Coleson turns 6!

day 150 

a quick trip to the mall (or anywhere) is always a chance for parkour training.

Wikipedia: "Practitioners aim to move from one place to another, negotiating the obstacles in between."

And welcome to my life with boys. :)

(you might want to click on this one to enlarge)

day 151 

goodnight

day 152

We are itching for Spring!!! 

day 153

errands with our school boy after school

Tate

My last two photos of the day. Our sweet Tate. 

missing our friends.

So, it's been a week and it feels like forever-already! It's not as easy with the international dilema between us to do our (often) daily texting to check in, say hey, send a random quirky note, etc. Well. MISS YOU!! :) 

I was so glad that even though regular life didnt allow for as much time together as we would have liked (we often joked what our friendship could have been like pre-children :) ) but the weeks leading up to the Leaman's leaving was full of fellowship and for that I am grateful. A double date night out that lasted well into the night with lots of laughs and good conversation. Then a girls evening in Seattle with other ladies from church and finally, just four days before they left, dinner at our place. Great memories to hold us over until...who knows when. :)

xoxo

more 365 challenge pictures!

tunnels before naptime!

we had our friend Owen and his mommy over. 

a little bit of catch with mom 

Grady and his favorite book

ready to go shooting with dad.

our earliest riser ready for breakfast

I heard "I got you...I got you...almost there" and saw this.

We went roller skating for the first time with our cousins

little helper

We had close friends over for dinner...daddy ran errands with two and I made pie with this one.

taking my picture...love his 'shoot face'

just me.

he loves to build towers and like here, knock them down too.

days 99-103

after school snack. I say "keep your hands to yourself" alot each day.

oh, my first buddy. (with his new scarf he was excited to have!) 

day 100!!! whoohoo! and I think it's safe to say that after three boys these jammies need to be retired. :)

 the evening's sky.

sunshine & tunnels (and lots of giggles) before naptime

The boys enjoying party favors from a "Sock Hop" themed party. 

a few days a week we trade carpooling with another local mom. The boys love to watch for when brother arrives!

This boy has been growing and changing so much since September when Coleson started school. He has learned to play by himself well and filled in the 'big brother' shoes excellently. he is soft hearted but passionate. this day we were lunching in the living room as Grady was already napping for the afternoon. we had such good conversation as he asked questions about Jesus living in our hearts as He lives in heaven and how He protects us. it is truly amazing to hear such wise words from your three year old. I am thankful for our church (and school for Coleson) that engrain these things in our children SO young, when so many just send them to "play" God is doing a good work in this boy. 

Our Tate watching Golden Tate win with the Seahawks!!

it was just me and this one this day. special day with my growing up baby. 

our Tuesday night we enjoyed fresh from the oven cookies and a good game of Connect 4. This one, you have to watch with his moves. He wins more than you think :)

Some of Christmastime

More picture of the days documenting some of our time through Christmas... 

We drove through Spanaway lights one night. All three boys were in awe. We sang the 12 days of Christmas per Coleson's request. :)

Christmas Eve, Eve we slept by the tree. 

 Christmas eve at grammy and grampy's house grandpa (great grandpa to the boys) read from Luke. 

the magic from Christmas morning when Captain America shields were spotted hanging on the stockings! 

Christmas Cookies!

Poor little neglected blog!! I have continued the photo a day but my days are good enough to post it to facebook. This first picture was for today, day 76.  To see more head over to www.kjp365.com

we rolled, cut and baked. tomorrow we frost, decorate and eat. the boys had a great time and Grady was of course not to be left out! 

my boys

the boys and I got a quick picture before heading out to our thanksgiving dinner. I am so thankful for these three!