yipee!

our friends alexis and travis airington (alexis works with andy) are going to be on the family feud!!! we are so pumped and excited!! what's even better than that? when they called, alexis said "the vanderveers said to tell ya'll hi!" and he said "what, the twins?".....that's right.... over a year later, and they still remember us!!! :) :)

Last year in the twenties...

well, i'm 29 today. i don't feel old, but when i say that i do. andy took me iceskating and i felt really old then! that is freakin hard!!! then my boys made me breakfast, and hid presents in the living room...logan loved getting coach me by saying "hot" or "cold" when i got close to a present! the little things in life....:):)
then i got a precious song from my sweet sweet neice...you can see it here. :)

i'm off to enjoy my last year of being under 30!!!! ahh!!!

Goodness, Gracious

Did anyone see Family Feud today? It's a new season, so me and the boys turned it on over lunch today. The boys like to pick "teams" that they cheer for, and Ian told me today "my team is gonna win da bonis wouwnd.".... well, even Family Feud can get a bit of dirty humor in under the radar...

The question was simply "name something that goes up" .... and the answers were things like airplanes and balloons.... until they read the remaining answers and the last one (that no one had gotten) was "Mr. Happy" ........ really, people? Does everything have to be sexual? My so sweet little 4 yr. old who was watching, looked at me and said, "what's that, mom?" .... to which I replied..."its a smiley face, dear"....I'm so glad that was not the question when we were there! Goodness gracious people!

Conversations with a 4yr. old Bible Scholar

Logan: "Ian, read this book"
Ian: "No, I don't want to"
Logan: "Ian, I said, read this book!"
Ian: "No!"
Mom: "Logan, don't tell Ian what to do. He can decide what he would like to do"
Logan: "No, mom, Ian has to do what I say"
Mom: "Logan, Ian does not have to do what you say"
Logan: "Uh-huh! Cuz in the story when Jesus walked on water...John said, 'brother do it!'....so Ian has to do what I say" (he's quoting something from a Bible movie)

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Dad: "Remember the story about Jesus healing the deaf man? And then he could hear!"
Logan: "yeah, and sometimes I wish my ears didn't work, cuz sometimes Ian is talking to me and I don't want to hear him"

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Dad: "Jesus is so amazing that he walked on the water" (proceeded to tell the story of Jesus walking on the water...)
Dad: "Can you walk on the water?"
Logan: "No"
Dad: "What would happen if you tried to walk on water?"
Logan: "Our legs would go down..."
Dad: "That's right, cuz only Jesus can walk on water...its cuz he's so strong and awesome. He's the only one that walk on water..."
Logan: "Um, Dad....didn't one of the disciples walk on water?"
Dad: "oh, right, yeah..."

Family Favorites

One of our favorite pass times as a family is take walks. At our old house we would walk several times a week to get a Slurpee at 7-11....and we have continued the tradition at our new home by walking to Dairy Queen or Sonic. The calories are so dangerous, so its definately not several times a week anymore but still a family favorite!!! We're all geared up to go!

I'm also a sucker for bathtime...I love the clean smell of baby wash, and especially love it when Tysen's hair is so squeaky clean that it stands straight up! :)

Working with dad....

it was so fun tonight to see andy teaching logan how to change the license plates on his car. both boys were immediately interested because they love tools, and logan pretty much did it himself with dad supervising. i love to watch this father- son relationship grow. andy is an amazing dad, working so hard right now but still making time for the little things that mean so much to the boys!

(can you tell that logan was slightly annoyed that i made him stop for a second to snap this picture? :)

ian worked with them for a minute, but then was captivated with the hammer and trying to smash all the ants he could find on the sidewalk! :)

Return of Batman...

Thanks to one of our JV leaders, Caitlin, who found this amazing costume for Ian for his birthday! He pretty much wants to wear the mask and cape all day long...he is so animated and so passionate about the "super hero" world...next time you see him, just watch the way he walks, or really, its a macho strut...i like to call it the matt stewart strut. (all of you who knew matt in college know exactly what i'm talking about!)