{last} friday {in april} links

whew. the last friday in april! and the beginning of a very, very busy month and a half! our friend and co-worker, kelley, arrived on wednesday night and tomorrow night another 5 other co-workers join us. then on may 1st, 12 canadian students are arriving for a summer missions trip/project until mid-june! i'm excited. it's going to be busy and crazy, but so good. i'm looking forward to some more female interaction! not that i don't enjoy being around jamie, my boys and nick & trevor, but still. girls are good.

speaking of trevor, it's his birthday today! happy 25th, trev!

today noah said, hey mom! do you know what i want to be when i grow up? an artist!!! because i really like to draw things.

so i totally just noticed that noah is flipping the bird {unintentionally, of course} at jude. 

he drew the baby and turned to me and said, do you think his hands will be that big? i guess we won't find out until he comes out of your belly!


so cute.

weekend links!

i'm not sure if i've said so before, but i am hopeless at sewing. i wish i could sew. i even have a sewing machine. maybe i need some one-on-one tutorials or something. anyway, if i could sew, i would totally make this pouf. or several.

who doesn't like freebies? here's a {free!}sweet "week-at-a-glance" planner from Oh the Lovely Things.

this is something i've contemplated. we don't have a huge issue with gifts with us being here in africa and so far from family and friends, but the wheels are a-turning for the day we return. because - well, for so many reasons. but that's for another post. here's a birthday trend that started a couple years ago.

this idea may be more acceptable to our families for birthdays. i absolutely love it and my friend jen did a variation of this with her "5 & 5" birthday party she threw for her son, elijah when he turned 5 years old.

and if you haven't seen this video, you must. a 12 year video project!

and while i continue to meditate about our family expanding and adding a third boy, i am excited. seriously. so much joy. i was encouraged by this woman's blog post on the joy of boys.

and of course, food. i am making this cake tonight upon trevor's request. it doesn't look like much but it.is.so.good.

happy weekend!