Holidays 2011

It is mid January and we have finally found a few moments to fill you in on the Lesnet holidays.  Since I am terribly behind on my blogging and have a post that I need to get done for a trip to Haiti that I made at the beginning of the month, I'm going to keep this pretty short. 

The boys school, "The Little Lamb" had their annual Christmas program.  Eli loved being on stage in front of everyone and when his class was done he still kept trying to get up there.

Kai did great on his performance.  This is some hang time after the show where Kai is serenading a much taller young lady.  Gotta hand it to the boy, he's got skills like his daddy!

Of course what would Christmas be without trips to Ohio to spend time with the grandparents and other family members.  We started off our trip with a visit to Bowling Green to see the Eridon folks.  Here is a photo of the boys with their grandpa. 

Family Shot with Uncle Kris and Aunt Bev.

Next over to Edon to see the Lesnet grandparents.  Here the boys are with Grandpa Lesnet.

And a picture with Grandma Lesnet.  She is always so focused on being a good hostess that she refuses to stop long enough to take any pictures.  This was the best I could do.

Grandpa and Grandma Lesnet are great but the fun really gets going when we head out to the barn.  I took Kai up in to the straw mow this year.  He thought it was big stuff to go up the ladder.

 Eli petting a ewe.

I really feel like I start to feel my age this time of year when I am excited about my "yuck" presents.  You know, the ones like socks or underwear that you got as a kid and were disgusted.  Yeah, I like those now.  My favorite gift this year was a new knife set.  Stephanie's favorite was a vacuum sealer for storing food in the freezer.  Rock on!!

Christmas with the family was great this year and thankfully we were all sleeping soundly as the ball dropped and 2012 began.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. - Isaiah 9:6-7 

Halloween 2011

We still aren't able to make the time to blog but we wanted to get some pictures out there for some of you that would like to see they Dyanmic Duo and their super friends.

Here is mommy with her heroes

Caped Crusaders, the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, Kai and Eli.

The contemplative Robin.

Na na na na na na na na na na na na BATMEN BATMEN BATMEN!

Superfriends...EVILDOERS BEWARE!!



the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, - Isaiah 3:2

Eli's 9 Month Pictures

As you can probably guess from our lack of blogging, our lives have been extremely hectic lately.  Life has been good and we are all doing very well.

Time flies when you're having fun, it flies even faster when you're a parent.  If it weren't for the sleepless nights and nasty diapers, it would seem like Eli was just born yesterday and now he's getting ready to take his first steps.

We recently took the boys to the photographer for Eli's 9 month pictures.  Both boys were pretty happy so we wound up with a very successful shoot.  Enjoy!

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork. - Job 39:13

February 5, 2011 Professional Photo Shoot

On February 5, 2011, us Indiana Lesnets got some professional pictures taken by Amy Harnish at Portrature Studios down in Fishers.  She holds the copyright to these awesome pics (and bushels of patience as the Lesnet boys were not very cooperative) so you can look but you can't touch or sell or anything like that.

Our goal was to get some good shots of the boys together and if the boys were holding up okay, go ahead and get a family shot.  Well, it didn't quite work out that way because when we first arrived at the studio, Kai was all ready to go.

Kai sitting there quietly taking pictures while Bubba is screaming on the other side of the studio. 

Now Kai is starting to get distracted by the commotion so Amy brings in a prop.  A very old Polaroid camera.  Kai likes this!

All right, Eli has now calmed down and is ready for some picture taking!  

He's doing an awful good job looking at the camera while Kai is in full melt-down mode.

Bubba looks like such a little man here.

In these pictures Kai was still angry and Eli was still happy.  These 3 shots probably took 20 minutes!

Okay, well...both boys are out of patience and so maybe we can get some pictures if they are with old mom and dad.  Fortunately, they both really like us for now.

Now Eli is in full melt down so I toss Kai up in the air a couple of times to distract him from losing it as well.  The photographer caught me comforting Kai on film...pretty cool!

Eli is now all better and ready for some more pictures as long as he's held by either mommy or daddy.  Time for a couple of more family shots.

Amy had a stuffed pig that she had on her head for these shots.  Kai couldn't stop laughing at the silliness!

Kai's turn for melt down so daddy will play with a very content Eli.  Again, the photographer liked the baby with daddy moment.

Kai has now been bribed with ice cream after the photo shoot.  He is now very cooperative!  Too bad we couldn't get Bubba to look at the camera at all during any of these shots.

No one has to look at the camera for a foot shot.  Maybe we should have got more foot shots!

Time for ice cream yet?

Does Bubba get ice cream too?

Shouldn't we be eating ice cream by now?

Last picture?  Still getting ice cream right?  Yayyyyyy!!

But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. - 1 Thessalonians 3:6