Breeder's cup weekend with the Family

Posted by Mark Armstrong Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:27 PM 0 comments

Asher loves his monkey friend

Posted by Mark Armstrong 12:24 PM 1 comments

Asher's 1st Football Game!

Posted by Joellen Armstrong Friday, October 24, 2008 7:38 PM 0 comments

Asher loves his flashing ducky!

Posted by Joellen Armstrong Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:03 PM 0 comments

That is such a 'Mark Face!'

Posted by Joellen Armstrong Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:18 PM 1 comments

Ode to Joellen

Posted by Mark Armstrong 12:15 PM 0 comments
I love my wife
Because she is dedicated to her family
I love my wife
Because she always aims to please
I love my wife
Because she never rests on her laurels
I love my wife
Because she loves the Lord and seeks His favor
I love my wife
Because she is a wellspring of talent just looking for a way out
I love my wife
Because she does what needs to be done even when it's no fun
I love my wife
Because she looks to the future, at our kids and our family with hope and with longing
I love my wife
Because she suffers my constant pestering, singing and child-like behaviour
I love my wife
Because she loves my family
I love my wife
Because she makes a mean supper!
I love my wife
Because she forgives me when I'm insensitive, rude or selfish
I love my wife
Because her dreams are as big as mine
I love my wife
Because she said "yes"
I love my wife
Because she has yet to tell me she regrets it.

Ugh.

Posted by Joellen Armstrong Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:31 AM 1 comments
So life has been kinda busy :-) I feel bad, I even missed blogging about Asher being 7 months old! So terrible!!! Anyway, it's been a bit hectic around here lately. I jumped into working for Jeanne so fast and then I just had so many events planned every week that I hadn't really gotten the chance to just sit, think and pray about everything. I really do feel I'm doing what I should but getting organized and my head wrapped around it all hadn't happened yet. 

I've been going/sometimes going to our women's bible study in the evenings and it has been great! It's hard for me to go to an evening study but I go with Tracy and we've been so blessed by it. Most of the women are a bit older than us with grown up or almost grown up children so it's not our typical scene... it is incredibly rewarding though. And I know other women are blessed to see some younger gals coming so it's been just amazing all around.

So... about Asher. Man, he's a great kid. I'm constantly stumped by what he is doing! Yesterday he really started to pull himself up to standing when you hold his hands. And he gets so excited about it too! Plus he loves to hang on to the side of the bath when it's filling up for bathtime. He's also been "talking" a lot more and just taking great naps. He's getting quite a few teeth in... some on the top, some on the sides and he's always chewing on his fingers to try and ease that. I can tell when it's really bad b/c all he wants to do is be held and walked around with... no playing, no nothing... just walking. But he actually still sleeps pretty well considering. Last night, he went to sleep at 5:30pm and we assumed he would wake up and eat one more time. Nope... not until almost 11pm when Mark and I were about ready for bed. He took about 20 minutes to drink 2oz and fell asleep almost instantly. Poor kid... plus I was worried he would be up at 4am, wide awake! Nope again!!! He slept until just before 7am and he didn't even cry out once... well, if he did I just slept right through it so it couldn't have been too loud! And on top of all that, he's getting more hair and cuter every day! I've been putting a little gel in it every once in a while and giving him a mini-mohawk... it's so cute! 

Thanks everyone for catching up! One more thing... I'm going to Coos Bay next weekend and while I'm down there I'll be doing the 2nd half of Austie's sister's senior photos... here's one from the studio...


She is incredibly photogenic and has amazing hair! Hope the rest of all your weeks go well... talk to you again soon!

Asher's grown into that sweatshirt from Grandma :)

Posted by Mark Armstrong Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:32 PM 2 comments

Asher's always ready for bath time!

Posted by Mark Armstrong Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:31 AM 0 comments