Happy 4th of July!

What a fourth this has been! We have had nothing but fun. We've been at my parents house for the last almost 2 weeks. You name it, we've done it. I'll post pictures later. But for now I just wanted to take in this moment of watching our children do fireworks, listening to patriotic music, sitting on my parents front porch and feeling a sense of gratitude for our freedom! Happy 4th of July to all!

Happy 1st Birthday Ethan!

My baby is 1 today. I can't believe it! Gavin and I were out for our morning walk reminiscing about the events that led up to this sweet baby coming into our home. It was just a year ago I was up at this time timing contractions, wondering if today would be the day that I can finally be done with the long pregnancy.

Ethan is the sweetest baby you will ever meet. Gavin calls him "guy smiley" because he smiles all of the time. He has the best temperament and loves life. He tries so hard to keep up with his big brother Drew, by following him around the house trying to copy everything he does. I love this baby so very much!

Happy Birthday Ethan....we love you and are so thankful that Heavenly Father gave you to us!

Happy Birthday Zoe Zo Zo!

Happy Birthday Miss Zoe! I am running late as her birthday was actually on the 5th, but better late than never! We are so happy she is a part of our family. What an awesome big "sissy" she is.

The kids have been with their mom for the last couple weeks for her portion of Summer Break. We'll be getting the kids for the remainder of the summer on the 19th. So we will be celebrating her and Ethan's birthday this Friday when we have the kids over for Ethan's 1st Birthday. Drew misses "Oee" tons. He will see something that reminds him of Zoe and look around for her and ask for "Oee". He sure loves for her.

We are excited to see the kids and miss them all! Happy Birthday Zoe! We love you!!!!

Haircuts Anyone???

I took the three boys to get their hair cut. For Austin it was old hat, but for Ethan and Drew, it's a big deal. This was Ethan's first hair cut. He did pretty well. I forgot my camera so I was really bummed. Drew's hair was the biggest change. He looks like a little boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREW!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET BABY DREW!!!!!!! Today he is TWO....ahhhh....where has time gone. We are so happy he is part of our family! Life is so much fun with a toddler. He is adored by everyone because of his sweet little personality. We love you Drewbee Doo!

Ode to Our Vacuum Ethan....

This is Ethan from the time he wakes up until the time he goes to bed. We can't leave any food within reach, or this is what happens. He LOVES to eat. In fact, he is just a pound, yes, ONE pound away from weighing the same as his big brother Drew. You can't get any cuter than this little guy here.

He is desperately trying to fully crawl and climb up on anything he can. He is the happiest baby and we just love having him around!

Life passes you by....

It's been almost a month since I have blogged. Boy, have we been busy. We had a great time at Easter with the Leavitt Family. They came over and we had an awesome ham dinner then an egg hunt with the kids. It was a blast.

Zoe is in Colorado right now visiting her friend Emma. Emma's Mom, Jennifer is graduating from nursing school this weekend. We are so excited for Jennifer and glad that Zoe could be there to share this with them. Zoe called me today from the mall to tell me she was shopping and told me about all the stores she had been in. She is definitely ALL girl!

Liam got his Wolf badge along with a TON of belt loops. He loves scouts and we are so proud of him! He is now in Bears and LOVES it!

Austin was student of the month and we had the chance to see him get recognized in front of the entire school. He was surprised and very excited.

Jared is Jared...what can I say. The kid has a mind of his own. We love him dearly and he keeps us laughing, but on the other hand he definitely keeps us on our toes!

Drew is of course the cutest thing EVER! He is trying so hard to talk more and more each day. We laugh at his vocabulary. I'll blog all of his words later. They are all too cute. He loves his "B" aka baby, and is already using his imagination. Did I mention that he draws on EVERYTHING!!!! The walls are a blank canvas for him to put his mark on. We need to go ahead and buy stock in Mr. Clean Magic Erase Markers.

Ethan is trying to crawl, he does the army crawl everywhere, trying to keep up with his big brother Drew. He now has 4 teeth and is as cute as ever! He also is our family vacuum. He eats EVERYTHING! I swear he smells food a mile away!

Gavin is finishing off his first semester of Law School with Finals over the course of the next two weeks. I have to be the proudest wife. He has worked so hard this semester and had enjoyed every minute of it. I am so blessed to have such an amazing man as my husband and best friend. He is so dedicated in everything he does.

I am busy being a mom. Trying to keep the house clean and laundry up is a CHORE! One of these days I'll be caught up (Yeah right). I'm not expecting that to be anytime soon. We are all looking very excited to this summer being able to relax. We have a great summer planned and can't wait for it all to begin!