Fun Kid Pictures…

Posted on May 23, 2015 by joyinthelittlethings under Family Life, Fiona, Kenzie, Titus

This past winter I didn’t get many pictures of the kids… life was busy and I just didn’t get around to pulling out the camera and snapping some pictures. I hope I won’t regret missing those memories too much! Anyways, since the weather is nice now and I have a little more free time over the next week and a half I might post some more pictures… if you get tired of seeing my cute little kiddos, just let me know 😉

Happy Threesome!

Funny Fiona~

Kute Kenzie~

Terrific Titus!

Enjoying the stroller together.

Having fun with scissors!

Kenzie- “See I can put paper down in my scissors holder!” 😀

The “queens” on their way to the California coastline…

The beautiful ocean.

Titus loved the ocean!

The flowers along the coastline are beautiful!

I think this might be lupine…

Wild growing yarrow.

All tired out from lots of play~

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 6, 2015 by joyinthelittlethings under Family Life, Fiona, Kenzie, Samson, Special Occassions, Titus

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Dubina family!

Kenzie and Fiona

Our little man, Titus!

Five Months Old… and a few other random pictures

Posted on September 18, 2014 by joyinthelittlethings under Kenzie

Five months old and his cute face just keeps getting cuter!!

Our happy fella!

Isn’t it funny how different this view makes him look?!

Love this little man!

Fun threesome picture! Fiona loves holding Titus and helping me take care of him~

A bit late, but this is Kenzie on her 2nd birthday in June~ our little princess!

Kenzie loving her present~ a sandbox! The girls thought they were at the beach, so they took their chairs into the sandbox 🙂

Samson took Kenzie out for dinner (to Arby’s!) for a father/daughter date… so sweet of him~ She absolutely loved it, especially the red drink!!

My sister-in-law took these pictures of Titus and I on our vacation earlier this summer. I wanted a few pictures of just the two of us… he’s my little snuggler!

Summer Picnic…

Posted on July 10, 2014 by joyinthelittlethings under Everyday Life, Fiona, Kenzie, Motherhood, Titus

Today the girls and I enjoyed a summer picnic in our backyard! Their faces tell of the excitement of eating lunch outside… 😀

So excited to eat outside!

Fiona was so excited!!

~Yummy food~

Eating cherries~ Fiona was our photographer 🙂

Titus was sleeping while we ate, but because he is so cute, I thought I’d post this picture of him practicing his growl (well, he was really yawning, but we pretended it was a growl!).

Mommy Encouragement

Posted on March 27, 2014 by joyinthelittlethings under Book Quotes, Family Life, Fiona, Kenzie, Quotes

I’ve been reading a book off and on recently that my dear sister-in-law gave me for Christmas called Delight-Full: 31 Days to a Happier Baby… And Wholehearted Motherhood by Kate E. Collins.

I’ve been very encouraged in my role as a mother and thought I would share a few quotes from a chapter I read recently that I found particularly helpful for the stage of life that I am in with our daughters.

When children reach the stage that they question rules and test limits, they are developing a character that is uniquely their own. They are seeking guidance from Mommy and Daddy in the only way they know how. By acting in ways that Mommas see as defiance, they are simply using their baby language to ask: “Are you going to take my hand and lead me ‘in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake (Psalm 23)?’ Will you teach me how to grow the fruits of self control and gentleness in my life? Do you love me enough to see this through?”…

Boundaries in the life of a child show them without words that we love our children too much to leave them to themselves to figure out how to grow up. The Bible teaches that a child left to himself brings his mother to shame…

Babies need Mommas who won’t give up on them when they have difficult days. Babies need Mommas who will carefully watch the makings of their hearts, helping them to cull the selfishness and the whininess and planting the seeds of grace and gentleness. Babies need Mommas who will help them to guard their hearts, for out of our hearts grow the true stuff of life (Proverbs 4:23)…

Christian Mommas need to be studiers of the hearts of our children. We need to discover what they’re “made of” and point them to the Lord– praising Him for their strengths, that they might bring glory to Him! And praising Him for their weaknesses, that they might be used to bring glory to Him as well (2 Corinthians 12:9)…

And just for fun, here are a few pictures of our girls…

Smile Big!!!

Thoughtful Fiona~

Trying on Mommy’s shoes!

Sitting next to a little snowman about a month ago…

Good-morning smiles!

Fun times together!!

Kisses from big sister- oh my!!

And to finish this post… a cute funny from Fiona: She told me this while having a bout of hiccups the other day, “I keep hicking up!” 🙂

Kenzie- 21 Months

Posted on March 13, 2014 by joyinthelittlethings under Family Life, Kenzie

Our 21 month old cutie! She is growing up so fast… when did this happen?!

Winter fun…

Posted on January 24, 2014 by joyinthelittlethings under Everyday Life, Family Life, Fiona, Kenzie

A few weeks ago we got more than six inches of snow, so the girls enjoyed playing in the snow for a while.

The girls ready to go outside and play… Kenzie wasn’t sure if she was supposed to smile…

Smile, Kenzie!

Fiona enjoyed putting snow in her pail.

Kenzie had fun walking in the deep snow and falling down in it!

“Cheese!”

~Snow fun~

And just for fun I thought I’d put in a picture of our newest baker, Kenzie!

Kenzie loves helping in the kitchen and here she is helping me make muffins! Fiona was napping at the time so it was easy to include her in my baking efforts.

Warm Houses on Cold Days…

Posted on January 23, 2014 by joyinthelittlethings under Family Life, Fiona, Kenzie, Samson

Reading in the “house” with Daddy~

Here in Ohio it has been very cold lately. The girls have been sick and we haven’t been able to play outside much. So Samson made the girls a “house” or “tent” today in the living room. Then he read some books to the girls in the house! This afternoon after naps I told Fiona we could make a bed for her to sleep in while they play. She is really looking forward to playing in her house! 🙂 Samson is such a great daddy!!