Family Pictures

A few weeks ago Sharifa got on the stick and got someone to take our family pictures. The last time we had family pictures was a year ago at Christmas time and Steve's dad took them for us. Now our family has grown a little and we thought that we should update our family pictures, so we decided to go with someone that we trust and not with the BIG commercial companies that sucker us into spending more than needed. Sharifa has a friend that takes some really great pictures and decided to see if she would be willing to do that for us. It turned out to be one heck of a day. Our photographer lives a little farther south than we do, so we had to meet in the middle. We started our session a little later 'cause of some family 'oops', the sun was a little higher in the sky and our little 2 year old did not want to be cooperative for very long. Though the day was rough we think these pictures turned out really great! (What do you think?)

THANKS LINSEY!!!
Ethan was done, but we were half way there!!!

"Daisy"

These booties used to belong to Sharifa's mother. Daisy was able to wear these on her blessing day and we decided to get some photos of her in them!

Our Mischievous little 2 1/2 year old!

So very precious!!

What a great life we have had together and we're excited for the next part of our journey together!!!!

Toy Story 3 Weekend

A few weeks ago we were able to take Ethan to go see Toy Story 3! He really enjoyed the movie and we decided to have some fun with the whole weekend. A few days before going to the movie Sharifa went and got Ethan this back-pack set. The back-pack came with sunglasses, a visor, and a really cool Frisbee. Later we were able to get a really cool Buzz Lightyear Slipping-slid that we thought Ethan would love to play with. the movie turned out to be a great movie that we all loved to see. Only problem is Ethan telling us he wants "Toy 3"! We try to tell him we have to wait for it to come to DVD. While we were out with Ethan, Daisy got to stay and get spoiled by her Phillips Grandparents. If you ever want to go to a good movie go to Toy Story 3 is was worth it to see! We hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed our weekendEthan in his new get-up!

Playing Frisbee with daddy!

Take a look at his cool new back pack! He wouldn't take that off for a while!

Photo opt!

Taking a tubby, look at our little Buzz Lightyear!

Enjoying the slipping-slide!

Ethan taking a ride with daddy!

Trying the slide by himself!

Getting a drink

Making sure the little pool was getting filled with water!

"Ahhh!" The water was nice and cool.

Watching dad go under the bridge!

Getting sprayed by Uncle Matt!

Getting the boys, Daddy and Uncle Matt, back for spraying him!

All done. Time to get cleaned up!

Daddy and Ethan posing for mama!

The 4th of July Weekend!!!!

We hope that you all had a great 4Th of July!!! We don't like it when the 4Th comes on a Sunday because then we don't get to go to parades, fireworks, and all the other fun things that come a long with it! We decided that it's not so bad because we get to celebrate the holiday all the weekend long!!! So on Saturday we went swimming at the pool and enjoyed getting cooled down. Sunday we all were dresses up in red, white, and blue so we would look patriotic on such a wonderful day! We are so blessed live in such a great country and have people that are willing to fight to keep it free! "THANK YOU!!" On Monday we went to a parade and enjoyed all the different floats there was to see. We also went to the park and enjoyed playing there for a little while. We weren't able to see the fireworks this year, but we will be seeing some soon enough! We hope you all enjoyed such a wonder holiday and remember to thank the good men and women who help to make our country so special and wonderful!!!!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

Our 4Th of July jello Flag. It was the first time sharifa has made this special treat!
Daisy ready for church on Sunday! What a bright star!!
Ethan waiting for the parade to begin! He sure enjoyed his slushy!

Mommy and Daisy waiting for the parade to start! What cute girls they are!

Steve and Ethan ending the day off with a great chase on the playground!

Daisy hangin out by the pool while the boys cool down!

Ethan enjoying the cold water and taking sometime to say "Cheese"!Daisy sitting around and enjoying the warm sun!Daddy and Ethan just coming out of the slide! What a blast!!

After jumping into the pool, mom had to get a picture so here are the boys cooling down from a hot summers day!!!!

Daddy's Day!!!-by Sharifa

So this post is going to be written by me, Sharifa! I just want all of you to know what a super great dad we have. He goes to work for about ten hours a day, comes home to work on homework for school, goes to school in the evenings, and always finds time to spend with both of his crazy kids! I just love him and think he is one of the world's greatest dads, Ethan and Daisy also think he is great! So for Father's day we decided to go all out and make sure he got everything that he wanted/needed. We also thought that he could use some breakfast-in-bed that morning since he works so hard every day out of bed! This year was great 'cause Ethan could help me out with making the breakfast! Here are some pictures of our very eventful day!!

WE LOVE YOU DADDY!!!! Ethan Getting the eggs ready to be cooked!
Ethan getting the sausages ready to be cooked!!
Ethan cooking the sausages in the microwave!

Ethan stirring the orange juice!

What a great little helper!!!

Ethan helping daddy open his first gift from Ethan!

Daddy got a new daddy shirt from Ethan!

Daddy and Ethan with Daddy wearing his new cool shirt!!

Ethan and Daisy helping Daddy open up his gift from Daisy!

Dad got Fast and Furious from Daisy, what a great daughter!!! She also got Daddy some Adias Move for men , I think she was giving him a little hint ;P!!

I got him a cool grill cover! Of course it was Dallas Cowboys

Daisy and Daddy enjoying a good game on TV!

Blessing, Bob, and Buzz weekend!!

This past weekend was full of fun and excitement! We were able to have Daisy's baby blessing on Sunday and were happy that so many Friends and family members were able to come. We saw a Sponge Bob puzzle and Ethan just loves Sponge Bob so we had to get it and he had a fun time putting together. Ethan made Steve play with him and the puzzle for hours on end. Next Ethan has such great Aunts and Uncles that think of him and give him great little gifts. He got a new Buzz Lightyear towel and just had to play like he was Buzz, he really loves it! Thank Aunt Sierra and Uncle Matt it will last for a very long time and we just love it, even if we haven't used it for swimming just yet! HA! HA! HA!Daisy in her blessing dress!
Family picture after church!

Daddy and Daisy!

Mommy and Daisy! Can you see her cute piggy tails? She looked so beautiful!!!

Ethan and dad working on the puzzle together!

The finished product!

Ethan pretending to be Buzz Lightyear!Ethan flying 'to infinity and beyond'!!!