Brrr.. It's cold

Man has it been cold.. Our furnace has been on the blitz lately.. We have it running all day long and as soon as we go to bed.. It shuts off! So when we get up it is around 54 degrees in the house..Brrrr... We finally get it going in the morning.. So this is how we have the baby dressed to keep him warm.. Layers.. and then more layers.. Joshua now thinks that when you go to bed, you have to put on two pairs of pants.. Well, we are praising God it ran all night last night! We are also thankful for space heaters and warm clothes. Ryan thinks that it is the thermocouple.. What ever that is.. He is going to fix it this weekend!

Proverbs 17:3 "The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts."

Moving up...OR.. should I say down?

It is time.. Josiah has started to pull himself up to the sides of his crib.. To avoid injury, we are moving the crib mattress down... Ryan and Jaden had this done in no time at all. Josiah has nor real interest in crawling.. He could if he wanted to.. he leans over... gets on his knees.. sits back up.. sometimes he falls onto his belly.. a few moments of this and he starts to cry, pick me up.. I do not want to learn how to crawl.. What can you do.. When he wants to go, I am sure he will!

Proverbs 3:23 "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble."

R.I.P.

Our pet rat Templeton died yesterday afternoon.

He has been very sick the last couple of weeks.

Jaden is getting ready to go out back and bury him. He lived with us for almost 3 years. He was given to us by my dad. He had bought him to feed to his pet snakes, but the rat put up a good fight and the snakes would not eat him.. So my dad called us up one day and said do you want this rat? Either you take it or I am going to flush it down the toilet.. Well, needless to say we took him.

Genesis 2:19 "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

They SHARE it all!!

Joshua and Josiah share it all. As you can see they are sharing the Binky here.. Yes, you are seeing correctly Joshua has 2 in his mouth.. Josiah does not like Binky's at all and as soon as I was done taking this picture he spit it out.. Joshua on the other hand thought this was fun for a minute or two! When I said above that "THEY SHARE IT ALL" I meant it.. They both have strep throat again.. Poor babies! They are always sick with something.. it seems like anyways.

James 5:15 "And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."

Back to WORK!

Well after a long and well needed break.. it is back to work.. Well school work that is! It was a rough start today, but now that I have gotten started it is alright. Schedules are great... they keep things moving! We had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Our family has made a very big New Years resolution... Once we get all the kinks worked out we will share it with all of you! Hope your return to normal is a good one!

Psalms 90:17 "And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it."

Happy Anniversary!

I praise God for a man like my Ryan. He is so good to me. I love him more today than the day I married him. I love you Mr. Hansen and I am so glad that God gave me to you!

Song of Solomon 1:15 "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes."