This year in primary they give the kids a candy necklace on their birthday. Carter waited all year for his birthday to come so he could get his candy necklace. You can see how happy he was.

Easter Pictures!!

Ever since #4 and #5 boy came along taking a picture of all of them together is a joke. I didn't get a picture of all of them together until Christmas, and the baby was born in April. You can see how happy they are to take pictures together. As you can see in the last post, it is not that they mind getting their picture taken, it is when you put all of them together they just can't look and smile at the same time.
Preston is the exception, he has never liked getting his picture taken. He was three years old before he would willing look at a camera and smile. Still at 7 he is not very willing. Almost!!


Logan's patience with his brothers is about 30 seconds.

We got Austin and Carter in this one.

This is the best one of the bunch Austin looks great, Preston in his usual camera pose, Carter was tried of smiling, Aidan finally looked at the camera and Logan finally saw the camera which is one of his favorite toys if he can get his little hands on it. There was melt down after this by Logan because he did not get to chew on the camera when we were done.

HAPPY EASTER 2009!!!!

All of my sweet little boys let me take their pictures on Easter. They are so handsome. I wish I could freeze time and just let them all stay where they are. I am pretty lucky with these boys I have got one turning into a young man, a few who are still crazy kids, and my cute little baby who is growing too fast. I know I will look back at this time in my life and wonder how it all went by so fast.

Austin
Preston
Carter
Aidan

Logan

Happy 6th Birthday Carter!!!

Carter's birthday was on Easter this year so we did a combo Easter egg hunt and birthday party. Carter was very excited for his big day! We had a family party and Carter got to open his presents. As you can see Aidan was very excited to "help" Carter open his presents.

Logan got into the action too!
Carter got a train set for his birthday! He also got some Legos and a remote control car. And Uncle Nick gave him some pirate gold ($10 in gold dollar coins). Carter asked if Uncle Nick really got the gold dollars from pirates.
This is Carter's chocolate explosion cake. Carter is a boy after his mother's heart, he asked for chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ice cream, ahh a little bit of heaven if I do say so. The cake had a mind of its own so it became the chocolate explosion cake.

Carter blowing out the candles on his chocolate explosion cake.

We are so proud of this little boy. He has grown up so much this year. Carter has loved kindergarten this year and has done so well. Carter is one tough kid and does not let life's challenges get him down. One year ago Carter started having problems with his eyes and had to go through 4 surgeries in 2 months. Carter still cannot see out of his eye that the retina detached in but he just accepts it and moves on.

Carter was talking to me the other day about when he lost his sight. It makes Mom a little emotional still but Carter is just very matter of fact about it. When his retina detached the last time it really did happen overnight and when Carter woke up he was blind out of that eye. He was telling me that he woke up that morning and said to himself "Am I blind?" Then he told me, "Jesus said to me yes you are, and I said OK." Oh sweet little boy, to hear the spirit talk to you and to just accept it without any question or complaint. Carter really teaches us so much. Happy Birthday sweet boy, we love you so much!!!!

Pine Wood Derby

After one snow delay we finally had Austin's pine wood derby race in March.

Austin made a police truck with a light on top that actually flashed. It is very cool

Here is a sample of some of the cars that the scouts made.

Austin had fun but wished he won a few more races. Last year he came in second place overall but this year was a good experience for him.

Can't you tell how much Austin loves it when I take his picture:)

Oh Happy Day!

I know you thinks it is always RAINBOWS and SUNSHINE around here JUST KEEPING IT REAL!!!

Sweet Aidan

This is my cute boy Aidan.

He is quite the character and always good for a laugh. He has been in speech therapy the past year and we are quite impressed with his progress. I understand what he says about 80 percent of the time, the rest of the world understands him about 50 percent of the time. As his speech improves of course this percentage is going up which I am very happy about. One of the downfalls: Aidan never holds back in saying exactly what he thinks. If someone offends him in any way is comment is usually "Stupid kid!" A kid to Aidan is anyone from 0 to 100 years of age. He is always told not to say that but I never worried about it too much because I was really the only one who knew what he was saying. But lately as he has become such a good little speaker his sweet comments are understood by all that have offended him. Aidan is also one who is easily offended. As a moody kid he is not always happy to be out with Mom and usually wants to be home watching Scooby-doo, this makes for a grumpy kid while running errands. So if you look at Aidan or talk to him at all he will be offended by you and all your friendliness! It is so fun to take him out:)
What you cannot see in this picture is the strand of my hair that is wrapped around Aidan's fingers. Ever since Aidan was a baby he has been obsessed with eating my hair. A very gross little habit. As he has grown older he has stopped actually eating it and just wraps it around his fingers and licks it. But where it really gets gross is that sometimes he finds a random hair on the bench at church or on the floor of a store and starts wrapping it around his fingers before I rip it out of his hands. I really hope he outgrows this little habit soon!