Axelism's

Is it possible to love any kids more than how much I love these?

After having the wonderful opportunity to spend time with our niece and nephew, Solei and Axel, I am not sure if it is possible to adore them more than I do now.  I would like to place them in a bottle and keep them eternally young. My sister, Sharon and hubbie Nate went off to San Fran for the weekend and Micah and I played mom and dad.  Spending time with them was a great reminder of how the simple things in life are so darn exciting!

We had all sorts of fun adventures from Swiss Days,

 to petting horses, 

eating yummy food, 

collecting and painting acorns, 

swimming and playgrounds, 

picking in the garden,

cutting out doll dresses and coupons,

camping out in the backyard,

discovering giraffes, 

looking at the neighbors rock collections,

church and more.  Through out the weekend I payed special attention to my little 3 yr old nephew's comments as they were rather witty for a 3 yr old. He definitely echos his older sister quite a bit, but he had some great one liners that must be captured. 

While we were walking home from church Sunday some of the 16 yr olds from church where being kind of rowdy in their pickup and honking the horn loudly. Axel had just the right comment as we were crossing the street when he said "They can't honk their horn, they can't honk their horn, Jesus is WATCHING them!" This kid is pretty close to the spirit.

Later that night we were looking for Bear, the stuffed animal, who was lost in the sleeping bag.  Axel was quite concerned and said "Where is he? He can't walk away. He isn't real."  I commented to Micah "Wow Axel is smart!", Axel piped up, "I am."

This is a kid who knows how life works and he's only three. We were so fortunate to spend some time with them and have sweet Sarah Astill hang out with us also. Fortunately, I think Micah is now ecstatic to start having some little ones of our own!