Cuties!

(By the way, this one is Tori, but if there are anymore today, they will not be me. Just sayin'.)

Peter when he was three days old. Swoon.  

 *Restores consciousness*

                                                                     

Josiah when he was a few days old. Smooch.

Welcome, Baby....

...Josiah David Lee!
He was born on the 31st of March, weighs 8 pounds, 1.6 ounces, and is 21 3/4 inches long.



 Isn't he *adorable*?! So handsome :)! And Peter has been watching a video of him all day, he says 'Theweed'! He as also kissed his picture on the computer... haha :)! The reason we called him Seaweed is because we didn't know if he was a boy or a girl, so we didn't have a 'real' name for him, and when Mommy told Emmi that the baby was in her tummy, Emmi said; "No there isn't! It's seaweed!. Yeah, no idea. But we called him Seaweed from then until we learned he's name :). Peter used to call him 'Heweed', just because he's so smart that he knew it was a boy, haha, ;). 
Oh, I could just eat him (Josiah) up!

Abbi-Girl's Frogs...

Tonight we all went for a walk around the neighborhood.
Not too far down the road there is a playground. Almost all the time we were there, Abbi was watching for frogs, because last time we had went, she had found one, and had been very excited about it. (It was really a toad.) As we were starting to leave, Abbi says: "I found one! I found one!"
She picked it and put it in a shell she had found, using her hand as a 'lid'. She was told that she could take it to the house, but that she couldn't take it inside.
Before we were even half-way home, she found yet a another frog, picked it up and added it to her 'collection'. (She also found two more, but could not fit them in her shell.). She said "My talent is being a Frog-Catcher Girl!"
When we got home she was trying to persuade us to let her keep it in the house. She said "I could ask Mommy to go out every minute, and give it bugs, and then we could keep it outside!" She was told to put it in the yard by the creek.
She went to put them there, but when she got back, she asked again if she could have them. Daddy again told that we have no 'froggie food', and she said; "Well, we could just call the Gramma that has fishes, and ask her to send us some froggie food!"
She really, really, really, wants a frog.
Emmi, however, wants...
A Gopher.

Hello from VIRGINA!!!

  We're in Virgina for good! The house is so pretty! So is the yard, and, my, you should have seen the look on Emmi face when she saw the swing set out there! Abbi thinks that having "two stairs is so great!" (We have a downstairs, upstairs, and an attic room). Andrew is excited that he and Peter will get their own room "really soon'', and that the room they will be in is green, :). I think that Bethi is most excited about outside, :). Before we moved she was scared about not having woods, :). I like the kitchen, but I'm most excited that we have moved, ;). I think that that is Bri's favorite thing, too. Peter likes the fireplace, :). It's just the right size for him to sit on, :). We didn't have one in the old house, so it's new to him to have one. Our house in SC has not sold yet, though, so please continue to pray!
Bye!
                                
                                                       

                                   Tori               

The 4th!!!

We had a great 4th!!! We did fireworks yesterday, and we loved them, but Bri's flash on her camera was torturing every one it was so bright!!!Not really I think it was that and the fireworks, ;). She got some beautiful pictures!

Happy 4th of July!

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

"America, the Beautiful"

Words by Katharine Lee Bates,

Melody by Samuel Ward

LOVE!!!

 

THE NEWS...

THE BABY HAS ARRIVED!!! IT'S A BOY!!!

He's so cute!

You should have seen Andrew's face when he heard it was a boy! He thought it was a girl! I thought it would be a boy the whole time!

He's so cute!



See?

"Lost in the rainforest" A "novel" by Bethi

Well, I'm going to put a word in, then I'm going to let my little Bethi do a short story.

We went to Bi-Lo today. Everyone but Mommy (who stayed behind to do somethings) went. We also went to take the trash (which little Andy-roo (Andrew) LOVES doing. Heehee :). It's so cute how excited he gets when he hears that Daddy's taking the trash...)

Now I think I'll let Bethi do a story...

"Introducing:

'The Lizard and the Elephant'"

" Once a Lizard and a Elephant were going on an adventure. The Elephant's name is Zed, and the Lizard's name was Red. They were taking a walk in a BIG rainforest. "WE'RE LOST!!!" said the Lizard. "AHHHGGGGG!!!" Said the Elephant, and started running away, because he was so scared, and that is how the lizard got lost alone. "GASP!" said the Lizard. "I'm lost-by myself!"

'Now the Elephant is walking, and He said: "Where is that Lizard? I know he is not beside me, I know he is not behind me, or in front of me!"

'The Lizard said : "Where is that Elephant?! I know he is not beside me, I know he is not behind me, or in front of me!"

Finally they find each other, and their homes."

"The end."