get to know Ben a little better...

Interviews with Ben. The first is about pizza. The second is about jobs. Ben's job, apparently, is to be crazy.

bragging

Happy to report that my scripture memory efforts with Nate have been going very well! He loves memorizing Bible verses. I introduce a new one every week. They are just portions of verses, keeping things simple for him. When I tell him it's time to practice, he wants to recite all of them that he's memorized so far, not just the current one we're working on. It is very fun.

Ephesians 4:32


Proverbs 30:5 (probably his favorite because he loves being silly for the "proobs twoo" (proves true) part)


Proverbs 3:5 - this week's verse


and just for fun...

Nate videos

A few of our recent videos of Nate. Enjoy.

vids

Some new Nate videos.

His favorite games are Peekaboo and Extreme Closeup. Here's a video of us playing the latter:



Usually we make Nate bottles as needed, but I'd needed a bit of formula to mix with his cereal earlier one day, so I went ahead and made his whole next bottle, used a tiny bit for the cereal, and put the rest in the fridge. Then, I had to warm it up. While I was warming it, he got impatient, so here's Rodgers singing a lullaby of sorts:

our week in review

VBS, second tooth, lots of raspberries, peas, tickets to Kenya and England, no blogging.

Here are some videos.

Nate talks!

He says things like "boo," "goo," and "kkkkkkk."

first home movies of Nathanael

**Skip this one if you don't want to see a bare pregnant belly**

This afternoon, Nate and I were listening to a little Trans Siberian Orchestra. He really likes it. He was dancing, squirming, and kicking a lot. So, I got out the camcorder to capture a little of it on film. Of course, he settled down once the camera was rolling, but I did get a few seconds of kicks and wiggles.

The best video is during Christmas Canon.



This one is A Mad Russian's Christmas, which is one of his favorites. You can see him moving a little above my belly button in the first half, but the real kicks start after about 17 seconds or so.



I guess I should keep the camera on all the time, focused on my belly, so that I'll be sure to catch the best kicks on film.

Rodgers' graduation video

I didn't film the entire graduation because graduations are long and boring. But, being the first big event with our camcorder, I did practice with it some. Here is Rodgers walking across the stage and getting his diploma.

Our wedding video is here!

Finally, our wedding video is on YouTube. It was a little complicated, but worked out in the end. There's a video of the ceremony itself and a video from the reception. They have been cut in half because they were too long for YouTube's maximum ten minute length. So, without further ado, the videos!





There is another angle of the end of the ceremony, which I previously posted here.

27 seconds of wedding vows

59 second clip of end of wedding

We don't have the full video from the wedding, yet, but we do have the very ending of it, thanks to Rachel's aunt and uncle! I've just uploaded it to youtube. It is still in processing. But when it's done, you should be able to watch it here: