My little BIG family!

Noah and I are truly blessed to have the such a wonderful family! Today was such a family filled day, and it reminded me of how much I love them all!  My little family consists of just Noah and I and it's wonderful but we also have so many others linked to us.

We live with my mom, dad and my aunt Aura !Even though we live together it's still great to go out of our ways to spend quality time together. Like this morning ... Noah and I were gonna go on a car ride alone together to our special spot. On the way there we decided to pick up Ita and Papa too! I was so glad that they joined us! Even though alone in the car with them for hours scares me... you know-  talking, being vulnerable, sharing my life...etc. Anyway it was wonderful and we had such a good fun time! We laughed A LOT and talked a lot too! There is never silence in the car especially with NOAH! He's HISTERICAL! (hysterical?)

Anyway... where we go it is very pretty and the scenery is spectacular- i kept telling noah to look out the window and see the view instead of playin in the back seat. Right when he looked out the window he saw and I quote " A BROKEN FENCE, I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE A BROKEN FENCE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE?!" lol bad timing I guess! haha I laughed so hard... i guess you had to be there.
So I told a joke that my friend Aubrey told me last night and noah wore it out the entire trip: where do sick wasps go? where? to the WASPITOL! - - it was funny to hear him tell it the first 15 times. He acctually CRACKED UP when I told him. ooo so stinkn cute! Then I told him another one and he said " not funny."

Then I get a text from Noah's other set of grand parents: BOB AND PAM THOMPSON (noah's dad's dad and his wife) : an invite for lunch! We went to see them, it's been i think since May5th that we saw them! We had the best food ever! PAPA bob is an amazing chef. We had the best chicken and potatoes that I think I have EVER had. Not only was the food fabulous but so was the company! Bob, Pam. Aunty Abby, Uncle Nick, baby cousin Adelyn and wonderful uncle Caleb! We had a blast through conversation and playing all together!

In the midst of all this fun family time I get texted by noah Grandma Diane and Papa Rob ( noah's dad's mommy and her husband) and then i got to talk on the phone with my brother OTTO and his wife, also get to hear my little nieces laugh!

Aren't Noah and I so blessed! That's not even all the family I could mention but that's A LOT of family in one day! We have a huge scattered, extended disfunctional but functional close family that we Love so dearly! God is so good to us even when we blow it.

I LOVE YOU FAMILY!!!

CHORES

Noah is 5 now ( I think we've established that already) and he is excited to have Chores to do around the house. Of course he is already really great at helping with anything and everything but it's time that some responsibilities around the house get his name on them. I think it's so essential for children to get trained to be responsible for things, important things!

Noah feels really special that he has things that he needs to get done around the house and he is excited to do it and check things off his list! 

He does a lot on his own already like clean up after himself and help cook, put groceries away etc... I prayed about how much to give him to do, like 5 things for being 5 or 1 chore for each day of the week but Jesus and I came up with this:

Make sure there is always Paper Towels on the roll

(almost everytime he goes to the kitchen or bathroom i hear him say "not yet!" or "ooo it's times to get more paper in here!")


Make sure there is always Toliet Paper in the Bathroom 


Pick up Sticks in the yard for when Papa Mows (noah enjoys anything outside and for him to do this and occassionaly play swords with the sticks,  it's fun for him and he's so great about it cuz he's helping his PAPA not get hurt when he mows. He loves his papa. One day he'll be mowing the yard for papa too). I remember when I was little my job was to pick up sticks too!


Clean the Back Seats of the car (we are on the go a lot and are in the car often to he just needs to help me keep our car clean and picked up so we can pick ppl up for church! Plus he says it's really God's car and we need to take care of it)


Make his bed every morning (he's done this anyway :) He's acctualy REALLY good at it, kinda OCD about it so it takes a few more minutes to get it juuuust riight!)


Help do his laundry and put away (HE LOVES THIS, it's like shooting hoops with his clothes into the washer! And he loves putting the detergent in and listening for the time to put the softener in. I hand him the wet clothes to toss into the dryer and he gets to turn the knobs and hit start! When it comes time to fold he does a great job! He even asks if I need help with my laundry - - what a heart!

Get the Mail (ok, so this one makes him feel like such a big boy. I watch him from the window in the living room because he wants to do this one all by himself! We live in a coldasack thingy so no cars drive infront of our mailbox- it's safe! Don't worry! He opend the box and stands on his tip toes to reach his arm in and grab the mail. Sometimes he leaves a little trail of mail behind him but the quickly retraces steps and retrieves it!  It's the cutest thing to watch it. Then he has to read the names on the mail and put it int he appropriate slot!

I'm praying that this will develope into a strong worth ethic and a heart to serve others and be a responsible man after God's heart.  That he would work hard and do whatever he does well and with a good attitude! In everything glorifying the Lord!

Here are some pics of Noah serving:

Helping Papa Tape/Paint the Doors

Scraping the old paint

Gramma Ita making a silly face after Noah gave her, her mail!

He also made really good chocolate cupcakes and a great mess to clean up too! It was definately worth it, soooo good! Here he brought Ita a cupcake and milk! He did the mixing, pouring and frosting!

Noah's stick pile

Thirsty after a hard afternoon's work in the sun!

Sick

So Noah and I have been sick for about a week. Like, rly nasty stuff, it got so bad one day that I had to have my little super hero Grandma Diane come help me with Noah for a day- I couldn't even open my eyes without vomiting! 

Anyways I'll spare you the graphic details... but even through what felt like death this week Noah had such a great attitude and was always willing to help me with anything. For a while there the tables turned and he was taking care of me. It was so sweet he would offer me everthing and my water glass was never empty. He is such a servant! And a cuddler! I love him so much- when he got hit with the flu he was so greatful for the love i showed him. It was like DUH I'm going to take care of you. And of course he knew that I would, but regardless he let me know how much he loved and appreciated that i look care of him even though i wasn't feeling well myself. He always said thank you and hugged me and told me how much he loved me. It really meant a lot to me too! It truly is such an honor to serve him and love him, what a great boy I have!

More Friends!

Yesterday Noah and I met up with our new Friends Laura, Ben and Darrin at Valley west mall for pizza and play time! Noah loves his new friend Ben and he intived him to VBS last night and he went! What a fisher of men!  

Here are some sweet videos of them playing! 

Noah Jumping off the Castle, he did it like 25 times!!

Noah getting chased by a girl! haha Just kidding they were playing hot lava!

Noah, Ben and 'girl' running from a 'monster' on hot lava. Pay close attention you can here Noah yelling HOT HOT HOT!

He got soooo sweaty!! It was nasty but made for a nice nap after that!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

I have a couple of stories that I need to share with you blog friends...

I arrived to pick up my Noah at WCCC last night and as I walk in my son is chillin with all his little friends watching the play taking place. He was sitting and paying attention like a good little boy, VBS is right up his alley. After it was over he saw me and came over for a big hug and kiss and to tell me everything that happened and what he had in his bag! Quick story: Noah busted his nose yesterday and felt like I needed to tell the VBS peeps what happened so they didn't think I was hiding something, lol. So After I told them what happened, they pulled me aside to let me know a few things that Noah had said that night and the night before.

I know what your thinking, WHAT DID HE SAY!!??? Me too. I put my humble hat on. I mean, my humble OUTFIT ON. And listened.

"Well yvonne your son is very interested in everything and pays attention well, and he's a great participator! Last night he was talking and pointed to olivia. He said and i quote 'Olivia is my sister, we have different moms, AWKWARD!' and as he said awkward he kinda looked up and rolled his eyes"

She didn't really tell me this story in private because at this time other ppl came over to see my reaction to these stories.

I laughed. 

Next Story: Last night at VBS they were asking kids what God made. My son said the heavens, people, trees... etc. The next question that they asked was WHO/WHAT DOES GOD LOVE? My son stood up nice and straight with his chest nice and hight and said, " ASIANS, GOD LOVES ASIANS."

I said, that's right, he does.

I laughed harder.

I love Noah so much. I was glad that nobody laughed when he anwered that God loved asians. He really meant it and was so innocent about it all! And God loves everyone! 

Pics of Noah and his 'sister' Olivia (AWKWARD;)!) on the way home from VBS!

There are two nights left of VBS, we'll see what else happeneds this week! lol These kinds of stories get me pumped for when he starts kindergarten in 6 weeks!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUJE!

Tuesday night a few of us went to rachels to bake Muje a cake for her birthday! Her birthday was yesterday, july 7th but we gave it to her tuesday night anyway! Rachel is such a hostess with the mostest and such a SERVANT! I learn a lot from her! She went and got all the stuff to make the cake, took a lot of time in making it and wanted it to took at good as possible! She really put a lot of love into it!

The Process:

-Make the Cake..

-Cut it in half

-Let the cake cool and let your friends eat come 

-After they are cut, ice the middle...

-Layer it with a diff kind of yummy cake and icing...



-Ice the top and the sides



TADAAAAAA



Rachel ended up making another cake that turned out better than the first one and we gave that one to Muje. This is a pic of her hand pickn some of the cake off while she was cutting it!
She looks like she's morfing into a tiger...a cute one...

ROAR!



Happy Birthday Muje! We love you!

DOG BLOG

This past weekend my neighbors went to "the lake" (i don't know which one) so I got to dog sit for 3 days for 3 HUGE dogs and 1 teeny doggy! It was hard work and takes a lot of time! 

Noah loved helping feed them and I gave them their meds! 2 of the big ones are 12 yrs old and the Rotweiller is about 10 then Bear (my old dog) is just a few yrs old! The Fischers got home monday night- I'm glad their back... I don't think I could have done it another day! haha 

Maddy Ralphie and Stormy, Bear was going potty outside!

Noah with Storm