Date Night!!

So tonight I get to take my wife ....and only my wife on a date. This is a very special occasion because since we have had Elias we don't go out alone very often. He is very attacted to her and her to him. We have a few gift certificates and it was payday today so we will splurge. Will be very fun I am very excited. I will give some of the details when we are done this fun evening.

On a side note and Bonnie will say why do you do that. I love my wife and she is great. You know she is an amazing mother. She has so much patience and cares so much for our two little dudes. She loves and loves endlessly. It is so cool to watch how sensitive and gentle she is with them. She is so loving. She sits and plays and laughs and hugs and wrestles with Ben. She holds and coos and talks to Elias. She is all ears and attention when it comes to Benjamin and Elais. You can tell they are soo super important to her and she treasures those guys. We thank God for them all the time.

I also think she is the greatest friend. She loves me as annoying as I get sometimes and as crazy and insensitive as I am. She keeps loving and supporting me. She sacrifices of herself for me and patiently waits for me. She laughs with me and cries with me. She talks and rejoices and laments with me when that needs to happen as well. She questions me and supports me. She challenges me and helps me learn new things all the time. God has and is working in her life he is changing her and molding her all the time.

Thanks for reading my sap. Bonnie may not read this because she rarely checks this thing. So know that if Bonnie is your friend, she is a good one. I love her and am so thankful she is the mother of my children and my best friend!!

md

Purely Pics!!

My Beautiful Bonnie!!

My most amazing boys hanging out in the morning!

Ben making Elias Laugh!! Elias loves his brother and Ben loves Elias as well. Ben is a great brother he takes care of him and hangs with him and talks to him already. Its cool.

We had little 'E' dedicated in church.

Me and E and Matthew!! Cute little guys!

Mom and dad both played soccer with Ben he loved it. Oma taught Ben how to head and Opa taught Ben that you can't score every time.

Morning Mate ritual. So fun and special just with Oma and Opa!

This picture is so cute!! Opa caring for his grandson and they just sat there and talked. Very Precious!!

Thats it for now enjoy and there are more on my facebook if you can get there.

md

Hey Mom here they are!!

This is a new family pic we just took this week!! Such a precious family I am honored to be a part of. I love my wife and my boys, Still seems a bit wierd to be saying my boys but I am getting used to it. Elias is now 4 months old, hard to believe you can love a kid so much.

Here he is standing on the couch. He is going to be our early walker. I predict 10 months.
Ben and his new big bike. By the summer he will peddle I am sure. This is his first day sitting on the bike....a major step forward.
Ben loves being with his brother.
He we are getting our hair cuts in the bathtub!
This is my Elias!! He folls over now and this is the look after he accompishes the feat!! So cute!! Well, enjoy the pics and we will talk soon.

Have a blessed easter and my prayer for all you readers is that God reveals himself in new and amazing ways to you. God bless!

md

Family News!

Hello family and friends. Here is a little update of the growing family and by that I mean in stature. The boys are getting bigger all the time. Its so amazing to watch the grow and learn and get to be more fun all the time. I love them more everyday.

So today I have a video of Elias talking and cooing and being totally adorable (form a dads perspective) and I have a few random pics. Enjoy them and cherish them it may be a few weeks before I post again.

This video is of Bonnie talking to Elias while he lays on the table he is such an easy smile.

These pictures come from random places but m,any are from when Bonnie and the boys went to see her parents.

This is Elias cousin and she loves him. She wants to hold him all the time. So cute! She just calls hime "Baby!"

This is Ben and Nathan ogling Elias. He seems to be oblivious, for now. They are good buddies!

Ben and Grandpa can spend hours outside doing chores! This is riding on the trailer Grandpa built to haul bails. Tuffy has to be around all the time.Riding on the quad. Soo much fun especially with Grandpa!Papa and his boys reading books. Ben loves it and I think Elias does too!!Ben is such a loving brother. He wants to hold Elias or help with him often.Papa and his boys. Just hanging out!

This is how strong elias has become. He holds his neck up and straightens up. Sorry about the red eyes.This is our amazing MAMA. She loves reading books to her boys as well. We had a night out alone last night for the first time. It was great we went for supper and for coffee without the boys. I love that woman and apprciate how amazing she is. This year will be 10 years for us ....crazy man!Well thants it for now. Have a happy weekend and enjoy Family Day! We are looking forward to a busy weekend! Peace out!

New pics and video!

Hey Blog family...if that is a real thing and assuming people actually read this thing other than my mom and sister. I am excited to once again post, my mom isn't home for a few more days so this will be a surpise for her. I have a few pics of the boys and a little video of Ben being a Cowboy around our kitchen table. He is riding a horse of Grandpa's and Eve is riding a different one(she isn't there though). Elias is content to just lay and watch his brother go nuts.

Also I have a few new pics!

His buddy Jennifer!! Soo fun !

At his new table in the kitchen. He loves hanging here.

Good buddy Arianna!! So cute!

Bonnie, Elias and Bonnies sister and her new son only three weeks younger than Elias. They are buddies already!!

Enjoy!

More and More Pictures!

Here are lots of pictures!! Mostly these are for one certian someone that calls and asks me to put them up because she isn't on facebook.

Mommy and Elais so special!!

This next picture is of Elias, Matthew and Kendall. They are his new cousins born 3 weeks and 5 weeks after him!!

Here you go!! Love you and enjoy!

Mark

Three Weeks Old!

So Our little Elias is three weeks old. I feel bad saying he was little because he really wasn't but he seems little compared to Ben but considering Bonnie carried him and then proceeded to birth him!! That's a whole nother story I will let her explain!! I want to forget about that stuff.

Well, our house has been packed full of people since the day Elias was born until yesterday. It has been good because having family here is always a bonus. My mother in law was here and left and came back again, my parents were here and my brother was here it was great.

Bonnie is finally feeling normal again. Elias is doing great. It took him 1 week to return to birth weight and in the past two weeks he has gained about 8 ounces or something. We are happy with that! Ben is well....adjusting. He loved having family here but turned into some sort of crazy monkey. We will need some family time to "delearn" some bad habits. Things are good with him and Elias though. Ben thinks he is cool but doesn't realize he needs to be gentle. Ah the Learning Curve.

So I know my mom will be mad that it has taken so long to post pics. I apologize...if I wasn't at church or at church I was at home sleeping or hanging with company. My time has been eaten up by all sorts of stuff. I will now post some random pics with minimal explanation. Enjoy and God bless.

Two weeks until the birth of our Savior!! Having a baby this close to Christmas really makes you think about Christmas and Christ's birth even more. Love you!