Julie Brooks

Baby Judd

What a precious little boy to photograph.

MckLinky Photo Blog Hop

 

Today is MckLinky Blog Hop Day! The theme is favorite photo so I had to play along. It was VERY hard for me to decide on my favorite photo so I just picked two that I have taken recently.
One that shows the serious side of my boys and one that shows the silly side. In the second one they were so tired of taking pictures I let them pose themselves and do what they want. :) I ended up with some really good ones doing that....who would have thought??

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6

A yummy mess!

After the boys looked at these pictures on my sisters blog they wanted to make their own hamburgers and french fries. I bought all the supplies and surprised the boys yesterday morning by waking them up to cupcakes and brownies. :) ( we even ate some for breakfast..shhhh don't tell) The pictures on my sisters blog are much better so if you want step by step details go there. :) I had way to many helping hands to do a play by play with pictures. I did manage to get a few though!

Cupcakes cooled and ready to decorate!

Brownies cooled and cut! (yes, I did sneak a few bites)

Rolling out the sugar cookie dough aka The Fries. This was THE HARDEST part of the entire process!! The parchment paper is the key!

At this point I was losing my mind and thinking "WHY did I show the boys my sisters blog?" LOL!

Hamburgers ready for the condiments.

Here comes the mess especially with three boys! :)

Hamburger baskets. The key is double sided tape. By the time I got here I was ready for a real hamburger and fries! :)

All Done! We delivered these to the church staff. :)

Hungry boys!

Dig in! The boys got a real kick out of making these. I guess the mess in my kitchen was well worth it. Next time I'll be careful when I show them pictures on my sisters blog. ;) Or I will send them to my sister and she can make and clean up the mess with the boys while I take little Miss Blakely shopping....that seems like the better idea.

Little Miss Kathryn

Is she not the cutest thing??? This is my friend Beth's little girl and I could just eat her up! The entire time I took pictures she wanted Brian to hold her.......it was really cute! We enjoyed getting her good and sticky.

Messy Games

Scott planned a great night of messy games Wed at church. The kids had a blast  getting drenched with chocolate syrup, whip cream, ice cream and water. Every kids dream......throwing food! :) By the end of the night everyone was pretty sticky!! Nothing better than getting them nice and dirty/sticky then sending them home.

Mason loved it!
Carson was thrilled that he was covered in chocolate and tried eating it.
Garrett not so much! He did NOT want to be dirty. (that's my boy!)

Need A Summer Bible Study?

The Living Proof Ministries Blog (BETH MOORE'S BLOG) has opened up Sign-ups for the 2009 summer bible study!! Join me and thousands of women across the nation as we study God's word together!! To join leave a comment on this post.

This summer we will study ME MYSELF & LIES By Jennifer Rothschild. I had the pleasure of meeting and hearing Jennifer speak in March of 2008. I'm really excited about what God is going to teach me through this study. I'm sure I'll blog about it along the way.

I did day 1 today. Oh my! I'm in for a ride. Let's just say I have had this scripture on my mind all day......
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14

Buy your book and jump into God's word!

Storm Troopers

My brother is staying with us again this summer and the fun has started!! Scott has served as our churches summer children's minister intern for the past two summers. We LOVE having him here!!! As you can see by the picture he is a real trooper! LOL! (had to say it) Seriously he is amazing with my boys. Pretty much whatever they want to do Scott does with them or for them. They have made many trips to walmart, Sonic, the MMC to play star wars and basketball, swimming, movie nights and video game nights.
We don't have the luxury of living near family like most so I cherish this time with my brother as do the boys. I also think it's extra special that Scott is their Children's Minister. :)

Sunday Inspiration

A song that needs no introduction....

The "M" Family Sneak Peak

What a fun family to photograph!