Samuel and His Cowboy Boots!

Samuel just had to wear his boots to play outside today! He is so funny. When he goes outside to ride his bike he goes to the neighbors gates and knocks. They come and take him inside and try to feed him chocolate and biscuits. I wonder why he doesn't want his dinner? When we got home today he had a blister on each little toe but he didn't even know it, thank goodness. He is quite the tough little man.

Chocolate Mustache

We took these funny pictures of Sammie while we shared some chocolate ice cream. We were laughing histerically at him and he had no idea why he was so funny. I was almost in tears, ok you had to be there but it was so cute. He is always entertaining us.

Sammie went to a party! He was so cute in the Nike outfit his grandma gave him. He is just the cutest kid if I do say so myself.

The Taj Mahal

Just a few years ago I found out my great grandparents (my mothers grandparents) had gone to the Taj Mahal in India. They were world travelers but I didn't know they were adventurous enough to go to India on a boat! It was amazing to me and I figured that if they could go I could to and so my family and I finally made it to the Taj Mahal. The first picture is of my greatgrandparents and is a picture of a picture so the quality is not the best. The rest of the pictures are of us at the Taj. Samuel is in some and he is hardly noticable because he is so small. Hope you enjoy our pictures.

Just a little Taj Mahal history. Some of the tour guides make things up so if I write something not accurate that is why. The Taj Mahal was built by a king that lost his wife and he loved her deeply. This was a huge tomb for her and he when he died. He had a couple other wives but they had no children for him and she had like 12 although many of them died. So she was the one he really loved and built the Taj Mahal for. Some legends say that the people that built the Taj Mahal had their hands chopped off after it was completed so that there could never be another one built again. Some crazy stuff but this is the best building we have seen in India. Most things are not well taken care of or well built.

Sammie just loves tiny spaces these days. We don't have any closets in our house so we have these "almari's" and Samuel loves to crawl into the small shelves on the bottom. In these pictures he has his broken squirt gun that we had in the trash and he rescued it, as you can see. He doesn't want to let that thing go. He is too much fun these days!

Valentines Day!

Wade took Samuel out for a few hours to give me some quiet time and they went Valentine shopping. I was very surprised when Sammie came in the door with two roses for me and a purple monkey! Wade let Sammie pick it out himself. So cute! The monkey talks too. I think Sammie picked the monkey for himself, he really loves that funny looking thing. He gives it the biggest hugs. Then Wade surprised me with roses and a wonderful homemade dinner. He made fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans. It was so good and lots of trouble to make. Wade is always doing things like letting me sleep in and watching Samuel in the morning or laundry or dishes and the list goes on. Those are the things that I love most.

I have two special Valentines and am so blessed!

Ok my friend Ashley Allen tagged me to post my 4th picture from my 4th folder and she is in trouble! I didn't even know she had tagged me because my computer doesn't always show the new posts for some reason on my favorites, so Sorry this is so late and you got me! I am pregnant with Samuel in this photo at my neighbors house. Some of the girls are on the couch and I am sure we are all making wisecracks and having a great time!

Love you Ashley and can't wait to see you in June.