weather the weather

This winter and spring has brought some crazy weather! we've had wind, snow/hail, weeks of rain, then summer heat, then back to rain! The boys and I have tried to keep busy no matter what the weather and we've had fun doing it!

Hailed and snowed in Ojai! Boys and I hade fun playing!



Went for a nice hike with auntie coco - windy day




Made some lemonade - rainy outside




worked on a gingerbread train - rainy outside




Had fun making cookies - Rainy outside




Scooter fun - rain or shine


Sprinkler time - Summertime weather in March



Playing with the neighbors - summer time weather


Building Forts - gloomy out


bike rides -wearing pj's, a hood and a helmet....prepared for everything:)

crazy couple of months but we've had fun!

4th game

I love watching Caleb improve. I love watching him learn, I love watching him hit, run, catch. He is getting to be so big and I just am so proud of the little dude he is becoming!







sorry for the sound






love his smile the whole race!


Caleb's best friend joe

Jack's Girl

this kid and his finger!

The side of our laundry hamper

3rd tball game

It seems as though I might have deleted the videos/pictures from the second game on my camera before uploading to the computer:( It was a great game!
But I am so glad I captured this game! Caleb hit off the pitcher twice this game. He got to play against his friend Wesley and Tony on the other team. He sang songs, danced and twirled, and even had some serious self control as he had to pee for a whole inning! We had a great cheer section come out and love on him and our family! He did great and I'm one proud momma!


1st hit of the season, off the pitcher!


sorry for the sound. I just loved watching him out there in his own little world


big hitter AGAIN!


If you listen really closely he is singing the ABC's out there!


Love the look he gives us when he runs by!!


Thanks to our giant fan base on the bleachers. It means a lot to him to have friends come out and cheer him on!





he had to pee so bad!
the picture is not super great but you can see this poor lil guy holding it in!!

1st Game of the Season!

Caleb did amazing!!















grateful for great weather and great friends to watch the great #11

Opening Day

Opening Day was....interesting.
The teams all get called out then they call out the players individually. They let the bigs guys go first then when they are called out there they create a tunnel for all the T-Ball players to run through and get high fives from the players! This did not bode well for Caleb. I told him I'd hold his hand and run with him but he SCREAMED as we began running. I realized just how scared he was, so we turned around and headed back.
Daddy had a long talk with him and asked him why he couldn't do it and Caleb's response was "Im Shy!" which is hard to argue with but Daddy shared with him that his team needs him out there and that being on a team means doing your best and being together.
So we convinced him to head back out there for the relay race and he did great!

Answer to a Prayer!

Ever since I was a little girl I have had a passion for adoption. I even thought I would never have kids of mine own cause there were too many little ones out there without parents, why would I continue to over populate the earth.... I was a little dramatic.
Now that john and I have a our two little boys we felt like now would be the time to pray about the opportunity to adopt. So we both spent the month of December in prayer and both came back with the same thought.
We don't have room in our car for another child and as of now we don't have an extra room in our home. So we thought we'd begin to take steps towards changing that. I also decided that I would begin to pray specifics. I began to ask God for a mini van....that He would allow us to sell our old car and get a bigger car with more seats. We planned on selling our Pontiac and living in daddy's bronco as we saved up for a deposit on a mini van but God had other plans.
We got a tax return this year which was very unexpected because of Daddy's new job we thought we would have to owe, but it turns out we got $3300 back this year. Very exciting! We thought we'd put it towards our pontiac payoff but didn't have specific plans for it.
When we went down to San diego for Caleb's Birthday we stayed with friends in Carlsbad. We sat up one night and shared with them our plans to sell our car to get a mini van so we could move forward in adoption. He chuckled and said "you should check out the van outside!" His grandma had recently passed away and they were left with her mini van to sell. He said "yeah it's in great condition and we're trying to get $3200 for it." WHAT!!!!
To make a long story short we have an amazing mini van for our family and, God willing, our growing family!
Im continuing to ask God for another home for us but also have no desire to leave our neighborhood! We are in love here and have really developed some sweet friendships and ministries in the neighborhood. It's a tough prayer to answer as we live on a street of duplexes with two bedrooms....but God can do tough things:)