Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall............

Well, Koby had to be Humpty Dumpty for a nursery rhyme parade at school. We asked him why he couldn't have picked something like Jack and Jill or Jack be nimble. Anyway, we figured it out at 9:00 the night before of course. Troy used an exercise ball stuffed with pillows for the fluffiness. He ended up looking like the kid from Willy Wonka, but he was the best dressed Humpty Dumpty in the class.

Happy 3rd Birthday Maci and Roll Tide!!!

Maci turned three and Gran and Papa and DeeDee and Captain came to help us celebrate. DeeDee made Maci a Hello Kitty birthday cake which was awesome. Most of the above pics are of the party - Maci got everything imaginable that was Hello Kitty. There are a couple pics of Maci's new temporary "big girl" bed. Since then, we have actually gotten her a bed, but no bedding yet - still working on that one. I figured it was time to finally take her out of the crib even though she still was fine in it. Plus, baby Reagan (Sherri's bambino to be), is going to use the crib.

There is one pic of Gran looking at a book with Koby - there is a funny story behind that. Koby came home from school one day all excited saying, "Daddy,Daddy, they took us all into the room where we usually eat and told us about this big Mega Party and all the games we could play and how much fun it will be." Troy is trying to figure out what he's talking about. Then Koby says, "If we get a certain level then Mega Man comes to the Mega Party." Then the light bulb came on and Troy said, "Koby, do you have to sell anything?" He said, "I don't know Dad, but the Mega Party is REAL!!!" Troy said his eyes were huge. So anyway, with all that said, we've been introduced to our first fundraiser. He has to sell 10 items to make it to the MEGA PARTY, so Gran and DeeDee gave him a good start.

Down below, Roll Tide!!!

School Days

Kole and Maci's first day of mother's day out

Koby's first day of "big school". They have to wear uniforms which isn't actually that bad, especially for me getting him ready.

I haven't blogged in a while but we have been very busy. The kids are all doing good at school - Koby has gotten a 5 in conduct every day so far - which is the best that you can get. He is also doing calculus and writing research papers but I don't want to brag too much - DeeDee has always said he was a genius. Anyway, here are a few more pics of the kids around the house. The fam is coming up this weekend to celebrate Maci's 3rd birthday - she is excited. The other big news around here is that the "passy fairy" came to visit Maci on her birthday and took her passy away but left some hello kitty trinkets in return. That's it for now!

A little R & R for the Nicholson Zoo

We decided to go camping for our vacation this year. We had a blast and the kids loved it - Koby didn't want to leave. He rode the tube for the first time, and of course Kole - our little daredevil rode it with Troy as well. I kneeboarded for the first time in about five years and realized that I am a lot more out of shape than I ever imagined. Of course, it was very hot considering it IS July and everything. We had the campsite reserved until Thursday, but decided Tuesday night that we probably should go home to the air conditioner considering we had downed 60 (no exaggeration) 20 oz bottles of water and didn't have enough food left. So maybe next time we will go in May or September, but we really did enjoy ourselves and just time to get away from it all.

Whew!!!!!!!!

Well, after two and a half weeks of being out of town, we are FINALLY home. We had a great time and here are lots of pictures to show what we did. We went to the Parker's house on the lake, celebrated fourth of July at Papa and Gran's with the other Nicholson Zoo, Koby took his first airplane ride to NC with Troy and I where we got to see friends we haven't seen in five years since we left and now we are home.

Our Journey Since April of 2007

After 8 hours of filming, and 50 attempts, we finally managed to condense the last 14 months into a 10 minute video. Thanks for all the encouraging emails and phone calls about our "transition". Below you will find the very abbreviated story of what God has placed on our hearts. We love you!!! Thanks for your prayers!!!

Lots of pictures from the last two months

We took the kids on their first putt-putt trip which went rather well - Koby even got a hole in one! The church had a picnic at a park with a man-made beach. The pic of Koby and the little girl at the table is at her birthday party. Her name is Reece-Mallory and we always joke with him about her being his girlfriend. Then the last few are of DeeDee and Captain coming up on Memorial Day weekend.
These are of our trip home in April, random pics of the kids I took with my phone and if you'll notice the pic on the third row of the scribbles, that was when Maci got hold of a big sharpie while Troy and I were napping and wrote on our bedroom carpet. Yeah, that still hasn't come off yet.
This was Koby's baseball game/taking mom and dad to the Big Bridge. Okay, you are officially updated.