Gone fishin'

During our recent vacation to Florida, my husband and I got to go off shore/deep sea fishing. Something that both of us wanted to do for a while.
We mainly caught Bonita's (kill fish..not edible) but also got to watch one of the guys catch a trophy sail fish and two king fish! Again a lot of fun. Since no one else wanted the second king fish...Ryan and I got to take it. So we took it back to the condo and ate it for dinner. Yummy!!! Thank you Uncle G and Auntie Lo for watching our kiddos
and giving us the awesome opportunity! We had so much fun!

Growing up

Caden Levi will soon be 7 months old! Wow! He's growing so fast! He now sits up of course, but also he says Momma Dada, and Baba! He is crawling (His version of it of course.) it looks more like hopping. So cute! This week he decided it was time to pull himself up on the side of his crib. I need to get his bed lowered ASAP.

This has been a growing summer for us here in the Warinner family. Two of my husbands brothers and family have moved to good ol' Virginny, and I can't tell you how wonderful it's been to have family around us. This is the first time in ever this has happened!
Everyone has been staying at our house while they get adjusted and figure out the area. My husbands oldest brother and his family have recently signed a lease to rent a house for a year while they decide where they will buy.
Like I said...the Warinner family has been growing and changing a lot this year! Some good and some bad, but I hope all for Gods good and glory!

Rylie and Leeland are growing and changing too, of course! They are acting as only two, two year olds can😜! Potty training as most know is complete...but not so complete. Lol! They both do pretty well though!

We are all excited to see how this year will end. It's been some kind of journey so far!

Da' Zoo

With our new la vida loca we rarely (never) go anywhere. BUT almost 2 weeks ago now we took the kids to the Zoo! We got there as they were opening at 9:30a and walked around and still had enough energy to stop at Johnny Rockets to get lunch. A miracle!

It was Cadens first Zoo trip but he slept like a log the entire time. :-) Maybe next year he'll pay closer attention. LOL! However Rylie and Leeland love going to the Zoo and it was a real treat to be able to do something together as a family! Here are some pic's of Rylie and Leeland at the Zoo and a few of Caden at home. Can't wait to go again.

argh!

Potty Princess? Nope, Potty Pirate! This Momma says whatever gets the job done! This week I have a mission. That mission is to potty train one of our two year olds. I certainly won't say "Mission Complete", however our daughter Rylie, is doing great!

A couple of weeks ago my angelic Auntie Lo and Uncle G came for a visit. My Auntie Lo with her amazing teaching skills came with a plan of action to potty train our two, two year olds. Wow what a job! Although we did not succeed, Auntie Lo planted wonderful seeds that now I can see starting to sprout.

Auntie Lo, as always, did her research and brought with her a potty Pirate and potty Princess "costume". They consist of a pink boa for Rylie and a Pirate patch and hat for Leeland. After Uncle G and Auntie Lo left I continued to try. Saying the words "You can be a potty Pirate/Princess if you go pee-pee or poo-poo in the potty????"...with no avail until this week.
Rylie is pooing and peeing in the potty! She doesn't want to wear a diaper at nap time or bedtime, but Mommy's not ready to let that go yet. I'm SO SO PROUD of her!!! She got up this morning with a dry diaper and went potty then insisted on putting her 'pritzy (princess) panties.

Oh, and she's gone all rogue Pirate on us ;-) No Potty Princess "costume she opts for the Pirate ARGH!!!





As for Lee'lee...I'm still working on him, but we have a ways to go. I'm hoping he doesn't opt for the Potty Princess outfit! But whatever works...I'll have a blast with the pictures when he's 16!!!

update

So much is going on in our lives right now! Mainly the terrible two's, and three fussy babies. I wanted
to quickly update our family and friends.

This past Sunday we decided to publicly dedicate all three children to God. Regardless of how I feel about formalities/traditions in the church, I still feel that this is one thing I wanted to do. Especially since it does take a village to raise a child, and I wanted to publicly announce that "Yes I will/do need your help in guiding my children down the right path". It was a crazy day and I don't remember much about it other than Ryan and I doing everything in our power to keep them quiet until it was over. Thank God our church broadcast via the internet for the 11:15a service and it's recorded so I was able to watch it later. So glad we did it and although crazy I would do it all over again.

Since we've had such lovely weather the twins have played outside a lot with their Daddy. I have some pic's below of some of the fun they've had and things they've gotten to do.

Caden is now 5 weeks old! Today he had his 1 month appointment and weighed 11lbs 2oz! The Doctor said he looks great and is holding his head up like a 2 month old. So far so good.

Enjoy the pic's everyone! I'm still holding out for a new camera so I can capture some better quality pic's. All of the pic's below were taken with my phone. (Sorry the dedications pic's were taken by a gentleman at church.)

Much love! Bye for now.

Our pastors wife and head of children's ministries, Susan Hughes.

Leeland fell asleep on the couch with his Dad, this was a first!

Our three sweeties! (Well they are sweet! Sometimes! ;-)

a promise for me...

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to HIS eternal glory in Christ, will HIMSELF restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10

Thank you God for your PROMISES!!!

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Everything's going well. It will certainly take some time to adjust, and we're working on it. Enjoy the pictures and I will try to update you more later. Pix are really all I have time for right now. :-) Enjoy!

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