Happy Easter

A day late. I was enjoying time with family and couldn't pull myself away... We dyed our eggs using natural dye for the first time and while it wasn't quite as successful as I anticipated, it was a lot of fun and the boys thought they turned out great.

Joshua's Five!

My Joshua boy turns five today! We love his huge smile and tender little feelings. He loves to spend all day drawing and building things. He is quite the creative little boy. We sure love you Joshua!

What are your favorite things to do?
Draw and Build

What are your favorite foods?
Pizza and Noodles

What do you want to do for work when you grow up?
Be an Engineer

What is your favorite color?
Red

What is your favorite poem?
The Owl and the Pussycat

Happy New Year!

We took the boys to play at the park behind our house so I figured I'd bring my camera and take some pictures. The last time we'll be a family of five (yes, Joshua was still in his jammies). Sure love this bunch of ruffians! Hope you had a fabulous 2012 and here's to great things in 2013!

Our Christmas celebration

This was our house Christmas morning...

Grant is three!

My little boy is three today! Grant has brought so much joy to our family. He is constantly smiling and laughing and being silly. He is a smart and often devious little guy, but his cuteness makes up for it.

What is your favorite color?

Blue

What do you like to play with?

A race car, steamroller, and a truck

What is your favorite food?

Carrots

What's your favorite song?

Child of God

What makes you happy?

God, Jesus and treats

Six

My oldest son is six today! I can't believe how time has flown since I held him as a tiny little baby in New Hampshire. He is growing up into such a handsome, intelligent and kind young man and we couldn't be more pleased with the person he is becoming.

What is your favorite thing to do?

Play stack the countries, read, swim and make new friends

What is your favorite scripture?

John 14:15

If you could travel anywhere where would you go?

Germany, because I want to see all the fun places

Who are your closest friends?

Akili, Zuri, Bailey, Ellie, Sophia, Mckenna, Savannah, Chelsey, Bill, Ethan & Aaron

What do you want to do for work when you grow up?

Be a doctor and surgeon

Four years old

Anthony and Joshua celebrated birthdays last week (a day apart). Joshua turned four! Here are some things you should know about Joshua:

What are your favorite foods?

Pizza, oranges, apples, potatoes, and cheese

What are you afraid of?

Monsters and night

What makes you happy?

Mommy and daddy and grandma and grandpa. 

What are your favorite things to do?

Play with legos, and play farm uno and build with the blocks.

What's your favorite color?
Green.

What are you going to be when you grow up?

An Engineer.

What's your favorite story?

Freight Train.

What are your favorite animals?

Giraffe and bears.

Oh, and he hops on one foot rather than walking. Really.

This boy loves to build and has been asking for a firetruck. So we found him this firetruck lego set. Ethan drew him a cute birthday picture. I bought a cake for the first (and hopefully last) time in my life. I just didn't have it in me to try and be creative, he didn't seem to mind. But I forgot my camera (he's a middle child, he expects bad photos right?) so only have these sad iphone pics.

Their uncle got each of the boys a nerf disc gun. The first words out of Grant's mouth were "shoot mommy". I'm going to have to get myself one to defend against these hooligans. And, Joshua is now taking Tae Kwon Do with Ethan. He finished his two private lessons and is ready to join the big boy class this week. It's so cute to watch him, he gets so excited about it.

Thankful

for two dozen roses from my husband

that I just have a cold and not the flu

for three handsome little boys

a warm home to live in
this beautiful earth

for yummy food

good friends

family

GOD

Two years old!

My little baby turns two today! I just love his chubby little legs and his little fat fingers. He has the biggest smile and most adorable baby chuckle. He loves to cuddle and give butterfly kisses and loves being the center of attention. He brings such joy to my life. We love you Grant!