Oh Little Playmate...come and play with me!

Blow those candles!
Kena's cake (don't mind the half missing letters...the plastic wrap stuck!)

The Princess's showing off their pretty nails. Gotta love those pretty dresses.

Momma's little ham! I can't get Kena to take a normal picture these days. She's full of poses and funny face...hence this birthday picture!

On Tuesday my sweet little Princess will be 4! And so today we had several of her little friends over to have a princess party. It was a blast and the girls really enjoyed themselves. They decorated crowns, made bracelets, and had their nails done...oo la la!

Shave and a haircut...

Last week Jaxson learned to shave. He would take Daddy's electric razor and make sure he was presentable. It was cute right......until tonight! Jax decided that a shave wasn't enough. Perhaps he needed a trim....need I say more.

A busy March...

It's been a great month here at our house and we've had lots of fun together. I thought I'd share some pictures of this month's adventures.

We learned to sing "Follow the Prophet" in primary and now everytime Jax looks at our Gospel Art Book, he sings the chorus! What a cutie!
It's finally been warm enough to play outside so the kids have been "camping" on the front porch. I'm so glad the snow is almost gone.

The kids have started helping me with laundry. They put away all their own clothes and I don't typically have to fix it when they're done...oh and Mason loves the basket!

Playing...always playing!

Mom got a new camera and she's been taking LOTS of pictures (can you tell how much she likes being interuppted from her coloring!)

Did I mention how warm it's been...and that I love this new pose that Kena seems to do in every picture she knows I'm taking.

Jaxson learned to shave! Ok so not really, but he does enjoy using Dad's old razor to pretend.

Mason's First Haircut

Before...After! What a handsome boy! The Hair...oh my!

My sweet baby has been looking a bit on the shaggy side these days. His hair has gotten long enough that he get's bed head and generally looks shabby. So today we gave him his first haircut.

My buddy and me!

Once upon a time there was a Mommy who loved all her children dearly. She had big kids and little kids and everything in between and they all made her smile. But she had one boy in particular who could make her smile even bigger then most.

Now this little boy was full of life and smiles. He loved to explore and discover (sometimes to the dismay of his mommy) and generally was a good kid. His favorite thing to do was to run into a room and throw his arms around necks and give big BIG hugs!

Sometimes his mommy found herself getting frustrated with this spunky little boy. You see the two of them were very much alike and occasionally that made them cranky with eachother. But on those days the little boy knew just how to make it better. He would run in while mom was making dinner, stand beside her saying "mom" over and over and over until Mommy, in frustration, would say "What!". Then that spunky, cuddly, happy boy would say "I just love you!" and run away. If that doesn't melt a mommy's heart I don't know what would!

And so this mommy just wants the world to know how much she loves her spunky monkey boy! He's my sweet Jax and he and I are going to live happily ever after!

Where did the time go?

Today I registered my little boy for Kindergarten and I can't help but wonder how this little boy

turned into my big helper boy who's old enough to start school!

Trace is so excited for the fall, and although I'm amazed at how the time has flown, so am I. He's going to be an amazing student and I'm ready for him to be able to start this next adventure in his life. So while I still miss the pudgy cheeked little monkey who taught me to be a mommy, I know that my Trace is growing up to be an amazing young man!

It's a love thing!

Momma's Bug (I know this is an older pic but I didn't have any on my camera that were recent)
My sweetheart bought me roses.

The king of the Hams! We can't get him to normal smile to save our lives.

My sweet sister! She's our little ray of Pink sunshine.

Hehe and my funny boy. Loves wearing his crown hat and a back pack as big as him!

I am totally, completely, and positively enamored with my family! I have an incredible man who, despite all my flaws, loves me completely. And I love him too. We're a perfect match, like PB&J or Laurel and Hardy (probably more the later!). We have an amazing marriage and 4 beautiful children. We have a book that we read quite often called Little Quack and the opening line is "Little Quack loved his momma quack, and momma loved him completely back". That sums us up. I love those little monkeys with all that is in me and they love me back. It's so a love thing around here. So on this most appropriate of days I'd like to tell them all how much I love them and hope you all enjoyed the pictures of this "love thing!"