Addition

Happy Birthday Daniel! Daniel is adding one more year to his life - the big 27! He is the best husband and dad, and I'm not just saying that because it is his birthday! I really appreciate his selfless and cheerful demeanor.

As Daniel is adding another year, we thought it good to start sharing that we are also adding to our family! Baby #4 will be arriving beginning of March! What a great life!

Recess Monkey

 Last week we went to the Recess Monkey's show at the library. It is our 2nd time that we've seen them and we had a great time. They are school teachers from Seattle that have toured our libraries in the summer and entertain these kids with their fun & creative music! Porter and Jesse were dancing fools, Eliza got into by the end too! Thanks Kristin for keeping me in the know about when they perform each year! We love 'em!
You can here a lot of their songs on their site here.

Summer Pics

My boys (and first picture with Daniel's new camera*)

Porter and Daniel fishing on Papa's boat

Sunrise on Independence Rock

Rock Creek, my favorite spot on our trip

Had to include a picture of this little muffin!

Fort Laramie

We had a great trip and it was so fun to spend time with family! A huge thanks to my Mom & family and Mike and Em for watching the kids while we were gone!

 Chimney Rock

*also a huge thanks to Papa & Mimi for the camera!

Porter is 3

Top 3 things I love about Porter:

He is such a softy, always first to say sorry and give hugs

Loves to hug...sometimes a little to tight...to little girls...in nursery

His one-liners are classic:

"Whoa, mom take it easy"

"Ooh good job, that's amazing"

"fanks mom"

He calls Jesse and other little kids buddy.

There are many more, and I'll have to add to the list as I remember them.

I love this kid!!

First year of preschool

Eliza loved her first year of preschool. She learned a lot! We were lucky to have such good moms in our group that really put time into preparing and teaching these kids!

Friends

 

Although we have our fair share of unpleasant scenes here in our house 

 I sure do love when I see them getting along and loving each other!

Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. I really know that I would and could not be happier being anything else but my children's mother. I love watching them grow. They are each so unique. Jesse loves to help me unload the dishwasher, every time he hears me open it he comes running to be my little assistant. Porter loves to do hard work outside with his dad. If there is a shovel or tool involved he's there and will stick with it until the end. Eliza is our little artist. She will imitate my stick drawings exactly and she could color for hours, which has become a very nice thing during sacrament meetings!

As I heard of a baby that passed away this morning and another friend giving birth to a baby boy almost at the same time, my heart was very grateful for the blessing it is to be a mother, to bring God's children here and be able to help them grow. Oh, but they are helping me grow soo much too! I looked at them a little different and was a little softer today, the way I want them to remember me being.