My oh, so sexy husband

Yes, I just had to document this. You see, he actually didn't start growing facial hair until after we were married. He honestly had to shave like once a week and that was really out of habit, not necessity. Anyway, now that he's a "man" he likes to let his facial hair grow wild. And he likes to make himself look like he's truly gone crazy. Yes, he's a gem!

Isaac's Dedication

On January 25, Isaac was dedicated at our church in Hershey, PA. It's always a very special event. Although, with the other 2, we had our own dedication service just for babies. Our church has changed their format to include dedication during the morning service. So, my family got to stand in front of the congregation and dedicate Isaac to the Lord. I have to say that my prayer for the week was quite selfish and somewhat silly. I simply prayed that Isaac would not perform an explosive poop or tremendous spit-up event on our pastor. He has had massive explosive BM's as all babies do but seemed to be having one at least every day recently. I'm sure God heard my prayers and laughed while he was busy performing miracles and showing mercy to others. But, on our way to church the following Sunday, Taylor asked if we were going to pray for Isaac in church again. Out of the mouth of babes... I said no because I know what she was asking and then thought, why don't we pray for him every week with our family in church? Why can't every Sunday be a child dedication to God? Even if we simply took our kids up on stage after church was over, why couldn't we say a short prayer for each of them? Her simple question just prompted my brain to all sorts of ideas.

The Farm Show

Yes, so another year comes. And with it, here in central PA, is our area farm show. Now it may seem odd because there are literally farms everywhere around here. So why so we need an entire arena dedicated to it? I have no idea. However, my kids were super excited to see cows for some reason. We literally pass cows almost every day while driving somewhere. But, they were in awe of seeing them up close I suppose.

My dad has never been to a farm show either. Seeing that he grew up on a farm, I'm sure he thought it was quite funny to see hundreds of people oohing and aahing over farm animals. But, they do have some unique breeds of animals there. There are enormous bunnies, weird colored chickens, tons of goats and sheep and of course, TONS of cows.

So, I invited myself to tag along with my parents. They probably would of had a nice time walking around leisurely and reading through some of the exhibits. My kids put an abrupt stop to that and notoriously pulled them in every direction for 4 hours. My parents have nothing but love for them so were good sports about the whole day.

Here's the ironic part: If you ask my kids about the farm show they will say their favorite part about the day was riding a school bus and riding a carousel. We had to park in a different parking lot so they shuttled us to the complex on school buses. And one of the exhibits brilliantly brought in a carousel and charged kids $2 for a 30 second ride and probably made millions over the week. So, nothing to do with animals. Although Titus did mention all the pooping that was done right in front of us. At least it's animal related!

Just can't stop taking pics!

Yes, there's no real special event for this blog. No big events, no life changing ideas, not even a cute top ten list of sorts. Just simply the fact that I am so proud of my family, especially my kids. Not that I don't respect the crap out of Jason. He's great too. However, as every mother would attest, if there was a fire in the house would I save the kids or Jason first? Hmmmm. Every mom fights with this scenario and prays that they never have to make this choice. I am pleading the fifth on this one too. Anyway, my kids are so darn cute that I can't help but brag about it. Yes, I'm biased as well I should be. If your own mother doesn't think you're attractive, life is going to be tough. Hope everyone had a great holiday season!

Christmas 2008

Christmas was always busy and fun this year. We literally can't fit the toys in our house so we rotate toys throughout the house. Yes, we are blessed, greatly. Our first celebration was the Sunday before Christmas with Jason's aunts and uncles. We played pass the gift to a right and left story all while I simultaneously was nursing Isaac. Yes, bonus points for me!

We celebrated Christmas eve with Jason's mom and Jared. Jared picked pasta carabonara as his meal and then we opened gifts together. Jared got us the Wii so we all took turns playing together. Even Titus got in the boxing spirit.

On Christmas morning, the kids opened a few gifts from us and then we headed to Mom and Dad's for Christmas brunch and more gifts. It was awesome (Carmen, I've got good recipes to share!). We had an absolutely fabulous time with everyone. Taylor has already started planning her birthday party which is not until March. Yes, God bless the gratitude of children! I hope that all of you reading this also had a great Christmas too!

Those silly Dimond kids!

Since Erikka, Derek, Courtney, and Angelique have moved in with us things have been great. My kids are getting tons of extra attention and ask every day when they will be home to play with. Courtney is my live-in nanny and takes Isaac at every chance. Taylor follows Lique around the entire house and Lique doesn't seem to mind. Derek wrestles with Titus and teases because he says that Titus is going to grow up to be just like him. Lord, help me!

We have been blessed to have them move in with us and have the space for them to live. I will post pictures of the before and after of the downstairs. Every day that they don't have school, my kids are extra excited to go downstairs and play. It's still a learning process but I want to thank everyone that has been praying for this transition.

All year Thanksgiving season

Okay, so my family is getting bigger by the minute! No, I am not pregnant. It simply means that my kids are getting bigger by the nanosecond and sometimes it just simply makes me sad. Taylor is saying the smartest things lately and really picks up on what Jason and I are talking about. She especially perks her ears when she hears someone's name come up in conversation. I don't think I've actually said the word sex and have instead been spelling it for so long that it seems perfectly normal to do so. Titus is my enormous man child. His eyes are still as big as dinner plates and now he has found that if he just looks me in the eyes and says "peeees" that I will probably give in to what he wants, whether it be yet another cup of juice or candy. And then there's Isaac. He simply goes with the flow at home. Loves to swing, loves to eat. Much like his father. He doesn't like riding in the truck all that much. Other than that, he is very smiley and happy as you can see in the picture.

I am super thankful for my entire family and their support for my kids. I seriously don't think I would be able to handle my 3 if I didn't have them living close by. My mom is a never ending supply of chocolate chip cookies and love. My mother-in-law goes 5 days without sleep and still says yes to watching them. My nephew and nieces love to play with them and the kids eat it up. Thanksgiving should be an all year season, not simply a holiday that falls before Christmas. I thank God that He has blessed me with everything I need and even the things that I don't necessarily need but simply want.