Okay I know that November isn't over but I already started to upload our family photos for November.  You can check them out here.

There are some pictures of Isaiah's birthday, Jubilee looking cute, the dog and I think pretty much everyone in the family. 

I think that is about all I have to post.  Today was pretty normal.  We spent time working around the house and relaxing.  Momma painted the laundry room and I picked up the yard some with the boys help.  Right now I am just waiting for the tea water to get hot so I can enjoy a cup a tea before bed.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

Okay, Momma has been on me to change the pictures on the left and the right.  I have done this for her finally.  She had made a good point.  We still had the "New Baby" picture on the right.  

Momma figured since Jubilee is almost 8 months old it seems like a good time to post a good picture of her.  It just seems like yesterday that she was born.  I know that is what everyone says, but man it is true. 

The other thing I wanted to mention was that we now have an online photo album with LOADS of photos.  You can find our photo album at http://album.silvamoose.com There is no www in that address, just in case you were wondering.  We also have our wedding photo's that I scanned from our wedding album, and our October photos there too.

That is about it for today.  I hope you enjoy the photo's.

~Mykkmoose (Dad)(Mike)

As you can see down on the bottom right under the New Baby image, (yes I know I need to get Jubilee's image in there) I have a link to the Blog Action Day website.  My CornerPixel Blog will be participating in that and maybe this Silva~Moose blog. 

It is a neat concept.  Basicall on October 15, 2008 all bloggers who have signed up for this blog action day will be blogging about the topic for this year.  This year's topic is "Poverty".

Well since I work for CRISTA Ministries and within CRISTA we have an organization that fights global poverty, (World Concern) I have a lot to talk about.  Maybe with everyone talking about poverty, it will help people get a better understanding of poverty and give people ideas on how they can help.

Anyway I thought it was pretty cool, so I have signed up the CornerPixel blog and may sign the Moose Rantings blog up as well.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

I got to go on a date with a VERY beautiful woman.

Thanks to Pastor and Paula Schopf, who watched our children on Friday night, Momma and I got to go out to dinner and bowling.  We went to the Olive Garden for dinner and TechCity for bowling.  The Olive Garden was pretty good.  The portions sure did seem smaller.  I had to go back and eat more salad after I finished my lasagna just to get full.  The food still was as good as I remembered and the company was great.  It is funny though, I remember a time when going out to eat was the highlight of the week, but it just wasn't the same as it used to be.  I think I might be getting old.  Momma did tell me during dinner that she would have been just as happy at home.  (not that she wasn't happy, but we were discussing the above topic)

Next we went bowling.  We paid for 30 minutes of bowling and figured we would pay for another 30 minutes after the first 30 were over.  The first thing I noticed was, WOW we are bowling fast.  Normally we go bowling with the children and it takes a LONG time just to bowl one game.  It almost seemed wrong to be bowling so fast.  We barely had time to talk to each other.  Oh well we had fun, but just like dinner, it just wasn't the same as when we were young.

We had told the Pastor that we would be back to pick up the kids around 9:30 pm, but ended up back at their house at 8:30 pm.  We got to spend a few hours with the Schopf's just talking and it was probably the best part of the night.  It is very funny how much Momma and I have changed.

All in all I hope we get to do that again, but most of all I am just very thankful to have such a wonderful woman as my wife.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

Today we dedicated Jubilee to the Lord at our church.  We dedicate ourselves to the Lord and pray that He will guide us throughout the years we are in charge of raising little Jubilee.  We pray that the Lord will use Jubilee however He sees fit and that she would live to serve Him.

The Lord has blessed us so richly with wonderful children, and we are promising the Lord in return that we will raise our children to know God, the truth of His salvation, love, and righteousness. 

You can see a few pictures of the dedication today at North Creek Baptist Church.  Praise God for the gifts He gives us!

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

The Silva's went to church camp last week and had a blast.  We left Monday morning on July 7th, and drove 250 some miles to Peniel Ranch.  The trip was like all trips, with a few stops to eat and use the restroom.  The kids were very excited and as always they started asking, "How far?" no more than an hour into the journey.  We also had a fun time when Grandpa Taylor got us lost and we ended up going up a dirt road for a couple miles.  We all gave Grandpa Taylor a bad time, but we did get to see a bear on the side of the dirt road.  WOOHOO for Grandpa and his GPS!

Camp was great.  For 150 dollars we were fed three meals a day and had a dry place to stay.  We got blessed with a personal room with our own shower and bathroom.   The pastor gave it to us because we had a young baby.  There were two other rooms that were given to other families with young babies.

We had all sorts of fun things to do at camp and you can see the pictures here.  We all enjoyed archery, axe throwing, fishing, games, swimming, fishing, canoeing, paddle boating, fishing, volley ball, fishing, church services, Bible answer time, fishing, fellowship with our church family and fishing.  (Did I mention that already?)

All in all we had an awesome time and it was so nice to relax.  Work has been hectic so it was nice to get away from technology and work.  I did miss my CRISTA IT family though and was glad to be back to work on Monday.  I sure wish we could pack up the IT team and all go to camp.

Oh well I think that is all.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

Well Praise God!

The kids have been worried because Pockets has been missing for about a week and a half.  Mom and were beginning to think she was, umm, well dead.  We told the kids to not expect the cat to come back.  As always though we did encourage the kids to prayer for her return and safety, but we were pretty sure she was NOT coming back.

This has happened to us several times.  Once when we lived in Port Orchard, she was gone for a week, and we found out from our neighbor that she had been on the top of our van when we left the house, so after a day of searching we figured she had fallen off and had died.

The second time was in New Jersey when we lost her for 4 months while I was in Iraq and the family was living with the Pastor and his wife.  She came back the day before we moved from New Jersey to WA.

Now this is the third time.  We still are not sure where she was.  All of a sudden today she popped up out of nowhere.  I think she was trapped somewhere in the house, because Isaiah was the only one who went outside today and he didn't remember letting her in.  We are confused but praising God for a safe return of Pockets.  She is VERY skinny, but alive.

Well that is it.  I just wanted to tell everyone.  Praise God!

MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

Yup it has been a while since I posted here.  Well today is a good day to post since I am home sick.  You know I really hate being sick.  I woke up last night about 3am just coughing up a storm.  I coughed so hard I strained a muscle in my chest.  Pretty sad huh?

Oh well, it will be nice to sleep as much as I can today.  I don't get to do that very often.  Jessie and the family have left to go to band and the only one home with me is Elisha, and she is doing school, so this is the PERFECT time to sleep.  You ask then, why am I sitting here typing this post?  Well I was feeling guilty about not posting for so long.

Okay now the part most people care about, an update on how the moose are doing.  (in particular Jubilee).  Jubilee is doing very good.  She was having a problem pooping  with constipation for a few days, but that is cleared up now.   I won't tell you how it cleared up except for it involved some work from Mom and Dad.  For those worried it was safe and doctor approved, but messy.

Now on to the other moose.  Jessie is still pretty, so is Elisha.  The boys are handsome and only get into a little bit of trouble.  Hosanna is still cuddly, and Elizabeth is a ball of ENERGY.   We have installed child locks on almost all the low level cabinents because of her curiousity, and energy.  To be honest Elizabeth scares me.  I am praying she won't be the first to break a bone, especially not mine.  When ever I am praying for the family, the first thing I pray for when I get to Beth is safety.  I am glad the angels are heavenly beings, because if they weren't there would be several very tired angels watching over Elizabeth.

I think I have rambled enough.  I will ask though for those who may read this if you could say a quick prayer for me.  Being sick stinks.  Thanks a bunch and have a great rest of the week!

MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

First I have to apologize for not posting in a long time.  Things have been busy since Jubilee's birth.  I am also working on some projects for extra money.  I will also be working on a site redesign.  No worries, I am not changing any functionality, just looks.  The blogs will be the same as far as content and all the other pages will function the same.  I am just going to make the site "pretty".

Anywho, I will try VERY hard to post more pictures of Jubilee this week and maybe even do Marches Moose~Album page.  Hang in there and please be patient with us.  I am sorry not be posting more often, I will try to post at least twice a week.

So far life is going pretty great.  Jubilee is doing AWESOME.  Momma is doing great, and the kids are all alive.  Also Elisha made a new post today on her blog.  You can check it out here.

Well I will post again, sooner than later.

MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

As you can tell from the title, Jubilee Dawn was born!  She arrived last night at 9:02 PM.  Below are all the measurments.

Born: March 20th, 2008 at 9:02pm
Weight: 7 pounds 5 ounces
Length: 19 inches
Head Size: 14 inches
Appearence: Cute as can be!

I want to start out by saying I am so proud of Momma.  She, as always, did a great job.  The Lord has blessed her with good deliveries and this was yet another one.  She didn't scream, yell, or get upset at all.  I almost felt bad that she didn't get any good licks in on me, but that is how it usually is.  Also Elisha did a great job.  She was there for the birth.  This makes baby number two for her.  She helped out a lot.  She got chap stick, and water for Momma, and was in charge of keeping the music going.  She sure is an awesome young lady. 

Nancy Spencer was our mid-wife again for Jubilee.  She was there for Hosanna, and Elizabeth's births too.  She does an awesome job.  She has been a mid-wife for almost 40 years.  2010 will be 40.  As always she was calm and helped make the delivery easy going. 

I got to do the Daddy things, like catch the baby, cut the cord and dress her in her first outfit.  It didn't take long before Jubilee was filling my heart with Joy.  She is so light, and I could hold her forever.  Praise God for such wonderfully LARGE gifts that come in small packages.

Praise God, for He is wonderful, mighty, loving, caring and more than words can describe!  Thank you Lord for all your blessings.

MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)