I am so proud of my sister

Before

The smile after she cried :)

What they cut off my sister's head! 10 inches to donate to Locks of Love! <3

My sister donated her hair, because our Grandmother just recoevered from cancer. I love it! It is so cute, and for an amazing cause!

I think this kid could be a photographer!

He was having so much fun pretending to take pictures of me and Adalai the other day, it is so fun to watch my kids use their imaginations. This is one of this favorite things to play with!

(Need help with your business Andy? :))

My before and after.

BEFORE

....and after :)

I had fun the other day getting my hair cut while my sister donated hers to Locks of love...

Such a fun time together :)

This is how Adi feels

on a weekend away from Daddy and Wyatt :(

on a weekend away from Daddy and Wyatt :(

....our decision....

Ben's job has been worrisome to us for awhile. When Ben started working at Sullivan, he told the boss's that he wasn't planning to say any longer then 3 years. It hasn't been three years, but we were faced with a decision recently with his job. He has been laid off (and paid vacation) once already and called back, but the manager approached him last week and asked about his commitment (because he knows he wants to enter into ministry and such), and he was honest and said that he isn't going to make working there a career.
Our friends Adam and Kelly are coming in May for a much needed visit. We have decided that living on unemployment in our current situation would never work. We just simply can't afford to stay where we are. Our plans are to pack our apartment, and follow our friends home (to PA) for a visit.
We're going to store our belongings. I am so happy for this decision as a whole. Looking very forward to spending time gaining a new perspective.
I am very thankful for people understanding in this. I decided to not blog on this until now, because we of course wanted to share w/ our families first. I am so thankful because my sister called me today and we are making plans for a visit so she can come stay in PA, and we can visit NYC!
If you could, please pray for us in this time of change, it has had it challenges already, but will take endurance to push through packing/organizing/cleaning in the next month to make a smooth transition for us.
Thanks so much!

Last weekend...

WAS SO MUCH FUN!

Until I got sick

my dear sweet husband was sick too :( And away from home :(

Ben and Wyatt went to Emily's for the weekend. At first I thought I thought I would be sad, but it turned out to be fun to go out to girls dinner w/ Adi, Amanda, Rachel, and Nancy. So much fun. We had Gram over and cleaned and organized a bit, which helped me feel good. We visited "Doms" in the hospital, which was actually quite hilarious because she was determined to find something fun for Adi to do, so eventhough she was in pain, she wanted to blow up the latex glove.... so Ok then... :P the nurses doted on her, and told her she was so adorable and brought her tons of snacks. I got together with my sister and Rachel and watched Twilight, I wasn't sure how I felt on the subject of watching that movie, but I did end up kind of liking it. Yeah, it was oK...
I ended up with a touch of the flu yesterday, fever, chills... all that... but am doing a bit better today :)

This is the kinda stuff we do in the afternoon :)

Wyatt has his froggie lantern in the dark stairwell

They are sneaking away from me...

They love putting on their gollashes and splashing in the mud and water outside. This was a perfect day for that! I was skype-ing with Kelly, and when the kids came in, Adi literally had mud splattered on her face. So adorable! They slept good that night :)

Speaking of sleep. I am pretty sure that Wyatt is out of the nap stage. He hasn't been sleeping great at night on days that he takes naps lately. Bummer, kind of, but he is so peaceful and sweet in the afternoon, I am not worried about getting chill out time with him in the afternoon. I am so greatful for this little guy. He is such an amazing blessing. Hopefully he won't have such a struggle to go to sleep at night once we take out his afternoon naptime. I think that we are just going to see how he seems around naptime. Sometimes the boy just does need a rest in the afternoon. We'll probably only let him sleep for like 1 hour tops though because he doesn't get tired at night otherwise!