Cole's Birthday Video and Pictures

It's birthday week for Cole.  So we are going to start off the celebrations with his birthday video and pictures!  Enjoy.

I love this video of Cole.  I love that is shows his cute personality, and how cute he talks.  Now you can understand why he gets away with so much trouble!

Last Day of Preschool

Today was Cole's last day of preschool.  He learned a lot and worked hard (and gave his teacher lots of trouble, sorry Belinda!)  When I asked what he wanted to give his teacher for a gift on the last days he said, "a ring pop".  So Mrs. Beck got a pink ring pop and some pink tulips all picked out by Cole.

picture courtesy of iphone

Here is a picture of some of his friends from preschool.

So proud of you Cole.

Watch our Kindergarten!

Friday Night at the Park

LOTS of pictures from our Friday Night at the park!

JUMPS

Liv even threw in a few dance moves

Then, the sprinklers came on

Can you tell how excited Liv was?

I liked this picture below because it is Liv throwing sand on her brothers.  They weren't happy about it and chased her, but I am sure someday this picture will come in handy.

and a picture of me and liv just because..

Still Packing

Packing all these boxes is EXHAUSTING!!

Field Trip Day

Can you guess where we went on a Field Trip today???

The siren was REALLY loud.

We got to practice STOP, DROP, & ROLL

Cole was a terror with the hose.  Dug up some bushes and did a little landscaping with the firehose.

Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all you wonderful mothers out there.  Wishing I could be in Utah to spend time with my wonderful mom who tirelessly serves her five children every day (even though three of them don't live there).  She is the rock of the family and is what keeps us all going strong.  Love you mom!!  And, to my most wonderful mother-in-law, who raised an amazing son.  Thank you for all your love and support.

I still remember the day I became a mother.  I was clueless at what I was getting into, and sometime I still am, but I'm loving every minute.  Being a mom is hard, with lots of patience testing and slow breaths counting to ten, but there is nothing as rewarding.  I have been blessed with three healthy, strong, and beautiful children.  I have been given a beautiful gift to be a mother and am grateful every day for this blessing.

Initially, I told Shawn that I wanted a nice photo shoot with me and the kids for mothers day, but by the end of the day we just didn't get around to it.  But this picture below is definitely more accurate to my life as a mother.  Everyone is filthy, covered with food on their face or clothes, hair is a mess, and totally wild, but that is pretty much how things go around here.  So I guess my nice fancy mothers day picture will have to wait another few years until my kids learn how to keep their food in their mouth and not on their face and clothes :)

Ethan

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Seven years ago today I spent my very first mother's day coming home from the hospital with my first baby, a healthy baby boy weighing 7lbs. 3 oz.

Last night Ethan could hardly stay in bed, he was so excited about his birthday.  He's only been talking about if for the last 4 four months.  He kept coming in my room asking random questions like "why does Anakin turn evil?", "How can I find the secret codes to Club Penguin?", and my favorite "I need $500, can I do some jobs to earn it?" In the end we ended up watching youtube videos on how to make the best paper airplane.  Shawn was working last night so Ethan and I spend the next  hour up making paper airplanes.  When he finally fell asleep I found him like this.  He falls asleep almost every night with an open book on his chest.

This morning E could hardly wait to open his presents and didn't understand why he had to go to school on his birthday.  But it was PJ day at school, so that made it fun.

 He got a DSi, some games, and a case.  He also got a new church shirt, which he needed badly, and it makes him look so grown up.  This morning for breakfast he wanted to have chips, and I let him because it's his birthday and he is the KING for the day.  He kept saying, "Wow, these chips are great.  Each time I take a bite I get all this wonderful flavor in my mouth." He cracks me up!  When I dropped Ethan off at school he said he wanted to bring donuts for his class, so off to the store we went.  When I came back at lunch time to drop of the donuts Ethan was outside playing tag with a bunch of girls.  Such a ladies man!!

I'm so proud of you Ethan.  You are such a great kid, and are so friendly to others.  We love you!  Happy Birhtday!!

Random Pics

Just enjoying some nice summertime weather before it gets too hot.

Shawn just got his first pair of glasses and I got some new ones so I thought we'd show them off a bit.  I think they make Shawn look way smart, and I'm just trying to pull off the sexy librarian look :)

Cole and Liv are the best of friends and the worse of friends.  One minute they are playing so good and then next beating each other up.