekend of kart...matt owes you a baby daisy...

just eat it...

these two pictures perfectly summarize zoey's attitude towards solid food:

at first, LOVE!

then, confusion and indifference...

this week, we'll add veggies...

she needed a new coat...

BEFORE:

AFTER:

have been meaning to do this since i bought it...four years before jackson was born...

sanded her down, sprayed her with several coats, then banged her up again because she looked too new. she's a beauty.

spray painters out there??? there's this fancy new attachment that clamps onto the tops of spray paint cans and SAVES your finger the pain and cramps of holding down the spray nozzle...with the attachment, the can sprays like a bottle of windex...TOTALLY worth the $6!!!

zoo...

yep, he's trying to get into that nasty, algae-filled/tinted pond...

mommy stopped to feed zoey...and when she caught up with daddy and jackson...THIS is what she found: her son shirtless and soaking wet. nice, daddy.


good thing mommy had an extra shirt...the shorts? they were stripped off and jackson had to run around the zoo like a white-trash baby in a diaper...for a while...until they dried...


CHOO-CHOO!!!

LOVED this part just as much as the water part...

the animals??? the reason you go to a zoo??? don't really remember seeing any...oh wait, the ducks while we were eating lunch...jackson thought they looked a bit hungry and so he fed them his hot dog.

GOOD DAY!!!

handsome fella and little lady...

He is risen...

yes, i know...Easter is not at all about eggs and baskets...i'm still thinking through how we will ultimately and appropriately celebrate Holy Week...so, for lack of a good idea right now...we colored Easter eggs and i made Easter baskets...because i wanted the candy...

two.

does not like the jumper. tolerates the jumper.

my grandpa's hat...he wears it all the time...loves it.