{this moment}

Joining Soulemama for {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Videos!

I have been meaning to post these for you sis...and the rest of you all. :)

*Karlie giggles*

*Karlie's first time swinging*

Those were the sweet videos, and now on to the hilarious...

The first beautiful day after being cooped up inside for the winter. You think he was excited to run free in the sand with his shoes off?

*The Sand Dance*

...and this last one, oh dear. I think it is even funnier that Will wanted to keep watching it over and over again and laugh at himself.

*Super Will*

this one is for you Aunt Kristin...

cold, not so cold, and cold again

What a crazy week...It hit 60 degrees mid week and then down to like 10 degrees by the end of the week. In January!! Crazy, but I love it! I am not much of a winter person. If it wasn't for the beautiful fall, I think I could go live at the beach. :)

Last weekend we took Will ice skating for the time. He had a blast! At first I thought it was going to be a disaster for is all he did was play limp legs and Thad was bent over dragging him through the ice. The first lap around took like 10 minutes, then he finally started to catch on. He really liked watching his daddy skate. Thad used to play hockey so he was super speedy. Then we had Will try to skate with a cone, but it wasn't until about 15 minutes before we left that he started to catch on to moving one foot in font of the other and he was able to hold on to Thad's hand and balance with the wall on his other side. Every time he fell he wanted to make snow angels...we don't know why, but it was pretty funny to watch. :) He really liked it, and it really wore him out. I think next time we go he will really start to take off.

Then mid-week it started to warm up so we pushed our winter activities to the side and went to the zoo! I was so excited to make use of our membership one more time. This time of year there are only about half of the animals out, but we still had fun, and it was so refreshing to be outside! Will also got lots of practice on his scooter going around the block.

outside the new sea lion exhibit at the Blank Park Zoo/scooter ride

Then of course reality hit us again and it was winter a day later. Cold. Brrrrr. So with some of his Christmas money we went out and bought his first lego set. I can not tell you how exciting this was! It is pretty much all we have been doing around here lately. He likes to build monkeys and Buzz's, and other people to go in his "town."...and then constantly asks me to build everything he can possibly think of. Good times. :)

kind of blurry...Will and new lego town

...and Karlie was sound asleep in the ergo during all of these things. (just felt funny not including her)... :)

Meteor Shower

This is one of my new favorite songs. Meteor Shower by Owl City. This is a video of them live in Chicago a couple months ago. (No I was not there...I wish.) It is short and simple, but the lyrics are so powerful!! Enjoy. :)

We Love Monkey Joes!

Hello! We have been really busy around here. Not really with anything we need to be doing, but Thad was home for a long weekend and we have been having lots of fun. Yesterday for Memorial Day we went to Monkey Joe's here in Davenport and totally wore out Will with lots and lots of jumping and HUGE slides! He had a blast! Then after that we headed over to our friends house with our home group and some other friends for a pool party. I think Will would have stayed in the pool all day if we let him! He loved it! He loved jumping in off the side and kicking and paddling his arms in the floats. He also tried throwing several rocks from their landscape in the pool as well, but no worries...I stopped him. :) He was super worn out by the end of the day. I am really bummed that I forgot my camera, but I did happen to take a couple videos from Monkey Joe's. Of course the most hilarious things he did (like run full speed into a mesh wall and bounce back about 3 feet) I did not have the camera running. :( But I thought if anything the grandparents would get a kick out of these videos the most. :)

With Everything

Below is a video of the song Will and I have been listening to every time we are in the car. He head bangs usually while eating a snack and I am singing really loud. (probably off key, but who cares.) Hillsong United is my very favorite band and I am blown away by their vocals, instrumentals, lyrics, and the way everything is for God's glory! And they can really jam. Saying "Jam" was kind of 90's of me :)...anyways, I won't blab anymore. Just make sure you pay attention to the beautiful lyrics that are in subtitles. Enjoy the video! HooRoo!

duet

I just had to share this beautiful dancing preggo mama. It made me smile this morning. :)