Hawkeye Halloween

Homecoming 2011 - Hawkeye victory and lots of fun w/o the kiddos for the day

shes a Hawkeye - just like her mom!!

our pumpkins - tigerhawk, Nile's shapes face (since he has been learning about shapes at school), letter R for Rozenboom, and Hayden's bat

Happy Halloween - and remember we are like a pumpkin. God picked up from the patch, cleaned us up inside and out, and put His light inside us for us to show others!

Allison

Fall fun

kitty!!

nearly impossible to get all three to look the same way and smile!! but they all loved the hayrack ride!

Hayden, Sevanna, Trace & Nile painting their pumpkins

Kitchen update

Dad scraping off the green paint in the dinning half of the kitchen

lovely pint paint under our green paint. nothing sticks well to the pink paint so we have to scrape off all the other layers and skim coat, texture, prime and hope for the best!!

dinning half skim coated. the room already looks a lot brighter!!

Aubrey 18 month checkup

Hard to believe my baby girl is 18 months old already! She is such a blessing to our family and she keeps us all on our toes!!

Stats

25#

34"

She has really shot up since her one year check up. I have a feeling she is going to be tall and thin like her brothers! Aubrey is wearing 24 mon/2T clothes and I love all the pink, princess, frilly girl stuff!! It is so fun to see her becoming more independent and grown up but it makes me sad too since she is our last baby and it has gone so fast! I am however looking forward to no more diapers in the not so distant future!

Visit from NYC

my brother and I will my three babies I like standing next to him since it makes me look "short!"

Some of you may or may not know that I have one sibling - a younger brother. He lives in NYC so I dont get to see him as much as the kids and I would like. He came back for a visit last week so we spent lots of time with him at my parents house. They boys loved playing legos with him as much as possible. Aubrey wasnt really a fan of Uncle Daron but I think if she would have had another week around him she would have been fine. She isnt overly friendly as it is.

Nile and sometimes Aubrey went to Grandmas to play several times last week to play with Uncle Daron so I could get some studying done. Things are still crazy busy with three kids and a house to run while taking college classes. I am pretty sure that at this point I couldnt handle more than two classes at a time. Hopefully it doesnt take me forever to finish school at that rate!!

On a side note not related to my blog post title we are going to start working on the kitchen walls tonight so I am super excited to get that ball rolling and have a "new" kitchen before winter!! Then we need to start seriously considering some options for a bedroom in the basement for the boys and maybe fixing up the bathroom down there a little too.

Hayden is 7!!

Happy 7th Birthday Hayden Cole Rozenboom!!!

Well I have officially been a mother for 7 years and all my children are still alive, healthy, and have not sustained any serious injuries. I guess I must be doing something right!! :-) But seriously I didnt plan to become a mother when I did but it is very clear to Jeremy and I that this was God's plan for our lives and we are so grateful!! I am so very blessed with a great husband who works hard to support his family and it a very hands on dad. We have three awesome kids that I wouldnt change for anything! I thank God daily that I am able to be at home with them right now and enjoy it immensely!

Hayden has always been such a great kid - he is by far my easiest baby and child. I guess when you have a tough labor and delivery it makes everything else easier?! I am amazed when I look at him at how big he is getting and he is reading and learning like crazy in first grade. He has made lots of friends at school and church and loves all his extra activities. He is very excited to start flag football in a few weeks too.

Here are a few pics from his Angry birds party and opening presents from us on his actual birthday - October 3.

time to crack open the pinata and get some candy!!

cake made by my talented SIL!

pinatas I made - so happy with how they turned out!!