The First Day of Spring

Welcome to the spring in Colorado! This is what is so cool about this state....today it snowed about 5-6 inches (for the first time this year) and by this weekend it will be in the 60's and beautiful!!!! So today we headed out with Daddy looking for some pretty sites. The pictures below just do not do them justice...but oh well! We enjoyed them!








Pres LOVES the snow....actually, he loves eating the snow :)
In his hand is his harmonica. He serenaded us the whole drive today with his music.






Here is a Country Club in the mountains (on a lake, obviously).











Out there is the Golf course. In the summer it is so green and gorgeous!










Our backyard....BEFORE the boys got their footprints all over!













Backyard trees...











The thermometer. In case you cannot read it, it was about 19 degrees most of the day!!!!! Happy Spring!!!!! :)

How Times Fly.....

Kids grow up SO fast. Below are some pictures from March 2004. Two years ago already! I remember taking these pictures like it was just last month. It hit me today (in church...like a truck) that Ethan is almost 9 years old. That means that if he moves out at 18....we are half way done with his living at home life! AH!!! Of course, he is welcome to stay as long as he would like to (I always kid with him that him and his wife/kids will have to live in our basement!) but I figure I will plan on him leaving the nest at 18 and if he stays longer I will be pleasantly surprised. Listen to me! He is 9! But hey....what am I doing TODAY that will impact him in the years to come? What are my goals as a parent? As the mother of 4 little boys? Do I make the most of every opportunity to teach them the love of Christ? To teach them to care and serve others above themselves? Or most importantly....to live for Christ and love Him above all else? Sadly, I do not. Now is my wake up call. Only 9 more years...........

Yes, I know. Pres was the cutest baby EVER :)





Tarin was sitting in Presley's baby carseat.





All the boys one Sunday morn before church. Hey! We lived in Georgia then!






My little Kell playing with my little Pres :) Notice one of Josiah's shoes compared to Presley....about the same size! Ha!






All the boys piled on Ethan's bed.

Random Pictures

Below are a few pictures of the kids in the past few weeks. Never a dull moment around here :)




Tarin and Presley right after a bath.



Kell goes from a cowboy to a "knight and shining armor" several times per day.





Today Ethan decided he wanted to do the dishes. On his own. Hey, who am I to complain?! :)
He did a fabulous job! What a sweetie!





I shaved Ethan's head yesterday. Here it is halfway done. He looks so much older now!!
We had planned to shave it for the summer, but he (and Tarin) wanted it shaved now. SOOOOO, we shaved it yesterday....and today it is snowing! Ha! And NO ONE is going to try and talk me into shaving Presley's hair....right?!






Presley is greatly enjoying his rice and beans.




What a mess!! But isn't he handsome?! :)

Not much Going On.....

I know, it has been longer than normal since I posted. Really....not much is going on here. The weather has been *perfect* and the kids and I have been going on walks and to the parks almost everyday.

Noelle and I are starting up an internet store (that will hopefully turn into a "real" store some day) and that is taking a good bit of time and effort. I will be letting everyone know more about it in the near future! :)

Josiah is working alllll the time right now....poor guy is SO tired!!! All he is looking forward to at the moment is our anniversary trip this summer....10 years in August!!! He will finally be able to relax then.

The boys are all just fine....playing outside a ton....although tomorrow night is it supposed to snow....and they are excited about that. Funny how snow can come after it being so nice and warm for so long....but neat, nonetheless.

SO.......if anything exciting, important, funny or out of the ordinary happens, you will be the first to know about it! :)