The Barnards

June 15, 2008

Our Camping Trip

We started out for our weekend adventure late Friday night. I didn't get off of work until 9pm, so we pulled out at about 9:57. Jairus did not seem excited to begin our ridiculously long car ride, but we did it all the same..

At about 10:04, we arrived at our destination. And Jairus was asleep already. Those long car rides can be exhausting. Tim had the tent already set up when we got there, so we left Jairus in the car while we got the bed set up.

Tim and I got to be alone by the fire, enjoying gourmet polish sausage and smores. It was really nice!

The next day, we had sandwiches for lunch with a side of 2 pounds of cherries. Needless to say, Jairus and I have had no problems dropping the poo since that lunch.

Later on Saturday, Tim, Jairus and I went to the flat range so I could try out my new bow. I love it. The grip fits my had perfectly, and I am better than I thought I would be. I do need to practice though. I am thinking Tiger Lilly or Killer. Haven't decided yet.

Jairus is a pretty coordinated little boy. I was surprised when he threw that ball how good he was.

At about 7:30 Saturday night, we had dinner and some more smores. Jairus was so tired by then. We walked around pretty much all day, and he got up really early this morning so, he was really ready for bed. Once we got him down, Tim and I walked over to the Flat range and shot our bows for about an hour. It was so much fun. We got to just be husband and wife for a little while and enjoy each others company. Probably the best date we ever had. He was instructing me how to shoot and all of that, and I was staring at his butt most of the time. It was awesome. He has a nice butt too. When we were done with that, we went back and sat next to the fire for a while. Nice date! I think I might ask him out again.

Tim Scores Again!

I was amazed how fast those lines showed up! I wasn't even done peeing on the stick, and there they were! We are very excited. The day before I took the test, I was thinking maybe if we were planning on having only one more, we should just adopt, but here we are! Pregnant! Tim and I are still going to be going to a meeting about adoption later this month. We don't know when or how we will adopt, but I think we will at some point- if God wants us to. But I am excited, and nervous. I am in no hurry for this baby to come. I think there is even more preparation I need to do this time around. It was an awesome early Father's Day present!

June 08, 2008

BBQ @ Mike's

He looks so accomplished!

The three of us. Finally I am actually in a picture. I spend most of my time behind the camera, who would know I was even there!

Jairus and Tim exploring

June 03, 2008

An update

So the Barnard life is blessed as always. We are lucky to have a God so big!
Tim is busy at work, it is hectic for him most of the time, and he is at work for an average of 12-15 hours a day. He is going to be out of the military in under a year now, so we are excited to see the new path the Lord has for him. He has been spending some much needed time with his bow, as it is usually his only escape from the daily grind and sometimes ominous tasks I put on him. But he is a trooper and a loving and serving husband.
Jairus is definitely a boy. Eat, Destroy, read, dance is usually his recipe for the day! I love it though, he is learning so much, and his language is getting better and better each day. We are learning about taking care of our toys, and he is actually pretty good about putting his books away after we read them. Speaking of books, he loves the same 6 books.... over and over and over. I know all of them pretty much by heart! Dr. Seuss anyone?
As for myself... I have allowed my walk with the Lord to become pretty stale and complacent. So He is now working a few uglies out of me at the moment, and I am getting back on track with reading my Bible and walking it out. Work is going good, I am just ready to not work for awhile. February is not that far away! And for those of you who don't already know, we are trying for another baby! We have been for the last few months, and haven't gotten there yet, so hopefully this month around, we will be blessed! We are also praying about adoption. We don't know yet how we are called to be involved, when or anything like that, I have been praying about it, and I know we are supposed to be involved. But I think that we will be adopting at some point. We will see what the Lord has in store for us! I have gotten this Bible verse a couple times in my last Bible study: Psalm 68:5-6: A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. 6 God sets the lonely in families, he leads fourth the prisoners with singing... Who knows where The Barnards fall into that Scripture, but I know it will be somewhere good!

May 28, 2008

A poopy experience

Yesterday, after Tim got home, I ran to return some movies, and to grab a couple things at the store. Ouch, the cost of food now!!! But that is a different story.... Anyway, I pull into the driveway, grab the grocery bag and walk up to the house, and though the open window all I hear is Tim's voice, "Drop it, don't touch, oh my gosh, oh my gosh..."
All I am thinking is, oh no, what did Duffy do now. So I walk into the house and set the bag on the island, and call for Tim, and he just replies, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh." Then I turn the corner into the hallway. And there is Jairus with a poopy diaper in his hand, his hands are covered in poop and so are his feet!!!! Stunned, Tim is holding his elbows to keep for spreading the contamination any further. I just looked at him and thought "I have no idea where to start." So we get him into the sink to rinse off before giving him a real bath. While I am doing that, I ask Tim to look around to see where else he may have gotten the poop. Tim goes into the living room, and there is poop all over the carpet! Luckily we have a mini carpet machine, so that wasn't so bad. And Jairus didn't eat the poop, so I guess that is a good thing. Anyhow, this was our first really nasty experience with that sort of thing, so I thought I'd share it. Wish I would have gotten a picture now, but I was so stunned, I didn't know what to do. Hope our story made you laugh. We love you all.