A tribute to my brothers.......

During Isabelle's birthday, back in April, my brother Mike was taking pictures for me. During Abby's birthday a few weeks ago, my brother Chad was taking pictures for me. Somehow, without the other one knowing, they both took a similar picture of themselves. I assume that they took pictures of themselves because they wanted to be posted on the blog so bad!! Here you go boys.......


For all the teasing, pranks, and silly jokes that you have played on me, it feels good to get a little payback!

More Camping....

A few more pictures from our trip with Grandma a few weeks ago. Isabelle's favorite part was eating marshmellows. (she is still pretending to make a fire and eat marshmellows!!)



Isabelle is experiencing the effects of sugar withdrawl.

Claire "four fingers" Croft

Ok, so techinically she still has all 5 fingers on her left hand, they are just not all working at the moment. We noticed this week that when Claire opens her hands not all of her fingers were opening. (see picture below!) The doctors are calling it a "trigger finger", which rarely occurs in infants. The only option we have to resolve this problem is surgery. So poor Claire, once again, will have the priviledge of going to the hospital. The surgery will hopefully be done sometime in the next month. Until then continue to pray for us and Four Fingers. (not a nickname her daddy enjoys!)

Camping with Grandma

While Brian was away at a retreat for pastors, the kids, me and grandma decided to go camping. (no, not in tents, but the kids did sleep in bunk beds.) We spent our time swimming in the lake, looking at the stars, and of course roasting hot dogs and marshmellows over a camp fire. I'll post more pictures later. We had so much fun, thanks Grandma!!

4 years at Auburndale

This weekend marked 4 years at Auburndale Baptist Church. God has been so gracious to us in our time at our church. We marked the time by having a work day at our church to revamp our children's area, which included converting a room into a larger nursery. We are overwhelmed by God's goodness to grow the church. We hope you will celebrate with us as we acknowledge that it is only by God's goodness that our church is where it is today.

Crawling update......

While Claire has been up on her knees for a few weeks, her only progress has been backwards......until today!! I wouldn't officially say she is crawling, but she is dangerously close. (For those of you curious, she is one week from being 8 months.)

At this point the only way to keep her from crawling is to hold her. (which she doesn't mind)

Happy Birthday Abby.

Today is Abby's 6th birthday! It is hard to believe that she is already 6 years old. We are so thankful for her and that God has allowed us another year. Happy Birthday Abby. (We thought it would be fun to post some past birthday pictures so you could see how much she has grown up!)


Abby's 5th birthday.

Abby's 4th birthday.

Abby's 3rd birthday.

Abby's 2nd birthday.

What a long holiday weekend for our family! For those who don't know, it started Saturday with Claire waking up from her afternoon nap coughing and wheezing. The final diagnosis was pneumonia. So we spent a day in the hospital and are now home. She did great through it all (as you can see in the pictures). We still have to continue medicine for her for a while. Unfortunately Abby and Isabelle are now sick to.

Whatever you do, DON'T COME TO OUR HOUSE!!!

Daddy, not you too. You're going to make me do this breathing thing? I thought Mommy was the only one who would do this to me.

Well, if you insist.....


It's never to early to start learning about being a wife!!

An Ode to the NFL

The countdown is on,
The day is drawing near,
Opening night of football
Is almost here!!

GO COLTS!

Claire is "caught" in her crib

Claire, while trying to crawl, often pushes herself backwards across the room. While it is not a problem on the floor, this is usually the result in her crib. We find her like this after EVERY nap!