Quote, Picture, Blessings

 Thank you Lord for the blessing of Joy and Love! Without love, you would never have given your son and we would never have reason to have Joy. Without Joy this world would be bleak and uneventful, with no real delight in what we have been blessed with. Without those two I would be a sinful, useless, selfish, monotonous human. But with them and through them I know I am uniquely me, a treasure and royalty with a greater purpose in life that will out last not just a generation nor a century, but I pray for eternity, and I can delight in that fact and in you.

Don't miss the little things....

They are sometimes the most precious.....
(Azariah and his Buddy Nacho)

Three Random Facts

1. New dog food!
Yes, and we caught Azariah eatting it a couple times already. We still aren't sure whats wrong with the normal food we give that child, but I guess the dog's food is much better. :)

2. Jerky Sleep!
After playing ultimate frisbee the first half of the morning. It affected me to the point that while laying down this afternoon and almost asleep thinking about it, my arm jerked to throw a frisbee. Not 5 minutes later my entire body jerked to begin another throw. Hahaha, I got a kick out of it! Yes, I'm throwing frisbees in my sleep!

3. GUESS WHAT!!!!!
No, Azariah did not say "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", and no Zeb is not getting married. Actually, its moms birthday on Monday!!!! She is one amazing mother and I love her tons!!!!

Well, that's it for now.
-Hosanna

Lately....

It seems like a lot has happened. Time seems to fly by as you get older and the more you wish it to slow the faster it goes.

On the 30th was Azariah's birthday and He turned a year old. Its crazy how fast that kid grows. We invited a few neighbors over and gave Azariah his own small cake which he proceeded to have fun with.

 "What is this??"

"Yum" - First Taste

 After a little while he got a little tired of eating it and started playing with the cake instead.

and boy was it fun cleaning him up afterwards (a job that fell to Rayni) but I'm sure he had fun

He had the rest of us laughing while he was eating his cake, (quite the entertainer at a year old). It's been so much fun to see him grow up this last year, and on the third he started walking all by himself. His whole face brights up when he starts to walk/run somewhere by himself, with this huge smile on his face almost hyperventilating from the excitement. 

The next day (the first) was Jos' birthday, turning 19. 

Jos (for the most part) has been one amazing brother (except, of course, for the times when he loved to tease us to death) he has always been fun to hang around. He seems to love little kids, and almost all of them love him as well. Nothing seems to knock him to much and if you ever need anyone strong to lean on, you can just call him. :) I've always looked up to him as a brother, the way he deals with situations and people not getting angry very often but always strong as a rock. Instead of working half-heartedly he finds the most creative ways to get through things no matter how hard. He is always such a joy to be around, laughing and making others laugh. 

I know this is pretty "mushy-gushy" but I love you Jos and I hope you have an awesome year to come, with many lessons and blessings from God, a year of growing and learning for Him.  

On the fourth we decided to stay home and had some friends come over for the day, afterwards we went and got a few fireworks to set off. I think Jos and I had the most fun setting them off and battling each other in a popper war (those small fireworks that you throw on the ground and they snap or pop). Afterwards part of us got up on the roof to watch the fireworks around us which was lots of fun. Here are some of the pictures we took while on the roof.

Zeb, Jos, Hosanna, and Rayni 

Zeb, Jos, Hosanna, Jed and Rayni 

 Jed, Jos, Hosanna, and Rayni

Jed, Hosanna, Azariah, and Rayni

Rayni and Azzy

Today mom left for New Zealand, our Grandma is moving houses so mom is going for two weeks to help out and see family. We are sure gonna miss her, and this will by Azariah's first time without mom for this long so he is gonna miss her too.

Anyways, I'm off for now. Hope you all enjoyed the update.

-Hosanna 

Azariah, and other news :)

Well, this little boy (Azariah) does two main things... here are some pics to illustrate those two things!

1. He can't crawl, but he sure can (especially in front of the Camera)....well...you can see

and

2. He polished this banana (his second) in just under 2 min!

Yep, that sums it all up! The little dude is getting bigger and bigger (wonder why right??). The rest of us are busy with school and speech and debate. The regional speech and debate tournament is coming up next week (14th-17th), so we are all getting ready for it.

It was such a lovely day today (we ate outside on the picnic table) and enjoyed some rare Washington sun. Anyway, I better be off!

-Hosanna