Luis and I attended a two day marriage seminar this weekend. It's not often that we get to be kid-less, and just fill up our "tanks". It's so easy to get so busy, doing good things, even things for God...and lose sight of those things that are so important, like each other, and those closest to us. We both took so much away from this seminar...so many nuggets of truth that we can apply to our lives, and help other learn to apply as well. The seminar finished with the Fireproof movie, which was completely fabulous.

D-Day

Well, today's the day. The day we get our dog. At Luis's work, they found a dog in one of the plantations, and after a month or so of trying to find the owner, no one has claimed it. They even brought the dog to check to see if it had a homing chip implant, but they found nothing. So...he's going to be ours. The kids are out of their minds with excitement at the thought of their very own dog. I, on the other hand, am just out of my mind. I really don't like dogs. To me it's like having another child, but one that destroys everything in it's path. I have already decided that he will have a wire run way out in the back of our yard...where I won't break my ankle on the many holes I am sure he will dig. I have also informed Luis and the boys that it is "their" dog, which means all the responsibilities that comes with him. This should be interesting, to say the least. Bear with me...I'm sure there will be a number of posts this week coming...I can just feel it!

Josh just turned 7 in January, and he finally has his first loose tooth. I thought his teeth were never going to start falling out! This tooth, one of the lower center teeth, he been loose for 2 weeks. Every morning, he wakes up, and gives it a wiggle, only to find it just the same as the day before. At this rate, he may be 8 when it atually falls out! Jonathan, our "monkey see monkey do" child, is suffering from loose tooth envy. He's convinced that he has 3 loose teeth that are about to come out at any minute!

Sports fanatic!

Tonight we spent a chilly evening at Josh's soccer practice. I would have loved to skip out, as it was SO cold, but I would have had to listen to Josh cry about not going. He simply loves his sports! Luis asked him today if he liked soccer or baseball better, and to both of our surprise, he said baseball. He must absolutely LOVE baseball, because he adores soccer, too! I was talking to Josh the other day, and being that our baby is due in September, I was afraid that baseball would coincide with the last month, and the delivery. So I asked Josh how he would feel if he didn't play baseball this year, and just played fall soccer again in October. When the tears welled up in his eyes, I knew I was in trouble! Luckily Coach Robbie (Uncle Robbie) assured me that baseball will be done way before the baby is due. Anyway, here's a few pics from practice tonight. Jonathan informed me that he doesn't want to play soccer anymore. We have been waiting anxiously for him to finally turn 4 (this July) so he could start, but after he watched two girls on Josh's opposing team get hit in the face, and WAIL, he decided that it's not for him. He's no fool, but I do hope he'll change his mind.

So Jonathan walked into the room a few minutes ago, and I noticed that he had chocolate on his lips, nose and face. So I asked him, "Jonathan, have you been eating chocolate?" to which he immediately answered "No". When I asked him how the chocolate got on his face, he said it just "jumped up there". I had him open his mouth...just as I suspected...chocolate remnants in the molars...when I asked about it, he finally admitted to eating four Hershey's kisses from his Valentine goody bag. Then he added, "But I only ate four....that's better than five!"