Colorado Fun

Ok... I cant post pictures yet. But i will soon, I promise, well... i hope. :o)

We are having a fun time here in colorado. We went to Loveland a couple of days and now we are in Eagle. Eagle is really close to Veil. Lets see, what have we been up to???

We have already:
1. We drove about 10hours on sunday and then another 7 or so hours on Monday to get to our destination.
2. Hiked on Tuesday and I have a picture of Caitlyn next to a sign that says she is over 12,000 feet.
3. Got a massage and adjusted. Yes, I did get my neck popped... and i was FREAKED to get that done. But it was nice.
4. Daniel is fly fishing as we speak. And he is having a blast!!!
5. Drove through the mountains.
6. Shopped a bit and looked around.

That is just a small bit of what we have been up to. Miss you guys! Oh, have i mentioned that we are enjoying this nice, COOL weather? :o)

Caitlyn's Need to Accessorize

Caitlyn is so funny. I love the little surprises that are "around the corner" with her. I went into Caitlyn's room to get the sheets off of her bed to do laundry. All of a sudden I see some earring backs on her sheets and I wondered where they came from. Now I know...

Isnt her bear so pretty???
The other day I was checking out some of my emails and sitting next to Caitlyn and Micah playing so nicely together. I wasn't fully paying attention to what they were up to. This is what I saw when I asked, "what are you guys doing????" Isnt that a nice bow????

Grandparents

Daniel & I have some wonderful parents who are also wonderful grandparents. We are blessed to have you involved ours and our children's lives. We love you!

The process is starting

Ok... this is a new thing... I am actually blogging with words and not pictures. :o)

Ok, here goes. We are finally starting the process of finding our very own home. We are so excited. Nervous, but excited. This has been something we have wanted to do for a very long time, but never have been in the situation or have the opportunity to be able to do so. We have officially made the phone call to a good friend of ours who will be working with us to start the financial side of getting a home. Once this side of it is done, then we will know what the bank says our loan can be. Then off to dream and search for the new Pratt home. We are so excited to get to have a home. A home to continue our traditions. A home that has Caitlyn and Micah's room made just for them. And home that we can call our own. We love to entertain and have people over and spend time with our friends and family. Also, we lead a college/singles community group and I am sure they are looking forward to the ritual of coming to our house every sunday night again instead of wondering where we will meet each week.

We have had, and continue to have the opportunity to spend time and live with Daniel's parents who have been wonderful to us throughout this time of "prepping" for a new home. We will be forever grateful to them for their help. Also for the support and help from BOTH of our parents we will forever be grateful. I know they read this blog so I would like to publicly say thank you. :o)

What I would like to ask of you is for your prayers. Please pray for God's guidance in this home hunt. That we are wise with picking this house, where we plan to live for a long time. Have I mentioned that we have moved 7 times in the 6 1/2 years that Daniel and I have been married? Goodness, that is another story. :o) Also that when He shows us the home He has picked for us, that we hear Him clearly and stay in His will.

Thank you friends and family for your support and love to us. We love you all.

WPCC is Moving

Woodlands Point Community Church has been our church home for the past year and then some. We absolutely LOVE it. We have met some wonderful families and friends and have grown together with them closer to Jesus. Good times.. together worshipping, learning and working in community with one another. For the past year we have met at Mitchell Intermediate School and it has been a great home to us and we will forever be grateful.

Well, we just heard that we are getting the opportunity to move to The Woodlands High School on August 30th. YEA!!!! What an great chance to use this opportunity to glorify Jesus!

Pictures from the 4th of July

Here are some of my pictures that Daniel and I took from the fourth of July weekend.

LOVE this one of Micah:

It was SOOOOOO hot watching the parade go by. But we LOVED it and look forward to next years parade and continuing our tradition.

Gotta have those refreshments for hot days. Nonni made Sarah and Caitlyn some fruit smoothies. YUM
Waiting for the parade to start... in the shade.

French Braiding

I have never french braided before. I tried to learn when I was a little girl on my barbie dolls heads. That was hard though... the heads kept popping off when I would hold the hair too tight. So with that said, I never really learned. This past fourth of july we spent that holiday with family. Auntie was french braiding her daughters hair and Caitlyn REALLY wanted hers done too. So Auntie french braided Caitlyns hair and did a wonderful job. You can see how well it was done in the post before. Well since then, Caitlyn has asked me to french braid her hair again. I warned her that I was not as good as Auntie... but that I would give it my best shot. Below is the pic of my first french braiding job.

I told Caitlyn that it was not very good, but that I did my best. She responded with, "It's pretty!" My sweet precious angel. I told her that "she made it pretty."

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

Yummy Sweet Potatoes

Micah tried homemade... yes, homemade, sweet potatoes and he loved them, see the smile on his face and a fairly clean bib????

Summer Book Reading

Caitlyn, Micah and I went to the Library today to turn in her reading list for her summer book reading club that she sign up to be in this summer. Caitlyn read 10 books, well... mommy, mommo and nonni read to Caitlyn 10 books. :) The deal was that when she finished reading 10 books that she could go back to the library and tell the librarian of her accomplishment. She would then get a goodie bag filled with tons of goodies if I say so myself and also her name on the wall at the library. The pictures below are of Caitlyn putting her name up.

VBS

Caitlyn went to VBS at Christ Church off of Research Forest a week ago. (I know, "a week ago," I am behind on this) She was so excited to get to go to VBS for the first time ever this year. I picked her up Monday afternoon excited to hear what she thought of it... she told me that she did not want to go back. I asked her why. "Because I may want you during the day." My heart was touched with that sweet, precious comment. But I had to tell her that even though I wish I could be with her all the time, that there are special things that we get to go do that sometimes we have to do without our mommy right there. She said ok, but was unsure of that statement. We even had a few tears on Tuesday morning when we went back to VBS. We told her that she will have a great time if she just gave it a chance. I went to pick her up Tuesday afternoon and asked her what she thought of VBS now. She said she really liked it and wanted to go back. As each day passed by, she got more and more excited about going back. So VBS this year has been a total success. :)

Build a Bear

Caitlyn went to a birthday party the other day at Build a Bear Workshop and had a WONDERFUL time. Who wouldn't have a wonderful time at a party where you can celebrate a birthday, eat a cookie cake and also create your own teddy bear! What Fun!!!

Caitlyn and her teddy bear, Cotton Candy.