HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIAM...

Happy Birthday to our sweet Liam. I can't believe that today he turns 9. How time has flown by. I'm still in Utah and Gavin is home. He was able to spend a couple of hours with the kids today, since they were with Andrea for Spring break. When I talked to Liam today he had his entire birthday party planned. Easy enough for me. Now I just make it happen. Got to love that! I am so grateful for Liam and what an awesome kid he is. We are so glad he is a part of our family!!!! We love you Liam!

These cookies just aren't edible....

Twice a month we pick up paradise bakery cookies for charity. A few weeks ago, I brought the bin in the house. Not thinking anything of it, I left it on the table. The next thing I know Drew is eating a croissant and Zoe a cookie. "Nothing wrong with that," I think to myself and leave the room. The next thing I know, Drew is in the bin helping himself. We laughed and laughed. Those cookies were definitely not donated that week!

My Babies!

Drew and Ethan LOVE to go for a walk. It doesn't matter where we go, whether it's to the park (Drew's favorite place in the world) or to get the mail. I have the cutest babies ever!

On a side note, it's fun to watch these two interact. You can tell that Drew is going to be the leader and Ethan will follow along. Gavin and I are already picturing the instigating that will take place with Drew and then giving us the eyes, saying, what did I do wrong?

And off he goes.....

Yesterday was President's day and we had a blast spending most of the day at the Park. Austin has been putting off learning to ride a bike, as he has said that he is scared of falling. We have tried countless times, and finally just came to the conclusion, that when he's ready, he's ready.
Yesterday he decided to be ready. As we were getting ready to leave the park Austin grabs Zoe's bike and tells Gavin he's ready to ride a bike. Gavin says ok and they go to a hill in the park and Gavin pushes him down the hill on the bike. With no problems off Austin goes. Austin heads home on the scooter he came on, grabs his bike and starts riding? I guess he woke up this morning and thought...today I'm going to ride a bike? Who knows that was going through that tiny little head of his, but it clicked. We are so proud of him! Way to go Austin!!!!

Austin My Little Indian

Austin is the sweetest thing on this earth. This last November for Thanksgiving he was an indian in his reading class play. Gavin and I had the opportunity to go in and watch him as they performed for another reading class. It was the cutest thing ever. I am so proud of my son and who he is. I forgot to post his cute picture and now finally getting around to it. Austin is one of the greatest blessings of my life! He gets all of his good looks from him mama!

Liam's Laundry tips!

So this morning as the boys are getting dressed we hand them their clothes. Jared is handed a striped shirt that is navy blue, light blue and pink. The shirt has always had pink in it and he has never made a comment about it until today.

He says, "This is a girl's shirt!" Gavin reiterates that it is not and that he has worn it several times in the past. Liam then pipes up and says, "Jared, it's been washed in red, that's why it's pink."

What a great way to start the morning. They crack me up!

Sweet Little Jared!

Sometimes I worry that we aren't doing enough to teach our children correct principles, especially with Zoe, Liam and Jared being in the situation that they are in, having to go between two homes. However today I felt like we were doing ok.....

Ethan has been extremely ill over the last week. It has progressively gotten worse to the point that I took him to the doctor. My suspicion came true when I found out he has RSV and croup. We have been fortunate enough of not having a temperature until today. Needless to say, I have been a little stressed out with a sick baby. Today in the car as I was on my way home from picking up the abuterol treatments, Jared out of know where says, "Ashley, you don't need medicine for Ethan!" I asked him why he would say that? He then goes on to tell me, "Ethan doesn't need medicine, he just needs a prayer, and Heavenly Father will make him all better!"

He actually does listen! Yeah for our team!