July 27th - Aug. 16th, 2013

Hi Everyone!

It's been three weeks since our last update and we've celebrated Seth's 3rd birthday and been to the  beach and back. Here's some of the highlights...

 Seth decorating his cupcakes. Butterflies are for the "gulls" and the bumble bees are for the boys. :)

 We also celebrated Uncle Scott's 21st birthday. It's really cool that Scott and Seth share a birthday. Thought ya'll would like to see picture of Scott's hair-do these days. :)

 Ready for take-off!

Blast off! We have a combination of Super Man and Bike Man going on. 

Photo op the other day. :) 

 Made it to Holden Beach. Little Owen's first time at the beach. 

Love this picture! I can really see the Shoemaker side in this one. He's just as sweet as can be. 

Seth could not decide all week whether or not he liked being in the water. One day, he'd be fine and the next it was as though he'd just walked out of the seeing the movie "Jaws".  

Owen got very serious when he was near the water. He liked reaching down and putting his fingers in it. Then he'd get excited and splash himself in the face and have a shocked look for while before doing it all over again.  

 Silliness in the sand. Seth's so funny. He can be very animated at times. He is an "all or nothing" type of guy. :)

 Owen is getting bigger every day. He's now rolling and scooting off his play blanket on the floor. He likes to reach out the grab the mouth of who ever is holding him. 

 The results of a midnight raid on the beach for sand crabs. The boys decided to name the creatures. "Dead One" was the one that was well, dead.  Seth named the spotted one "Woody" and middle-sized one "Buzz Lightyear". The smallest was "Try To Get" and biggest one was "Big Crab". :)

 Owen had his own little throne one the beach where he would play and take his nap. 

 We returned from the beach well rested and refreshed. I feel really blessed that we the opportunity to do things like this with family.

Let's see, update on the boys...Blake is growing up into more of a young boy. He likes to ask lots (and lots) of questions throughout the day and keep Mommy updated on whether or not Owen is crying, sleeping or playing. He is good and keeping tabs on everyone and informing Mommy on his findings. He is always eager to learn and would sit and listen all day to reading or "school time". Seth, on the other hand, isn't interested in silly things like learning his letters or colors or shapes.  :) He does not like to sit still unless it's reading time or movie time. He would much rather play outside with Blake and ride his bike. Seth likes to learn with his hands and is content to do so without asking Mommy questions. He is able to play by himself easier than Blake, but he still doesn't like to go outside by himself. Both boys have lots of energy and do well when they have a goal or direction during the day. I'm realizing that boys need a "mission" for their day, even as children. 

Micah's doing well. He doing a great job at work and surpassed his yearly sales goal back in June! So proud of him. :) He still enjoys opportunities to sing at church or other various events. 

Blake and Sethisms....

     Aunt Hannah asked Blake if he was going somewhere and Blake said, "Well, Mommy and Daddy are the guessers, so they get to guess where we are going."  :)

     When the boys do something they are proud of they'll say, "That's why I'm 4 now, Mommy. That's why I can do that."


Well, that's our adventures lately. Love to you all!

Kari, Micah, Blake, Seth and Owen