Verse of the Week

Here is this weeks' verse of the week.  The kids picked the book of Genesis, and Summer picked the following verse from the story of Cain and Abel:

Genesis 4:7 If you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door.  It desires to have you, but you must master it.

We had a lot of great conversation about what this verse meant :).

Here is the video:

Pictures - Summer 4 year, Colton 2 year, Larkyn Newborn

Each year around their birthday I like to take the kids to JCPennies for a formal portraits.  Since Larkyn was due in July, in between Colton's April birthday and Summer's August birthday, I decided to wait until after Larkyn was born and take all three of them in together for pictures.  I was a bit nervous at how photographing 3 kids, 3 and under, would go, so I asked my mom to come with me (thanks mom!).  I told my mom I had high hopes but low expectations for how these pictures would go.  They went WAY better than I would have imagined...Larkyn slept the whole time, Colton's 2-year-old-self actually cooperated, and Summer (as usual) did great :).  Here are some of the pictures we took (if you are a family member you will be getting some combination of photos in the mail in the next few weeks).

My 3 favorite kiddos #1

My 3 favorite kiddos #2

My 3 favorite kiddos #3

My 3 favorite kiddos #4

My 3 favorite kiddos #5

Summer #1

Summer #2

Summer #3

Summer #4

Summer #5

Colton #1

Colton #2

Colton #3

Colton #4

Colton #5

Larkyn #1

Larkyn #2

Larkyn #3

Larkyn #4

Larkyn #5

The kids sat so nicely watching the DVD while my mom and I chose which photos to order.  Larkyn did great in the Baby Bjorn :)

Larkyn's Birth Announcement :)

Larkyn, Larkyn, and more Larkyn :)

I want to capture EVERY Larkyn moment...every snuggle, every hug, every cuddle, every cute look, every yawn, every smile, every everything... I want to take a picture every second and not miss out on a single thing...I know that is not possible, so I am just trying to live in the moment and cherish every single minute!  Here are some Larkyn photos Paul and I have taken over the past few days...I love her to pieces!