Oh Ezra

I thought I would write down some funny things Ezra has been saying lately.

The other day:  Ezra was outside with Emersyn playing baseball. He was pretending to hit the ball and then let his bat fly through the air. I came to the door and said "Ezra, be careful. That almost hit your sister." E: "But mom, that's what that other baseball player did". (talking about a baseball player he had seen that swung so hard his bat went into the stands) M: "Yes, but he did it on accident because he sung the bat so hard. You are doing it on purpose." E: "But mom, my bat went over Emersyn's head and didn't hit her. So, I am not in trouble."

Last night: Ezra wrote on the couch with a green crayon! He has never done this before and knows good and well we write on paper ONLY at the table. I came out of his room, from putting new sheets on his bed, to find this. E: "Mom, look! I wrote my name."  M: "Oh good. Let me see". (ezra points to the couch) M: " Ezra, why did you write on the couch." E: "Because I wanted to write my name and couldn't find a piece of paper." M: "Ezra, where do we color??" E: "On paper at the table." M: "Then why did you color on the couch?" E: " Mom, I told you. I wanted to write my name and couldn't find a piece of paper!"

Gosh... I will have to come back to this post. There were so many in my head this morning, and as the day goes on, and packing gets going I am blanking. He is getting to be so witty and funny and so SMART! I look at him sometimes and think. "you are only 3, right?!"

Fall Party/Halloween Weekend

Well, to start off, Brent left for New Mexico Thursday for his annual mule deer hunting trip! He went with two of his uncles. They are not coming back until TUESDAY NIGHT!! So, I am embracing the role of 'single mom' until then. So far, we have been good.

Friday, Ezra's school had their Fall parade and class party. It was so much fun. They got to wear their costumes and walk around the upstairs of the church, with their class, and trick or treat while the parents passed out candy. Later in the day, they had their class party. The parents take turns to plan the class parties. I was in charge of the Fall party this time. We brought lunch for the kids, decorated pumpkin cookies, carved a pumpkin and played a sensory/feel game. It was a hit! It was fun to experience Ezra in his class and with his friends. I LOVE his teacher, Ms. Nancy! She is the sweetest lady. Ezra loves her too!

Saturday morning, we went to our friends apartment complex to help them with the Halloween Brunch they threw for the residents. They are a part of the Cares Ministry through our church that serves the residents of an apartment complex. They throw brunches and gatherings and make themselves available to the residents. It is always a neat thing to experience the blessing they are to the residents they serve. They had about 80 or so people show up to this brunch so we were busy making pancakes and eggs! That afternoon, my grandma came to visit and have lunch. I got to show her our hopeful new house. 

Sunday, Halloween, we went to church and had a relaxing day of playing outside. We had planned to go trick or treating and have a great night. However, things don't always turn out that way. Emersyn started getting fussy and pulling her right ear, AGAIN! She also had a slight fever. So, we headed to Sonic, got 50 cent corn dogs and came back home. I gave Emersyn tylenol and numbing drops for her ear and put her to bed. Ezra was playing outside and started laying down on the driveway saying, "I'm tired". So, I figured we could put on his Buzz Pj's and pass out candy. While we were waiting, he was very much ready to go to bed. So, by 7:15 both kids were in bed and asleep!! We didn't even make it till the trick or treaters came!! I felt bad for them, but then was thankful that we had Friday at Ezra's school. He at least got to wear his Knight costume twice. Emersyn, well, she didn't wear hers at all!! I tried to get her to wear it and she ran away saying, "NO, NO". Maybe next year! Probably the best for us anyway, with Brent gone and all.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Ezra trick or treating with his class while Emersyn passed out candy

My little Knight

Some of his cute classmates 

Ms. Nancy and the BUSY BEES

Carving the pumpkin

My little Pumpkin (closest thing to a costume)

Listening to a pumpkin story while carving the pumpkin

Decorating pumpkin cookies! Yes, Emersyn did one too!

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Updating

It has been a while since I have blogged. I am better about blogging when I have pictures to add to the blog. I probably have recent pictures but our life has been a little CRAZY recently.

1. We put our house on the market a little over a week ago. We had been talking about it off and on, but then finally decided to go for it. A week later, we had our house decluttered and depersonalized, pictures taken and for sale sign in the yard. Oh it was fast and crazy. Well, 8 days of being on the market, we have an offer! Very exciting, huge blessing, but so fast and crazy. We signed the contract today, have an inspection of our house tomorrow and go from there. It has mostly been a smooth process, with just a few "difficulties" here and there. We are just trusting God completely and trying to walk in HIS will with the whole process. On a fun note, we found a house we LOVE and want to put an offer on. If all goes well with our house, we will put in the offer next week and go from there. I will try and be good about updating.

2. My pregnancy is going GREAT! Sometimes I forget I am pregnant, then I bump my belly into something and it all comes back! Ha!! This little one is a shaker and a mover already. Should fit in great with Ezra and Emersyn and be a perfect 3rd child. We are very excited! It is even more fun not knowing if it is a little boy or girl Eilers growing in my belly, and even more fun to get everyone's opinion. I am looking forward to the day the Doctor says "it's a .....!". Ezra says we are having a boy (probably because he is a boy and his sister is good at throwing good fits for no reason) and Emersyn doesn't really care. Everyone is excited and Ezra keeps saying "I am going to be the best BIG BROTHER". I believe it!
So, I guess that really is about it. In my mind it just seems like so much more because I live it. We have been great and feel truly blessed.

Random pictures

My sister has been asking for a belly picture. I recently just "popped" out to where you can tell it's a pregnant belly and not some extra goodness. Ezra actually took these pictures for me. I think he did a great job! The other three are pics of Emersyn and her cute pony tail, that lasted about 30 minutes (she was in a mood ;) and my sweet boy Ezra before they went to school and MDO.

18wks

you can kinda see the belly better

Such cuteness eating her muffin

isn't she all grown up with that hair!?!

How handsome is he!?!

OH I COULD JUST EAT THEM UP!! I LOVE 'EM!!

Beth Moore and Chicago!

This past weekend, Me and two other girls headed for CHICAGO! We left very early Thursday morning and arrived in Chi-Town by 9am! Pretty sweet deal. We had all day Thursday and Friday in Chicago to explore. Thursday consisted of EATING OUR WAY thru Chicago! We dropped our bags off at our hotel and headed for Gino's East, to try out the pizza. Now, after waiting 45 MINUTES for the pizza to cook, we were very ready to dig in! The pizza at Gino's was okay, not that great.  We were somewhat disappointed. That definitely did not stop us from digging in to find more good food.

In front of Sprinkles

We headed to SPRINKLES for dessert. Sprinkles is a famous cupcake joint that started in Beverley Hills and now has expanded to a few different places. Dallas, TX has a SPRINKLES spot, but I had never been. The cupcakes were OH.SO.DELICIOUS!! We got an assortment of 6 to all taste and share. We did do a little shopping on Magnificent Mile (our hotel was only on block behind the mile) and ended the night with a light dinner at Cheese Cake Factory. We were all soo tired from the flight and travel. No lie, we were in bed, lights out, ASLEEP by 830!!

Looking good on the Segway!

Allison, me and Jennifer in front of Buckingham Fountain (married with children fountain)

We are so cool

Night of the Museum Museum (Field Museum)

The Bean

Friday started off with a nice breakfast at Corner Bakery. We then headed to Millennium Park for our next adventure. We booked ourselves on a Segway Tour. It was probably one of the best things I have done! Super fun, and a great way to see the city! We were such pros at driving the segways that we even stopped, got ice cream, and ate the ice cream while driving. I recommend doing a Segway Tour wherever you go visit!! After the tour we were ready to eat again. We went to a local Chicago Dog joint, that was suggested to us by a local. It did not disapoint! SO GOOD!

Standing in plexiglass 103 floors up!

Me in the plexiglass box

With full tummies, we headed to the Willis Tower (formally known as the Sears Tower) to see Chicago from 103 floors up. This was a pretty neat experience and way to see all of Chicago. We finished the day with more shopping and food!

First in line to see Beth!!

Our seats were 4 rows back from the stage in the Mosh Pit!

Travis Cottrell and the worship team

Beth Moore with the Cowboy Stadium behind her because that is the total amount of people that viewed her live simulcast

Isn't she so cute!

Saturday morning was another very early morning. We were ready, dressed and in a cab by 5:30AM! We were headed to Rosemont Theater to see BETH MOORE LIVE!! If you are not familiar with Beth Moore, she is an amazing Women's Bible Study leader and speaker. I have done a couple of her bible studies. God has truly blessed her with talent! She has such a love and passion for God and Women. We spent all of Saturday in God's presence working through the Praise and Worship team and Beth. I was in tears during most of the Worship, completely being filled with the Holy Spirit! Such an amazing experience!
It was one of the best trips I have been on. I went with some of my closet girl friends and was just truly blessed and thankful!

Pre-school and MDO

Finally! Here are pictures of Ezra and Emersyn on their first day of school! Ezra is going to Oak Hills Church Pre-school 3 days a week. I was a little hesitant at first to put him in 3 days, but the LORD knows what he was doing when he put Ezra in this class. He absolutely LOVES IT!! I can't imagine him only going two days. He is so excited when he gets there and super happy when you pick him up. He tells you all about his day and wants to know when he can go again. He is definitely at the age where he needs this and really WANTS to do it. Ms. Nancy, his teacher is so sweet and perfect for him and his first time. I feel truly blessed to be a part of this program at our church and am thankful everyday!

Ezra and his busy bee tote

Finding his name on the bee hive (he can do it all by himself!)

Emersyn started MDO at the WEE School two days a week. She cries a little when you drop her off, but the rest of her day is filled with fun, friends and learning. When I pick her up at 12 she is so excited to see me, but you can tell she is happy and had a great day. She is usually OUT and asleep when we are only a block or two away from her school. So, you know she had a good, busy day!

Not so sure if she should go in!

Emersyn and her teacher Ms. Susie

some friends in her class

I am extremely happy with these two programs and enjoy being a work again for the little time I go. However, it is a BUSY BUSY, CRAZY schedule that we are going to have to get used to. Especially being pregnant through this. I know we will adjust and LOVE it! It is definitely going to make this pregnancy go SUPER FAST, and I am not sure if I am ready for that yet. But, God is good!

Labor Day Weekend

Ezra, Sydney and Hailey eating ice cream

We had such a GREAT labor day weekend! We were very blessed to have the Garrison's invite us to their lake house in Horseshoe Bay. So, we packed up the car and headed to Marble Falls around lunch time on Saturday. It was such a great trip. We went last year with them, too, but it wasn't that great of a trip because the kids were little (the Garrison's have twin girls and a new baby girl, ella) and Emersyn was a baby. So, we felt like the whole time we had to go do stuff to entertain them. They were too little to really enjoy the boat and swim. And, at the end of the trip, everyone ended up getting the stomach bug and throwing up. So, needless to say, I wasn't sure if I was looking forward to this year's trip or not. Well, we had a blast! The kids got along so well. We stayed at the lake house the whole time, even cooking all of our meals there. It was great. Saturday we just unpacked the car, blew up the swimming pool and prepared for dinner. The kids spent most of Saturday fishing off the dock  with Brent and Rob, and even caught a good amount of perch, a good size bass and catfish! Ezra was able to cast and reel his pole in, and wasn't scared when there was a fish on the end of his pole (last year, he was!). The twins are experts when it comes to "handling" the fish, literally! They would name their perch, hold on to them so tight, and pretend play with them until the poor perch went to perch heaven! It was pretty cute to watch. Saturday night we took the boat out to drive around and watch the sun set. Sunday morning, the boys got up early and went fishing for the morning. When they got back, we all ate lunch and the boys helped the little ones fish off the dock again while Brent took Ezra out on the Jet ski and kayak. When Emersyn and Ella woke up from their naps, we loaded up the boat and headed out on the lake. We stopped at the Marina store to get ice cream then headed for the sandbar. We parked the boat in the water and went for a swim. All the kids loved this! Emersyn even was very excited about this. She didn't want me to hold on to her, but let me compromise with her, but holding her under her armpits. She wanted to splash and swim like the big kids! After we were done swimming, we got the tube ready for some good times. Brent and Ezra were the first ones to go on the tube. Ezra wasn't really sure if he wanted to do it, but he did it a little bit, then wanted back on the boat. The girls and Lisa then loaded up on the tube and did a great job! They even hit some good waves! We headed back in to start getting dinner ready, and I am sure more fishing off the dock was done! That night all the kids were in bed, asleep, by 8! It was great evening of talking and watching TV for the adults. Monday morning, the boys got up early AGAIN and went fishing, but this time with a guide. They were gone until lunch again. They caught a good amount of fish. Brent caught a good size bass. While they were gone, Lisa and I were getting everything ready to pack up and washing towels and sheets. When the guys got back, we were able to eat lunch then load up the boat one more time for an ice cream stop and a swim. While we were out this time, we got rained on. So, we decided to head back home and finish packing up. It was a great, great weekend!
Thank you Garrison's!!

Hailey's fish

Rob's fish

Comparing sizes!

on the kayak

Emersyn's first time on a boat

Ezra LOVED it

Lisa, Ella (on lap) Sydney, Hailey

Sydney fell asleep

Best buds

you can't see, but ezra just caught a fish on his pole

going on the jet ski

emersyn took a lap too, but didn't like it

the catfish ezra and brent caught

Emersyn lovin her ice cream!!

Ezra and Brent tubing!