Ok my computer was not letting me post anything new on my blog. I finally fixed the problem. It probably would have taken someone who knows computers a lot less time than 2 months to fix the problem, but oh well. Anyhow, I realized how important my blog is to ME cause it's the only journal I really keep besides scrapbooking. I had wanted to post about Jonas deciding after seeing one of the neighbors having a garage sale, that he wanted to sell some of his toys out of the garage. He made some money and that led to him wanting to have a lemonade stand. I helped him set that up, but tried to have him do as much of the work as possible. He had some neighbors come and buy lemonade from him which just made his day. He is soo excited about earning money now. Hopefully he'll keep that enthusiasm as he gets older. Now we just need him to learn to save money instead of wanting to buy candy, soda, and donuts with it.




I took some pictures of my kiddos in the front yard a little while ago. They are growing so fast. I love seeing their interactions (when they're not fighting of course). Dax loves to watch the older kids and they love and are just as entertained by him. 

Tons O Fun

We camped for a night over St Patricks day. It was amazing how much effort went into packing for that one night. But it was a lot of fun and I'm glad we went before it turns blazing hot. We even had a leprechaun visit us and leave a note and some ring pops.







Jonas is playing soccer


Savvy loves her puzzles from Grandma


James plays guitar for the kids


Dax loves to chew on kitchen utensils and everything else, he's already got 2 teeth and produces buckets of slobber each day

Jonas gets a haircut

Savvy loves to garden or water the grass with her watering can









We had a staycation with James' sister and her family. It was AWESOME!!! Thanks for coming to visit guys.

A few crazies hiked angels' landing





The rest of us stuck with the shorter hikes

















I just love the look on his face here



Finally got into the painting egg tradition and the kids loved it




Happy Easter

February Stuff

Miss Savannah goes to joy school now and loves it. She gets a little more tired out these days.






Morning Smile- this kid wakes up happy and ready to start his day





I think Sunday afternoons are the perfect time to pull out the card and board games. Here is my family playing old maid






And here is James teaching the kids how to properly gloat when winning a game


I think she was feeling disappointed that she wasn't getting the old maid. She gets excited when she picks it.





And here are some pics of my wide eyed little Mr Chubs






Finally caught a smile!

Fun in January

At Grandpa's Pond








At the pool



Dax likes the water, he only cried a little when he got splashed in the face



This kid gets smothered in kisses by his mom every day


This morning before school









Happy Birthday Mom! We love you :)

Christmas time

One of my favorite memories from this last Christmas was the night that we drank some hot cocoa, and opened up our elf on a shelf. (Thanks again to Aunt Di for sending him). Elf on a shelf comes with a story, then he sits up high somewhere in the house and watches the kids to make sure they have good behavior at Christmas time. Each night he goes and reports to Santa then comes back during the night and finds a new spot to sit and watch. Loads of entertainment for the kids. They woke up every morning so excited to find his new spot. Anyways, after opening up our elf whom the kids named Twelf, we went driving around to look at the Christmas lights. We found a whole street that was seriously decked out and then found a house that had the lights coordinating with the music. We didn't think the kids would be that into it but they ended up car dancing and not wanting to leave.

We also had lots of talks with the kids about the true meaning of Christmas and I did lots of thinking about how we can make our celebrations be more centered on Christ.


Jonas got an amazing star wars transformer toy for Christmas from his Aunt Mo which I don't have a picture of. He took it to school for show and tell. He has a little friend at school who is very similar to Jonas who saw the toy and said "oh yeah baby, now your talkin!" It made me laugh because I can imagine Jonas saying the same thing.

I also loved hangin with family of course.

Thanksgiving and Birthdays

Our beautiful Thanksgiving spread. My favorite thankgiving foods that my mom makes are: her jello pretzel salad, yams, hoemmade cranberry sauce,and her stuffing.



This is the only picture I took of Dax's blessing day. I can't believe that's the only picture I took. At least it's a good one. And he was such a good baby during the blessing.





BIRTHDAYS





Jonas turned 6 this month. That is his baby picture in the blue chair. We took the kids to a fun bounce house place this year for their birthdays. A few things I want to remember about Jonas right now are: the way his hair bounces when he runs or does his karate or dance moves, how he is always asking what words mean, and how nice he is to his baby brother.









Our sometimes sweet little Savvy turned 3! She'll be headed to primary soon. She was a little shy at the bounce house place at first and would not get in one for a while, but she warmed up to it and eventually had a blast. Some things I want to remember about Savvy right now: Her cute little voice saying things like " are you kidding me?" and "I can't believe it" and "seriously!". She is really good at imitating all of us. Also I want to remember how she has learned how to play like a boy pretending to fight off bad guys and telling them that they can't have a sucker, how she comes out of her room in the morning when she wakes up and says mama and wants to sit on my lap.


















My little guy is becoming a little less fussy. Starting to coo and smile and basically melting everyone's heart in doing so. He smells sooo good most of the time. Can't get enough of this kid. Sometimes I just can't stop kissing his cheeks.