"Oh dosh"

 Several reasons why I love the above picture: 

1) It reminds me of God's faithfulness. Our boys and all their grandparents, on our couch on a Friday afternoon, unplanned. How many other Moms get this in their normal everyday? The Ansetts offered to take Charles to Uncle Easy's basketball tournament (with a pitstop at the Harley Davidson store to boot). Meanwhile, the Dowers stopped by to change for a company party in Spokane. 

2) It reminds me of God's faithfulness. This particular Friday followed a particularly discouraging Thursday. Discouraging in an everyday kind of way: me battling lots of impatience with Charles, me dreading errands the next day, and overall a long day without Daddy. God completely changed the foreboding cloud into showers of blessing: grandparents to make Charles' day and make my Winco trip that much easier, and then filling our home with 4 of our favorite people unexpectedly.

3) It reminds me of God's faithfulness. Look at who our boys get to grow up with! Look at these 2 marriages! Look at this godly heritage!

Charles saw this picture (below) and said: "Oh dosh."

Believe it or not, something has entered Charles' life that has the potential to compete with motorcycles: Basketball. And it wouldn't be basketball without the shorts.

 Gotta love the forearms.

 Okay, here is a selection from this morning's photoshoot. What cracks me up is the "behind the scenes" truth behind this photoshoot. Yes, it pretty much was the only "accomplishment" of the morning. Yes, I'm delighted you can't see my hair or my outfit during this photoshoot. Yes, Brock is a lot more topsy turvy than these pictures illustrate. Yes, Charles got cold and we came in and made hot chocolate. Yes, I can't wait to hang some of these in a new picture frame!