pure sweetness...

I may be biased but these boys are sweet!!

I love how great these pictures turned out. I especially love the ones of the boys together because they capture the special relationship they have. I think they are going to be great friends!

one year ago...

God saw you getting tired and
A cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around you
And whispered, “Come with me.”
With tearful eyes I watched you,
And saw you pass away.
Although I loved you dearly,
I could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands at rest.
God broke my heart to prove to me,
He only takes the best.

It is so hard to believe it has been a whole year since my dad passed away. I find myself thinking of him alot lately. So many people would often tell me how lucky I was to have such a great man for a father. I guess I never really realized how truly blessed I was until he was gone. But, I will always be thankful for him teaching me the value of work and the importance of family. Nothing was more important to him than his family. But, most importantly, he showed me love. He would have done anything for anyone. He always was my biggest fan. I love and miss him so much, but am thankful that he is not suffering any longer.

Holfeltz Family Campout

There were too many cute pictures and too many to post individually. Thanks Kandice for teaching me how to do the slide-show.

4th of July fun!

We had fun hiking and playing in the stream Saturday.

Eli loved waving at everything going by at the parade!

watermelon!!

Eli absolutely loves watermelon. He always has. He sees it at the store and begs for me to get one. I thought this picture of him was adorable!

what a week!!

Well it started Saturday afternoon when Eli began the bouts of the stomach flu. He was so sick and throwing up almost every hour from 5 until 330 that morning. That was a long night, I felt really bad because he only wanted Will. Then he started doing better but Sunday night he woke up crying hysterically because his stomach hurt so bad. We feared it may be his appendix so Will took him to the ER. Another long night, but it was all just part of the flu bug. Then yesterday afternoon his eye started watering. I thought it was just allergies but it kept getting worse and more goopy. So I took him into the pediatrician and yep, pinkeye!! I think he probably picked that up at the ER. To make all matters worse my insurance wouldn't cover the generic medicine they prescribed for it all so it was about 100 dollars just for the meds! UG..but I guess this is how it goes and I'm thankful we weren't sick all winter, so now that it's summer the bugs seem to go away faster. Here is a picture of his poor eye, doesn't he just look miserable?




(wow, they actually look alot better today!)

On a happier note..this sweet baby of mine is now 6 months old!! Wow, how time flies! He is such a happy baby. He is growing so fast and babbles like crazy!! He still doesn't really love food besides oatmeal with bananas and sweet potatoes.





This is one of my favorite things he does when he nurses in his sleep. :-)

twins?

So everyone always tells me my kids look like twins, only spaced two and half years apart. I never really saw it until recently. Now I am amazed how much they look alike. Now see if you can guess which picture is of which kid! Ha! It's been fun updating my scrapbook, sometimes I find pictures of Eli I didn't scrapbook and have to write an E on the back because I know in time I won't be able to remember who was who!!