This picture is of Ian playing in a field at the park. Jeff and I are running in the Fort Worth Zoo Run 5k on Saturday and we have not had a lot of time to train (like we have run 2-3 times total!) I hurt my knee on Tuesday running 3 miles (just to make sure I could do...

This picture was taken at the very end of youth tonight. We are doing a few weeks of watching Rob Bell's Nooma videos and then having small group discussions. I LOVE it. This picture came from an amazing moment that happened AFTER youth was dismissed. We ran a little...

Today was a super busy day. Hazel had a LONG overdue appointment with the chiropractor this morning and then we stopped by Home Depot on the way home (yes, I'm crazy for taking two babies into Home Depot by myself) I got some Petunias and the extra wood for my herb/flower...

Today was a beautiful Monday! I decided it should be spent outside mostly! We should admire all the gardening and yard work we did this weekend so I moved Ian's table outside and he ate lunch on the back patio. He thought it was really cool to eat outside. It was a little...

This picture represents the story of our Sunday! Hazel was a little stinker today and wore us out with her crying. I think she is over tired. She doesn't nap very well. This picture is of Jeff and Hazel laying on our bed with the blow dryer going. This (and me taking...

Today we finally moved our raised garden to where we wanted it, put the landscaping paper in it, filled it with dirt and planted our plants! We had tons of fun planting our plants. We have a tomato plant, one red pepper and one green pepper plants, a squash plant and...

Today was a fun Friday! We walked down to the neighborhood park and Ian and I played for a while. Then while Ian was taking a nap I put together this exesaucer and let Hazel bounce around in it! I had to stuff blankets around her because she is too little (and she doesn't...

Today my dad came up to visit (he has a meeting up here tomorrow) and watch the kids while Jeff and I have a DATE NIGHT! Yes, a DATE NIGHT! We were so excited! We went out to the movies and saw The Hunger Games! It was so much fun to get out of the house just Jeff and...

Wednesdays are one of my favorite days of the week. Today was a pretty rough day at home with the babies. Hazel, again, is refusing to sleep at all during the day. Not only does this not give me a break, but she also gets VERY grumpy! This picture represents what I get...

So this week has been the week of sleep! Ian seems to be sleeping his life away while Hazel refuses to sleep at all during the day and is having trouble getting to sleep at night. I guess its a balance of the universe thing! This picture is of Hazel in her cradle during...

Pretty much all weekend we have been working on these raised garden beds with legs so that we can have a garden. We do not want to mess up the backyard and the grass (not that there is really any grass anyways) so we decided to build this on legs. We started building it...

HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY! Or, as it is most commonly known...EASTER! Today is my favorite holiday, but it has been a little different since we have started a family. I do have to admit that Hazel and Ian looked completely adorable in their Easter outfits. By the time we got...

Today was the day of our church Easter egg hunt, but we missed it because SOMEONE got out of bed too late and took too long (coughJEFFcough) Not that I'm bitter, but I was a little bummed. One of the girls gave Ian some eggs (which was SO sweet of her) and we hid eggs in...

Today is Good Friday AND the Texas Rangers Opening Day! After a really rough week my mom decided to come up today and help me out a little bit. She offered and I was not going to turn her down! We went out for lunch and then headed to Kohl's to look for Ian and myself something...

Today was a pretty rough day. Actually it has been a really rough week! Hazel cried almost ALL day and Ian has been on this SUPER hyped up thing all week. By the time Jeff got home I was completely done. We headed out to the Maundy Thursday dinner at church and Hazel was...

Today was spend with a good friend and her new little one Wesley! After a tough day yesterday, it was great to have a little bit of company and "grown up" talk! She brought us lunch and we talked about babies, seminary, youth ministry...you know, all the stuff normal moms-with-a-religion-degree...

Today was a little rough during the day. I think Hazel is going through a growth spurt and Ian is hitting is 2 year old phase. (Not the Terrible Two's just a new phase) Ian and I spent some time playing in his room. We were singing and playing musical instruments together....

I was trying to figure out what to use as a picture today because today was pretty uneventful. Which I guess is a good thing for a Monday! This is a picture of Hazel during tummy time today. I put some toys in front of her and she got so excited! She does look stunned in...

I cannot get over the beauty of these bluebonnets! These are in beautiful clumps all over our church property. So at church today I took some more pictures of them. Didn't get any of Ian or Hazel, but it was still fun! Today was church, lunch with friends and then a nap....

As much as I wish I could have been with the youth at Acquire the Fire again today, I needed to be home with the family. Hazel is just too little to be away from Mommy that long. We had a great day though! We went to the church for a picnic that the school hosted and then...

Today is a day that I have been looking forward to for a long time. Tonight I got to go to Acquire the Fire. It's a youth worship/spiritual retreat weekend. They had bands, worship, dramas, videos and speakers. It's a Friday night-Saturday thing. Tonight we had some amazing...

Today we cooked hamburgers and stuffed jalapenos on the grill. Its a lot more fun to grill now that it stays light outside longer. Ian is able to go out with Jeff and play while he is grilling. Jeff was having a really hard time starting the grill. So by the time the hamburgers...

This Bible verse was part of the youth message tonight. We have been talking about spiritual warfare and tonight it was very applicable! I, again, had my junior high youth tonight and they amazed me, yet again, with their depth and curiosity! I got to spend some quality...

Today I, again, took caution to the wind! I turned off Sesame Street and decided we were going for a walk! I put Hazel in the SINGLE stroller and made Ian walk with me (such a horrible mom, I know!) We walked down to the neighborhood playground down the street. It was lots...

Today I felt like throwing the stereotype of Monday being bad out the window! We decided to run some errands and do a little shopping. My best, and really only, purchase of the day was some new running shoes. I went to Ross hoping to find some running clothes. They didn't...