WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IS FINALLY HERE!!

Matthew Grant Verdugo

7lbs 8oz; 21" long

Psalm 103:1

Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

Psalm 103:2

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all His benefits:

Psalm 139:14

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Marvelous are Your works,

And that my soul knows very well.

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Psalm 139:16

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.

Psalm 139:17

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;

When I awake, I am still with You.

The 2010 Chili Cookoff!!!

Theme: Circus Characters for the 12 and under. Dress as your parents for the 13 and above.

Cameron and Michael went as Mimes. They even did a short skit. Pretty cute.

Here is Elyse getting her clown face on by her daddy.

Jer went as a motorcycle performer.

This is Michael and this is actually what the boys looked like.

Math!!!

I can't believe I am actually going to tell on myself. Today.... I don't like school. Simple huh?

Have you ever tried teaching "Geometric Construction" to your boys when you don't even remember that there were such words in the English Language? Well I have plain forgotten some of these terms. It seems that lately I am re-learning as we go along. Kind of painful. All it is is making congruent (meaning- the same) lines or angles or both using a straightedge and a compass. Using words like radius, rays, diameter, segments, perpendiculars, xyz, abc etc... So I am constantly having to go back and reread definitions. Crazy!!! So there you have it. Sometimes you ask me how I do it... well today I'm not. I am passing it on to Eric. =) Time for Lunch!!!

And maybe a walk! Fresh Air! Beautiful day, who wants to be inside anyways?

Suz

Staying Home With Our Boys.

While Eric and Elyse got to sleep in a tent and eat roasted marshmallows the size of Texas at Girls' Campout. The boys and I stayed home and slept in our own beds. Gina H. and William and Sammy Dean along with Collin spent the night also. So the boys had a party of their own. We allowed them to stay up late and sleep in the next morning.

On Saturday Michael, William and Collin went to build a fort and ran into a hive of angry yellow jackets! My word, were they angry! So Gina spent the morning trying to get the boys comfortable from all their wounds. Poor Boys. =(

Well we did have a good time. Even days with wasp-stings are not all that bad when there are friends to share them with! =) Literally!

Suz

A Little Girl's Dream.

Elyse's First Girls' Camp-out!

I have to say that she sure looked like she enjoyed herself. She came home and told us all about it. Even about the VERY poisonous spider that she found OUTSIDE the tent. A

Daddy-longlegs!!

She told me over the phone one time that "I can ride my bike with no training wheels!!!"

What an accomplishment in life! Wheew!! Got that over with!!!

Daddy and Elyse.

She also came home telling me we "NEED a Jetskii". How she almost drowned one time but, she still had fun! =)

Making biscuits.

Wish I could of been there. But seeing that I am only about 7 weeks away from having a little baby we decided that I would stay home with our boys.

I was sad to miss one her firsts.

Anniversary Day!

Eric and I had a really nice evening to ourselves on Thursday the 14th. while Clint and Da'nette watched our four children. We ate at Saltgrass and split a Rib Eye Dinner. YUM!!! Afterwards we walked around University Drive and went and got some cute ideas from PotteryBarn (that you can easily make.) Also Eric wanted to see the "New Stuff" at the Apple Store. Technology is so over my head now it is incredible! In the end we ended at Barnes and Nobles and split a Carmel Frapp at the Fivebucks there. I would venture to say that we didn't do just a whole lot but, it was so NIIIIIICCCCEE. MMMMM!!!!!! (sigh)

Just wanted to share with you some pictures of 14 years ago.

October 13, 1996!

I have tasted that the Lord is good and, I have been blessed.

A little Poem

Lately I have been reading out of my Heart Throbs book of poems. This is one of my favorites. Everything stayed the same except the last line. Here it goes... This is for Mothers.

Suz

Mother's Boys

Yes, I know there are stains on my carpet,

The traces of small muddy boots;

And I see your fair tapestry glowing,

All spotless with flowers and fruits.

And I know that my walls are disfigured

with prints of small fingers and hands;

and that your own household most truly

in immaculate purity stands.

And I know that my parlor is littered

with many odd treasures and toys,

While your own is in daintiest order,

unharmed by the presence of boys.

And I know that my room is invaded

Quite boldly all hours of the day;

While you sit in yours unmolested

And dream the soft quiet away.

Yes, I know there are four little bedsides

Where I must stand watchful each night,

While you may go out in your carriage,

and flash in your dresses so bright.

Now, I think I'm a neat little woman;

and I like my house orderly, too.

And I'm fond of all dainty belongings,

Yet I would not change places with you.

No! Keep your fair home with it's order,

Its freedom from bother and noise;

And keep your own fanciful leisure,

But give me my (girl) and my three splendid boys.