Some Fun Summer Pictures

These are some random fun summer pictures that we have taken recently. The first picture shows the state of Feliciti's hair at each meal since she always gets herself dirty!!! For some reason she likes to touch her hair even if she has food on her hands!! =) But she is my messy Princess!!!
The kids had sprinkler fun in the backyard! Doesn't the grass look great? =) Justin did an amazing job! Yaya and Granddad got this sprinkler for Mikah's 4th birthday and we finally got to use it!
This is Madilyn playing and having a blast! She loves playing with her brother and sister especially if it means she can get wet!















The kids always have lots of fun and keep us very busy! What a great life the Lord has given us!

My Baby Madilyn turned 1!!!

Madilyn Kyle Ziebarth turned 1 on June 27. I can't believe our baby is already 1. She has been the absolute best baby there ever could be. The Lord truly blessed us with her; she is the most calm, loving, funny, sweet, amazing princess we could have ever asked for.
She loved having everyone there for her party! Her Yaya made a beautiful pink cupcake for her first cake and she loved it! Below is a picture of her taking a second out of enjoying her yummy cake to take a picture with Mom and Dad. She started timidly touching the icing but then she held nothing back!

Below you can see her completely covered in cake!! Dad and Bobo came up with a new trick where they would tickle Madilyn with a fork on her head and then she would itch her head with her cake-hand!!! They did this to her head and her ear and her back...you get the picture. Then Daddy got to give her a bath! =)
After her bath, she got to open her presents! She got lots of cute clothes, a toy box from Mommy and Daddy and a few toys. Here is Madilyn enjoying one of her new books.
The Lord really did His finest work when He created my kiddos...but He must have been in a really good mood on June 27,2009!!! Here is a picture of our angel when she was only about a month old at her baby dedication. What an angel...

First Complete Family Vacation!!!

Last week we had our first family vacation!! We went to Mema and Papa Jay's first and then to Beaver's Bend, Oklahoma. We had a blast! At Mema and Papa's we had tons of fun picking vegetables from the garden, eating ice cream cones, fishing and just spending great time with Mema and Papa. It means so much to see my kids spending time with my amazing grandparents. They are truly the best grandparents anyone could ever had and it is such a blessing for me to see my kiddos enjoying them as much as I do!

Below is Feliciti enjoying some nice relaxing ice cream cone time!

In Beaver's Bend we had lots of nature walks, some fishing, an attempt at swimming in the lake, riding on the train, and lots of fun family time! Here are some fun pictures of us having a great time!

Mikah turns 4!!!

We had Mikah's 4th birthday party April 24th at our new house and it was so much fun!!! We literally had over 40 people there kids and adults combined. It was a blast! I wanted to attach some pictures of it as well as some baby pictures of my big boy! I truly can't believe how big he has gotten and how much he has changed! Above this is Mikah enjoying jumping in the bounce house we got which he personally requested!Below is Mikah getting ready to do some serious pinata hitting! He also personally asked for a pinata which we are sure he learned from watching Dora!
Above you can see Mikah's awesome SpiderMan cake and cupcakes his Yaya made him! Thanks Yaya! He loved his cake and the gummy spiders too!
This is Mikah's new Spiderman bike and helmet! We got him the bike and his Mimi got him his helmet. He looks so big riding it and is still adjusting to the training wheels.
This is Mikah at 3 months old...man he is has changed our lives dramatically! He started our family from 2 to 3...he taught us how to love someone else with all our beings...he made us see life for something so much more precious than we had ever seen it! He showed us how the Lord loves us...unconditionally, aware of our faults but loves us anyway! Since Mikah has blessed our lives, Justin and I have finally witnessed how the Lord must love us so much in spite of our faults. We are His blessed children...what a great way for the Lord to show us a fraction of how He feels...
This is Mikah eating his first birthday cake ever! His first sugar ever! It has been an amazing 4 years and I praise God for allowing us to be in this journey with our wonderful son!

Easter blessings!

We had such a great Easter!!

All weekend long we were building up how much fun Easter was going to be and the kids were getting so excited! This year, we focused on explaining to Mikah a little more than last year about Jesus' Resurrection. Last year we weren't ready to teach Mikah about death so we taught him that for us Jesus disappeared and reappeared 3 days later. This year he asked a lot of questions and really got it (the best way a an-almost-4-year-old can.) =) It was so great to see him accepting this awesome pillar of our faith!

On Saturday afternoon we went to our amazing church's egg hunt at a Mansfield elementary school. We had a blast! The kids got TONS of eggs and I will post these pics next since there are so many of them.

On Easter morning Mikah woke up asking where the egg hunt was! Don't worry everyone...On our way to church we kept reminding the kiddos the reason we celebrate Easter-- Feliciti would say "Yeah!" and Mikah would ask some more questions. =) After church we went to Mimi and Papa's (my parents) to hunt eggs and eat some lunch. We got to spend some time with Bibi and Bobo and my adorable nephew Judah! We had so much fun seeing them since we are all always so busy.

After naptime and lots of candy, we went over to Yaya and Granddad's house (Justin's parents) to get more food and more egg hunting! We had a blast there until the kiddos starting getting really tired and cranky. We got to see Yaya, Granddad, Uncle David, Aunt Chelle, Reagan, Aunt Crystal, Uncle Matthew, Israel, Mama and Papa. It was lots of fun!

Now on to my absolute favorite picture of all time! This is the first real family picture we have had since Madilyn was born. Aren't the kiddos getting so big? And they are absolutely gorgeous!!!! I am such a proud mom and I am incredibly blessed!!!!

Geez time flies by!

Hello Blog World! Here I am. I have been MIA for quite some time now and I am so sorry! This post will be all words just updating everyone on the house situation and my precious family.

House Update: Well...we are currently waiting for the underwriters to finish all of the paperwork so that we can finally close! Who knew this process was going to take this long?!?!?! We are trying so hard to be patient but come on! We sold our house in September and here it is almost March and we still are living with our family! ---Here is where I praise the Lord with all that I have celebrating His plan by allowing us to have family close by with houses big enough for us to live in!!!---
We have been living with Justin's parents since the week before Christmas. They might be ready for us to get out of there but hopefully it will be soon! The house is 98% ready- all that is left is painting the baseboards and cleaning! Whew our house is dusty! We are all anxiously waiting and praying for the big move-in.

Precious Madilyn Update: Madilyn is officially crawling now!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! She started out crawling backwards and then finally got the hang of it. She is babbling so much and can say 'Dada' and has said 'Mama' once. Madilyn turns 8 months old in 2 days and is breathtakingly gorgeous if I do say so myself. We get stopped so often with people exclaiming how pretty she is...I love it!

Big Girl Feliciti Update: Feliciti is growing up so much!! She can carry on a whole conversation with you now and she is so smart! She is our cautious, shy angel who has a stubborn streak! =) She is also our 'Cuddle Bug' and loves to be picked up and held! Guess who her best friend is...MIKAH! She and him play together all the time and they have so much fun! She is also traffic-stopping gorgeous and can steal your heart with just one look!

Mikah is officially Old Update: Mikah is grown up! He understands so much, he asks questions all the time to learn the things he doesn't know and he is so smart! He is approximately 98% potty training with the 2 % pertaining to naptime and nighttime. He is doing so good! He is becoming our little buddy with his increased understanding and I love just talking to him! He is still my handsome Justin-clone and he loves to cuddle in short snippets of time when he is not playing!

Justin and I Update: In 12 days Justin and I will celebrate our 8 year wedding anniversary and we are so excited! At the end of March, we are going to take a much-needed weekend of R&R and TLC at my aunt and uncle's cabin! We are loving every second of being our 3 angel's parents and the Lord shows us every single day His love for us through our babies.

Ok Blog World, I will definitely try to be more consistent with blogging. Honestly, life has been so upsetting and stressful lately that I didn't want to share how hard it's been for us. But now you know...we have been living with our parents/in-laws for 8 months now and it's hard...really hard...we are ready for our family alone time...we are ready for our couple alone time...we are ready for our normal life to be back.

1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

FINALLY WE'RE BACK!!!

We are finally going to update everyone!! We have been so busy it has been crazy! We have officially sold our house as of mid- October and we are currently living with my parents and have been since the end of September. It has been such a blessing to stay here and not worry about being homeless. =) Our dream house is almost ours completely!! We close around December 10 and building officially starts. It should be finished by the end of January and we will be in our own house!

Here are some recent picture of my 3 angels playing together...life is so good...God is so amazing!!


Madilyn is almost 5 months old!! She is rolling and 'talking' so much! She loves to make her dinosaur noises when she is trying to shove her whole fist in her mouth! She is officially teething but no teeth have come to the surface. She loves to smile and she is so wonderfully social! She is looking more and more like Feliciti- which we love! Here she is in her sister's princess crown. She loved it!


Feliciti is speaking in full sentences now and so clearly!! She loves to sing and you will find her singing all the time! She just wakes up and starts talking and playing in her bed. She is still our little angel although she is definitely our 'stubborn one'. She loves playing with her baby dolls and she absolutely adores her sister Madilyn!

This is Feliciti doing what she loves best!! When Madilyn starts to cry or fuss, she goes over to make her 'all better'. It is so amazing to see her maternal instincts grow every day!

Fire Chief Feliciti

Mikah is 3 and a half years old already and he is truly just like his Dad! He looks just like him and loves to play! Wrestling has become his favorite as well as chase and hide and seek. He is such a joy to be around! He is learning so much and it is amazing to see him just 'get' things. I can't believe that in just a year and a half, he will be starting school!!!! Honestly, I can't wait for him to come home each day with a new skill or a favorite subject...sigh...


Justin is a full-time stay at home dad and he is really good at it! The kids love having their Daddy home with them and it is so great to see Madilyn grow so close to him! His counseling is going great and he says that it is so amazing to work for something that you truly love for the first time.
I am taking 2 graduate class this semester and I am making an A in both classes! =) I am loving life at my new school and my students are so great! Life gets hectic at times due to our very busy lives but the Lord has been so faithful to us...He sustains us each day...He renews our spirits! Thanks for listening to our update!