Happy Birthday Isaac

Nine years ago today, God blessed us with the sweetest, most handsome baby boy. He has grown into such a great guy. He has such a good heart and I have seen him grow closer to God this last year for which I am soooo thankful. 

HAPPY 9th Birthday Isaac!!!

 

The BIG One...

I am sooo excited for my husband because while most men are hoping for that big elk or deer to come passing by their way, my husband waits for "THE BIG ONE!"  He got his 1st moose today! You won't believe how he got it.  I went out to check the mail and this moose was just on the porch, so I invited him.  He was just patiently sitting on the kitchen counter when Dustin got home.  As you can see it wasn't the smartest thing to do because now he will live on Dustin's office wall. 

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

 

 
Dustin and Manny the Moose

Doesn't he look so proud??

What a Cowboy

 

My husband received this in the mail not to long ago from a close friend. I thought it was GREAT and the kids love playing with it. Thought you might enjoy these pictures.

 

 

Fun With The Grandparents...

While Dustin was gone to Honduras and Nicaragua, Gram and Pop decided to come hang out with us.  We had a great time visiting with them.  They were ALOT of help to me.  Despite the weather we managed to have a really good time.  I felt bad for them because Gram is so cold natured and it had been in the high 60's and some 70's and as soon as they got here it all changed.  It snowed off and on or rained, or both. It was cold and dreary most of the time they were here.  We did manage one pretty day and we decided to load up and go to the Zoo. We decided to go to the Pueblo Zoo.  Below are some pics of that. We had a fun time there and we were all pretty tired after that.  Pop, gram, and I managed to get in a few games of Hand and Foot. It was soooo great getting to play with them. I have missed that. Gram, the kiddos, and I met up with the Martinez's and the Wantuloks for a southern gospel singing with Legacy 5.  It was a good concert.  Poor pop wasnt feeling well and had stayed home.  I also have some pics from Easter.  I guess that is about all for now.

I Love this picture!!

Just the Norm

It's been a while! I am trying to remember what all has happened since I last blogged and I have discovered that I am getting old because I have no clue.
I do recall last Sunday enjoying having our District Overseer and his family with us in church.  It was a great blessing to us all. They are great people and we love them very much.  Br. Jonathan preached a fantastic message.  After service we decided to go eat and after a few set backs we ended up at Red Top.  It was soooo yummy!  We had a great time fellowshipping and the kids had a little to much fun I think :)  Crazy kids!
We headed back to our house and sat around visiting  some more until the Smiths had to head back to Aurora for evening service. 
The rest of the week is just been the usual cooking, cleaning, laundry, and school.  Although I am thankful that I can stay at home and do these things for my family.  Isaac had REALLY began to read whole books.  He read a line the other day with out me around and said MOM I REALLY CAN READ!! He was sooo excited as was I.  He is doing so good in school and it makes me feel good that I am not a hinderance to his learning.  Aleah is doing great with her numbers, alphabet, and letter sounds. She already knows her colors and most of all the other stuff too but I just want to make sure she REALLY gets it.  Lillie well she is just Lillie. She knows all her colors as well. She enjoys doing school stuff right along with the other two.  She likes to write and color and be busy with something all the time.  I have some pretty great kids.
Tonight Dustin was playing a new game the kids got for Christmas called The Lady Bug game and you would not believe how my 29 yr old husband was acting because he was losing to our 4yr old daughter.  PITIFUL let me tell ya.  She would just sit over there and smile and smile while someone else was whining.  It was pretty great!
This Sunday is our shared service with Pueblo folks here in Springs.  Tomorrow afternoon the Wantuloks and the Lewis' are coming up to stay the night and hang out for the evening.  We have planned a cookout. I love having cookouts. And I love being with friends.  Well I guess I will say goodnight.

My Valentine

I had a GREAT Valentine's. It started with giving the kiddos and Dustin their candy baskets I made for them(forgot to take a pic). I also had a candy gram for Dustin.  I received red tulips(my favorite) and a red rose with a card. Dustin and Isaac also bought a red rose for each of the girls.  My flowers are BEAUTIFUL!!! (sorry havent taken a pic of them yet, camera died)

I made buttermilk pancakes for the family for breakfast then time to get the day started.  Dustin went to work and we started all kinds of stuff. I dont even remember what all we did.  Dustin and I had an at home date night planned so I kept all 3 kids up all day so early bed time. I cooked the kiddos a pizza for dinner and Lillie fell asleep in her chair.  I woke her up and she was begging for bed, but I managed to keep her awake till 7:30 then to bed they all went.  They were all asleep pretty quickly. I went up stairs and got dressed up and was told not to come down until he called. Dustin cooked me a FANTASTIC dinner which included Shrimp Scampi with bowtie pasta, fried green beans, cresent rolls, and for dessert grapes and chocolate covered strawberries.  It was all soooo yummy!  Dustin came to get me and he was dressed all up and brought me down stairs where I was seated at a table for a candlelight dinner. It was very pretty and he even had soft, romantic music playing.  It was a great night! Thanks babe for all your hard work!  (I know your reading this:)



Potty Training...

....thats what I have been doing.  Today starts day 3. Lillie has been doing GREAT!!! Day 1 was a little tough, but by that evening and into day 2 she was catching on quickly. On day 2 she came in my room early and woke me up wanting to put on her undies. She only had 2 accidents all day yesterday. She hasn't had any so far today. Yeah Lillie!!!
I absolutly HATE potty training. It is the worst thing about parenting so far to me. Lillie is actually enjoying being a BIG girl so thats great.
Not alot else is going on except the usual stuff like school, cleaning, cooking, disciplining the children, you know all the fun stuff. I am very greatful for my family. I wouldn't trade any of it for anything!