A beautiful Puritan Prayer

(I read this and thought it was amazing)

O God whose will conquers all,
There is no comfort in anything
apart from enjoying thee
and being engaged in thy sevice;
Thou are all in all, and all enjoyments are what to me
thou makest them, and no more.
I am well pleased with thy will, whatever it is,
or should be in all respects,
And if thou bidst me decide for myself in any affair
I would choose to refer all to thee,
for thou are infinitely wise and cannot do amiss,
as I am in danger of doing.
I rejoice to think that all things are at thy disposal,
and it delights me to leave them there...
I can myself do nothing to glorify thy blessed name,
but I can through grace cheerfully surrender soul
and body to thee.

-From The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotion

Bunkbed brothers!

So, one of the things that Caleb really wanted when we moved to Texas was a bunkbed to share with his brother. And here they are in their bunkbeds!! It was Luke's first time in a big boy bed, Caleb's first time sleeping out of his toddler bed and their first time sharing a room!!! They love it! And even though it drives me crazy that they are up to all hours of the night, I love listening to them! They really transitioned well, much better than we thought and love being near eachother. Luke actually even stays in his bed and waits for us to come and get him! We love our boys and love that they love eachother!

Birthday parties in Houston

The weekend after we got to San Antonio we went to Houston for some time with family and to celebrate Caleb's birthday. Both of my parents wanted to have a little party for him and of course Caleb loved the idea of 2 parties! It is so great to be able to celebrate special occasions with family. And even better that all we have to do is get in the car for a short drive over.
This is the only picture that I got of the party that Caleb's Nana had for him, but she made him a cake, be had tons of presents to open, my aunt came over to make gumbo and we all had a great time!
The next day we went over to my dad's for another fun party!

Caleb's second favorite gift was the one that his Grampy got him...a guitar! He has been wanting one for a while and my dad was tickled to be able to get him one. My dad is passionate about guitars and is thrilled that one of his children may be a guitarist someday!

a little jam session with Grampy! 

Happy birthday to Caleb! 

I am totally in love with this sweet little face!!! 

Joseph looks like he had been out in the sun too long and had one too many beers in this picture! 

And here is the masterpiece that Grandma created for Caleb! MUCH better than my fireman cake!! 

On the road

The boys loved the Penske truck that held all our worldly posessions! Caleb actually rode in it for the last couple of days of our trip. He loved being so high up and looked so cute in that huge truck. Actually it was a sight to be seen - Joseph, Caleb and Titan all in the front seat of the truck! Joseph said that they got more than a few points and stares!

the gang!

A picture of the Maddry/Zeigler clan before we head our separate ways! It has been wonderful living so close to them over the past year and we made many memories together that will last a lifetime. We will miss them very much!

Our birthday gift to Caleb

Before we left our much anticipated birthday gift arrived for Caleb...a flight suit! I found this company that does them and takes great pride in making kids suits that look like the real thing. It even has his name on his name badge and patches that Joseph got to pick out for him. To say that Caleb loved it is the understatement of the year. His first comment was, "I have been wanting a flight suit my whole life!" And boy does he wear it everywhere! I was thinking that when we got down here he wouldn't wear it as much because it is so hot, but nope he wears it even though when he does, sweat is usually dripping down his face. He wore it to Lackland AFB commissary the other day and got lots of comments on how sharp he looked. He leaned over to me at one point and said, "Mom, people really think that I'm a pilot." It was kinda cool - there was a 1 star there who had a flight suit on and he stoppped to talk to Caleb. Caleb said to me, "Look mom, he has a flight suit like mine!" My Caleb is such a funny boy!

Check out this future pilot! 

Everytime I look at this picture I crack up! This is Caleb's "Blue Angel" smile. He is a nut! 

One of Caleb's birthday parties

Caleb really wanted to have a birthday party with his friends before we left Maryland. This was the first move that he really understood that we were leaving some of his friends, so despite our crazy week of packing and moving I had a party for him at his favorite park. He wanted a fireman theme this year so we had a fireman cake and pinata. Our best friends the Zeiglers came from Delaware and it was nice for Caleb to get to spend some time with Josiah before we moved. Caleb had a great time with his friends!!

Pizza party at the park! 

Joseph with the babies 

Caleb and his buddies 

another picture for the wedding slide show 

Caleb wanted so badly to be the one to break his pinata!