Awesomest

Ezra: Larry is the awesomest

Gage: I know who is the awesomest, God.

Ezra: I meant on VeggieTales. Larry is the awesomest on VeggieTales.

Gage: Oh, okay.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome.

The Simple Things

sometimes it's simple to satisy

a bowl and excess cupcake batter

pj's, lightening mcqueen sleeping bag, batman pillowcase, paper crown
"Mommy, I feel like a real king!"

several moments later...discarded and off searching for a new adventure

Not Officially Here...Yet

I know spring isn't officially here, but the signs sure are around. The weeds...

When I saw these last week, I got a little angry. It was a gorgeous day and what do I notice? Weeds. These are just the beginning. I wondered why the weeds have to come out first? Doesn't God want us to see beauty? And, I also thought, Satan ruins everything. Sin ruins everything.


But then I saw this:
And I was reminded of God's goodness, love and care...over even the small things. We didn't even know we had bulbs. I've never even been a fan of bulbs. I am now.

Two days later, the bud looked like this:

It's randomly placed in our landscaping that we put in last fall. I'm sure it was displaced during our digging. But it's nice to see some color.

And, I am excited to say, I now have a garden spot. My hubby tilled up a big spot for me. It's probably 3 - 4 times bigger than my old garden. I didn't get to have one last year, so this is quite exciting for me.

Lots of grass and leaves

Working hard

Jobe just hung out and watched daddy work. This mound of rocks came from under the house when they dug the basement. We hope to use them to make a fire pit...someday.

Just a cute pic of my baby. The injury on his head is courtesy of his cousin and a battery.

So, spring is nearly here along with the weeds, the flowers and the garden. I'll thank God for the flowers and the garden. Still don't like the weeds.

Out with the Old, In with the New

The spring soccer season is about to begin and Saturday found us in Wichita shopping for the "perfect" new cleats. Perfect means two different things to parents and kids. Perfect for us means $20 or under. Perfect for the kids means cool (and, for Brookelynn, not pink). Believe it or not, we managed to satisfy everyone.

Jake's old cleats

Brookelynn's old cleats...yes, they were pink

Jake's new cleats. Which, by the way,

are a half size bigger than Brookelynn's.

Brookelynn's new cleats...not pink, but Butler Community College purple.

Daddy is so proud.

Jake's new shinguards. His others were used and he never liked them.

Found these on clearance!

Brookelynn's old shinguards. Not getting new until we have to.

After each game she and Ryan etch her goals and assists into them.

Goals on the left, assists on the right.

On a side note, today is my parents' 37th anniversary! Love you Mom and Dad! Thanks for giving Ryan and me a great example.

This Is a Take-Over

I (Gina) am taking over our blog. It won't be nearly as creative or well-written, but it might get updated a bit more frequently than once a year. I'll use this first post to recap the past year.

'08 began with getting our house ready to sell. This involved a remodeled master bath, sheetrocking in the basement, painting, a storage shed and lots of cleaning. Once our house was on the market, it sold within nearly a month. Amazing. And, so, at the end of May we found ourselves moving to our new (to us) house--a whole 1/2 mile away.

We love our new place. Lots of room inside and out. With a creek at the back of the property. The house had no basement, so in October we had one put in.

After the first day. A torn up yard and a hole in our foundation.

living on stilts

the "finished" product

We have everything framed (including a master bath and walk-in closet upstairs), an unfinished staircase, electricity and heating and cooling. Now we just need more money to complete it. Brookelynn especially is looking forward to that as she is currently sharing a room with all 3 brothers. She and Jake will each have their own room downstairs.

Brookelynn continues to love soccer. In October during a game we experienced a first...

a broken wrist.

Jake is playing soccer too. He has also discovered a love of sports stats--especially NFL, college basketball and NASCAR.

His glasses are perpetually crooked.

Ezra continues to be our passionate one. He loves to be included with his older siblings but plays so well with his little brother.

it's fun to pretend to be someone else

Jobe is getting close to 2 already and just wants to keep up with everyone else in the family. He is our independent one.

fuzzy, but cute

So, that, not so briefly, sums up our past year. And, hopefully, I'll get the next post up before another year goes by.

Christmas Slide Show

Here's a quick slide show taste of what christmas is like in the entz household.

Click here

Merry Christmas

From us to you.