Welcome, Little One!

Ruth Michelle was born this morning at 1:31 a.m. She weighs 8 pounds, 11 ounces and is 20.5 inches long. She has a little dark hair and Daddy's nose! We are so excited to have her in our family. Praise God for yet another blessing from above.

First bath:


Looking girly:


First portrait:

Latest Sewing Projects

My two latest sewing projects...a Bible cover for Sarah's new Bible and a jean skirt for Rachel (made out of Benjamin's jeans that had holes in the knees):

Come, Sweet Baby!

Here's baby and me at 40 weeks (and 2 days)! The day that we will hold this little one in our arms is just around the corner and we are EXCITED!

From the Past...

Recently the kids found this picture of Garth and me. We were engaged to be married and only had a couple more months before we graduated from college with our bachelor degrees! I was in the middle of student teaching my 1st grade class at the time. It's hard to believe that this was over 9 years ago...where has time gone?!?! And where has my blonde hair gone?!?!? Seems it's gotten darker with each pregnancy.

38 Weeks...And Time to Guess!

My skinny friend, Cindee, and me are both due on April 18th. Here we are at 38 weeks!


Okay, it's time for everyone who's interested to enter your guesses about this baby! Here are our guesses:

Garth: birthday - 4/11
hair color - dark
eyes - green
skin tone - dark
8 1/2 pounds, 21" long

Becky: birthday - 4/16
hair color - bald
eyes - blue
skin tone - dark
9 pounds, 21 1/2" long

Sarah: birthday - 4/12
gender - boy
hair color - light brown
eyes - green
skin tone - light
8 pounds, 22" long

Benjamin: birthday - 4/17
gender - boy
hair color - blonde
eyes - brown
skin tone - light
7 1/2 pounds, 20" long

Easter Pics 2010

These tulips were picked from our yard!


What a handsome dude!


Pretty girl!


Another pretty girl!

NKJV Greatest Stories of the Bible

This book review was done for Book Sneeze, the book review division of Thomas Nelson Book Publishing. I was not compensated for this review, but did receive a free copy of the book.



This hardback, collectible edition is a great family resource to have on hand. It is not a version of the Bible, but rather is a unique compilation of 250 best-known Bible stories. These stories are in fact excerpts of the Bible taken from the New King James Version. Each story gives the chapter of the Bible from which it was taken. The stories are in order from Genesis to Revelation and the book also includes a great table of contents at the beginning for easy reference.

I enjoyed reading through this book and found the easy format very conducive to reading a lot or a little at a time. It would be ideal for personal enjoyment, family devotions, or reading aloud to your children. The index at the back of the book makes it easy to find a story about a certain Bible character (i.e., Joshua or Moses) or a certain event (i.e., battle of Jericho or plagues).

The Girl We Call Munch

From the time she was only a few weeks old, she has earned her nickname "Munch" many times. She has her daddy's sense of humor and loves to make people laugh. To her, as long as she has her brother's approval, that is all that is needed (no matter what the consequences from her mom or dad may be). She truly is a delight to our hearts...though we seem to be right in the midst of the "terrible twos" right now.








In these pictures she decided to use the diaper rash cream to treat her baby's doll bottom. And to clean it up, she had to use half a package of wipes. In the five minutes it's taken me to right this blog post, she has "cleaned" the dining room table with the dishcloth and is now currently working on scrubbing the inside and outside of the sliding glass door with the same rag. Life's never dull around here, for sure!

A Princess Tea Party

For Sarah's 8th birthday party, we celebrated with a princess tea party at a local tea house. Everyone chose an entree and a beverage (which was served in their own individual tea pot!).


A talented lady in our church made Sarah's cupcakes. They were chocolate with raspberry filling. So pretty and delicious!!




The little princesses enjoyed their "tea" and sipped it like ladies!


Sarah loved spending this special time with her friends.





Happy birthday, Sarah!

35 Weeks!

Hard to believe...we're at 35 1/2 weeks. Baby is growing well and all 5 of us enjoy feeling the baby's kicks and hiccups each day. Not much longer and we'll be meeting this little one and holding him/her in our arms!



Mom came down one day last week and helped me finish up some sewing for the baby. She made a cover for my boppy and hemmed 6 receiving blankets. I'm finally feeling prepared!