Another Birthday

Last Sunday, September 24th, I celebrated my 29th birthday! I have one year left of my twenties! How crazy is that? I am actually looking forward to my 30's but for now I am going to try to make the best of what I have left of my twenties. Besides, I still have almost a full year of being able to tease Brian about being an old man! We spent the day with my parents and it was really nice! Thanks for the birthday call Net!




Me with my birthday cake that Lara made and Jensen helped decorate.



Wow look at all those candles!



Jensen enjoyed his piece of cake!



Grandpa and his boys

Brian's 30th Birthday!

Brian celebrated his 30th birthday on September 11th! He definately had a better day this birthday day then when he turned 25 ( due to the events 5 years ago that day). His mom threw him a big party at her house last weekend and it was lots of fun! we had a good turn out of friends and family! Lots of old man jokes ( which I get to do for another year) so that was fun!


I made his cake and we decorated it with an old man on top and a candle that said 30 ( 18 with 12 years experience) on it.














Jensen was having a great time pulling his cousins around in the wagon behind his John Deere bike. Here he is pulling Lane and Sara and Taylor are riding behind him.




I thought this picture was so sweet so I turned it black and white. Peyton fell asleep on Grandpa's shoulder.

Camping trip over Labor Day

Over Labor Day weekend we were able to take the boys camping at Higgins Lake. We have gone camping there every Labor Day weekend for about 8 years now. Brian's family all camps there together and it is a really good time. This year we were able to have Lara up there with us for a few days also!


Jensen and his second cousin Jewell playing with Weebles


Peyton playing


Peyton with his second cousin Nicolette on a wagon ride. Those were very popular!


Peyton and Daddy in Great Grandma's camper.


Peyton and Aunt Lara

Misc summer pics! Part two

Well,it wouldn't let me post them all at the same time so here is part two:


Our cute sweet pea

Jensen in his swimming gear. He was not so sure he liked the water at the beginning of the summer but by the end he was getting pretty brave.


I just think this picture is funny. This was taken the night of the Mowat Reunion at the campfire we had afterwards. Brian took a picture of Dad through the fire and it looks like he is in the fire.


This is a picture of what Jensen decided to do to Peyton one day when he was bored. He covered him with stickers!


Mommy and Jensen at the fireworks.

Misc summer pics! Part one

I finally downloaded some of my pictures from my camera from over the summer and I discovered that I had a few misc ones so here they are:


Peyton on his rocking horse


Jensen with Aunt Lara at the Wesley Chapel Sunday School picnic. They had a train for the kids pulled by a golf cart!


Story time!

Thanks for your prayers

Well, again it has been a few weeks since I have posted because as usual life got crazy. Almost a month ago now Brian lost his job of three years unexpectedly. It came as quite a shock and was very scary as he is the sole income for our family. After the initial shock and fear wore off we knew that the only one we could turn to in our time of need was God so we began to seek the Lord's guidance and asked for the prayers of many of our friends and family. We really felt those prayers and thankfully within a week of being off work Brian got a job interview at a design firm in Midland called Design Craftsman. He had applied there before but never got a call to interview and he was very interested in this particular company as they design exhibits for museums, auto shows, etc and he had done some work like that when we lived in Clarkston almost 6 years ago and loved it! Anyways, long story short, God was watching out for us as Brian got the job and started work there last Wednesday! Definately an answer to prayer and in God's perfect timing! Thank you to all of you who prayed for us and helped encourage us during that rough time.