He's four!!

Joshua turned FOUR this week and we celebrated with family an friends yesterday! It was a fun time! Joshua chose a Lego theme that was lots of fun to work with!


Happy 4th Birthday, sweet boy! We love you so much! Glad you had a fun birthday!!

Mother's Day Tea

Jackson's kindergarten class had a Mother's Day Tea last week that was so sweet! The kids started out by singing "You Are My Sunshine!" My guy doesn't like singing in front of people, so he did a solo for me at bedtime that melted my heart!!


My goodies! A flower pot with pen flowers, a book and a placemat with poem and tea bag!!

We are so blessed by all the good friends Jackson has made this year at his school!!

Just my most favorite kindergartener in the world!!

Mother's Day 2011

I became a mom almost 6 years ago. What a wonderful ride it has been! My three little monkeys keep me on my toes daily! They have taught me maybe more than I have taught them. We laugh, we cry, we love, we snuggle, we fight, we care, play, we run, we learn...we are a family and I am so blessed by the men in my life! They make my life as a mom so meaningful and so wonderful! I wouldn't trade being a mom for anything in the world!!! What a blessing to be entrusted with the care and growing up of children!!

Easter at home---a story in pictures

Easter egg hunt at church

Our church has a HUGE Easter egg hunt----the brochure said 16,000 eggs! We just had to go yesterday and check it out! The eggs were laying all over the floor in the classrooms--very easy to find. Each kid was given clues with how many eggs they were allowed to find in each room and a specific color to look for! Very easy hunt and really fun!
I tried to get a picture of all the boys in the big room, but they weren't quite being cooperative!
Checking out what's inside the eggs with Daddy! Candy, candy, and more candy!!

Before and after

Here are a few pictures of our living room before...We have lived in this house for 9 months and this space has been empty! It was time to fill it up with some furniture! We bought two new red chairs, a rug, and some baskets to house the boys' toys!! I love the way it turned out (though it's not totally finished yet---still would like to get an ottoman and a small table with a lamp to put between the chairs, but that's down the road a bit)!! It's a clean look, easy with kids, and the new space makes me so happy!!

Bowling!!! And lots of laughing!

Our family went bowling for the first time two weeks! We had such a fun time, despite the fact that we weren't very good! The kids got to use bumpers, which ensured that they would know down some of the pins. AW and I got a few gutter balls! AW was the overall winner and I got beat by a 5-year-old! It was lots of fun! The boys are already asking when we can go back.