Summer Days

Well today is June 30th. Where has June gone, I would really like to be able to answer that question, but I can't. We have had some great weather the past month, just beautiful :) We have been spending a lot of it outside. Lincoln spends his time riding on his scooter, his police car, or four wheeler (which he is too big for--crazy) out on the drive as well as on the "kidney bean."

We have also spent a great deal of our time out in his pool. He has become a big fan of the water, which I think he has always been--just a little braver every year. Our great friend Christy and her three boys Timmy, Ryan, and Braeden have invited us to swim in a big pool the past three Tuesdays and we absolutely have a blast (thanks to Al and Angie).

The past few days he has had a fascination with my camera, so I showed him how to point and shoot. He really does a great job. Anyway here are a couple of pictures that we took together this morning. ( The first one is at the beginning of this post.)


He is just too much fun. I love you Lincoln Thaddeus. I am so blessed to have your Daddy and you in my life--God is truly awesome.

Fruit Salad

Whew, what a fun week spending time with my two wonderful guys. Brock has been working his butt off this week getting things ready for Easter Sunday and working on some creative work for Steve and Jen. He is so great at what he does!!! Lincoln has been busy as well, always on the go and always with a wonderful smile on his face. I will have to take a picture one morning of his smile that he wakes up with--it just brightens my day.

This is a picture from this week. We had some very nice weather on Monday of this last week-- I believe it was in the 70s, or close to it. Anyway Jorja was here for the afternoon and Lincoln asked to play in the water table. So I kindly obliged, and any time we get the water table out we end up getting wet. They had a blast. As the week went on we ended up with lots of rain, so it was a good thing we got outside to play on this day.

We had a little different small group this week, we took time to allow the kids to do an Easter egg hunt. The kids had a really good time hunting for the eggs, it was a bit wet and muddy, but that doesn't bother them one bit. Before going out to look for eggs Lincoln found a treasure in the house, Joe's fire fighting gear. Lincoln was so excited.

Our Wonderful 3 Year Old

It has been since July, wow. Every time I think I might sit down and blog, I lose focus and end up doing something else like play with Lincoln, clean the house, work on my Mary Kay business (which I am not doing any more by the by), dig into God's word, or who knows the list goes on and on.

The new joy that came into our lives is now 3 years old, Lincoln Thaddeus Pickett we love you so much. Lincoln has been playing his little heart out every day since we last blogged. God has blessed me with being able to stay home with him since last April, wow it has been a year almost.
Lincoln and Abbey

Every day is different, never a dull moment. Lincoln just soaks everything in as he plays, as we sit down to read, sit down to do flash cards, paint, work on puzzles, do imaginary play, plus so much more. His imagination never ceases to amaze me :)

Brock and I worked on potty training Lincoln back in the Summer, but he just wasn't interested at that time. Well Brock and I decided that our goal was to have him potty trained by time he was 3 and we succeeded--with the help of a smart little boy. At the end of October we were shopping for diapers and bought a larger box of them, and at the same time we bought Lincoln some big boy underwear. Needless to say the next day he wanted to open the package and got very excited to go potty. It took us maybe a week to two weeks to get him fully potty trained, we were very excited. So then we had a full package of diapers, only have using maybe two of them, but I would rather it be that way.

The past 9 months have been pretty eventful. Going to the fairs :), potty training, Lincoln gaining a new friend-- a little girl I watched for about 6 months (Eaden), spending more time with our our little friend Jorja, spending the holidays with family and friends, meeting Lincoln's new cousin (Ava) right before Christmas :),celebrating Lincoln's third birthday in January, going to see Toy Story 3 on Ice, and so much more. I really wish I had recorded every day of his life--but instead we are just enjoying the ride.


So I know this blog entry is pretty spread out and not at all in order, but there you have it. To sum it up God is Good and He always will be!