5 People- Easter 2011

I wanted to take an Easter picture of the boys before Easter because being boys there is a strong chance that after church tomorrow at least one of them will have spilled, ripped, or drooled on their shirt.

Happy Easter! He is Risen!!!

Vander learns to ride a bike and save souls

I remember my dad teaching me to ride a bike. I remember his short shorts and him running next to me and me begging him not to let go. I remember falling, I remember begging to quit. I remember not being able to keep the handle bars straight and my hands going side to side causing the bike to turn from right to left. These are my memories of learning to ride a bike. Here is Vander's story of learning to ride his bike:

Dan takes the training wheels off one night after dinner at my parents:

Dan takes Vander into the street, Vander gets nervous and says he thinks he will ride his scooter instead. Dan says if he rides his bike without the training wheels he can have dessert. Vander agrees.

Off he goes riding by himself.

Proud Dad!

He did something else this week that made me even prouder. We were sitting at the the table eating a bowl of cereal. Vander says" mom do you know what my verse is at school right now?" Mom- No hun what is it?

Van- Its the same one as last week John 3:16" For God so loved that world that he gave His only son that whoever should believe in Him shall not perish but have life that lasts foreverlasting"

(I smile in my head not correcting his version of everlasting life)

Mom- That's great sweetheart

Van- I am always going to remember this one. I think when I go to kindergarten there might be some kids who don't know that. I 'll remember it so I can tell them.

Love that kid and he is constantly reminding me of what is truly important!!

Brothers

Life with three boys is wild. I'm exhausted at the end of every day. But I also lay in bed every night and Dan and I just grin, pinching ourselves as we talk about the things our boys said and did throughout the day.We are so thankful for these boys and the joy that they bring to our lives. The older two spend a good part of their day making Logan laugh. They dance for him, sing to him, Vander imitates America's Funniest Home Video's for him. That makes my heart happy. I'm sure that there will be a phase when they don't want the younger ones hanging around but for now I will enjoy them wanting to be together ALL the time. I love that Hudson calls Vander Bro Bo, he never calls him Vander, I'm not sure where it came from but Vander is Hudson's bro bo. Hudson did this to himself in about 2 minutes and when he was done with his face he started on Vander's before he got caught. Luckily it all came off pretty easy!