The Holland Family

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Bible Story Time

It's Bible Story Time...

Click on the video below to hear Luke read you his favorite bible story,

and Mattie will show you what happened to Goliath at the end.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

MUD PUDDLES!

I must have been crazy this day, but look at how much fun these kids had in the mud!

The clean up wasn't as bad as you might have guessed from this video. I just stripped them down naked outside, and sprayed them with the hose. They may have had more fun getting clean than they did dirty. That would be a first. Poor Baby Cade slept through all the fun.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Luke Rockin IT

Check out Luke's latest music video!

This is an original, written, sung, and performed by Luke.

(Will not be available in stores)

below are the words...

(Well your guess is as good as mine)

at the end when he is all done, he says...

"did you like that song?"

ISN'T HE AWESOME!??!!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Our recent trip to Tampa!

From Memorial Day through Mid-June we packed up our kids and went home to Tampa to see our dear family and friends. Some of them probably you all. Funny enough three weeks still was not enough time to visit everyone we wanted to see. Nor did we feel like we got to spend enough time with those of you we were fortunate to get together with. We will just have to plan another trip down there soon!

After spending a few days with family, we headed down to Anna Maria Island to the Solomon family beach house for a little fun in the sun! My good friend Megan was able to join us with little baby (not so little) Joseph pictured in the top pic with Mattie. We swam in the pool, and played on the beach, and had a blast! Luke discovered a pretty cool rock in the ocean, which we spent hours playing with. Hhhmmmmm...expensive toys, or free rock from the ocean? Of course he finds the rock more entertaining.

After leaving the beach, Bobby and his mom and sister took Luke and Mattie to Disney for a couple of days. They had a blast riding all the rides, and swimming in the pool at the hotel. Katie stayed in Tampa with Baby Cade and had some special time with her Dad.

We also baptized baby Cade while we were in Tampa. On June 10th, his Ma Mere's birthday he was baptized by his Granddad. Even though my mom was not there in person. We all know she was looking down from heaven to see this glorious occasion.

See how excited Cade was on the morning before he is going to be Baptized.

What a fabulous day!

This is Cade's Godmother, Aunt Missy!

Yahoo for being Baptized! It is official now. Thank you Granddad!

All in all it was a great visit, and it was so good to be at home back in the beautiful sweltering humidity of Tampa. We made it back to Charlotte, and now we are enjoying getting more adjusted to life here. We have been swimming in our neighborhood pool, and playing with all our toys that we missed during our vacation. That will be all for this post! We will post more later!

This is one of Baby Cade's first smiles caught on camera. I think it says, "MOM, can't wait for you to see the present I left you in my pants!"

Welcome to the Holland Family Blog!

We thought it was about time we put a blog together of all the crazy happenings in our growing family. So here it is, we hope you all enjoy hearing our silly stories, viewing our family pictures, and staying in touch with our happenings. (Not that they will be that interesting, but you might find them entertaining.)

For those of you who we have not seen or been in touch with for a long time, here is a quick catch up into what our lives are like for the most part.

Since Bobby and I (in case most of you haven't figured out, Katie is the one who will be writing most of these blogs.) got married almost five years ago, we now have three perfect children. Luke is 3 1/2 and he is crazy. He says the funniest things and is full of life. Mattie is now 2 years old, and is adorable. She loves her brothers, and is already acting a little more like a mother, than a sister to them. Hey, I can use the help! Cade was just born this past April and is growing like a weed. He still doesn't do much other than sleep, poop, and eat; but he is starting to smile a bit, and boy is he beautiful! We moved to Charlotte this past January, and we are loving it, and all the new friends we have made.

Luke, Mattie, and Cade are surely the most wonderful kids in the world, and really are the reason for this family site of ours. Lets face it, very few of you want to see pictures of Bobby and myself. We pretty much look the same, where as our children are continuously growing more beautiful every day.

Feel free to leave comments, and I hope you all enjoy!

Katie

funny things my kids have said...

Bobby says to Luke, "Don't you want to go outside to play? It is so beautiful today!" Luke responds from inside the messy playroom, "But Dad, it is so beautiful inside here, too!"
For those of you who have young children who like to watch the Backyardigans, Luke wondered allowed the other day, "Do they ever play in the front yard?" It might not be so funny to you all, but I thought it was hysterical.
Luke and Mattie are constantly playing rough. So we often have to remind them to be gentle so no one gets hurt. One day Luke said something not so nice to Mattie, and we told him, Be careful you don't want to hurt Mattie's feelings. Luke quickly responded, "Where are Mattie's feelings?"