Marshall is getting huge and talking a mile a minute. His vocabulary is stretching at a phenominal rate and he astounds me every day with things he has learned. He LOVES to sing the ABC's and spell out his name on his sketch pad. It seems as though he has developed into a little south paw! We are so proud of the sweet, loving brother he has become. Aside from sharing his favorite toys, Marshall is in love with Keaton and continually cuddles and kisses him.
Keaton is crawling and saying "Mama", albeit often when he wants something and only sometimes when he is asked to. His little personality is quite different from Marshall, he seems to have a less intense countenance. His smile is small and sweet whereas Marshalls was wide and he is a lot more withdrawn from other people. As long as Mom is beside you or he knows you well he will be fine to "tolerate" you for a while. Keaton also has a huge temper, enough said!
Yes, we are very proud of our little family. God has taken us down many new and challenging roads but with his grace and strength we are enjoying both the hard and happy times. We are learning a lot about ourselves and seeing some of the fruits of those hard times. We are through Thanksgiving and preparing for (and looking very much forward to) Christmas. Here are just a few of the photo's that Kari took for our family 2011 photo shoot:
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What amazing pics! I assume Kari took them? You have a good looking family there!! The boys are getting sooo big. And the elk? How do you store/eat that much meat. It feel like that would take years??
Thanks Darla, yes Kari took them :) The boys are growing so fast its almost a little sad lol. The meat all fits in our big freezer and some of the roasts we got off of that beast were over 7 pounds, so those are company roasts :D Its not quite 200 hundred pounds but when you think about it thats our beef and there are 365 days in a year. Brent is also a "meat" person and almost insists that there be meat in every meal haha. I do buy other meats like chicken and pork etc but we mainly eat elk. It's so much leaner than beef is because we cut out ALL the fat.
I miss my Marshy :( (and you guys to) He's so big and grown up. Darla's right you do have a GREAT looking family.
Thanks Janessa... Your Marshy misses his Nessa! He is growing up fast, I can't imagine how big he will look to you guys when you see him next :) Maybe by then he will have something other than Lightning McQueen to talk about... then again he is getting Cars 2 for Christmas so you never know
Okay I totally did not scroll down on the blog to see this post! Awesome pics!!! The boys are too cute! Love the matching family outfits and the background is beautiful!
Thanks for the updates!!!
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