Thursday, March 19, 2009

The Suit.........

ok, so here you can see our "living arrangements". Honey, I know you don't approve of this, but isn't it cute how we have it all set up so nice - and best of all - its clean! ;)

Ok, here's our "Mr. GQ". Isn't he cute?! And such a ham for the camera?! He has put his suit on about 3 times tonight already and talked to my parents and told them he has a suit now. Grandpa and Grandma are gonna try to get done working early (he's hauling corn/beans/something) and see if they can stop by here to see this precious suit!




Ok, so Josiah has literally been begging for a suit since last year some time. My Dad graciously enough gave Josiah his old bow ties from when my Dad was a little boy. Josiah LOVES them! We had thought about getting him a suit last year, but figured he would outgrow it too quickly. Well, we were shopping a few weeks ago, and Josiah found this suit coat he wanted to very badly. However, we were shopping for Isaac's birthday gift and weren't gonna spend that kind of money for Josiah at that point. Martin told Josiah that we would "google it!" Martin's favorite words! (honey, if you're reading this, I'm sorry, but you know that's your favorite thing to do on the internet - google). So Martin googled it once we got home and found Josiah a suit - the entire suit - jacket, vest, shirt, pants and tie - all for a really great price!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Spring is here!!!


The robins are here - so spring is here right? Need I say more?!?!?!?

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Isaac's birthday supper ~ March 7, 2009

yep - the restaurant of choice ~ Famous Dave's BBQ. And Aunt Eloisa, if you're seeing this, our waitress reminded me so much of you!!! Her name was get this, "Louisa" and she was from Georgia. She had an accent just like you, and that same great fun loving personality of yours. It was just too sweet. She even called Isaac "baby" when she brought his food out. (she definitely treated him more special because it was his birthday!)


Isaac - wow! I can't believe he's 11 years old now?!


the family at Famous Dave's......


Isaac with this birthday sunday! Hot Fudge and boy was it delicious!!! :) :)

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Mt. Lake Chess Tourney - March 7, 2009

Well, this picture was suppose to be last as a surprise, but yes, Isaac placed 3rd in his chess tournament today! From left to right are his classmates who also won for Mt. Lake - Sam Hirsch place 2nd, Hunter Dahna placed 1st and Isaac place 3rd for the Mt. Lake team. This was Isaac's 3rd tournament he's been in and first tournament that he's actually placed. And to top it off - today is Isaac's birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were hoping that he would get a medal today (even Josiah told me this morning "Mom, it sure would be nice if Isaac got a medal today cuz its his birthday!"). And sure enough, Isaac beat 2 kids, had 2 stalemates and lost only 1 game (to Hunter of course), so he got 3rd place!!!!! We are very proud of him and Isaac was surprised to hear his name as 3rd place too! (needless to say, I had tears in my eyes too knowing that he's wanted this so bad, and yes, to get a medal on his birthday is the icing on his cake!)

By the way, Isaac is 11 years old today - my baby isn't my baby anymore! How sad....... (besides that, he's 5'1" tall already! Soon he will be my height and literally not my baby anymore!

Sam and Isaac - best buds!!! :)


Ryan and Isaac playing each other. This game was a stalemate. This was Ryans' first year playing and first tournament and he placed 6th - he did an awesome job as well. Too bad they give medals out to other places other than just 1,2 and 3rd.


Hunter and Isaac playing.