Some fun Black and Whites...

We had a lot of rain last week and most of our yard was flooded. Thankfully the house was just fine... but the best part was that there is a circular "dent" in our yard where the previous owners had a pool. That stayed full of water for a few days longer than the rest so Judah asked if he could "swim in the pool" so we said sure and the boys had a blast. These are a few pics that I took and altered the color on. Enjoy!

Asher & Jacob

Asherman

Asher & Jacob

Judah & Jacob

It has been too long!

I am embarrassed to see that the last time I posted on here was Christmas... :-/ I apologize. It has been a crazy spring let me tell you!

Ok... January... not too much comes to mind. *L* so moving on...

February was fun, Deryk came down to visit for a week and we really enjoyed spending time with him. February also marked the official start of Beacon Landscaping! I am proud to say that I myself came up with and designed the logo for the business.

March came quickly with much to celebrate. The boys each had a birthday, Judah turned 3 and Asher turned 1! That was quite a shock. It's hard to believe Asher's been around a year! :-) We also were able to take a weekend and visit with Chris and Beth in Virginia. Beth's dad passed away and we were able to spend some time with her and give her a happy break. I hadn't seen Beth in almost 2 years and it had been 3 since they had seen Jacob, so it was a really fun time. We also got to meet Abigail their new baby. We got to all go swimming, and it was great because it was Abigail and Ashers first time.

We actually didn't celebrate the boys birthdays until April when my parents came down to visit. The best part (for the boys) was that for their birthday we decided to get a puppy! Her name is Sasha (Russian for Alex, we found out AFTER we named her). She was born on Feb. 12th to the dog next door, Martha. Martha is a black lab and we're not sure what the father is. We think it's either a lab or maybe a hound or boxer (b/c of Sasha's coloring). Martha had 10 puppies (1 didn't make it) and so we went over to look. When we asked our neighbor what he was going to sell them for, he said, "oh I'm just going to give them away." So that's when the gears really started turning. Jacob and I made a couple visits and watched all the puppies and got to know them in order to decide which one we thought would be the best fit for our family. We finally decided and gave her to the boys at their "birthday party." She's been a great fit for us and the boys are really enjoying having her to play with. Judah seems to have more fun with her than Asher, but Asher is still little too. We're happy to add that Sasha now sleeps through the night and is house trained (oh the irony... as I'm typing this she has an accident)! We're in the process of teaching her to "sit" and "stay". We finally have "come" down. :-) The other wonderful thing was that Asher started walking when my parents were here! It was great for them to be able to be a part of that and we are all very happy that he is walking because he weighs almost as much as Judah!!! Judah is also learning to read... he asked me to teach him and that is something that we're currently working on. He has the sounds of R M A S E and T down and we're working on adding to that.

Also in April was my (Sarah's) 25th birthday! It wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. It was a little melancholy. It was reminiscent of 13 when you finally are considered to no longer be a kid but you're not yet an adult. 25 was like "I'm no longer in that 24 and under young college age group" I know that 25 is definitely not old, but it wasn't a happy birthday, it just was.

A couple days after my birthday was our 4 year anniversary! Four years and 2.3 children (.3 is the dog, so no, I'm not pregnant *L*) wow do we fit a statistic or what? Although not the statistic of our age group and number of children, that's for sure! We've really enjoy the last four years and have grown and learned so much together. It's truly amazing how far we have come! I can only give the glory to God for what we have achieved. We're looking forward to the big "5" next year. :-)

April also kicked off Jacob actually doing landscaping! Todd came down for a visit to check out the area and give Jacob some landscaping tips and tricks. We had a lot of fun and are praying that Coastal Carolina is where God is leading he and his family. It'd be nice to have some friends our age here! Jacob has been selling his rear end off (no pun intended) :-) and has been seeing AMAZING results. He started work on his first job yesterday and was excited because he got to use a bulldozer/backhoe (it must go along with those Tonka truck dreams in the sandbox every little boy has). Judah thought it was sooooooo cool that "Daddy got to giiiive (rhymes with drive) a bulldozah" We're excited about how well everything is going and are praying that it continues to do so!

So that is our crazy life. I hope you enjoyed it! I'll try to keep up with at least pics! It takes a little while since we have dial-up... but enjoy! Also if you haven't yet seen pictures of the puppy... check out this link: http://liberty.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2081518&l=bf0b7&id=55713753